A TRASH COLLECTOR AND A BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY SECURITY CHIEF WERE SLAIN THURSDAY _ AMONG THE LATEST VICTIMS OF SEEMINGLY RANDOM VIOLENCE IN IRAQ, AP REPORTED. THE TRASH COLLECTOR WAS GUNNED DOWN IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING EARLY THURSDAY IN WESTERN BAGHDAD, POLICE CAPT. JAMIL HUSSEIN SAID. GUNMEN IN A CIVILIAN CAR ALSO INTERCEPTED A CAR CARRYING KADHIM CHALLOUB, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE GUARDS AT BAGHDAD UNIVERSITY, ORDERED HIS DRIVER AND HIS GUARD OUT, THEN KILLED THE SECURITY CHIEF ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE CAPITAL, ACCORDING TO POLICE LT. MOHAMMAD KHAYOUN. A ROADSIDE BOMB AIMED AT A POLICE PATROL IN NORTHERN BAGHDAD MISSED ITS TARGET BUT KILLED ONE CIVILIAN AND WOUNDED ANOTHER. AND AT LEAST SIX OTHER DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN THE CAPITAL, INCLUDING TWO MERCHANTS, A BAKER, AN ELECTRICAL WORKER AND A WOMAN SITTING IN HER CAR WITH THREE OF HER SONS, WHO WERE WOUNDED. POLICE ALSO FOUND THE BODY A MAN WHO HAD BEEN BLINDFOLDED, HANDCUFFED AND SHOT IN THE HEAD IN WESTERN BAGHDAD. ELSEWHERE, GUNMEN ON A MOTORCYCLE KILLED A POLICEMAN AND ATTACKERS FIRING FROM A CAR SHOT TO DEATH A 34-YEAR-OLD MAN WORKING IN A CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SHOP IN SEPARATE ATTACKS IN THE SHIITE HOLY CITY OF KARBALA, 80 KILOMETERS (50 MILES) SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, HEALTH OFFICIALS SAID.
