Baghdad blast kills 1, wounds 3

February 14, 2010 - 04:36:07

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

One civilian man was killed and three others wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in eastern Baghdad on Sunday evening, according to an Iraqi police source.

“The IED, planted near a popular café on al-Jawader street in the eastern Baghdad Sadr City, killed one civilian man and wounded three others who were inside the café then,” the source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“Security forces sealed off the explosion area and rushed the wounded to the nearby Imam Ali Hospital for treatment,” the source added.

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2 civilians killed, 2 wounded in IED blast in Diala

February 14, 2010 - 04:17:25

DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq:

Two civilians were killed and two others wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in al-Saadiya town, north of Baaquba, on Sunday, a local security source in Diala said.

“An IED went off near a civilian vehicle planted on the Mandili-Saadiya road, (100 km) north of Baaquba, leaving two people killed and two others wounded,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment,” the source added, not giving further details.

Baaquba, the capital city of the unrest-stricken province of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

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Lawyer, wife killed by gunmen in Baghdad

February 14, 2010 - 10:17:52

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

A lawyer and his wife have been killed in an armed attack by gunmen in the capital Baghdad, a local police source said on Sunday.

“During a late hour on Saturday night, unknown gunmen broke into the house of a lawyer in al-Saydiya area, southern Baghdad,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The gunmen killed the man and his wife, and stole his car before escaping to an unknown place, the source noted.

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4 civilians wounded in Baghdad blasts

February 14, 2010 - 07:26:45

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Four civilians have been injured in three blasts that hit several parts of the Iraqi capital, a police source said on Sunday.

“On Saturday evening, two civilians were injured when an explosive device went off near the headquarters of Iraq’s Scientists and Intellectuals Association in Baghdad’s western neighborhood of al-Mansour,” the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“Two other civilians were wounded in another explosive device blast in al-Karada neighborhood, downtown Baghdad,” the source noted. A third device detonated near the headquarters of the National Dialogue Front, led by Saleh al-Motlaq, in al-Adhamiya neighborhood, northern Baghdad, but no casualties were reported, according to the same source.

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U.S. army: 2 Iraqi soldiers wounded in camp shelling

February 13, 2010 - 07:43:08

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Two Iraqi soldiers have been wounded when unknown gunmen shelled an Iraqi camp in Amara City, the U.S. army said on Saturday.

The attack, which targeted an Iraqi camp in southwestern Amara and a neighboring U.S. camp, left two Iraqi soldiers injured and caused minor damage to some equipment, according to the U.S. army. The attack came one day after a joint security operation by U.S. and Iraqi forces in Missan’s al-Fujaijat village had left 10 Iraqis dead and five others wounded.

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Bomb leaves boy’s leg amputated in Mosul

February 13, 2010 - 05:49:00

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

A boy injured in a bomb attack in Mosul has had one of his legs amputated, a police source said on Saturday.

“This evening, an explosive charge hit an Iraqi army patrol vehicle in al-Tahreer neighborhood, eastern Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The blast wounded a 13-year-old boy, who has had one of his legs amputated, the source pointed out.

Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

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5 killed, wounded in Mosul shooting

February 13, 2010 - 05:09:17

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

One person was killed and four others, including a policeman, were injured in a shooting in Mosul, a local security source said on Saturday.

“On Saturday evening, unknown gunmen opened fire on a National Police checkpoint in al-Zanjili area, western Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The incident left one person killed and four others, including a cop, wounded, the source noted.

Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

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Unidentified body found near Mosul

February 13, 2010 - 09:23:00

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

An unidentified body of a civilian man was found west of Mosul city, according to a police source in Ninewa province on Saturday.

“The body, found on Friday night in the village of al-Ashiq, Talafar district, (60 km) west of Mosul, showed signs of having been shot in the chest, back and neck,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The body was removed to a morgue,” he added.

Mosul, the capital city of the volatile province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

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2 officers wounded in rocket attack on Iraqi army HQ in Missan

February 13, 2010 - 12:26:59

MISSAN / Aswat al-Iraq:

Ten Katyusha rockets landed on the headquarters of the 10th Division of the Iraqi army in northern al-Amara city, leaving two officers wounded, according to the official spokesman of the U.S. army in southern Iraq.

“The Iraqi army’s 10th Division HQ, (5 km northwest of Amara), came under attack with 10 Katyushas, leaving two Iraqi officers wounded,” Major Miles told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He said the attacks are believed to be a reaction to the security operation conducted by Iraqi army soldiers and U.S. army advisors north of Amara.

Earlier, Miles said that the U.S. forces deplore civilian casualties in the Missan security operation.

“U.S. forces regret the civilian casualties in the village of al-Fujaijat, Ali al-Sharqi district. Our objective is not at all to harm local residents but rather to enforce the law and spread security and stability in the province of Missan,” Miles told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The raid carried out during the early ours of Friday in the district of Ali al-Sharqi, (60 km north of al-Amara), was conducted by Iraqi and U.S. forces. The U.S. side was composed of a few group of advisors,” he said.

Miles added that the objective of the mission was to carry out arrest warrants against a number of wanted persons in the villages that belong to Ali al-Gharbi district, (100 km north of Amara), and the raiding force managed to arrest 22 wanted persons and seize a cache of munitions.

The Missan provincial council had convened an extraordinary session on Friday after 10 people were killed, five wounded and 12 others detained. The council decided that an ad hoc commission would be set up to investigate the incident.

Amara Mayor Rafie Abduljabbar had told Aswat al-Iraq on Friday that U.S. forces raided al-Fujaijat village during the small hours of Friday and killed 10 local residents, wounded five and detained 12 others.

Amara, the capital city of Missan province, lies 390 km south of Baghdad.

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