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| Sahwa leader killed, suspects nabbed in Kirkuk |
| 2010-11-06 |
| KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: The leader of a pro-government sahwa (awakening) tribal fighters was killed when an improvised explosive device went off near his vehicle southeast of Kirkuk on Friday, according to a senior security official. “An IED went off near the al-Rashad sahwa leader Awwad Hammoud Nassif on the Kirkuk-Tikrit highway, (35 km) southwest of Kirkuk, killing him instantly,” Brig. Sarhad Qader, the director of the Kirkuk Districts Police Department (KDPD), told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. In a separate incident, a source from Kirkuk police said a force from the al-Miqdad Police Department arrested two persons near an amusement park on al-Corniche street with about 345 kilograms of explosive material in their possession in accordance with Article 4 of the law on terrorism. “The apprehension took place upon intelligence tip-offs by a local resident,” the source added. |
| Posted by:Steve White |