Thursday 10 March 2005, 13:08 Makka Time, 10:08 GMT
As reported by Al-Jazeera, Lieutenant-Colonel Ahmad Ubaiss and two other agents were killed in an ambush in the southwestern Baghdad today at 8am (0500GMT).
A doctor at the Yarmush hospital, speaking in condition of anonymity said, "We received the bodies of three policemen, including Lieutenant-Colonel Ahmad Ubaiss."
Il Romanaccio at 12:16 PM