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SISTER OF IRAQ'S SUNNI VP IS KILLED
Saudi Press Agency Published in Saudi Press Agency on 27 - 04 - 2006


A SISTER OF IRAQ'S NEW SUNNI ARAB
VICE PRESIDENT WAS KILLED IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING IN BAGHDAD
ON THURSDAY, POLICE SAID. SHE DIED ONE DAY AFTER HER
BROTHER CALLED FOR THE SUNNI-DOMINATED INSURGENCY TO BE
CRUSHED BY FORCE, AP REPORTED.
MAYSON AHMED BAKIR AL-HASHIMI, 60, WHOSE BROTHER, TARIQ
AL-HASHIMI, WAS APPOINTED BY PARLIAMENT AS VICE PRESIDENT
ON SATURDAY, WAS KILLED BY UNIDENTIFIED GUNMEN IN A BMW
SEDAN AS SHE WAS LEAVING HER HOME AT 8 A.M. WITH HER
BODYGUARD IN SOUTHWESTERN BAGHDAD, SAID POLICE CAPT. JAMEL
HUSSEIN. THE BODYGUARD, SAAD ALI, ALSO DIED IN THE
SHOOTING, HUSSEIN SAID.
IT WAS THE SECOND RECENT KILLING IN TARIQ AL-HASHIMI'S
IMMEDIATE FAMILY. ON APRIL 13, HIS BROTHER, MAHMOUD
AL-HASHIMI, WAS SHOT .

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