Insurgents disguised as police kill two American civilians, Iraqi translat

[Judi Lynn]

Insurgents disguised as police kill two American civilians, Iraqi translator south of Baghdad
By Matt Moore, Associated Press, 3/10/2004 05:37

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Gunmen posing as police killed two American civilians and their Iraqi translator all employees of the U.S.-led coalition at a makeshift checkpoint south of Baghdad, the coalition said Wednesday. In another southern area, four Iraqi policemen died in a shootout with a local militia.

The deaths at the checkpoint came when the gunmen stopped the car Tuesday night outside Hillah, 35 miles south of Baghdad, Polish Col. Robert Strzelecki said. The attackers shot dead the passengers and took the vehicle, he said.

Polish troops later intercepted the car, arrested five Iraqis in it and found the bodies inside, said Strzelecki, speaking from the Camp Babylon headquarters of the Polish-led multinational force in Iraq. In Baghdad, a spokesman for the coalition that governs Iraq confirmed the deaths.

Authorities did not immediately release the identities of those killed.
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http://www.boston.com/dailynews/070/world/Insurgents_disguised_as_police:.shtml

[Barrett808]

1. Nice new tactic

Expecting a lot more of this.

[bemildred]

3. Yup.

Exploit the chaos, gum up the works, instill fear.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Took the vehicle

If anyone knows how to "win" the war against these guys please let me know.

I wonder how they have such detailed information about what happened.

[bemildred]

4. Caught the perps later, it says.

No doubt they "confessed" before being "dealt with".

[daleo]

5. If they were Halliburton employees

Bushco will want vengeance in the worst way. He didn't mean Halliburton, when he told the Iraqi resistance to "bring it on".

[CaptainClark23]

6. How so sure they were in disguise?

I see nothing in article to substantiate the reference to disguised insurgents.

Could they not be Iraqis whom we trained and armed?

what a clusterfck....I wish the Reserves the best of luck over there, man thats a live wire to have to walk into.