Baghdad: Gunmen kill police officer and wife

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Gunmen killed a policeman and his wife in a drive-by shooting south of Baghdad while an army commander survived an assassination attempt in the Iraqi capital, security authorities said today.

Baghdad-based policeman Razzaq Ubaid Hinaidi and his wife were killed late last nightwhile driving near the village of Aalgaya, about 60 miles south of Baghdad.

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An Iraqi army brigadier general survived an assassination attempt early today when eight gunmen attacked his convoy at an junction in Saydiya, southern Baghdad.

Soldiers returned fire against the gunmen, who had got out of two cars before attacking the convoy. Four gunmen were killed and the remainder fled on foot.

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