Seven killed in Iraq car bomb attack


Friday 31 December 2004, 23:11 Makka Time, 20:11 GMT


Iraqi National Guards are targeted by anti-US fighters



A car bomber has killed seven people, five of them Iraqi national guards, near the northern town of Baiji.


The bomber drove his car at a checkpoint in Siniya, west of the oil refining town, killing five national guards and two civilians, guard Captain Raad Jassim said on Friday.

Two other civilians were shot dead by guards nearby when they failed to stop at a checkpoint, hospital staff said.

Another national guard member was found shot dead near Falluja with a note on his body warning others against working with US forces.

The note attached to the bullet-riddled body read: "This is the fate awaiting anyone who collaborates with the occupier."


American forces are still fighting anti-US fighters in parts of Falluja.

Iraqi interim government officials say many fighters withdrew from the city before the recent massive US-led offensive and are still operating elsewhere.

Residents of the devastated city have slowly begun going home only to find the city in ruins.

Most who fled the fighting remain in refugee camps....