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Top police officer killed in Iraq

BAGHDAD: Gunmen assassinated a police general in Baghdad on Sunday even as in Tal Afar, a militant stronghold near the Syrian border, Iraqi army backed by U.S. soldiers pressed on with their offensive.

Major General Adnan Abdul Rihman, a director of police training, died instantly in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari ordered the Rabiyah border crossing closed in an attempt to staunch the flow of militants from Syria, which is 100 km from Tal Afar.

AP

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