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Fifteen policemen, 2 interpreters killed by gunmen in south Iraq | ||
2006-10-30 | ||
(KUNA) -- Unidentified gunmen gunned down 15 Iraqi policemen and two interpreters on the road between Al-Zobair governorate and Basra city, south Iraq, an Iraqi security source told KUNA Sunday evening. The gunmen, riding five cars, intercepted police trainers who work at the Police Academy in Al-Zobair governborate, Basra province, and showered them with bullets, killing 15 policemen and two interpreters, the source said. British police officers train the Iraqi security forces in the academy. The incident is expected to exacerbate the security situation in the area that witnessed relative calm in the last few weeks.
In another development, the U.S. forces broke into several mosques and schools in the Sadr city during the noon prayer and arrested a number of worshipers. The operation targets the captors of a U.S. soldier in the city, Iraqi security sources told KUNA reporter there. Also on Sunday, the Iraqi police found 40 bodies in various districts of Baghdad. Eleven bodies were also foundd in Al-Azeem district, south of Kerkuk, north Iraq. The victims, most of them Iraqi soldiers, were killed one day after being kidnapped in the area. They were riding a Kia vehicle when they were kidnapped by gunmen on Saturday, an Iraqi police officers told reporters. | ||
Posted by:Fred |
#1 "Unidentified gunmen." Uh, huh, right. These are local Shia militia, many of whom are actually Jabr's "police", trying to prevent the training of real cops. Big surprise. I'm sorta of the opinion that all of the police in the Shia areas should be divided into two groups - those that were and those were not trained by competent non-Iraqis. Then get medieval on those who were not - they are militia agents, death squaddies, and Qom bitches. |
Posted by: .com 2006-10-30 10:19 |