Gunmen in Baghdad killed a

Gun­men in Bag­h­dad kil­led a judge wor­king for the Iraqi spec­ial tri­bu­nal set up to try Sad­dam Hus­sein and his top lieuten­ants, a set­back in efforts to close the chap­ter on deca­des of oppres­sion.
Judge Bara­wiz Mah­moud and his son, who wor­ked as a lawyer, were kil­led as they left their home in north Bag­h­dad Tues­day.
His death was the first assas­si­na­tion of a mem­ber of the spec­ial tri­bu­nal, which inclu­des around 50 trial jud­ges, investi­ga­ting magist­ra­tes, prose­cutors and appeals court jud­ges.
Elsewhere in the Iraqi capi­tal, two car bombs kil­led 13 Iraqi sol­di­ers and woun­ded dozens in attacks clai­med by Al Qaeda’s wing in Iraq, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

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