Aide to Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Sistani killed

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Aide to Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Sistani killed
06 Jun 2007 07:30:27 GMT

NAJAF, Iraq, June 6 (Reuters) - A local representative of
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the reclusive spiritual leader
of Iraq's Shi'ite majority, was gunned down outside his home,
Sistani's office and police said on Wednesday.

Raheem al-Hasnawi, who represented Sistani in the town of
al-Mishkhab, 40 km (25 miles) north of the holy Shi'ite city
of Najaf, was killed late on Tuesday, they said.

A spokesman for Sistani's office said three gunmen riding in
a car shot Hasnawi outside his home in al-Mishkhab.

"He was killed immediately," the spokesman said.

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Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 6
06 Jun 2007 07:42:58 GMT
Source: Reuters

June 6 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 0730 GMT on Wednesday:

BAGHDAD - At least seven people were killed and 25 wounded
when bombs in two parked cars exploded in quick succession
in Kadhimiya, a Shi'ite district of north-eastern Baghdad,
police said.

NAJAF - A local representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,
the reclusive spiritual leader of Iraq's Shi'ite majority, was
gunned down outside his home on Tuesday, Sistani's office and
police said.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06171740.htm

[Eugene]

1. Bombs Strike Shiite Shrine Neighborhood

Source: Associated Press

Bombs Strike Shiite Shrine Neighborhood

Wednesday June 6, 2007 8:46 AM

By HAMID AHMED

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD (AP) - Two simultaneous car-bomb explosions Wednesday
rocked the neighborhood of the capital's holiest Shiite Muslim shrine,
killing at least seven people and wounding 27 others, police reported.

One blast, from a parked car, struck al-Zahraa Square, an intersection
a half-mile from the large Kazimiyah shrine, said a police officer who
spoke on condition of anonymity because of security concerns.

The second explosion, also from an unoccupied vehicle, occurred at
the Aden intersection, at the western entrance to the Kazimiyah
neighborhood.

The long-running series of bombings aimed at Iraq's majority Shiite
population has been blamed on Sunni extremists seeking to inflame
animosities between the two sects.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6687501,00.html

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3. 2 simultaneous blasts kill 7 in Baghdad, wounded 27

BAGHDAD - Two simultaneous car-bomb explosions Wednesday rocked the neighborhood of the capital's holiest Shiite Muslim shrine, killing at least seven people and wounding 27 others, police reported.

One blast, from a parked car, struck al-Zahraa Square, an intersection a half-mile from the large Kazimiyah shrine, said a police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because of security concerns.

The second explosion, also from an unoccupied vehicle, occurred at the Aden intersection, at the western entrance to the Kazimiyah neighborhood.

The long-running series of bombings aimed at Iraq's majority Shiite population has been blamed on Sunni extremists seeking to inflame animosities between the two sects

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070606/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_violence;_ylt=Ap78ApVU2eMkq9Xu3ybNyVus0NUE

[razzleberry]

2. this is insanity .n/t

[Eugene]

4. Public Works official kidnapped - Reuters Factbox

Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 6
06 Jun 2007 18:42:15 GMT
Source: Reuters

June 6 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 1830 GMT on Wednesday:

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BAGHDAD - Gunmen wearing police commando uniforms kidnapped
a departmental director in the Ministry of Public Works from his
office in Baghdad, police said.

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BAQUBA - U.S. and Iraqi troops, backed by attack aircraft,
killed 19 suspected insurgents in Kabat village near Baquba,
65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, on Tuesday, the U.S.
military said. Two Iraqi soldiers died in the operation,
during which a U.S. soldier and a civilian were also wounded.

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