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

NEWSDESK

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 15
15 Sep 2007 11:23:19 GMT
Source: Reuters
Sept 15 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1100 GMT on Saturday.

* denotes new or updated items.

* BAGHDAD - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 14 suspected insurgents and arrested 17 others during operations in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

* BAQUBA - Gunmen in police uniforms and driving an ambulance killed Khalid Rasheed, a former Iraqi army brigader-general, and two others outside his house in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* KIRKUK - A roadside bomb wounded two people on the road between Kirkuk and Mosul in northern Iraq, police said.

* MOSUL - Iraqi soldiers arrested a Libyan national in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, the Iraqi army said.

ISKANDARIYA - Five soldiers were wounded by a roadside bomb targeting their patrol on Friday in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BALAD RUZ - Seven people were wounded by a roadside bomb which exploded in a fuel station in the town of Balad Ruz, 50 km (30 miles) southeast of Baquba, police said.

BAQUBA - Two bodyguards were killed and three others wounded when gunmen attacked Colonel Adil Abdul-Kareem, the chief of intelligence for police in Diyala province, in Baquba, police 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

•  Summer camp in Lebanon for displaced Iraqi children
Save the Children - International Alliance

•  Medical Teams International sends medicines to children in Baghdad
Medical Teams International - USA

•  Sept. 11: Many Americans struggle with fear, anxiety
Medical Teams International - USA

•  Publications Update: a new newsletter from the International HIV/AIDS Alliance
International HIV/AIDS Alliance - UK

•  New International Health Partnership must build on AIDS accountability
International HIV/AIDS Alliance - UK

MORE >>

Latest news

•  FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 15

•  China rejects pork imports from U.S., Canada

•  Tropical Storm Ingrid weakens in open Atlantic

•  Sudan tells IMF budget strained by peace accords

•  Near Fossett search, three pilots die in crashes

MORE >>

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

Last updated:Sat Sep 15 11:22:44 2007