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Two Iraqi police killed by gunmen in Karbala mosque
Two Iraqi police were shot dead on Friday near a Karbala mosque controlled by radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's militiamen. Two armed men leaving the al-Mokhayam mosque opened fired on an approaching police patrol at about 1:00 pm, according to the witnesses of the killings. Doctor Salih al-Husnawi of the al-Hussein hospital confirmed the two had died. Sadr has his local offices in the al-Mokhayam mosque. The outlawed nutcase firebrand cleric's Mehdi Army militia has battled coalition troops in a bloody uprising across central and southern Iraq over the past two weeks, raising fears of a broader uprising among the country's Shiite majority. US commanders have said their mission is to capture or kill Sadr but they insist they are ready to let all diplomatic options, including an ongoing effort from a senior Iranian delegation, run their course.
Posted by: TS 2004-04-16
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