Iraqi Assembly Member Killed on Day Cabinet Is Presented

NPR | By Philip Reeves

Published April 27, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

A female member of Iraq's new parliament is assassinated in Baghdad. The killing came as Prime Minister-designate Ibrahim al-Jaafari presented his list of some 30 Cabinet ministers for approval.

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