Fumble Fingers

"Two days ago, three Iraqi civilians were killed and one wounded when they were stopped in northern Mosul at a traffic control point. After resisting questioning and opening fire on an Iraqi police officer, one of the Iraqis in the car attempted to throw a grenade at the checkpoint.

The Iraqi with the grenade had a little trouble throwing it out the car window. The grenade bounced off the edge of the car door and exploded inside the car, killing two of the occupants and wounding the two others who were taken to the hospital under guard.

One died yesterday of wounds. Further research showed that the four individuals were directly involved in the assassination of a city council member, Tillal al-Khalidi, in November of 2003."

News clip from Mosul