Top Iraqi general killed in gun attack - US army

BAGHDAD, Mar 6 (Reuters) A senior Iraqi general was killed in a gun attack on his convoy in Baghdad today, the US military said in a statement.

'Major General Mubdar Hatim Hazya Al-Duleimi, commanding general for the 6th Iraqi Army Division, was killed by terrorists March 6 at approximately 4:35 pm in western Baghdad,'' the statement said.

The 6th Division is the main Iraqi force operating in Baghdad, where it has been in the front line of efforts over the past two weeks to suppress sectarian violence erupting into civil war.

US-trained Iraqi forces are key to Washington's plan for withdrawing its own troops from Iraq.

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