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Gunmen shoot dead Iraqi tribal leader northeast Baghdad
(Xinhua) -- Unknown gunmen killed a tribal leader in a drive-by shooting in the volatile Diyala province on Monday, a provincial police source said. "Abdul Ghafoor Abdullah, a chieftain of the Obeid clan in Diyala, was gunned down when unknown armed men showered his car with bullets while driving in the Abu-Seida area, some 70 km northeast of Baghdad," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. In separate incident, gunmen believed to be affiliated to al-Qaida organization stormed a house in the al-Bawashi village, south of Diyala's capital city of Baquba, and kidnapped four people, the source said. Posted by: Fred 2008-07-22 |
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