Sunni members on a committee drafting the new Iraqi constitution suspended their membership Wednesday in the wake of a colleague's assassination.
On Tuesday, two Sunnis participating in drafting the charter - Mijbil Issa and committee adviser Dhamin Hussein al-Obeidi - were shot dead as they left a Baghdad restaurant. A bodyguard was also killed.
Meanwhile, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an army recruiting center in central Baghdad, killing at least 10 people. The attacker detonated his charge at the entrance to a recruiting center at the defunct Muthanna airport in central Baghdad, according to police and medical officials, cited by The AP. The attack also injured at least 21 people, said Dr. Muhannad Jawad from Yarmouk Hospital.
In another development, an official confirmed that nine staff members of the Iraqi special tribunal preparing to try Saddam Hussein have been dismissed because of links to the ousted dictator's Baath party. The cases of 19 others, including the chief investigative judge, are under review.
