BAGHDAD - Before dawn yesterday, Iraqi troops backed by US helicopters swooped down on the provincial government complex in Baqubah, Diyala's capital about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.
The troops stormed the office of the provincial governor, Raad Rashid al-Tamimi, triggering a gunfight that killed his secretary and wounded four of his guards, police said.
What did she ever do to anybody?
Later, troops raided the home of the president of Diyala University, Nazar al-Khafaji, handcuffed him, placed a hood over his head and led him away, his nephew Ismail Ibrahim Sabi said. Troops also seized three computers and several books, said Sabi, who was in his uncle's house at the time and works as his driver.
Gonna do some TORTURING, 'eh?
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