Wednesday 28 September 2011

Gunmen kill 5 relatives of Sunni fighter in Iraq (AP)

REFILE - CORRECTING TYPE OF PLANE

A Beechcraft T-6 trainer is seen on the tarmac at an Iraqi air force base in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, in this undated handout photo. Saddam Hussein once commanded one of the most powerful airforces in the Middle East with 40,000 personnel and 1,000 aircraft including Soviet MiG and French Mirage fighters. Now its combat capability lies largely in three Cessna propeller planes armed with Hellfire missiles. In a move to redress the balance in the face of an Islamist insurgency and regional turmoil, Iraq on September 26, 2011, said it had signed a multibillion-dollar contract to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16s warplanes.     REUTERS/Iraqi Defence Ministry/Handout (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT TRANSPORT MILITARY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAP - Gunmen wearing military-style uniforms broke into the house of a pro-government Sunni militiaman early on Wednesday and killed five members of his family, including three children, Iraqi officials said.



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