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Worried Iraqi Officials Urge Calm as Turkish-Kurdish Conflict Escalates
A sister of Marony Ohanis, one of two women killed Tuesday by private security guards in Baghdad, mourns at an Armenian Orthodox service.
(By Hadi Mizban -- Associated Press)
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Later Wednesday, an "indirect fire" attack on Camp Victory, the U.S. military's sprawling headquarters near the Baghdad airport, killed two coalition forces members and wounded 38, the Reuters news service reported. The number of casualties is the highest in months from an attack on Camp Victory.
In Baghdad, the families of two Armenian Christian women who were killed by private security guards held a funeral service. The women were shot Tuesday afternoon when their car approached a convoy of an Australian-run security firm, Unity Resources Group, in central Baghdad. Relatives said they would sue the company on behalf of the victims, Marony Ohanis and Geneva Jalal Entranic.
"This was an ugly crime. Everyone was sorrowful and in pain," said Lida Sarkis, Ohanis's niece. "They had no excuse to kill them."
Unity Resources Group issued a statement Wednesday saying that its four-vehicle convoy was stationary during the incident and that its people feared a suicide attack when the women's car approached. The guards used a series of "non-lethal" means before firing machine-gun bullets into the white Oldsmobile sedan, the company said.
"We deeply regret the loss of these lives," the statement said.
Special correspondents Zaid Sabah in Baghdad and Dlovan Brwari in Mosul contributed to this report.
