Ambushed Iraqi diplomat dies

Aquila al-Hashimi, the only member of Saddam Hussein’s regime to be chosen by Iraq’s American occupiers to sit on the interim Governing Council, has died, five days after she was gunned down near her west Baghdad home.

The attack on al-Hashimi was the latest in a series of assaults against Iraqis who have worked openly with the United States to rebuild the country after overthrowing Saddam on April 9.