Kurdish Fighters Killed in Northern Iraq

ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Gunmen ambushed a convoy of Kurdish militiamen as they traveled to the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday, killing three and wounding nine, hospital sources in the nearby town of Arbil said.



Mosul, 240 miles north of Baghdad, erupted in violence earlier this month as U.S. forces fought guerrillas in the rebel stronghold of Falluja.


Over the past week, at least 20 bodies of Iraqi police, National Guardsmen and Kurdish militiamen have been found in Mosul. The group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Washington's top foe in Iraq (news - web sites), has claimed responsibility for killing them.


In Kirkuk, gunmen opened fire on National Guard soldiers late on Tuesday, killing one guardsman and a civilian, the U.S. military said in a statement. The military said soldiers had stopped to help the civilian with his car when gunmen drove past and fired at them.

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What exactly is a Kurd Militiaman? :shrug:

a.k.a. our noble allies.

Any questions?

kinda what I thought :eyes:

Their aim has always been, and nothing indicates that it is not still, an independent Kurdish state.

Okasha