Fighters assassinate Iraqi oil boss

Attackers killed the top security official for the state-run Northern Oil company today, in the latest of a string of assassinations on Iraqi leaders.

Fighters assassinate Iraqi oil boss
Wed, 16 Jun, 2004 - 08:08

Attackers killed the top security official for the state-run Northern Oil company today, in the latest of a string of assassinations on Iraqi leaders.

Ghazi Talabani was killed as he travelled to work in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, said General Anwar Amin from Iraqi Civil Defence Corps.

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