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Governor Killed in Iraqi Roadside Bombing in Diwaniyah
A powerful roadside bomb killed Khalil Jalil Hamza the governor of Diwaniyah province and the provincial police chief Maj. Gen. Khalid Hassan as their convoy returned from a funeral in Aajaf. The attack prompted an indefinite curfew in Diwaniyah amid Shiite faction fighting and militia tensions. the region has seen heavy clashes with U.S.-Iraqi forces and internal rivalries.
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Baghdad
Khalil Jalil Hamza
Diwaniyah
Army
Othman al-Farood
Hamza
Khalid Hassan
al-Farood
Aajaf
Hassan
Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council
Abdul-Aziz al- Hakim
Mahdi Army
Sheik Wathiq al- Obeidi