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Senior figure from al-Mahdi army killed in Basra drive-by
A senior figure in Shiite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's al-Mahdi army was killed Thursday morning by unidentified gunmen north of the southern Iraqi city of Basra, an eyewitness said."Unidentified gunmen driving a modern car opened fire against a person near his home in al-Ablah area, al-Maaqel district, killing him on the spot," an eyewitness told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "The slain was a leading figure in al-Mahdi army in Basra," an eyewitness said. There was no immediate comment from official authorities on the incident. Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-03-17 |
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