KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: A police General Sarhat Qadir said today that three members of the pro-government Al-Sahwa (Awakening) forces were killed by weapons equipped with silencers in southwest Kirkuk.
Qadir informed Aswat al-Iraq that the three were killed near a checkpoint on the main road connecting Kirkuk with Hawija area. The culprits fled the crime scene, he added.
| Looks like a hit by a Shi'a paramilitary group, and likely financed and helped by Iran. al-Maliki has to get that under control. |
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