Mayor gunned down in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Unknown gunmen on Wednesday killed a mayor in eastern Mosul City, a local police source said. “This afternoon, gunmen assassinated Jassem Atsa Khalaf, the mayor of al-Intisar neighborhood, eastern Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. The body has been delivered to al-Salam Hospital, Mosul, the source noted, providing no further details. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P) 2