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Iraq
Official: Militants loyal to al Qaeda attack Shiite villages
2007-09-17
Edited to help the CNN reporter make sense.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Dozens of Islamic terrorists militants loyal to al Qaeda attacked Shiite Muslim villages north of Baghdad around dawn Sunday, killing more than a dozen people, an Interior Ministry official said. Iraqi troops and police arrived and chased off the terrorists militants, the official said.
How about killing the terrorists instead?
The al Qaeda raids targeted two villages about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Baquba. The fundamentalist Sunni terrorists fighters, armed with guns and rocket-propelled grenades, struck about 6 a.m. Sunday (10 p.m. Saturday ET). The Sunni terrorists fighters killed 14 people, including three children, wounded 10 others and set 12 houses ablaze, the Interior Ministry official said.

Villagers fought back for about an hour before Iraqi police and army units joined the battle, but there were no casualties reported among the terrorists attackers. The jihadists retreated into the countryside with government troops in pursuit after reinforcements arrived, the official said.

Also Sunday, Shiite Police Col. Karim Abdul Hussein was gunned down near his home in Afak, east of the southern provincial capital of Diwaniya. The asassination comes five weeks after a bombing that killed the province's governor and police chief, along with three bodyguards.

Diyala has been the scene of sometimes-intense fighting between Shiite factions in recent months, and coalition forces have taken on militia fighters in Diwaniya.

Eight more people were killed and 14 were wounded in a gun battle in western Baghdad, and other attacks left at least seven people dead nationwide. The clash occurred near Nisoor square, in western Baghdad. Details were sketchy, but the official said witnesses told police that the security forces involved appeared to be Westerners driving sport utility vehicles, which are usually used by Western companies.

In addition, one person was killed and seven wounded in a car bomb in the Mansour district, also on Baghdad's west side, the official said. And in eastern Baghdad, a mortar round killed one person and wounded three others when it landed near Shaab stadium Sunday morning.
We need to set a few traps, but I doubt there are many villages that would like to be the bait!
Posted by:gorb

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