- BAGHDAD (AP)--A police colonel
in charge of protecting oil installations was assassinated Saturday in
Mosul, Iraq in what appeared to be a campaign by the insurgents against
U.S.-backed security forces.
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- Police Col. Abdul-Salam Qanbar, who was in charge of
a police force protecting oil installations, was fatally shot Saturday
evening while heading to a mosque, a police official said on condition
of anonymity.
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- Also in Mosul on Saturday, a remotely detonated bomb
hidden in a juice cart exploded near a U.S. convoy, police and witnesses
said.
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- No U.S. troops were injured, but two Iraqis were hurt
-police said when U.S. soldiers stunned by the explosion opened fire in
all directions. The U.S. military said it was investigating.
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- "I was in my car," said taxi driver Hisham
Abdullah, 22, who was hospitalized with a gunshot wound. "The Americans
were behind me. They were firing randomly and I was hit in the head."
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