Iran Focus: Baghdad, Aug. 01 Unknown assailants assassinated a colonel in Iraqs new intelligence network, the state television channel ash-Sharqia reported on Monday. Iran Focus
Baghdad, Aug. 01 Unknown assailants assassinated a colonel in Iraqs new intelligence network, the state television channel ash-Sharqia reported on Monday.
A source in the Iraqi Defence Ministry said that gunmen in two cars opened fire on a civilian vehicle being driven by Colonel Fakhri Jamil.
Jamil was killed instantly, the report said.
It added that Iraqi intelligence organs had previously accused Iran of masterminding the assassination of 18 Iraqi intelligence officers over the past two years.
