Iraq Firefight Kills Four Police, Italian Wounded

leftchick

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Wed Mar-10-04 10:40 AM
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Iraq Firefight Kills Four Police, Italian Wounded

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=17&u=/nm/20040310/ts_nm/iraq_firefight_dc

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One Italian and two Iraqi policemen were wounded in the incident in the southern town about 235 miles southeast of Baghdad.

The shootout in front of the offices of an authorized security organization, the Citizens Security Group (CSG), which protects political parties, began at around 10:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. EST) Tuesday.

"The shootout, that lasted more than an hour, involved local police who allegedly tried to rescue two Iraqi citizens held illegally by the CSG," said Andrea Angeli, the coalition spokesman in Nassiriya.

He said Italian forces based nearby responded and were caught up in the firefight.

... Smells like civil war to me.

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bemildred

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Wed Mar-10-04 10:59 AM
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1. What is an "authorized security organization"?

Authorized by whom?
And why is an "authorized security organization" taking hostages
and getting in firefights with "local police" and the Italian
military?

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Wed Mar-10-04 12:17 PM
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