Nine Iraqi soldiers killed in suicide bombing-police

Source: Reuters

Nine Iraqi soldiers killed in suicide bombing-police
26 Apr 2007 06:46:29 GMT

BAGHDAD, April 26 (Reuters) - Nine Iraqi soldiers were killed and
15 people were wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his car
into an Iraqi army checkpoint north of Baghdad on Thursday,
police said.

The attack occurred in the town of Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) from
Baghdad, in the volatile Diyala province. All those killed were
soldiers but civilians were among the wounded, police said.

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In northern Iraq, at least three people were killed and 13 wounded
in three separate blasts on Thursday in a town near Mosul, 390 km
(240 miles) north of Baghdad, said a local official who asked not
to be identified.

Two truck bombs and a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt
targeted Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani's Democratic Party of
Kurdistan (PDK) and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, the Mosul official
said.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26479662.htm

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Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 26
26 Apr 2007 05:52:23 GMT
Source: Reuters

April 26 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0530 GMT
on Thursday:

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BAGHDAD - The bodies of 18 people were found shot in different districts
of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM628193.htm

How many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died?

16 Iraqis killed in Thursday violence in Iraq; in addition, 7 insurgents killed in military raids
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Suicide car bomb attacks killed at least 16 people, including nine Iraqi soldiers, in two cities north of Baghdad Thursday morning, according to Iraqi officials.

In addition, coalition forces killed seven insurgents in raids on Thursday near Baghdad's Sadr City and near Taji -- north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. The military said two women and two children may have been killed in an airstrike during the Taji encounter.

A roadside bomb detonated near Baghdad's Shorja market -- a common target for insurgent attacks -- killing two civilians and wounding four others, an interior ministry official said. The attack happened around 1:15 p.m.

Nine Iraqi soldiers were killed when a suicide car bomb exploded at their checkpoint in Khalis, about 50 miles north of Baghdad, police said.

The blast, which happened at 9 a.m., also wounded 10 soldiers and five civilians, according to police.

more:http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/26/thursday/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Dual car bombs attack KDP office in northern Iraq
BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Two cars loaded with explosives crashed into a Kurdish Democratic Party office in Zamar Thursday morning, killing at least five people and wounding three others, according to the city's mayor.

The first suicide car bomb tried to ram the KDP headquarters and exploded short of the building as guards fired their guns at it, the mayor said.

Another suicide car bomber approached the building moments later and also detonated just outside, he said.

Zamar is about 35 miles west of Mosul in northern Iraq.

more:http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/26/thursday/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 26
26 Apr 2007 11:46:22 GMT
Source: Reuters

April 26 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1130 GMT
on Thursday:

* denotes new or updated item.

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* BAGHDAD - U.S. forces said they killed three insurgents during an operation
in the Sadr City district of Baghdad. Residents said that three people were
killed, including a pregnant woman and a 70 year-old man, and seven wounded
during the strike.

* TIKRIT - Gunmen killed the sister-in-law and niece of Ali Hassan al-Majid,
Saddam Hussein's cousin who was dubbed "Chemical Ali", in Tikrit, 175 km (110
miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

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* BAGHDAD - Two people were killed and 11 wounded when mortar rounds landed
in the Shi'ite Abu Dshir district of southern Baghdad, police said.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM628193.htm

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The report lists about 30 deaths on Thursday plus 20 from Wednesday.

BAGHDAD, April 26 (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and another 10 wounded in a car bomb blast in the Jadriya district of southern Baghdad on Thursday, police said.

The blast hit outside a hotel and many vehicles were burning.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26636821.htm

BAGHDAD, April 26 (Reuters) - At least six people were killed and another 15 wounded in a car bomb blast in the Jadriya district of southern Baghdad on Thursday, police and Interior Ministry sources said.

The Interior Ministry source said the car carrying the bomb was parked on the street between Baghdad University and the Al-Hamra Hotel in the religiously mixed neighbourhood.

Many nearby vehicles were burning, police said.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26676373.htm

Source: Associated Press

Bombers strike at Iraqi army, civilians
Updated 1h 38m ago

By Lauren Frayer, Associated Press

BAGHDAD - Bombers struck an Iraqi army post northeast of
Baghdad and civilian targets in the city as violence across
Iraq killed at least 72 people Thursday, including the bullet-
riddled bodies of 27 men dumped in the capital — apparent
victims of sectarian death squads.

Still, the top American military spokesman insisted the U.S.
command felt "very comfortable" that it is making "steady
progress" in restoring order in Baghdad.

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Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-04-26-bombers_N.htm

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Also: FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 26 - Reuters

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Source: Associated Press



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Same with all the little outposts Petraeus loves. That didn't happen in rural Vietnam because... ah, well where would the cars come from? Not so in urbanized Iraq.