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

NEWSDESK

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 9
09 Mar 2007 20:33:20 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

March 9 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 2015 GMT on Friday:

* indicates new or updated item

* BAGHDAD - Ten bodies were found shot dead in different parts of Baghdad on Friday, apparent victims of sectarian death squads, a police source said.

* BAGHDAD - A senior leader of an al Qaeda-linked group has been arrested in Iraq, state television Iraqiya said. It did not say whether U.S. or Iraqi troops had arrested Abu Omar al- Baghdadi, leader of the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq. U.S. and Iraqi officials could not immediately confirm the report.

FALLUJA - A U.S. marine was killed in combat in Anbar province in western Iraq, the U.S. military said.

HIBHIB - Ten Iraqi policemen were missing after insurgents attacked a police station north of Baghdad, killing one policeman and wounding three more, a police source said. The source said a group of insurgents stormed the police station in Hibhib, in Diyala province.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said an Apache attack helicopter killed 12 insurgents who were planning to ambush a U.S. patrol on a highway west of Baghdad airport on Wednesday evening. The air strike also destroyed a truck mounted with an anti-aircraft heavy machine gun, a U.S. statement said.

MOSUL - U.S. forces in Mosul killed one suspected insurgent and captured six more, including a man the U.S. military said was an al-Qaeda linked militant known as "The Butcher", thought to be responsible for kidnappings, beheadings and bombings in the Mosul and Ramadi areas.

FALLUJA - U.S. forces captured two suspected insurgents during a raid in Falluja, in western Iraq, the U.S. military said.

KARMA - U.S. forces captured eight al Qaeda suspects, including one described as a "media emir" northeast of Karma, which is near Falluja, the U.S. military said.


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

•  Irak: Caritas fordert mehr Hilfe für Flüchtlingen
Caritas - Germany

•  Advocacy and Aid for Iraqi Refugees launched by World Vision
WV MEERO - Cyprus

•  Youth Wins the Gold!
Children Intl - USA

•  Youth Wins the Gold!
Children Intl - USA

•  AJWS Grantees Featured at United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
AJWS - USA

MORE >>

Latest news

•  Saddam trial judge seeks asylum in Britain-Jazeera

•  Senior Iraqi Qaeda-linked militant arrested-TV

•  US farm group slams US-Brazil ethanol cooperation

•  Senior Iraqi Qaeda-linked militant arrested-TV

•  FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 9

MORE >>

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

Last updated:Fri Mar 9 20:35:35 2007