Gunmen assassinate ranking MOD officer in Baghdad
September 6, 2010 - 11:22:38

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Unknown gunmen on Monday used guns with silencers to assassinate a ranking officer of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD) in Baghdad.

“The victim is a brigadier of the MOD,” a local police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He did not mention further details, but noted that the assassination took place at the highway near the al-Amiriya neighborhood, western Baghdad, where the officer was driving in his civilian car.

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