IRAQI RESISTNACE

Washington Post: 7 Spaniards Killed In Iraqi Ambush, Japanese Diplomats Slain in Separate Attack

LATIFIYA, Iraq, Nov. 29 -- More than a dozen insurgents ambushed and
killed
seven Spanish intelligence officers on Saturday on a highway near this
town
south of Baghdad, according to witnesses and Spanish officials. The
closely coordinated attack, in which gunmen fired from moving cars and
behind a concrete wall, was the latest in a series against European
troops taking part in the U.S.-led occupation. Witnesses said the ambush was
carried out by loyalists of former president Saddam Hussein using
automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades.

In a separate attack north of Baghdad, two Japanese diplomats were
killed in an ambush near Hussein's home town of Tikrit, according to the
Japanese Foreign Ministry. The Japanese government is weighing whether to
dispatch noncombat troops to help rebuild Iraq, a contribution desperately being
sought by the U.S. government but opposed by many Japanese.