Iraqi forces probe general's "strange" killing

[TomInTib]

The Iraqi army is investigating how a gunman managed to kill a senior Iraqi general in an attack that has fueled concern about the new, U.S.-trained Iraq military's cohesion in the face of brewing sectarian conflict.

"It is a very strange incident and raises many questions," an official in the Defense Ministry press service said on Tuesday after the commander of all Iraqi troops in Baghdad died from a bullet to the head while in a patrol convoy on Monday.
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The general was wearing body armor, the ministry official said. He opened the door of his four-wheel drive vehicle and a single bullet struck his head as he was putting on his helmet.

"The gunmen had very precise information," he said.

And the beat goes on. More:

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[Botany]

1. "The gunmen had very precise information," he said.

No kidding .... we are in deep shit.

[Dhalgren]

2. "Brewing sectarian conflict."

None dare call it civil war...

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. Just out of curiosity...

What is the ethnic/sectarian make-up of the US-trained Iraqi military? And what is to stop a sectarian group within the military from "disappearing" a truckload or five of high-end military gear for use against a different sectarian group?

Would they call it civil war then?

[xultar]

4. Seems to me he shoullda been wearing his helmet inside the ride.

So like here we have seatbelt laws in Iraq they have helmet laws.

[ugarte]

5. Any quail in the vicinity? Was he peppered?...nt