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Gunmen assassinate Iraqi army officer, soldier in Kirkuk
 Gunmen killed on Thursday an Iraqi army officer and his companion in the northern city of Kirkuk, said the Iraqi police, adding that an Iraqi civilian was kidnapped in the same city. A police source told KUNA that insurgents opened fire on a military patrol killing the officer, Hekmat Abduljabbar Qambar, and solider Muntaseb Ahmad Abdusattar.The source added that armed men abducted an Iraqi civilian named Sayyed Kool Ali Muhammad in Kirkuk. He also said that an armed group threw a grenade on the house of an Iraqi engineer called Khamees Zaidan Khalaf wounding both his spouse and young son. In the meanwhile, an Iraqi military checkpoint was assaulted by insurgents south of Kirkuk. The incident led to a fire exchange between the insurgents and the Iraqi military who arrested eight of the attackers including two wounded women, said the source. The source also said the Iraqi forces stormed a town in Qadhaa Alhuwaijah detaining eight people who were handed over to the US-led forces in the country. In the governorate of Diali, Iraqi forces, backed by American troops, attacked insurgents' shelters and arrested 102 suspects. Two insurgents were killed and an Iraqi solider was slightly wounded in the operation, which also resulted in discovering a big stock of arms. A statement issued by the US-led forces said that 25 of the detainees were dangerous fugitives. Earlier today, three booby-trapped cars exploded, one near the Turkish Embassy, north Baghdad, the second in Aqaba Bin Nafaa field, and the third in western Baghdad, resulting in five deaths and 30 injuries. Posted by: Fred 2006-02-17 |
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