Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq

    BAGHDAD, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- An American aircraft raided the car of a mid-ranking leader of al-Qaida organization in Iraq, killing him and his driver late on Wednesday in eastern Ramadi, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

    Rafa Abdul Salam Hamud al-Ithawi, also named as Abu Taha, is known as "the Emir of Shamiyya" area in al-Anbar province, the military said in a statement.

    Ithawi frequently "harbored foreign fighters who entered Iraq." The statement said the U.S. aircraft used "precision laser guided munitions," when targeted the vehicle carrying Abu Taha and his driver.

    Al-Ithawi's death has caused great damage to Al-Qaida organization in Iraq, it added.

 

Four Iraqi policemen killed in Baghdad attacks

    BAGHDAD, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Four Iraqi policemen were killed and five others wounded in two attacks on Thursday morning, an Iraqi Interior Ministry source said.

    Unknown gunmen opened fire from their machine-guns at about 7:00 a.m. (0400 GMT) on a police patrol in the Industrial Street in the Elwiyah neighborhood, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Full Story

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