Iraqi brigadier general killed in Baghdad
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-12 14:33

Suspected insurgents killed a brigadier general as he drove to work at the Ministry of Defense in Baghdad on Thursday, police said.

The attackers opened fire from two cars at a vehicle carrying Brig. Gen. Iyad Imad Mahdi in the Jihad neighborhood of western Baghdad at 6:45 a.m., said police Capt. Hamid Hussain.

No other information was immediately available.

Insurgents often target Iraqi officials and security forces in drive-by shootings and attacks with roadside bombs and suicide car bombs.

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