Attack on the Turkmen town of Amirli

Bomb in northern Iraqi Shiite town kills 5
9th September 2009
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN (AP)

The 8 a.m. attack in the town of Armili targeted a convoy carrying Lt. Col. Zaid Hussein Khalaf, who leads the local police force's anti-terrorism section, said Brig. Sarhat Qader of the police in Kirkuk, a city farther north.
Armili, about 100 miles (165 kilometers) north of Baghdad, is a town of about 26,000 people — most of them Shiites from Iraq's Turkomen ethnic minority. More than 100 people were killed in 2007 when a suicide truck bomber targeted a town market there.

Insurgents in northern Iraq, who have maintained a stronghold in the city of Mosul, have frequently targeted ethnic minorities in recent weeks. Many of the attacks have hit remote villages and towns like Armili that often depend on a small security force for protection.

Associated Press Writer Yahya Barzanji in Sulaimaniyah contributed to this report.
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