Insurgents Fire Mortar Rounds at Funeral (killing two)

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Insurgents Fire Mortar Rounds at Funeral
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
Publication date: 2005-06-12

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents fired mortar rounds at a funeral for the mother of one of Iraq's most senior police generals on Sunday, killing two people, and the Shiite-led government pressed the need to open talks with insurgent groups.

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The mortar attack, which killed two people and wounded 11, took place Sunday evening in Baghdad's northern Hurriyah district during a funeral for the mother of Maj. Gen. Rashid Flaiyeh, who commands the Interior Ministry's elite police units, an official said.

A roadside bomb aimed at local police went off a few hundred yards from the funeral, police Lt. Ismael Abdul Sattar said.

Flaiyeh, who is also a security adviser to Interior Minister Bayan Jabr, was not injured, Abdul Sattar said. The Hurriyah district is predominantly Shiite but it was unclear if Flaiyeh was Shiite. Police are a favored target of Iraq's Sunni-dominated insurgency.

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