Palestinian officials said they were members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the armed wing of the Fatah movement headed by western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

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Abbas al-Rubaie, an official with the cleric's office in Baghdad's Sadr City, said gunmen in a parked car opened fire Sunday on four militia members on a routine patrol.

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Abbas Farhan al-Jabouri of the Development and National Reform list and two election workers were found shot dead in the Diyala province city of Mandali a few hours after they were kidnapped, police said.

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