Iranian sniper kills shepherd in northern Iraq (AP)

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq ? An Iraqi Kurdish official says that an Iranian sniper has shot dead a young shepherd amid shelling along the Iraq-Iran border.

Maghdeed Ahmed says the shepherd was killed early on Saturday.

Ahmed is the mayor of Haj Omran, a town in northern Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region. He says about 100 sheep and goats were also killed when Iran shelled the border.

The shelling appeared to target bases of the Iranian Kurdish rebel group PEJAK, which has been involved in sporadic cross-border clashes with Iranian forces in recent years.

PEJAK says it's fighting for greater rights in Iran.

Tehran maintains it has the right to attack PEJAK's bases in Iraq and has accused residents of Iraq's Kurdish north of providing a safe haven for the rebels.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110903/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq

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