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Jun 28th, 2009


Security Developments in Iraq (June 22-27, 2009)

Following are security developments in Iraq on Saturday, June 27, 2009 as reported by Reuters.

BAGHDAD – A motorbike bomb killed a civilian and wounded four others in the Baghdad’s southwestern district of Risala, police said.

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb wounded three people in Baghdad’s northern Mustansiriya district, police said.

Following are security developments in Iraq on Friday, June 26, 2009 as reported by Reuters.

MOSUL – A roadside bomb killed an Iraqi soldier and wounded two others when it struck their convoy in eastern Mosul, 240 miles north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD – Iraqi security forces captured two militants carrying three suicide bomb vests in Abu Ghraib town, west of Baghdad, security source said.

BAGHDAD – A bomb in a motorbike market killed at least 13 people and wounded 45 in central Baghdad, police said.

DIWANIYA – A gunman opened fire on an aide to the Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Thursday near his house in Diwaniya, 95 miles south of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL – A bomb planted in a parked car killed one Iraqi soldier on Thursday, wounding four policemen and nine civilians in northern Mosul, police said.

MOSUL – Iraqi soldiers killed a militant attempting to plant a roadside bomb in eastern Mosul on Thursday, police said.

MOSUL – Gunmen wearing military uniforms attacked a convoy carrying a senior criminal judge in Mosul on Thursday, wounding one of his bodyguards, police said. The judge was not hurt.

BAGHDAD – A mortar round wounded four civilians when it landed in Baghdad’s central Karrada district on Thursday night, police said.

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb wounded two civilians in Baghdad’s eastern Ur district on Thursday, police said.

Following are security developments in Iraq on Thursday, June 25, 2009 as reported by Reuters.

BAGHDAD – A bomb attached to a bus wounded three civilians in Amil district, southwestern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD – A parked car bomb wounded five people in Bayaa, southwestern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD – A bomb at a bus terminal killed two people and wounded 30 others in Bayaa, police and a hospital source said.

BAGHDAD – Two roadside bombs targeting a U.S. military patrol wounded nine U.S. soldiers in Rusafa, eastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.

FALLUJA – A roadside bomb killed five policemen, including an officer, in Amiriya al-Falluja, south of Falluja city, 32 miles west of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one policeman and wounded three others on Wednesday in eastern Baghdad’s Baladiyat district, police said.

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb killed one civilian and wounded ten others on Wednesday in southern Baghdad’s Jihad district, police said.

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb wounded four civilians on Wednesday in southern Baghdad’s Saidiya district, police said.

Mosul – A roadside bomb killed a police colonel when it struck his car on Wednesday in the north of Mosul, 240 miles north of Baghdad, police said.

Following are security developments in Iraq on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 as reported by Reuters.

BAGHDAD – A bomb in a trailer attached to a motorcycle killed at least 61 civilians and wounded about 116 others at a market in eastern Baghdad’s Sadr City slum, police said.

MOSUL – Seven civilians were wounded when an armed man hurled a hand grenade at a U.S. military patrol in a market in central Mosul, 240 miles north of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK – An insurgent was killed while he tried to plant a bomb on a roadside near Kirkuk, 155 miles north of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK – A roadside bomb wounded three street cleaners as they emptied a garbage container in central Kirkuk, police said.

MOSUL – A car bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol wounded one soldier in central Mosul, police said.

MOSUL – A roadside bomb killed a policeman and wounded another on Wednesday when it exploded near their patrol in central Mosul, police said.

MOSUL – Police in Mosul retrieved the body of a woman from the River Tigris on Wednesday with gunshot wounds to her head, police said.

MOSUL – Gunmen killed an off-duty policeman on Wednesday during a drive-by shooting in southern Mosul, police said.

Following are security developments in Iraq on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 as reported by Reuters.

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb on Monday wounded one policeman and one bystander in the Yarmouk district of west-central Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA – A roadside bomb on Monday wounded a physician and three others in Falluja, 32 miles west of Baghdad, police said.

Following are security developments in Iraq on Monday, June 22, 2009 as reported by Reuters.

BAGHDAD – A bomb that exploded in a vegetable market killed five people and wounded 25 others in Husseiniya, on the northern outskirts of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK – A roadside bomb killed a member of a Sunni Arab anti-Qaeda militia and wounded two others when they chased gunmen who had opened fire on their checkpoint southwest of Kirkuk, 155 miles, north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD – A parked car bomb in central Baghdad’s Karrada district killed five people and wounded 20 others, police said.

BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber detonated himself outside the Abu Ghraib municipal council building in west Baghdad, killing seven people and wounding 13 others, police said.

MOSUL – Gunmen killed two Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint in east Mosul, 240 miles north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL – Gunmen opened fire on policemen in central Mosul, killing two, police said.

