12 More Iraqis Die in Drive-By Shootings

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12 More Iraqis Die in Drive-By Shootings


Wednesday May 24, 2006 1:31 PM

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By THOMAS WAGNER

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Drive-by shootings killed 12 people Wednesday, including
a provincial official in northern Iraq and two of his bodyguards, and authorities
found the corpses of nine people who apparently had been kidnapped and tortured.

U.S. forces killed seven insurgents in two operations outside Baghdad, and a bomb
set fire to an oil pipeline south of the capital, officials said.

Drive-by shootings, a common form of killing in Baghdad, often happen so quickly
that police can't tell whether they were motivated by sectarian hatred or personal
vendettas. Insurgents, private militias and petty criminals also have been known
to disguise themselves as policemen and soldiers, making it very difficult
for Iraqi forces to identify or hunt down the killers.

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