Gunmen kill two government employees, translator in Iraq

Two government employees were killed
in a Baghdad drive-by shooting Wednesday while an Iraqi
translator working for the U.S. military was slain north of
the capital, security officials said.
Two carloads of gunmen fired on a vehicle carrying
Industry Ministry officials Zaki Jawad and Mohammed Haider,
killing both, police Lt. Mohammed Jassim said.
Gunmen also killed Mustafa Ashraf, a translator working
for U.S. troops, as he was driving between the towns of
Khalis and Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of
Baghdad, Iraqi army Col. Abdullah al-Shamari said.
Also in Baqouba, a car bomb exploded at 10:15 a.m.
(0615GMT) near a petrol station where cars were waiting for
fuel, killing two civilians and destroying five vehicles,
police Col. Muthafar Mohammed said.
More than 870 people, including U.S. military personnel,
have been killed since Iraq's new government was announced
April 28, according to a report of the Associated Press.