Australian killed in Baghdad
By Cynthia Banham
Defence Reporter, and Reuters
April 22, 2005


A former member of the Australian Army working as a private security guard in Iraq was among three foreigners killed in a roadside attack in Baghdad.

He has been named as Chris Ahmelman, from Queensland. He served in the army from 1986 to 1996 and was later a reservist.

The three were killed by insurgent gunfire, their employer said yesterday. They were shot on the highway leading to Baghdad's airport yesterday, Edinburgh Risk and Security Management, a private British company, said in a statement.

The others were identified as James Hunt, from Kentucky, United States, and Stefan Surette, from Nova Scotia, Canada. A fourth contractor was wounded in the attack.

Insurgents using small arms attacked their convoy as it was travelling to the airport from Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, site of the Iraqi Government, US embassy and various contracting companies.

A leading insurgent group, the Islamic Army in Iraq, said it was behind the attack, according to an internet posting.

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