Kirkuk, Iraq, Aug 21, SPA -- An official belonging to one of themain Kurdish parties in northern Iraq was gunned down in adrive-by shooting, police said Monday. Sharzad Hassan, 31, was returning to his home in Kirkuklate Sunday when gunmen opened fire as they drove by hishouse in a mainly Arab neighborhood in the city, some 290kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, said policeofficer Sarhat Qadir. Hassan was a "peshmerga" fighter and member of the pro-U.S.Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.--SPA1319 Local Time 1019 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/194294