Mounting assassinations in Iraq

Assassinations are a new occurrence in Iraq targeting specified figures namely politicians, officers, professors, journalists, lawyers and doctors.Drive-by assassinations are carried out by two or three people with good driving skills using muted weapons. That is all what is takes to become a professional killer in Iraq.People are terrified in the streets. They blame officials and politicians in Iraq for this occurrence despite that they are targeted themselves.

Observers believe ongoing rows over security ministries are the main reason for security deterioration.Tens of senior officers, hundreds of professors and many journalists, lawyers and doctors were subject to assassinations lately in Iraq.Over 40 judges have been assassinated as well while the death toll among judges in violent attacks since the year 2003 did not exceed 41 judges, according to the Supreme Judicial Council’s statistics, a source told Alsumaria.

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