Gunmen kill 15 in Iraqi village

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms entered a village west of Baghdad early Saturday, rousted families from their homes and opened fire on the men, killing 15 of them, an Iraqi general and a Kurdish political party said.

The victims were Kurdish Shiites, according to a statement posted on the Web site of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

The gunmen entered the village of Hamid Shifi, about 60 miles west of Baghdad early Saturday and forced families from their homes, said Brig. Gen. Nazim Sherif.

The assailants then separated the women and children, ordered the men to stand in a single file and gunned them down, he said.



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[maddezmom]

1. FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 19

More May 19 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0630 GMT on Saturday:

MANDALI - Insurgents killed seven Shi'ites from one tribe outside the town of Mandali near the Iranian border in Diyala province, relatives of the victims said.

* KIRKUK - Gunmen killed a police officer when they sped past his home in a car and sprayed him with gunfire, police said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed two people and wounded five others when it exploded in a religiously mixed district in western Baghdad on Friday, police said.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb wounded four civilians in a residential neighbourhood of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday, police said.

more:http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KHA916285.htm

[tblue37]

2. These "gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms" that

are committing so many killings and kidnappings are--wait for it--Iraqi army. You know, the guys we are training to stand up so we can stand down.