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  • Two U.S. Soldiers Killed as Iraqi Council Member Opens Fire After Meeting

    06/23/2008 10:17:16 PM PDT · by forkinsocket · 92 replies · 848+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | June 24, 2008 | Ernesto Londoño
    BAGHDAD, June 23 -- Two U.S. soldiers were killed and three were wounded Monday when a council member opened fire on them after a meeting in a small town south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. An Iraqi interpreter also was wounded in the shooting in Salman Pak Nahia, which is about 20 miles south of Baghdad, said Capt. Charles Calio, a U.S. military spokesman. Two Salman Pak residents identified the assailant, who was killed, as council member Raed Hmood Ajil. Residents Rafi Suleiman, 39, and Abu Dawood said in phone interviews that Ajil, a Sunni tribal leader, opened fire...