Topic: Senior police officer killed in Basra

BASRA, Iraq - (AP) A senior police officer was killed when a
roadside bomb struck his convoy Tuesday in this southern city, police said.
One other policeman was killed in the attack and four were injured.
Col. Mahmoud Qassim was head of the criminal investigation unit in
the city, Iraq's second largest.
He was killed when the blast occurred in the city's Abu al-Khasib
area, 15 kilometers (9 miles) south of Basra, police spokesman Col. Karim
al-Zeidi said.