Judge
Qais
Hashim
Shammari
was
killed
with
his
son
in
a
roadside
ambush,
the
sources
said
on
Tuesday.
It
was
the
latest
in
a
series
of
killings
by
fighters
seeking
to
disrupt
elections
set
for
Sunday.
Fighters
assassinated
Baghdad
's
provincial
governor
and
the
capital's
deputy
police
chief
in
recent
weeks.
US
soldiers
killed
Meanwhile,
six
US
soldiers
were
killed
in
two
separate
incidents
around
Baghdad.
A
US
soldier
was
killed
in
a
bomb
blast
in
Baghdad
on
Monday,
the
US
army
said
in
a
statement
on
Tuesday.
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A
car
bomb exploded
outside
the
Australian
embassy
last
week
|
"A
Task
Force
Baghdad
Soldier
died
of
wounds
at
approximately
7pm
(1600
GMT)
on
24
January.
The
soldier
sustained
the
injuries
when
a
patrol
was
attacked
with
an
improvised
explosive
device
in
western
Baghdad
,"
the
military
said.
Also
on
Monday,
five
1st
Infantry
Division
soldiers
died
and
two
were
injured
in
a
vehicle
accident
near
Khan
Bani
Saad,
north
of
Baghdad,
a
US
military
statement
said
on
Tuesday.
One
of
the
wounded
was
in
a
serious
condition.
The
deaths
raise
the
number
of
US
soldiers
killed
in
Iraq
to
1374
since
the
March
2003
invasion,
296
of
them
in
non-combat
incidents,
according
to
the
latest
figures
from
the
Pentagon.
Shooting
Also
on
Tuesday, the
Australian defence
department
said
its
soldiers
shot
and
injured
a
man
acting
"in
a
suspicious
manner"
outside
the
Australian
embassy
in
Baghdad.
The
man
was
shot
on
Monday
after
he
had
parked
a
vehicle
near
a
barracks
housing
Australian
troops
that
was
targeted
last
week
in
a
bomb
attack.
Two
Iraqis
were
killed
and
two
Australian
soldiers
wounded
in
that
attack,
the
department
said
in
a
statement.
"The
vehicle
stopped
near
the
security
detachment
flats
and
the
man
alighted
and
despite
being
given
repeated
warnings
the
driver
continued
to
act
in
a
suspicious
manner
and
failed
to
comply
with
directions,"
the
statement
said.
Australian
soldiers
then
opened
fire,
injuring
the
man.
He
was
taken
from
the
scene
by
Iraqi
authorities
and
his
condition
was
not
immediately
known.
The
Australian
Defence
Force
is
investigating
the
incident.
