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Militants Kill Iraqi Reporter for US-Funded Al Hurra TV
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Police say Abdul Hussein Khazal was gunned down outside his home in a
Basra neighborhood Wednesday Iraqi police say gunmen in the southern
city of Basra have killed an Iraqi journalist working for the
U.S.-funded television station Al Hurra.

Police say Abdul Hussein Khazal was gunned down outside his home in a
Basra neighborhood Wednesday.

In Baghdad, kidnappers abducted a senior Iraqi Interior Ministry
official - Colonel Riad Allawi - after dragging him out of his car.

Separately, the U.S. military reported today the death of an American
soldier killed in action Sunday in Mosul. There was no explanation for
the delay in reporting.

Meanwhile, the terrorist network headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
claimed responsibility for Tuesday's suicide bombing at an Iraqi army
recruitment center in Baghdad that killed 21 people.

Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.


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