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Iraq
Police kill four gunmen, Iraqi official assassinated
2007-01-12
(KUNA) -- Four gunmen, two were Arab nationals, were killed during clashes with Iraqi police forces in Tal Afar district northern Mosul, while unknown gunmen assassinated an international transportation director, an Iraqi police official said Thursday. The nationalities of the Arab gunmen were not revealed by Tal Afar Police Brigadier Najim Abdullah, who revealed the attack to reporters.

Meanwhile, another Iraqi police source said that International Transportation Director at Rabia'a border checkpoint Hazim Zainal was gunned down at his working place near the Syrian borders by anonymous armed men.
Posted by:Fred

#4  You're absolutely right LH. More and more they are calling people from any other ME nation as Arabs. It would seem as though they are as sick of the Arabs as we are. If this phenomenon is with the Iraqi press alone, I don't know. But, if the average Iraqi also sees it that way it could be a very big indicator of what will develop between Iraq and it's Arab neighbors.
Posted by: Mike N.   2007-01-12 10:58  

#3  i wasnt being sarcastic - I meant it like all this shit theyve gotten the last 4 years has really meant a lot of them (not just the Kurds) barely think of themselves as Arabs anymore.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2007-01-12 10:27  

#2  Well, at least they didn't call it "occupied Tal Afar".
Posted by: ed   2007-01-12 10:18  

#1  dont you love the way Iraqis use "arab nationals" to refer only to non-Iraqis?
Posted by: liberalhawk   2007-01-12 10:13  

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