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

NEWSDESK

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 5
05 Mar 2008 13:25:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
March 5 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1300 GMT on Wednesday.

* denotes new or updated items.

* MAHMUDIYA - A roadside bomb killed one person and wounded three others near Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers killed two suspected militants and arrested 38 others during operations across Iraq in the past 24 hours, the Defence Ministry said.

* KIRKUK - A roadside bomb wounded one civilian in an attack against the convoy of Major-General Hazim al-Khazraji, a senior police officer in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* UDHAIM - A roadside bomb killed one person and wounded two others near Udhaim, north of Baghdad, police said.

* TUZ KHURMATO - Four truck drivers were kidnapped in Tuz Kurmato, 220 km (135 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Syrian identity documents were found inside the trucks.

* KIRKUK - Gunmen killed Abdul-Sattar Tahira, a professor at Kirkuk University, police said. Tahira held New Zealand citizenship, they said.

* BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained 22 suspected insurgents during raids against al Qaeda in northern and central Iraq, the U.S. military said.

TUZ KHURMATO - Gunmen killed two people and wounded three other family members in an attack on a house in Tuz Khurmato, police said.

SAMARRA - A bomb in a parked car killed two people and wounded six others, including four members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood security unit, near a checkpoint in Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Another police source put the death toll at one and said the attack was by a suicide car bomber.

BAGHDAD - Two bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.


AlertNet news is provided by

Email this article       Send comments

Emergencies

•  Iraq in turmoil

MORE >>

NGO latest

•  ACT: Iraqi refugees who leave homes for the safety of Syria still face challenges
ACT - Switzerland

•  UMCOR Hotline for March 4, 2008
UMCOR - USA

•  CRS Aids Release of Iraqi Refugees
CRS - USA

•  UMCOR Hotline for February 26, 2008
UMCOR - USA

•  U.S. Congress Must Move Quickly on AIDS Funding Bill
WV - USA

MORE >>

Latest news

•  US AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ SAYS NO DATE SET FOR NEW ROUND OF US-IRAN

•  Rice says Israel, Palestinians agree to resume talks

•  U.S. forces say release former Iraq minister

•  Turk planes strike N.Iraq, no casualties reported

•  Rice says Israel, Palestinians agree to resume talks

MORE >>
AlertNet news is provided by

Del.icio.us Del.icio.us  |   Digg Digg  |   NewsVine NewsVine  |   Reddit Reddit   
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-03-03T114802Z_01_BAG205_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG205.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-03-03T114335Z_01_BAG203_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG203.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-03-03T114226Z_01_BAG204_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG204.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-03-02T152940Z_01_BAG226_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG226.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-03-02T115200Z_01_BAG221-_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG221..htm

A patrol member from a local citizen's group marches with demonstrators chanting slogans during a protest in Baghdad's Adhamiya district March 3, 2008. Hundreds took to the streets in Adhamiya district ...



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

Last updated:Wed Mar 5 13:24:19 2008