Attackers Kill Governor of Iraqi City of Mosul

[dArKeR]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Attackers killed the governor of the Iraqi city of Mosul Wednesday as he was driving in a convoy of vehicles toward Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

The assailants threw a grenade at the governor's vehicle and fired automatic weapons, the source said.

"He was on his way to Baghdad with a security escort of four cars, when the attackers in another car pulled up beside his vehicle and threw a grenade, and then shot at his car," said the source, who declined to be named.

Iraqi officials have frequently been targeted for assassination by insurgents battling U.S.-led troops and Iraqi security forces in the country.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040714/wl_nm/iraq_governor_dc

aWol, better order Allawi to get out and inspect this one too. What good does it do?

[Mari333]

1. The people of Iraq want us out

and want our puppet govt out
http://www.bringthemhomenow.com
Bring the troops home now.
Send Bush and his wealthy friends over there to fight for their own $$$profits$$$. Stop killing our kids, you lowlife Piece of Shit.

[Doosh]

2. FOX Meme, "See if you can somehow put the blame on the Clintons"

[ugarte]

3. Only Negroponte gets the bulletproof vehicle

Iraqi governors are on their own.

[BrotherBuzz]

4. Recall, Iraqi style

Recall petition? We ain't got no recall petition. We don't need no recall petition. I don't have to show you any stinkin' recall petition!

[truthspeaker]

5. Collaborators die

Just ask anyone who worked for the French Vichy government. I wonder what the Gulf Arabic equivalent of "Quisling" is?

[Geo55]

6. How many puppets will die before the puppeteer closes the show? n/t

[frylock]

7. and the beat goes on..

don't forget to rate the story.

[TahitiNut]

8. A Realpolitik-style of impeachment.

Sure is tough to tell the difference between grenades and rose petals these days. :eyes:

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. Chimp is simply biding his time until next year

to put the boot down in Iraq. If he were to "win", expect a major escalation of US troop involvement over there and it will be too late for anybody to do anything about it. This escalation will be precipitated by something simple like the the offing of those "leaders".

[DoYouEverWonder]

12. Yep, he can't wait

to resume full scale military operations. They are just laying low for the election, then it will be full steam ahead, for the rest of the PNAC dream.

[leftchick]

10. The curse of wolfowitz strikes again...

death always follows in his wake....



U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, center gives a gift pen to Mosul Governor Gov. Youssef Kashmola while speaking at the U.S. military-controlled airport in Mosul, Iraq (news - web sites) in this June 17, 2004 file photo. Insurgents on Wednesday July 14, 2004 assassinated the governor of the northern city of Mosul as his convoy was traveled to Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ibrahim, File)

[NewYorkerfromMass]

11. Terrible.

(shakes head)

[Redleg]

13. Who cares- that's the Iraqi's business now, right?

We turned over sovereignty. (I hope you all have your sarcasm detectors turned on).