July 24,
GUNMEN attacked a retired Iraqi general
who had worked for the former US occupation government as he headed to a mosque to pray today, killing
him and another man, Mosul police Captain Ahmed Subhi said.
Major General Salim Majeed Blesh, 58, who had been a top commander in the Iraqi army, was assassinated in the southern part of Mosul. A neighbour who
was with him, Sami Noori, 68, was also killed, Subhi said.
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Gunmen? What's that supposed to mean. Insurgents, Mercs...what
Sanc'.