IRAQ: Elderly man shot dead in Baghdad, reports Al-Jazeera.

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Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

BAGHDAD, May 9 2003 (IPS) - An elderly Iraqi man was shot dead in his car by US soldiers in the streets of Baghdad today, Al-Jazeera satellite channel reported.

The channel aired pictures of the dead body but no details were immediately known on the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

No official statement on the killing has been issued.