BAGHDAD, Oct. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Unidentified attackers shot down two Iraqi army officers in a drive-by shooting Thursday in Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman said.

    General Nadhem Flayih and Lieutenant Colonel Imad Awad Ahmed were killed when they were traveling on a main road in Baquba, heading to their work at about 7:30 a.m. (0430 GMT), Adnan Abdul-Rahman said.

    The spokesman gave no further details about the attack, but police in the city said the two had served in the Iraqi army during Saddam's regime. Enditem