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6 Killed

Good morning,

In violence Saturday:

_ Amjad Hamid, who was in charge of educational programs at Iraqiya state television, was killed with his driver in Khadra, a dangerous, mostly Sunni west Baghdad neighborhood, the channel said.

_ Waad Jabar, who worked for an Iraqi rights group, was gunned down with his bodyguard in Hawija, 150 miles north of Baghdad, police said.

_ Lt. Col. Thayer Saddam was shot and killed in his car in the south Baghdad neighborhood of Saydiyah, the Interior Ministry said.

_ A retired government employee was gunned own near a Sunni mosque in south Baghdad, police said.

_ A roadside bomb targeting an American patrol in west Baghdad wounded one soldier, the U.S. military said.

_ A car bomb targeting another U.S. convoy exploded at Mishahda, about 25 miles north of Baghdad, but there was no word on casualties, said police Lt. Ali Mohammed.

Have a nice day.

posted by Wink @ 8:33 AM