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Roadside bomb kills Shi'ite mayor in Iraq
A roadside bomb killed a Shi'ite mayor and four of his guards in the town of Iskandariya south of Baghdad on Thursday, police said, the latest in a series of attacks targeting Shi'ite officials in southern Iraq.Abbas al-Khafaji, a member of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), was killed along with his guards when the bomb struck his convoy, police said. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for Khafaji's killing, although roadside bombs are commonly used by Sunni Islamist al Qaeda. Posted by: ryuge 2007-10-04 |
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