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Zarqawi sez he iced Baquba official
The group of Al-Qaeda operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility Saturday for the killing of an Iraqi provincial leader in the troubled town of Baquba, according to a statement posted on an Islamist website. "Your brothers in the military wing of the Al-Qaeda Group of Jihad in the Land of Two Rivers assassinated one of the criminal tyrants in Baquba," said the statement, whose authenticity could not be confirmed. Medics and witnesses earlier said that gunmen killed the provincial council leader and his brother in a drive-by shooting in Baquba, north of Baghdad. Nawfal Abdel Hussein was outside his house in the town center with his brother Fares when the gunmen struck, a witness told AFP. Nawfal was dead on arrival at hospital, while Fares died shortly afterwards. A separate statement attributed to the group on the same website Saturday claimed responsibility for what it described as a suicide car bomb attack in the refinery town of Baiji, 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of Baghdad. A car bomb exploded Friday near a patrol of the Iraqi national guard in Baiji, killing two civilians and wounding six guards, according to a US military spokesman.Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-01-01 |
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