A ROADSIDE BOMB KILLED THE LOCAL INTELLIGENCE CHIEF AND TWO OF HIS GUARDS IN THE ETHNICALLY MIXED CITY OF KIRKUK IN NORTHERN IRAQ ON SATURDAY, KIRKUK POLICE CHIEF TORHAN ABDUL RAHMAN SAID. MOUSA HACHIM, DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE IN KIRKUK'S TA'MIM PROVINCE, WAS KILLED INSTANTLY BY THE BLAST THAT TARGETED HIS CAR IN CENTRAL KIRKUK. HACHIM WAS AN ETHNIC ARAB IN A CITY THAT HAS SEEN AN ACTIVE INSURGENCY AND ETHNIC TENSION, REUTERS REPORTED.
