- RAMADI, Iraq - 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.
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- "The US forces opened fire at 8:00 pm (1700 GMT)
on Brigadier General Ismail Swayed al-Obeid, who had left his base in Baghdadi
to head home," police Captain Amin al-Hitti said.
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- "They spotted him on the road after the curfew,
which goes into effect at 6 pm," the officer said in Baghdadi, 185
kilometres (142 miles) west of the capital.
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- No immediate reaction was available from the US military.
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- US forces have struggled to build up Iraqi security forces
in Al- Anbar, where the country's insurgency is at its strongest, and many
police and national guard units are suspected of having been infiltrated
by rebels.
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- AFP and Turkish Press
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- http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38797
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