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| Iraq |
| Gunmen Kill Five Iraqi Anti-Qaida Fighters |
| 2013-03-09 |
| [An Nahar] Gunmen attacked a checkpoint on Friday near Samarra, north of Storied Baghdad ...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... , killing five anti-Qaeda gunnies and wounding two others, a police lieutenant colonel and a doctor said. Four of the attackers were also killed, the police officer said. The attack comes a day after gunnies killed seven Sahwa fighters and maimed one other in two separate attacks -- one south of the Iraqi capital, and the other west of Kirkuk in the north. The Sahwa are made up of Sunni Arab rustics who joined forces with the U.S. military against al-Qaeda from late 2006, helping turn the tide against the insurgency. |
| Posted by:Fred |