Secret Squirrel
05-18-2005, 01:20 PM
Terrorists gunned down a senior Iraqi interior ministry official Wednesday and the bodies of seven men who had been shot in the head were found dumped in a town west of Baghdad, part of an escalation in violence that a senior US military official attributed to a call from terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Khamas was shot and killed in his car by four gunmen driving in a four-door sedan as he drove through Baghdad's southeastern Zaafaraniyah district, police Col. Nouri Abdullah said. Khamas' wife and driver were injured in the attack, he added. Insurgents last week also killed an interior ministry colonel and a defense ministry general.
Khamas' killing was purportedly claimed by al-Zarqawi's al-Qaida in Iraq. A statement posted on an Internet site described Khamas as "one of the heads of apostasy, and one of America's tails." The authenticity of the claim, posted on a site that carries similar statements, could not be verified.
Also in Baghdad, a roadside bomb targeting an American military convoy driving through the eastern part of the city injured seven Iraqis, police Lt. Col. Ahmed Aboud Efait said.
In the northern city of Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, mortar attacks by terrorists killed two Iraqis and injured eight others, including seven school children, police and hospital officials said.
A car bomb also detonated in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, injuring 14 people, including 2 police officers. The car, parked in central Baqouba, blew up as a three-car police convoy drove by, damaging all the vehicles, police Col. Mudhafar Muhammed said.
Also in Baghdad, a roadside bomb targeting an American military convoy driving through the eastern part of the city injured seven Iraqis, police Lt. Col. Ahmed Aboud Efait said. There were no reports of any Americans injured, he added....
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Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Khamas was shot and killed in his car by four gunmen driving in a four-door sedan as he drove through Baghdad's southeastern Zaafaraniyah district, police Col. Nouri Abdullah said. Khamas' wife and driver were injured in the attack, he added. Insurgents last week also killed an interior ministry colonel and a defense ministry general.
Khamas' killing was purportedly claimed by al-Zarqawi's al-Qaida in Iraq. A statement posted on an Internet site described Khamas as "one of the heads of apostasy, and one of America's tails." The authenticity of the claim, posted on a site that carries similar statements, could not be verified.
Also in Baghdad, a roadside bomb targeting an American military convoy driving through the eastern part of the city injured seven Iraqis, police Lt. Col. Ahmed Aboud Efait said.
In the northern city of Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, mortar attacks by terrorists killed two Iraqis and injured eight others, including seven school children, police and hospital officials said.
A car bomb also detonated in Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, injuring 14 people, including 2 police officers. The car, parked in central Baqouba, blew up as a three-car police convoy drove by, damaging all the vehicles, police Col. Mudhafar Muhammed said.
Also in Baghdad, a roadside bomb targeting an American military convoy driving through the eastern part of the city injured seven Iraqis, police Lt. Col. Ahmed Aboud Efait said. There were no reports of any Americans injured, he added....
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