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To: Road Walker who wrote (178462)	11/29/2003 2:45:40 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583681

<font color=brown>John, at least the Iraqis don't discriminate......<font color=black> ted ********************************************************** Six Spanish Intelligence Officers Killed in Iraq Saturday, November 29, 2003 BAGHDAD, Iraq — Six Spanish intelligence officers were killed and one was wounded on a highway south of Baghdad (search) Saturday when the convoy they were traveling in was ambushed, a Spanish defense ministry official said. Journalists for Sky News, Fox News' sister network in Britain, saw four bodies in the road and a jubilant crowd of Iraqis kicking them. They also saw two smoldering SUVs. The convoy of two civilian four-wheel-drive vehicles was traveling south from Baghdad (search) to the city of Hillah (search), according to Capt. Ivan Morgan, a spokesman for a multinational division in southern Iraq. He described the men as Spanish soldiers attached to an intelligence unit. Sky News gave an eyewitness account of a mob of 20 to 30 people rejoicing over the bodies. One correspondent saw a child of eight or nine pretending to kick a body. Another person was seen with a foot on the chest of one of the bodies. Shouts of "Praise to Saddam!" were heard. The civilians then reportedly turned hostile to the journalists and they were forced to leave. Spanish officials earlier had said eight agents were in the convoy. The ministry official said he had no information about the whereabouts of the possible eighth person. Spain was one of the staunchest supporters of the U.S.-led invasion to oust Saddam Hussein 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 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. November has been the deadliest month for American soldiers since the U.S.-led invasion on March 20 -- though the number of assaults has declined in recent days. Guerrilla attacks on U.S.-led forces in Iraq have dropped some 30 percent in the past two weeks, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez (search), the top U.S. military official in Iraq, told reporters Saturday at the Baghdad Convention Center. They have fallen from a daily average of 35 to 22. On the worst days earlier this month, the total reached as high as 50 attacks per day. At least 75 U.S. soldiers have been killed in November. U.S. officials say the arrest of three North Africans in Europe this week on suspicion of recruiting militants to attack the American-led coalition points to an organized international campaign. The Associated Press contributed to this report.