Iraqi MP Killed, No Government Announced

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Gunmen shot an Iraqi woman member of parliament Wednesday in a fresh shock to politicians whose failure to form a government three months after elections has allowed violence to thrive unchecked.

Iraqi police said Lame'a Abed Khadawi, a member of caretaker Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's political party, was shot outside her house in eastern Baghdad. She is believed to be the first person in the 275-seat National Assembly to be killed.

Allawi himself survived an assassination attempt this month when his convoy was attacked by a car bomber. Khadawi was one of around 90 women elected to the assembly on January 30. By law, a third of the candidates on party lists had to be women.

Pressure has mounted on Iraq's politicians to end months of post-election bickering. America's top U.S. general urged them Tuesday to form a new government quickly to combat an insurgency he said was as strong as it had been a year ago.

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