Yarmouk leader killed by extremist attack

Yarmouk leader killed by extremist attack
Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
January 11, 2008

A Baghdad neighborhood council chairman was killed by an extremist who detonated a car bomb Jan. 8 in western Baghdad.

Dr. Faleh Mansour Hussain served his community as the chairman of the Yarmouk Neighborhood Council.

Following the detonation, Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, sealed off the area and assisted in the aftermath of the attack.

Iraqi first responders transported him to the Yarmouk Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

“Dr. Faleh was an honorable man who always held the interest of the Yarmouk neighborhood first,” said Maj. J. Frank Garcia, public affairs officer for 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. “Attacks on civilians like this are done by those who are trying to prevent the peace and stability Iraqi citizens deserve.”

The incident is under investigation.