Kurdish Party official killed in Diala, east Iraq

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: The official in charge of the   Branch of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, in Saadiya township of northeast Iraq ’s Diala Province , has been killed, together with his bodyguard on Sunday, Diala’s Security Committee Chief reported.   “An armed group, belonging to al-Qaeda Organization, had blocked the road on PUK’s Saadiya Branch’s official, Abbas Hassan Rashid, in his township, 155 km to the northeast of Baaquba, the center of Diala Province , killing him and one of his bodyguards on the spot,” Dilair Hasan told IraqiNews.com news Agency.   He said the attack took place close to the venue of the 1 st Battalion of the Iraqi Army’s 4 th Brigade of the Rapid Interference Forces in the township.   Baaquba, the center of Diala Province , is 57 km to the northeast of Baghdad .   SKH (ST)     407 DIALA / IraqiNews.com: The official in charge of the   Branch of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, in Saadiya township of northeast Iraq ’s Diala Province , has been killed, together with his bodyguard on Sunday, Diala’s Security Committee Chief reported.   “An armed group, belonging to al-Qaeda Organization, had blocked the road on PUK’s Saadiya Branch’s official, Abbas Hassan Rashid, in his township, 155 km to the northeast of Baaquba, the center of Diala Province , killing him and one of his bodyguards on the spot,” Dilair Hasan told IraqiNews.com news Agency.   He said the attack took place close to the venue of the 1 st Battalion of the Iraqi Army’s 4 th Brigade of the Rapid Interference Forces in the township.   Baaquba, the center of Diala Province , is 57 km to the northeast of Baghdad .   SKH (ST)