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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-07-06 03:36 PM
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Iraqi forces probe general's "strange" killing
The Iraqi army is investigating how a gunman managed to kill a senior Iraqi general in an attack that has fueled concern about the new, U.S.-trained Iraq military's cohesion in the face of brewing sectarian conflict.

"It is a very strange incident and raises many questions," an official in the Defense Ministry press service said on Tuesday after the commander of all Iraqi troops in Baghdad died from a bullet to the head while in a patrol convoy on Monday.
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The general was wearing body armor, the ministry official said. He opened the door of his four-wheel drive vehicle and a single bullet struck his head as he was putting on his helmet.

"The gunmen had very precise information," he said.

And the beat goes on. More:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060307/wl_nm/iraq_general_dc_4&printer=1;_ylt=AqTPYp6CJGj02BFs0xpfctVn.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-07-06 03:37 PM
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1. "The gunmen had very precise information," he said.
No kidding .... we are in deep shit.
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Dhalgren Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-07-06 03:41 PM
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2. "Brewing sectarian conflict."
None dare call it civil war...
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TechBear_Seattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-07-06 03:44 PM
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3. Just out of curiosity...
What is the ethnic/sectarian make-up of the US-trained Iraqi military? And what is to stop a sectarian group within the military from "disappearing" a truckload or five of high-end military gear for use against a different sectarian group?

Would they call it civil war then?
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-07-06 03:48 PM
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4. Seems to me he shoullda been wearing his helmet inside the ride.
So like here we have seatbelt laws in Iraq they have helmet laws.
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ugarte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-07-06 03:50 PM
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5. Any quail in the vicinity? Was he peppered?...nt
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