Car bombing in Iraq's Hilla kills 8, wounds 25

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Car bombing in Iraq's Hilla kills 8, wounds 25
25 Jun 2007 03:45:18 GMT

BAGHDAD, June 25 (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb attack
killed eight people and wounded 25 in the Iraqi Shi'ite
city of Hilla on Monday, police said.

They said the attack took place near the governor's office
in the city, which lies to the south of Baghdad.

No further details were immediately available.


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Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 24
24 Jun 2007 21:28:42 GMT

June 24 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 2115 GMT on Sunday:

* denotes new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died of wounds he suffered when his
unit was hit by a roadside bomb then came under small arms attack
in eastern Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
Two U.S. soldiers were killed outright in the attack.

BAGHDAD - The bodies of 11 people were found in different areas
of Baghdad on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said.

AIN AL-TAMUR - The bodies of six people, including a member of
the local city council, were found shot and tortured in the town
of Ain al-Tamur, about 75 km (50 miles) west of Kerbala, south
of Baghdad, police said.

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[Eugene]

1. Suicide bomber kills 10 in Iraq's Baiji - police

Source: Reuters

Suicide bomber kills 10 in Iraq's Baiji - police
25 Jun 2007 05:53:39 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, June 25 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber driving
a fuel tanker killed 10 people and wounded 18 in an attack
on a police headquarters in Iraq's northern oil city of
Baiji, police said on Monday.

The bomber detonated his vehicle next to blast walls
outside the police building in Baiji, 180 km (110 miles)
north of Baghdad, police captain Ghazwan al-Janabi told
Reuters.

Most of the building was destroyed and prisoners and police
were among the dead and wounded. No other details were
immediately available.


Link: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B40162.htm

[Eugene]

2. Suicide bombers kill 26 people in Iraq

Source: Reuters

Suicide bombers kill 26 people in Iraq
25 Jun 2007 07:55:44 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Updates death toll from Baiji bombing, adds details)

By Paul Tait

BAGHDAD, June 25 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 18 people
and wounded 40 others when he rammed a fuel tanker into
protective walls outside a police headquarters in Iraq's northern
oil city of Baiji on Monday, police said.

In a separate attack south of Baghdad, police said eight people
died and 31 were wounded when a suicide car bomber struck
outside the governor's office in the Shi'ite city of Hilla.

Witnesses gave varying accounts of the Hilla attack. One said the
bomber detonated his vehicle next to a fence of the governor's
compound, while another said the blast happened at a checkpoint
outside.

U.S. and Iraqi officials blame most car bomb attacks in Iraq on
Sunni Islamist al Qaeda.

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[Eugene]

4. Update at link: Suicide bombers kill 36, Baghdad hotel hit

Source: Reuters

Suicide bombers kill 36, Baghdad hotel hit
25 Jun 2007 09:01:10 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Recasts after Baghdad hotel bombing)

By Paul Tait

BAGHDAD, June 25 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 10 people
in the lobby of a busy Baghdad hotel used by foreigners and Iraqi
officials, one of three separate attacks that killed a total of
36 on Monday, police and witnesses said.

In the northern oil city of Baiji, 18 people were killed and another
40 wounded when a suicide bomber rammed a fuel tanker into
protective walls outside a police headquarters.

Police also said eight people died when a suicide car bomber struck
outside the governor's office in the southern Shi'ite city of Hilla.

-snip-

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[Eugene]

3. Ten killed in Baghdad hotel suicide attack-police

Source: Reuters

Ten killed in Baghdad hotel suicide attack-police
25 Jun 2007 08:31:57 GMT
Source: Reuters

-snip-

BAGHDAD, June 25 (Reuters) - Ten people were killed on Monday when
a suicide bomber wearing an explosives-packed vest blew himself up
inside a central Baghdad hotel used by foreigners and Iraqi officials,
police said.

Police said the bomber had walked into the busy lobby of the Mansour
Hotel, where Sunni Arab tribal leaders from western Anbar province
had gathered for a meeting.

Witnesses said the lobby was badly damaged. One witness said he had
seen seven bodies. Police said at least 15 people were wounded.

