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| Senior Iraqi official dies in Baghdad ambush; other pointless murders and ransomings |
| 2004-07-26 |
| A senior Iraqi interior ministry official has reportedly been shot dead in Baghdad while six other Iraqis have been killed in separate incidents around the country. Mussab al-Awadi was shot along with two of his bodyguards as he left his house in the capital, ministry officials said. Four people, including a child, were killed in a suicide bombing at an American military base in the northern city of Mosul. Five others were wounded in the blast. In another attack in Basra, two women working at a British run airport were killed and two others wounded when their minibus was ambushed. Meanwhile, seven foreign truckers kidknapped by insurgents have had a deadline for their execution extended. The kidnappers had threatened to start killing the three Indians, three Kenyans and an Egyptian, snatched last Wednesday, today. But a statement from the group, calling themselves Holders of the Black Banners, said that the executions would be delayed to allow negotiations to continue. The kidnappers have demanded that the Kuwaiti haulage firm that employs the seven truckers halt its operations in Iraq. |
| Posted by:Bulldog |