http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L16389592.htmBAGHDAD, Dec 16 (Reuters) - A senior official in Iraq's Communications Ministry was shot dead as he was driving to work in Baghdad on Thursday, a source at the ministry said.
Gunmen drew up alongside Kassim Imhawi's car and opened fire as he was travelling from his home in a western district of the capital, the source said.
Imhawi was the director general of the Communications Ministry and regarded as one of the minister's top aides.
Several senior officials in Iraq's ministries have been gunned down over the past several months, including a director general in the Finance Ministry.
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