Report: Southern Iraqi air defense commander killed in ambush

Well-informed diplomatic sources in Kuwait told the Kuwaiti daily al-Anbaa on Sunday that commander of the air force in southern Iraq was killed with his driver and two of his guards were seriously injured late Friday night after they were ambushed by an armed group while he was on his way from Nassereyah to Basra. The sources did not mention the name of the officer, only saying that he is a lieutenant general in the Iraqi army.