Reuters AlertNet Full site
Homepage | Newsdesk | NGO Latest | Crisis briefings | Country profiles | MediaWatch | Jobs | Alerting | Login

NEWSDESK

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 21
21 Aug 2008 21:14:07 GMT
Source: Reuters
Aug 21 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2100 GMT on Thursday.

* denotes new or updated item

* BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb killed one civilian and wounded four others in western Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Two bodies were found in Baghdad on Thursday, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Gunmen in opened fire from three cars in central Baghdad, killing one pedestrian and wounding another, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Gunmen wounded an interior ministry official in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Three people were wounded when a bomb exploded in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Police found three bodies in various parts of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad. One had been decapitated. Another was identified as the body of a policeman.

MOSUL - Militants killed a policeman in a gun battle in western Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - A policeman was wounded in clashes with gunmen in northern Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained 15 suspected militants during operations targeting al-Qaeda in different parts of Iraq, including one suspected of plotting attacks on local neighbourhood patrols.


AlertNet news is provided by

Email this article       Send comments

Emergencies

•  Iraq in turmoil

MORE >>

NGO latest

•  MAG Iraq - July update
MAG - UK

•  UMCOR Hotline for August 19, 2008
UMCOR - USA

•  International Medical Corps Partners with Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq
IMC - USA

•  CWS appeal: Hurricane Dolly
CWS

•  Technology broadens training reach: CWS uses special network to provide post-disaster help
CWS

MORE >>

Latest news

•  FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 21

•  Stress of war may help cause schizophrenia -study

•  U.S. demands Russia leave Georgia "now"

•  Saakashvili says West must make Russia quit Georgia

•  U.S. ships to take aid to Georgia

MORE >>
AlertNet news is provided by

Del.icio.us Del.icio.us  |   Digg Digg  |   NewsVine NewsVine  |   Reddit Reddit   
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-08-21T170158Z_01_BAG318_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ-RICE_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG318.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-08-21T165921Z_01_BAG317_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ-RICE_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG317.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-08-21T165803Z_01_BAG316_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ-RICE_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG316.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-08-21T154221Z_01_BAG305_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ-RICE_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG305.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-08-21T151919Z_01_BAG315_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ-RICE_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG315.htm

Demonstrators march during a rally protesting the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad August 21, 2008. The United States and ...



Disclaimers |  Copyright |  Privacy |  Contact Us |  Feedback |  About Us |  RSS XML

Last updated:Thu Aug 21 21:17:04 2008