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US Soldier, 7 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, 5 Attacks on US Forces, March 21, 2009 Yaqen.net reported the following news: - A US patrol was attacked by a roadside bomb in Zaitouna, east of Baghdad, resulting in damages to one of the US vehicles. - A US Hummer vehicle was destroyed in a roadside bomb attack in Akashat area, Al-Anbar Province, resulting in US casualties. - A US Zell vehicle was destroyed in a roadside bomb attack in Al-Khaseem area, Al-Anbar Province. - A police officer was killed, three were injured in a roadside bomb attack in Al-Amarah. - Two Hummer vehicles were destroyed in an attack near Boyah, near Al-Qaem Road, Al-Anbabar Province. - US soldiers killed a man and arrested two members of his family in Al-Hajjaj village, near Tikrit. - A report of casualties in the sixth anniversary of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq (below in Arabic): 62% of the US soldiers who were killed in war attacks were killed in Baghdad and Al-Anbar Provinces. =========================================== Body of retired officer found in central Mosul March 21, 2009 - 02:51:26 NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Ninewa policemen found the body of a retired officer of the former Iraqi army in central Mosul city on Saturday, a security source in the province said. “The police found the body of a retired colonel in the former Iraqi army in the area of al-Okaydat, central Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The body showed signs of having been violently tortured, with injuries concentrated to the head, but showed no signs of having been shot,” the source said, adding the body was removed to a morgue in Mosul. He did not give more information about the incident. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR Police chief wounded by IED March 21, 2009 - 11:05:14 SALAH AL-DIN / Aswat al-Iraq: A police chief in Salah al-Din province was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) targeted his vehicle in northern Tikrit city, a local security source said on Saturday. “Last night, an explosive charge detonated near a vehicle belonging to a police chief in al-Qadissiya neighborhood (northern Tikrit city), while he was heading home,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The official was slightly wounded in the blast, the source noted, adding that another device went off after bomb disposal experts had arrived on the scene, wounding one of them. Tikrit, the capital city of Salah al-Din province, lies 175 km north of Baghdad. SS (P) Sahwa fighter killed in Babel March 21, 2009 - 07:37:08 BABEL / Aswat al-Iraq: A Sahwa council member was killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) targeted his vehicle in Babel province, a police source said on Saturday. “A sticky explosive charge exploded inside a car belonging to a Sahwa council member in Sanidig area (60 km northwest of Hilla city),” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The member was fatally wounded and died later in al-Maseeb hospital,” the source added. The Sahwa councils are anti-Qaeda fighters working in coordination with the Multi-National Force (MNF) and the Iraqi government. Headed by local chieftains, the councils have been credited with helping reduce violence in many Iraqi provinces, like Anbar, Diala, Ninewa, and Salah al-Din. Hilla, the capital city of Babel province, lies 100 km south of Baghdad. SS (P) Suicide attack kills cop, injures 2 in Falluja March 20, 2009 - 11:37:16 ANBAR / Aswat al-Iraq: A suicide bomber on Friday blew himself up targeting the house of a chieftain of Albu-Eissa tribe, killing one policeman and wounding two of the chieftain’s guards, according to a police source. “The attack targeted the house of Sheikh Talib al-Hassnawi al-Issawi in Amiriyat al-Falluja area, west of Falluja city,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “Police forces clashed with the bomber for around 30 minutes, before he blew up an explosive belt strapped to his body,” he said. This is the second explosion of its kind in less than 20 days in the same region. Falluja, Anbar province, lies 45 km west of Baghdad. MH (P)/ SH Civilian gunned down in Babel March 20, 2009 - 10:56:19 BABEL / Aswat al-Iraq: A civilian was killed and another one was injured on Friday by unknown gunmen in northwest of Hilla, a police source said. “Unknown gunmen opened fire at a civilian car in Jarf al-Sakhr district in northwest of Hilla, killing a civilian and injuring another one,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The gunmen fled to unknown place,” he added. Meanwhile, the same source said that a police forces found a stockpile of ammunition in al-Hamza al-Gharbi region in south of Hilla. Hilla, the capital of Babel, is 100 km south of Baghdad. SH (P) U.S. soldier dies from non-combat related causes March 20, 2009 - 10:09:13 BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: A U.S. soldier died in central Iraq from non-combat related causes, raising U.S. fatalities in March to six soldiers, according to a statement from the U.S. army on Friday. “A Multi-National Divsion- Center Soldier died March 19 from non-combat related causes,” said the statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The incident is 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 4,260. SH (S) Unknown corpse found in Mosul March 19, 2009 - 03:03:57 NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Police forces found an unidentified body with signs of having been shot north of Mosul city, a security source from Ninewa province said on Thursday. “The body was found at the Telkeef district intersection, north of Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The corpse, of a man in his forties, showed signs of having been shot in the chest and head,” he added. “The body was removed to a morgue in the city,” the source said, not giving further details. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. MH (P)/AmR
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