31 October 2004 -- A Iraqi official says two Iraqi National Guardsmen were killed today when gunmen opened fire at them on the outskirts of Baghdad.
Colonel Adnan Abdul-Rahman of the Interior Ministry said the two were on their way to work when 12 gunmen in three cars fired Kalashnikov rifles at them in the Jurf al-Naddaf area on the outskirts of the capital.
The soldiers were riding a pickup truck with a civilian, who survived the attack.
Abdul-Rahman said the gunmen then seized the pickup truck.
Members of Iraq's security forces are frequent targets of insurgents who often accuse them of collaborating with foreign troops.
(AP)
The soldiers were riding a pickup truck with a civilian, who survived the attack.
Abdul-Rahman said the gunmen then seized the pickup truck.
Members of Iraq's security forces are frequent targets of insurgents who often accuse them of collaborating with foreign troops.
(AP)