Two bloody explosions in Hella, 27 Iraqis were killed
Iraq, Military, 5/31/2005

With the cycle of continued bloody attacks in various parts of Iraq, some 27 Iraqis were killed on Monday and other scores were injured in a twin suicide attack that targeted a gathering for former police men in al-Hella city to the south of Baghdad.

In a statement on the Internet, Ansar al-Sunnah group announced the assassination of the police director of internal affairs in the governorate council of Karkouk governorate Lt. Gen. Ahmad al-Barzanji.

In a related development, the American army announced it had killed 12 foreign gunmen during a breaking in operation in Rawa and al-Gharbeya towns which overlook the Euphrates to the west of Baghdad.

Meantime, the Iraqi police and army forces continued the largest security operation in Baghdad and its surrounding.

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