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| Top Iraqi General Killed in Mortar Attack | Top Iraqi General Killed in Mortar Attack |
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| BAGHDAD — The general commanding the Iraqi Army’s Sixth Division was killed in a mortar attack Monday morning west of Baghdad, according to officers in the division and a counterterrorism official. | BAGHDAD — The general commanding the Iraqi Army’s Sixth Division was killed in a mortar attack Monday morning west of Baghdad, according to officers in the division and a counterterrorism official. |
| Brig. Gen. Najim Abdullah Ali al-Sudani was killed in or near the town of Garma, which is close to Falluja, a city that has been held by Sunni militants for most of this year. In recent weeks, Iraqi troops bolstered by militia groups have been trying to reclaim the city. | |
| Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki offered his condolences after hearing of the general’s death. | Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki offered his condolences after hearing of the general’s death. |
| According to initial reports, General Sudani was killed by sniper fire, but subsequent accounts said he had been killed by mortar fire. It was not clear if the militants knew that he was in the area. | According to initial reports, General Sudani was killed by sniper fire, but subsequent accounts said he had been killed by mortar fire. It was not clear if the militants knew that he was in the area. |
| A few hours after the attack, a suicide bomber assaulted the predominantly Shiite area north of the Kadhimiya neighborhood of Baghdad, killing four police officers and three civilians, and wounding 15 others. | A few hours after the attack, a suicide bomber assaulted the predominantly Shiite area north of the Kadhimiya neighborhood of Baghdad, killing four police officers and three civilians, and wounding 15 others. |
| The Iraqi Parliament, which was scheduled to meet on Tuesday to start the already delayed process of selecting a speaker, announced that the meeting was being postponed as the different political blocs tried to reach an agreement on the makeup of the new government. | The Iraqi Parliament, which was scheduled to meet on Tuesday to start the already delayed process of selecting a speaker, announced that the meeting was being postponed as the different political blocs tried to reach an agreement on the makeup of the new government. |