US Soldier, 17 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 6-Family Members by Police, March 16, 2009

US Soldier, 17 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 6-Family Members by Police

March 16, 2009

Yaqen.net reported the following news:

- US forces killed an Iraqi young woman south of Mosul, according to an Iraqi government spokesperson.

- A US Hummer vehicle was destroyed by a roadside bomb on the Tikrit-Beiji road, resulting in casualties.

- The US military base in the city of Haditha, Al-Anbar Province, was attacked with rockets.

- Four Iraqi soldiers were killed in an attack on a checkpoint east of Samarra.

- A US minesweeper vehicle was damaged by a roadside bomb on the Ba'aj-Mosul road.

Amsi.org reported the following news:

- Iraqi policemen from Barawna, Haditha, Al-Anbar Province, raided on a house belonging to Sharif Sheehan, in the village of Tal Al-Rumman, in the Ninawa Province. Six members of the family were taken by the police force for interrogation, where they were tortured then killed and thrown away in the desert.

- A security guard was killed, another was injured in an attack on a company called Asia, in Kirkuk.

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U.S. soldier dies from combat related injuries in Baghdad

March 16, 2009 - 05:11:39

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

A U.S. soldier was killed in Baghdad, the fifth soldier to be killed in March, according to a statement from the U.S. army. “A Multi-National Division–Baghdad soldier died March 16 from combat related injuries while conducting a patrol in Baghdad, ” said the statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The incident is currently under investigation,” it added. The death brings the number of U.S. soldiers who have been killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 to 4,258.

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Morgue receives civilian body north of Kut

March 16, 2009 - 05:45:37

WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq:

The al-Zahraa hospital received a civilian body found north of Kut, a source from the Wassit’s morgue said. “The morgue of al-Zahraa hospital received on Monday night (Mar. 16) a 30-year-old civilian body,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The body shows signs of torture and gunshot wounds to the head,” he added. “The body was found behind an ice factory in al-Aziziya district in north of Kut,” he explained. Kut, the capital of Wassit, is 180 km southeast of Baghdad.

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Oil pipeline explodes west of Kirkuk

March 16, 2009 - 01:56:23

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq:

An oil pipeline exploded in the west of Kirkuk on Monday, a source from the joint coordination center in Kirkuk said on Monday.

“A crude oil pipeline exploded late on Sunday (Mar. 15) on the Kirkuk-Dabs road in west of Kirkuk,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, pointing out that a joint police-army forces rushed to the area, where it found out that the explosion happened because of the pressure in the pipeline.

“The North Oil Company was informed by the explosion and works underway to fix it,” he added, without giving further details.

Kirkuk is 250 km northeast of Baghdad.

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Cop wounded by IED in Kirkuk

March 16, 2009 - 08:10:29

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq:

A policeman was injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in southern Kirkuk city, a local police officer said on Monday.

“An explosive charge detonated today near al-Nour al-Kabir mosque in southern Kirkuk city, targeting an emergency police patrol vehicle,” Lt. Col. Kamel Ahmed told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The explosion caused damage to the vehicle,” the official noted, adding that the wounded was rushed to the hospital for treatment.

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5 decomposed bodies found in Diala

March 16, 2009 - 12:50:06

DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq: Five decomposed corpses were found on Monday in a cemetery in Diala province, according to a police source.

“The cemetery was discovered in al-Mukhifa village (45 km northeast of Ba'aqouba city),” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The village was one of al-Qaeda’s strongholds in the province.

Ba'aqouba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

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U.S. forces shot down Iranian drone over Iraq

March 16, 2009 - 07:55:15

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

U.S. forces shot down an Iranian drone aircraft that ventured inside Iraq last month, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Monday.

A U.S. military spokesman said that U.S. jet fighters shot down the unmanned Iranian aircraft on February 25 about 60 miles northeast of Baghdad.

“The UAV had been tracked by coalition air forces for nearly 1 hour and 10 minutes before it was engaged and shot down well inside Iraqi airspace,” Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Ballesteros said.

“This was not an accident on the part of the Iranians” because of the distance into Iraq the drone flew and how long it stayed, Ballesteros said. The aircraft was believed to be an Iranian “Ababil 3″ model drone, he added.

But Major-General Abdul Aziz Mohammed Jassim, head of military operations at the Iraqi Defense Ministry, told Reuters he believed the plane’s entry into Iraq was probably a mistake.

“According to the report received by multinational forces, this drone entered Iraq mistakenly at a point 100 km (60 miles) from Baghdad. It crossed 10 km (6 miles) into Iraq,” he said. “It’s most likely that its entrance was a mistake.”

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