Gunmen Slay Iraqi Intelligence Officer

The Associated Press
Saturday, December 23, 2006; 10:25 AM

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An Iraqi military intelligence officer was slain in a drive-by shooting on Saturday south of Baghdad, police said.

Gunmen attacked 1st Lt. Hussein Jabir at 7:30 a.m. as he was leaving his home in downtown Diwaniyah, 80 miles south of Baghdad, police said.


Iraqi boys are seen through shattered glass in Baghdad's Sadr City, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 22, 2006, after a U.S. and Iraqi army raid on the neighborhood.  The joint forces raid resulted in two suspects being detained and four people wounded, including two children, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Iraqi boys are seen through shattered glass in Baghdad's Sadr City, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 22, 2006, after a U.S. and Iraqi army raid on the neighborhood. The joint forces raid resulted in two suspects being detained and four people wounded, including two children, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) (Karim Kadim - AP)

Also Saturday, U.S.-led forces killed one person and detained nine other suspects in a raid on a militant hideout in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

"Intelligence reports indicated terrorists with ties to the al-Qaida in Iraq network were operating in the targeted building," the military said in a statement.


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