Baghdad Mayor Killed - Interfax (Anybody Know If These Guys Are Reliable)

[WillyT]

Since this blurb is only a couple of sentences, I'll just post the link: http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=138&newsid=74625&ch=0&datte=2005-10-19

Seems like InterFax is a Russian, Eastern European News outlet.

I think...

:shrug:

[LynnTheDem]

1. Yes the mayor of Baghdad was killed today,

[Bumblebee]

2. saw it in the morning and nothing since then. Have serious doubts.

[WillyT]

6. Yeah... I Just Did A Google News Search And Got Nothing !!!

That's why I put this in GD. I wasn't sure of this site's reputation.

Course I spelled Baghdad wrong my first attempt at Googling, LOL!!!

:shrug:

[joemurphy]

3. More evidence that the insurgency is in its death throes! n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. The one who was forced out at gunpoint a while back or his successor?

[WillyT]

8. Well... It's Dated 10\19\05, So I Guess It Would Be His Successor...

Either that, or Interfax is still using the Pony Express!

:shrug:

Onedit: Make that the 19th...

[niallmac]

5. nothing on Al Jajeera,bbc,cnn...

[Bumblebee]

7. I just did the News Google -- nothing

Do not think it's a true story

[exsoccermom]

9. Checked Newsnow.co.uk and nothing (newsnow is a british news

feed with stories coming in from papers (and blogs even) from all over the world).

[Threedifferentones]

10. This paper mistranslated a news report from

some small paper, probably from the mid-east. The guy worked for the city in some sort of managment position but was not actually the mayor of Baghdad.

[WillyT]

11. Have A Link Please ???

:shrug:

[soup]

12. I asked this morning in LBN-

Who is Hatem Mirza Hamza?

A better question might have been - Who is the mayor of Baghdad? Is it still Hussein al-Tahaan?

I have no idea. But, other than the one source on the killing, still nothing else in the news.

DUer muriel_volestrangler suggested it might have been a fault in the translation that Hatem Mirza Hamza, 'Baghdad municipalities’ president' was misinterpreted as 'Mayor'.

:shrug:

[WillyT]

13. Ok... That's Probably It...

<snip>

In other attacks in Baghdad, insurgents shot and killed Hakim Mirza, a municipal director, and his driver, in the Dora neighbourhood, and Muhsin Chitheer in front of his home in the al-I'alam area, police said. Mr Chitheer was a lieutenant colonel in the Iraqi army that US forces disbanded after invading in 2003.

<snip>

Link: http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=2115662005

Man... if you read that whole article, it sure sounds like civil war over there. God...

:nuke:

[soup]

14. No wonder I couldn't find anything more.

I was using 'Hatem Mirza Hamza' to search, which was the name given in the original article this morning. Using just 'Mirza' brought a few results in addition to the link you provided.

Also mentioned here:
Insurgents kill at least 14 in attacks as Saddam's trial begins
11:58 PM EDT Oct 19
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/051019/w101956.html

At about the same time, In other attacks, Elsewhere - What a string of senseless death.

So, I guess we've established the Mayor of Baghdad was one of the few NOT killed or injured today.