4 Iraqis Killed, 5 Injured, 34 Arrested, May 14, 2009

4 Iraqis Killed, 5 Injured, 34 Arrested

May 14, 2009

Yaqen.net reported the following news:

- The 1920s Brigades fighters attacked the US Al-Bakr air base with rockets.

- Iraqi government forces arrested 29 people in Basra.

- One Iraqi soldier was killed, three were injured today in Mosul.

- A police officer was killed by a gunman in Al-'Amarah.

- A US military convoy was attacked with a roadside bomb in Babil.

2 killed, injured in armed attack in Touz Khormato

May 14, 2009 - 11:56:41

SALAH EL-DIN / Aswat al-Iraq:

A civilian was killed and another was wounded on Thursday in an armed attack in central Touz Khormato district in Salah el-Din, a police source said.

“An armed group attacked a number of stores in central Touz Khormato, 100 km east of Tikrit, killing a store owner and injuring another one,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The wounded was carried to a nearby hospital for treatment,” he added.

Tikrit, the capital city of Salah al-Din province, lies 175 km north of Baghdad.

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2 civilians killed, injured in Baghdad

May 14, 2009 - 09:17:17

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

An administrator working for the local newspaper Sawt al-Iraq (Voice of Iraq) was killed and another was injured in an armed attack in central Baghdad on Thursday, a source from the newspaper said.

“Unknown gunmen opened fire on Ihsan Zaboun Hayal and Abu Haydar, two employees in the Sawt al-Iraq newspaper, killing the first and seriously wounding the other,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He gave no more details.

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Bomb explodes on U.S. vehicle patrol in Wassit

May 14, 2009 - 08:55:09

WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq:

An explosive charge went off on Thursday targeting a U.S. vehicle patrol in southern Wassit without casualties, according to a security source.

“An improvised explosive device went off on Thursday (May 14) targeting a U.S. vehicle patrol while passing near al-Janabi river in al-Hay neighborhood in southern Wassit, without causing any casualties,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The locally-made bomb was planted by unknown armed men near al-Janabi river,” he noted.

“The Iraqi police sealed off the region, fearing the possibility of other bombs,” he added.

Kut, the capital of Wassit, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad.

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Sahwa fighter killed, 3 injured in Kirkuk

May 14, 2009 - 07:25:27

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq:

A Sahwa fighter was killed and three others were wounded on Thursday by unknown gunmen in the southwest of Kirkuk, a police source said.

“During the small hours on Thursday morning (May 14), unidentified gunmen opened fire on a Sahwa checkpoint in al-Zab district in southwest of Kirkuk, killing one fighter and injuring three more,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The armed men fled to an unknown place,” he added, without giving further details.

Kirkuk is 250 km northeast of Baghdad.

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Arrests:

Police detain 2 wanted men in Wassit

May 14, 2009 - 12:13:57

WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq:

Police forces arrested two wanted men and found weapons and explosives in their possession in southern Wassit, a security source said Thursday.

“Policemen on Thursday arrested two wanted men and seized local bombs and amounts of weapons during a security raid targeting gunmen’s hideouts in al-Hay district in the south of Kut,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The forces seized five local-made bombs, guns, Kalashnikovs, amounts of ammunitions and mobiles,” he added.

“The operation was launched on a tip-off,” he also said.

Kut, the capital of Wassit, is located 180 km southeast of Baghdad.

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3 wanted men arrested in Wassit

May 14, 2009 - 07:38:07

WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq:

Police forces on Thursday arrested three wanted men suspected of being involved in the attack on a police vehicle patrol in Kut, according to a security source.

“Acting on intelligence information, police forces on Thursday (May 14) managed to arrest three wanted men in al-Zahraa neighborhood in central Kut for being suspected of having involved in an attack on a police vehicle patrol, during which one officer was injured,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

A police lieutenant was seriously wounded on Wednesday (May 13) when his patrol came under fire by unknown gunmen in al-Zahraa region.

Kut, the capital of Wassit, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad.

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