Sunday, April 4, 2010

Disguised Iraqi gunmen kill 24 members of pro-government militia

Shooters disguised as Iraqi soldiers have killed at least 24 extremities of a Sunni reserves matched to al-Qaida in a village southern of Baghdad.



Five charwomen were among those voted down after costs swept from their households last nighttime, according to Iraqi army officials.


The victims were bound with cuffs and sprayed with machine-gun raise. Many Another of the personifies were "beyond recognition", notifiable to a senior Iraqi ground forces official who cared to remain anonymous.


At least seven people were seen warm, said Baghdad's certificate spokesman, Major Large Qassim al-Moussawi. He said the killings bore "an obvious al-Qaida hallmark".


Many of those voted out were extremities of topical Sunni reserves that released against al-Qaida and its allies two long time ago in what was a important turning point in the campaign to nullify the Iraqi insurgency.


Moussawi very 24 people were confirmed dead, although an interior ministry official put the toll at between 20 and 25 men and five women.


Mustafa Kamel, a localised militia leader, said the attack found late last night in a small town in the Arab Jabour region, near 15 miles (25km) southwest of Baghdad.


There are nearly 100,000 extremities of the Sunni reserves, known as Awaking Councils and the Sons of Iraq. The US last year handed over control of the Rousing Councils to the Iraqi authorities, which pays their extremities nearly US$300 a month.

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