Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Another one down!

Although it's worrying that the Iraq insurgency now has Generals, it's comforting to think that they are being swiftly dealt with by the US Army.

US troops shoot dead Iraqi general: police

The deputy commander of the Iraqi army in western Al-Anbar province was shot dead by US troops at a checkpoint Tuesday night, a police officer said.

"The US forces opened fire at 8:00 pm on Brigadier General Ismail Swayed al-Obeid, who had left his base in Baghdadi to head home," police Captain Amin al-Hitti said.