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

NEWSDESK

Qaeda raid kills 12 people in Iraq village-police
01 Dec 2007 10:24:13 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Updates casualty toll, adds civilians abducted, homes burned)

BAGHDAD, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Suspected al Qaeda militants killed 12 civilians and abducted 35 in an attack on Shi'ite Muslim village north of Baghdad early on Saturday, police said.

Ten people were wounded and eight houses burned to the ground in the raid by suspected Sunni Arab gunmen on the village of Dwelah in the volatile Diyala province north of Baghdad.

The attack came a day after Iraqi government statistics showed the number of civilians killed throughout the country in November fell to the lowest level in nearly two years. (Writing by Alaa Shahine; editing by Peter Graff)


AlertNet news is provided by

Email this article       Send comments

Emergencies

•  Iraq in turmoil

MORE >>

Countries

Small country map
© 2004 Europa Technologies Ltd.
Reset map

•  Iraq profile
· View map

MORE >>

NGO latest

•  CWS presses U.S. government to protect displaced Iraqis
CWS

•  HISTORIC GLOBAL VIGIL FOR AIDS ORPHANS ENDS IN NEW YORK CITY
WV - USA

•  World Vision releases global AIDS attitudes study at United Nations
WV - USA

•  TV News Footage - ICRC calls on remaining states to accede to landmine ban treaty on eve of 10th Anniversary
ICRC - Switzerland

•  THE IRC RETURNS TO IRAQ
IRC - UK

MORE >>

Latest news

•  Qaeda raid kills 12 people in Iraq village-police

•  Iraq Sunni Arab leader: "I am under house arrest"

•  FEATURE-Iraqi refugees return to face uncertainty at home

•  Qaeda raid kills 10 people in Iraq village-police

•  Five Hamas militants killed in Gaza missile strike

MORE >>

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

Last updated:Sat Dec 1 10:22:34 2007