Iraqi general gunned down in Baghdad

Gunmen with silenced weapons raked an army brigadier general's car with gunfire in a Baghdad street, killing him and wounding his daughter, defence and interior ministry officials said Thursday. The attack took place Wednesday night in the Mansour district of the capital, the officials said. They named the victim as General Imad Hasham of the army's sixth division.
In another attack Wednesday evening, gunmen also with silenced weapons shot and wounded police Lieutenant Colonel Majid Hamid as he was driving through the Amiriya area of Baghdad, the officials said. Also on Thursday, an Iraqi police patrol discovered the body of Barbaros Mohammed Habeeb, a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's party - in the disputed northern oil hub of Kirkuk, police Colonel Azad Abdullah said.