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| 6 Dead in Iraq Violence as Suicide Bomber Targets Senior Intel Officer |
| 2013-05-12 |
| [An Nahar] A jacket wallah targeted the home of a senior Iraqi intelligence officer north of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... on Saturday, killing three people, while three more died in other attacks, officials said. The bomber detonated a small tanker truck at the home of police Brigadier General Ismail al-Juburi, a senior officer for Nineveh province, killing his son, nephew and sister-in-law -- and wounding 21 others, police and a doctor said. It was not immediately clear if Juburi was present at the time of the attack, which took place in the al-Sharqat area. Suicide bombings, usually carried out by Sunni krazed killers, including those linked to al-Qaeda, are a relatively rare type of attack in Iraq. Roadside bombs, magnetic "sticky bombs" on vehicles and shootings are more common. However, alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk... four suicide bombers struck in various parts of northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing four people. In the other attacks on Saturday, a roadside kaboom killed two soldiers and maimed two others in Nineveh province, an army officer and a doctor said. And in Tikrit, also north of the capital, gunnies killed Sabhan al-Ajili, the owner of a money exchange shop, police and a doctor said. |
| Posted by:Fred |