BAGHDAD, April 13 -- Gunmen ambushed a large police convoy in a rural area north of the capital on Thursday, killing at least 17 officers, according to a police lieutenant. Elsewhere, an attack on a Shiite Muslim shrine and the assassination of a Sunni Arab politician's brother threatened to further... -
17 Iraqi Officers Are Killed In Ambush of Police Convoy
BAGHDAD, April 13 -- Gunmen ambushed a large police convoy in a rural area north of the capital on Thursday, killing at least 17 officers, according to a police lieutenant. Elsewhere, an attack on a Shiite Muslim shrine and the assassination of a Sunni Arab politician's brother threatened to further...-
By Nelson Hernandez and Saad Sarhan