Iraq Watch: July 6, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq - In Jbala, 45 miles south of Baghdad, two car bombs exploded killing at least 11 people and wounding another 19. One bomb went off near a car dealership and the other exploded along a main thoroughfare entering the town.
Al-Qaida in Iraq, led by Jordanian born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, announced today that Egyptian diplomat Ihab al-Sherif, who was kidnapped in the capital on Saturday, has been 'convicted' by al-Qaida's religious court as being an apostate and was awaiting his punishment. The insurgent group also published pictures of al-Sherif's various identification cards.
Also Wednesday, Lt. Col. Rahim Amin, a member of the Shiite Badr Brigade, was gunned down in the Dura district of southern Baghdad.
Elsewhere, four Iraqi policemen were killed and nine more injured by gunmen in seperate attacks in and around Baghdad.
Al-Qaida in Iraq, led by Jordanian born Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, announced today that Egyptian diplomat Ihab al-Sherif, who was kidnapped in the capital on Saturday, has been 'convicted' by al-Qaida's religious court as being an apostate and was awaiting his punishment. The insurgent group also published pictures of al-Sherif's various identification cards.
Also Wednesday, Lt. Col. Rahim Amin, a member of the Shiite Badr Brigade, was gunned down in the Dura district of southern Baghdad.
Elsewhere, four Iraqi policemen were killed and nine more injured by gunmen in seperate attacks in and around Baghdad.
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