Large groups of Sunni tribal leaders in Anbar have joined forces to
form U.S.-backed provincial police units to fight against Sunni Islamist
al Qaeda, prompting a bloody power struggle in the vast desert region.

-snip-

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EDIT: story updated at link

[maddezmom]

5. Surge of suicide blasts in Iraq kill 29

Surge of suicide blasts in Iraq kill 29 By BUSHRA JUHI, Associated Press Writer
33 minutes ago



BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber who penetrated layers of security blew himself up in the busy lobby of a leading Baghdad hotel on Monday, killing at least nine people, including a U.S.-allied tribal sheik, police reported.

The attack, in which 16 others were wounded, was just one in a surge of five suicide and other bombings Monday that killed at least 29 people across Iraq.

In an equally deadly attack, a suicide truck bomber targeted an Iraqi police station shared with U.S. troops in Beiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad, killing nine people. There were no American casualties in that blast, the U.S. command said.

The bombing at the high-rise Mansour Hotel, on the west bank of the Tigris River in central Baghdad, struck at about noon as the lobby bustled with members of news media organizations headquartered at the hotel and other guests, witnesses said.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070625/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AtSaELTTZlhobwPaDH3hWxULewgF

[maddezmom]

6. Iraq bombers kill 40, sheikhs among hotel dead

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 12 people in the lobby of a busy Baghdad hotel on Monday, and the U.S. military said six tribal leaders opposed to al Qaeda were among the dead.

It was one of four separate bombings across Iraq in which 40 people were killed.

Police said a bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives blew himself up after walking into the lobby of the Mansour Hotel, where Sunni Arab tribal leaders from western Anbar province had gathered for a meeting.

"According to initial reports, six sheikhs are among the dead," Lieutenant-Colonel Scott Bleichwehl, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, told Reuters.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/iraq_dc;_ylt=AgJbu9RUNb3sRvxlkE8wcC9X6GMA

[Eugene]

9. Six tribal leaders among 50 killed in Iraq

Source: Reuters

Six tribal leaders among 50 killed in Iraq
25 Jun 2007 17:16:57 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Updates death toll from northern Iraq attack)

By Paul Tait

BAGHDAD, June 25 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed six Iraqi tribal
leaders opposed to al Qaeda when he blew himself up at a busy
Baghdad hotel, in one of four attacks on Monday that killed 50 people
in all, police said.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said the hotel attack was in retaliation
against Sunni Arab tribal leaders who had joined U.S. and Iraqi forces
to fight al Qaeda because they were tired of its killing of Iraqis.

-snip-

The U.S. military and Iraqi police said six tribal sheikhs were among
the dead.

Police said Fassal al-Igoud, a former Anbar governor, was the most
prominent of the tribal leaders killed. The number of Sunni sheikhs
killed could rise since some bodies had not yet been identified.

-snip-

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Report continues with violence across Iraq.

[Eugene]

7. Three foreign contractors reported killed in Iraq

Source: Reuters

Three foreign contractors reported killed in Iraq
25 Jun 2007 14:05:32 GMT
Source: Reuters

BASRA, Iraq, June 25 (Reuters) - Three foreign security
contractors were killed in an ambush on a private security
convoy south of Basra in southern Iraq on Monday, an Iraqi
security source said.

Details of the attack, which took place near the Sunni town
of Al Zubair, about 15 km (9 miles) southwest of Basra, were
sketchy.

The security source, who spoke on condition of anonymity,
said the convoy had been attacked by gunmen and that at
least two four-wheel-drive vehicles were destroyed.

-snip-

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8. (Baji) Death toll in N.Iraq bomb attack rises to 27-police

Source: Reuters

Death toll in N.Iraq bomb attack rises to 27-police
25 Jun 2007 16:51:29 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, June 25 (Reuters) - The death toll from a suicide
truck bomb attack on a police building in the northern Iraqi oil
city of Baiji on Monday rose to 27, with 13 police among the
dead, police said.

They said 62 people had also been wounded when the suicide
bomber rammed his fuel tanker into protective walls outside
the building.


Link: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/YAT560320.htm