Shootings caught on camera

A BRAZEN attack in the heart of Baghdad with rebels executing election workers in cold blood was a chilling reminder of the deteriorating security situation in the capital ahead of parliamentary elections on January 30.

Shootings caught on camera

A series of pictures taken by an AP photographer show three pistol-wielding gunmen, who had earlier stopped a car carrying the election officials and dragged them into the middle of Haifa Street amid the morning traffic, brandishing their weapons over the victims.

The busy, traffic-clogged street has been the scene of almost daily gunfights between the insurgents and US troops and the forces of the US-installed interim government.

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