Gunmen kill officer in Ninewa

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi army officer was killed by gunmen on Tuesday during a crackdown operation in western Mosul, an army source said. “An army captain was killed on Tuesday evening (Feb. 24) by unknown gunmen during a crackdown operation the army waged in al-Islah al-Zeraei neighborhood in western Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not give further details. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1