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| Iraq |
| Sahwa chief among deaths in Amiriya blast |
| 2010-06-11 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The commander of the al-Amiriya pro-government sahwa (awakening) tribal forces and an Iraqi army officer were among the deaths of an improvised explosive device (IED) near a combined checkpoint in western Baghdad earlier on Thursday, a local security source said. “Mohammed Abad Kahla and an army officer in the rank of captain were killed along with two others and 10 injured people in a powerful IED attack that targeted a checkpoint in western Baghdad,' the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. |
| Posted by:Steve White |