MOSUL – Police found a body with bullet wounds to the head and chest in central Mosul, police said.

KHANAQIN – A roadside bomb killed three soldiers near the town of Khanaqin, 100 miles northeast of Baghdad, the army said.

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb went off near a police patrol, killing three civilians and wounding 12 others near al-Hamza Square in Baghdad’s eastern district of Sadr City, police said. The victims were all students in a passing minibus.

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb wounded three people in Baghdad’s eastern Habibiya district, police said.

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Security Developments in Afghanistan (June 22-27, 2009)

Following are security developments in Afghanistan on Saturday, June 27, 2009 as reported by Reuters.

HELMAND – Gunmen dressed as police killed eight policemen in an attack on a checkpoint in a town north of Lashkar Gah in southern Helmand province late on Friday, said Dawood Ahmadi, a spokesman for the provincial governor. The bodies of the dead police had been taken to a hospital in Lashkar Gah. The gunmen fled after the attack, Ahmadi said.

Following are security developments in Afghanistan on Friday, June 26, 2009 as reported by Reuters.

EASTERN AFGHANISTAN – A soldier serving with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, ISAF said in a statement. No other details were available.

HELMAND – Three Afghan civilians were killed and two others were wounded when a roadside bomb hit their car in southern Gireshk district, the Interior Ministry said.

HELMAND – U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces detained five militants during an operation in southern Nad Ali district on Thursday night, the U.S. military said.

No report for Thursday, June 25, 2009.

Following are security developments in Afghanistan on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 as reported by Reuters.

HELMAND – An Afghan civilian was shot dead by a NATO-led patrol on Sunday after he ignored signals to stop while driving his car towards the patrol near Babaji district, the alliance said in a statement.

KANDAHAR – Afghan police killed four insurgents and wounded three others in clashes near Zhari district, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

URUZGAN – Afghan and foreign troops killed around 23 Taliban fighters in ground and air assaults during an operation in the southern Tirin Kot district overnight, Afghan army commander in the southern region, Sher Mohammad Zazai, said.

ZABUL – Taliban militants gunned down a detective officer and his police body guard in the provincial capital, Qalat, the provincial governor, Mohammad Ashraq Nasiri, said.

ZABUL – Four Taliban insurgents were killed after ambushing an Afghan army patrol in the southern Arghandab district, Nasiri also said.

Following are security developments in Afghanistan on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 as reported by Reuters.

KUNDUZ – Three German soldiers working under NATO-led forces were killed after coming under attack near the northern city of Kunduz, Germany’s Defense Minister said.

KANDAHAR – Three Afghan policemen were killed and four others wounded when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in the southern Dand district on Monday evening, said provincial police chief Matiullah Qateh.

HELMAND – A roadside bomb hit a passenger mini-van, killing one Afghan civilian and wounding five others in the southern Nahr Saraj district, the Interior Ministry said.

FARAH – Two Afghan soldiers and nine Taliban insurgents were killed during a four hour gun battle in the Shiwan district of Western Farah province on Monday, the Defense Ministry said. Four Afghan soldiers and several insurgents were also wounded during the clash, it said.

GHAZNI – A suicide car bomber targeting a foreign troop convoy killed two Afghan civilians southwest of Ghazni city, provincial police chief Khial Baz Sherzai told Reuters. The foreign soldiers did not suffer any casualties or damage to their vehicles, Sherzai said.

Following are security developments in Afghanistan on Monday, June 22, 2009 as reported by Reuters.

KHOST – A bomb blast and a suicide bomb attack killed eight civilians and wounded more than 40 others in Afghanistan’s southeastern town of Khost on Monday, a provincial official said.

KHOST – NATO troops shot dead an Afghan civilian in a car in Khost province in the southeast after the car failed to stop following a warning, the alliance said.

KANDAHAR – A suicide car bomber killed three Afghan soldiers in southern Kandahar province on Monday, a provincial official said. The Taliban claimed responsibility.

NANGARHAR – An explosion went off on Monday in a government ammunition dump in eastern Nangarhar, killing a child and wounding 20 others, including 18 civilians, a spokesman for the provincial governor said. Authorities were investigating whether the blast was an accident or sabotage.

KHOST – Four Afghan guards of a Western security firm were wounded on Monday in an ambush by Taliban guerrillas on a road in southeastern Khost province, officials said.

KABUL – A roadside bomb hit a vehicle of NATO-led forces on the southern outskirts of Kabul on Monday, wounding three soldiers of the alliance, an official for the force said. The Taliban said they were behind the blast.

HELMAND – A roadside bomb hit a passenger bus and injured three civilians in Helmand province in the south of the country, the Interior Ministry said.





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