An Iraqi policeman was killed and another badly injured overnight when unknown attackers fired a rocket-propelled grenade at their checkpoint in the northern city of Kirkuk, police said. A police jeep was also damaged.
Meanwhile, US forces have detained 112 Iraqis, including a general reported to have links to ousted president Saddam Hussein and financial backers of anti-coalition attacks, the military said, according to AFP.
"The general officer they captured, Abed Hamed Mowhush al-Mahalowi ... was a Republican Guard air defense commander. He is reported to have links with Saddam Hussein and financiers of anti-coalition activities," the statement said.
The raid in Al-Qaim, near the Syrian border, "yielded 112 detainees, including a major general in the former Iraqi army air defense branch," it said. (Albawaba.com)
