Gunmen with silenced weapons raked an army brigadier general’s car with gunfire in a Baghdad street, killing him and wounding his daughter. The accident happened in the Mansour district of the capital. Police official also indicated that in another attack on Wednesday evening, gunmen also shot and wounded police Lieutenant Colonel Majid Hamid as he was driving through the Amiriya area of Baghdad. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki named security as one of his three top priorities after parliament approved his nomination for a second term of office and offered its stamp of support to his national unity government. Though violence has dropped dramatically across Iraq since its peak in 2006 and 2007, attacks remain common, especially in the capital and the main northern city of Mosul.1

• 1. “Iraqi general gunned down in Baghdad,” Khaleej Times, December 23, 2010, at http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2...