Police chief killed in town north of Baghdad

NNN0LHI

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Fri Apr-01-05 02:59 AM
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Police chief killed in town north of Baghdad

BAQUBA, Iraq, April 1 (Reuters) - Gunmen killed the chief of police in a restive town northeast of Baghdad on Friday, Iraqi security officials said.

Colonel Hatem Rashid Mohammad was killed along with an aide during an ambush in Balad Ruz, 50 km (30 miles) northeast of the capital.

Balad Ruz lies in the mixed Sunni and Shi'ite Muslim province of Diyala, where insurgents frequently attack U.S.-backed security forces.

Insurgents have been increasingly attacking the Iraqi police and military, who have taken a larger role in trying to stabilise the country in recent months, supported by around 160,000 foreign troops.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/OWE123079.htm

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saigon68

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Fri Apr-01-05 03:01 AM
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1. Another One "Bites the Dust"

Collaborators with the "Crusaders" are dealt with harshly.

This is the legacy of the Bush Criminals.

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NNN0LHI

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Fri Apr-01-05 03:07 AM
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2. Kill one to warn a hundred n/t

Edited on Fri Apr-01-05 03:16 AM by NNN0LHI

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salin

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Fri Apr-01-05 07:48 AM
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3. New item on same story (ABC News)

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=631685

couple of items within this article:

on the conditions surrounding the event.

Then the article talks of coaltion (of the willing) upcoming troop withdrawals... and then this other item (sort of meandering article, btw)

In Romania, which has 800 soldiers in Iraq, Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu refused to say whether he would consider withdrawing his country's troops after kidnappers released a video showing three Romanian journalists who were abducted in Baghdad.

The video, aired by Al-Jazeera satellite television, showed the three Romanian journalists and a fourth unidentified person possibly an American with guns pointed at them. Tariceanu said no demands had been made yet.

The article seems to be highlights (not so high) of the day per the Iraq situation - but very interesting to read tied together. Sort of Juan Cole without the intelligent commentary about the likely significance or context of the different items.

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