Gunmen Kill AP Driver in Baghdad

By: (AP) Gunmen killed an Associated Press driver near his home in Baghdad on Thursday, his relatives and police said.

Attackers riddled the car of Ismail Taher Mohsin with bullets about 7:15 a.m. in the Ghazaliya district, a predominantly Sunni Muslim neighborhood where support for Saddam Hussein had been strong. More than 20 empty bullet shells littered the street, his relatives said.

Relatives said he had received no threats or warnings. The attackers' identity or motives were not known.

Scores of Iraqis working for foreign companies have been killed during the 16-month-old insurgency that followed the overthrow of Saddam. Insurgents have been trying to push out coalition forces and view the workers as collaborators.

U.S. convoys have also often come under attack in Ghazaliya.