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Gunman killed while planting IED in Talafar
[Aswat al-Iraq] A gunman was killed while attempting to emplace an improvised explosive device (IED) in scenic northwestern Mosul city on Saturday, an official security source in Ninewa said.

"A gunman was trying to plant a roadside IED in al-Mahlabiya, east of Talafar district, (60 km) northwest of Mosul, when it went off, killing him instantly," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "A force from the Iraqi army's 3rd Division, 10th Brigade, arrived at the scene and scraped him up cordoned it off," he said.

The source added that the force launched a probe into the incident to detect the network behind the attempt.
Posted by: Fred 2010-08-29
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