Investigator Maj. Hachim fatally shot in Baghdad

In Baghdad, a man suspected of having a connection to the October 25th bombings targeting Iraqi ministries, "grabbed a gun from a guard and fatally shot a senior investigator (Maj. Arkan Hachim)". Ministry officials vowed to "investigate the matters behind this incident," because it showed a deliberate neglect for security. The statement taken about the incident states that the suspect wounded the guard, who he took the gun from, "before barging into Hachiim's office and shooting him."

"Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has asked the United Nations to investigate the bombings... By crippling key government agencies, the bombings appear to represent a shift in tactics by a weakened insurgency, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. Rather than targeting civilians at places such as markets and mosques in hopes of inflaming sectarian tension, the organizers of the latest attacks appear to be motivated by a desire to weaken the government and discredit Iraq's security forces, as the U.S. military pulls out and Iraqi politicians gear up for an election scheduled for January."