UNIDENTIFIED ARMED MEN KILLED AN IRAQI POLICE OFFICER DURING A SHOOTOUT IN CENTRAL FALLUJAH, 70 KILOMETRES WEST OF BAGHDAD, ON THURSDAY WHILE FOUR INSURGENTS WERE ALSO KILLED IN THE CLASH, DPA REPORTED. A SECURITY SOURCE FROM THE FALLUJAH POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT POLICE CAPTAIN AHMAD ABDEL MONEIM AL ZUBAEI WAS KILLED WHEN HIS HOME WAS ATTACKED BY A LARGE GROUP OF INSURGENTS FIRING MORTAR ROUNDS AND ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADES. AL ZUBAEI'S FAMILY MEMBERS RETURNED FIRE ON THE INSURGENTS AND KILLED FOUR OF THEM, ADDED THE SOURCE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT AL ZUBAEI WAS TARGETED BECAUSE HE WAS AN OFFICIAL AT THE INTERIOR MINISTRY.