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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Attackers killed two members
of a Spanish intelligence team as it returned from a mission, the Spanish
defense ministry said.
The attack occurred in Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, said Capt.
Ivan Morgan, a spokesman for a multinational division in southern Iraq (news
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sites). The eight-member team was from Spain's National Intelligence
Center, an official with the Spanish defense ministry said in Madrid.
Spain was one of the staunchest supporters of the U.S.-led invasion to
oust Saddam Hussein (news
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sites) earlier this year and sent 1,300 soldiers to help maintain
order.
In previous attacks, a Spanish diplomat attached to Spain's
intelligence agency was assassinated near his residence in Baghdad on Oct.
9, and a Spanish navy captain was killed in the truck bombing of the
United Nations (news
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sites) headquarters in Baghdad on Aug. 19.
Other partners in the U.S.-led coalition have also been targeted. On
Nov. 12, a truck bomb outside the Italian barracks in Nasiriyah killed 19
Italians and 14 others in an apparent attempt to weaken the resolve of
Washington's allies.
On Thursday, insurgents fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the Italian
mission in Baghdad, causing damage but no injuries.
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