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| Two Iraqi generals gunned down in separate attacks |
| 2005-04-20 |
| BAGHDAD - Two Iraqi generals were gunned down in separate attacks Monday evening, one by men in army uniforms who forced their way into his Baghdad home, officials said on Tuesday. Major General Adnan Faush Farawni, a senior advisor to the defence ministry, and his son, Captain Alladin Farawni, who worked in intelligence, were shot dead by the unidentified gunmen who escaped aboard three cars, an interior ministry official told AFP. One other family member suffered wounds to the head and leg in the attack in a southern district of the capital, the official said. In another attack Monday evening, Brigadier General Hussein Hato al-Jabeeri, and his driver were shot dead in their car in Amara, some 350 kilometres (210 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police captain Karim Assaf told AFP. The general was an inspector general for the interior ministry responsible for three southern provinces. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 A big part of the problem is that these guys insist on living the civilian life, which is cushy, but exposes them to all kinds of dangers. The smart thing to do would be to relocate military men and their families to fortified bases.* Note that we haven't had a senior American official killed, ever. That's because we don't let them come out and play, except on selected ceremonial occasions. * That approach has its own problems, of course. The premise underlying fortified bases is that the troops are loyal to the government rather than to individual commanders. If the troops can't be trusted, then fortified bases are an invitation to coup plotters, who can plan their schemes any time they want, behind closed doors. This is why Uncle Sam can let its troops can do it with impunity, whereas Iraqi troops are another matter altogether. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-04-20 9:44:27 AM |
| #1 I have to wonder if there are not ambitious Colonels in the Iraqi Army that arrange for the occasional assasination to ease the problems of promotion. No hard facts . . . just a passing thought. |
| Posted by: Jame Retief 2005-04-20 7:27:48 AM |