FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, 14 Dec 2007
KIRKUK - Gunmen posing as Iraqi army soldiers killed one civilian in a drive-by shooting near the city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, an Iraqi military source said.
BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier died of wounds suffered during a roadside bomb attack south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
BAGHDAD - Two dead bodies were found in western Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier was killed during a small-arms fire attack in southern Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KHA435596.htmFactbox - Security developments in Iraq, 13 Dec 2007
NEAR MUQDADIYA - Sixteen dead bodies were found on Thursday in a ditch in the a town north of Baghdad in Iraq's most violent province Diyala, police said. Twelve had been beheaded.
BAGHDAD - Five bodies were found in different districts in Baghdad, on Wednesday, police said.
HIT - A suicide car bomb targeted the convoy of the mayor of Hit, a town in the western province of Anbar, killing two of his bodyguards and wounding six others including three civilians on Wednesday, police said.
DOUR - Police found the bodies of a father and son riddled with bullets in the town of Dour, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, near Tikrit. Police said the body of a policeman was also found in the town on Wednesday, shot in the head.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/PANA-79UFDZ?OpenDocument&cc=irqFactbox - Security developments in Iraq, 12 Dec 2007
AMARA - About 40 people were killed and more than 125 wounded when three car bombs exploded in quick succession in the mainly Shi'ite southern Iraqi city of Amara on Wednesday, police and health officials said.
LATIFIYA - The Iraqi army found the bullet-riddled bodies of two men from a Sunni Arab tribal council in the town of Latifiya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. The council opposes al Qaeda.
BAGHDAD - Four bodies were found in different districts in Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.
MOSUL - Gunmen killed a policeman and wounded two others in a drive-by shooting on Tuesday in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/SSHN-79TG9M?OpenDocument&cc=irqFactbox - Security developments in Iraq, 11 Dec 2007
BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomb exploded near the homes of senior Iraqi politicians in a heavily guarded neighbourhood of western Baghdad on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding 12, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen on two motorcycles killed Ibrahim Mohammed Ajil, head of the al-Rashad psychiatric hospital, in a drive-by shooting on Monday night when he was heading to his home in Baladiyat district in eastern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A bomb attached to a booby-trapped body killed one Iraqi solder and wounded seven others including two policemen in the Saidiya district of southern Baghdad, police said.
SALAHUDDIN PROVINCE - A suicide car bomber killed one U.S. soldier and wounded two others in an attack on Monday in Salahuddin province north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/srch.nsf/doc304SearchResults?OpenForm&view=rwrwb&srcid=Reuters&cc=irqFactbox - Security developments in Iraq, 10 Dec 2007
* BAGHDAD - Seven inmates were killed and 21 wounded when several mortar rounds struck an Interior Ministry jail in central Baghdad, an Iraqi security official said.
* RAMADI - Police found a body with gunshot wounds and signs of torture near Ramadi, 110 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Five bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Sunday, police said.
MOSUL - Gunmen killed a Christian girl in a market in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Sunday, police said.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/SSHN-79RD9U?OpenDocument&cc=irqFactbox - Security developments in Iraq, 09 Dec 2007
HILLA - A roadside bomb killed the police chief of Iraq's Babel province and five of his guards on Sunday, police said.
BAIJI - A suicide car bomb targeted an Iraqi army checkpoint, killing two soldiers and wounding seven others in western Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, the Iraqi army said.
BAGHDAD - Three bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Saturday, police said.
KUT - Gunmen killed Iraqi army colonel Omran Mousa in a drive by-shooting north of Kut, 170 km (100 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/KHII-79R43P?OpenDocument&cc=irqFACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, 08 Dec 2007
BAIJI - At least eight people were killed and 40 wounded in an attack in a residential neighbourhood in Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. A Reuters witness said it was a suicide car bomb attack.
MAHMUDIYA - A child was killed and two others wounded by two mortar bombs in the town of Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Three bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Friday, police said.
SUWAYRA - Two bodies with gunshot wounds and showing signs of torture were recovered from the Tigris River in the town of Suwayra, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08674429.htmFactbox - Security developments in Iraq, 07 Dec 2007
* NEAR KIRKUK - Unidentified gunmen killed a civilian in the town of Taza, southwest of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
MUQDADIYA - A female suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives killed 16 people and wounded 27 in the town of Muqdadiya, 90 km (55 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.
RABIA - Gunmen killed four leaders of neighbourhood police units and wounded two others in a drive-by shooting on Thursday in the village of Rabia in Iraq's remote northwest near the Syrian border, police said.
BAGHDAD - Five bodies were found in different districts of Baghdad on Thursday, police said.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/SSHN-79NCWF?OpenDocument&cc=irqBaghdadis shrug and shop after worst blast in months
BAGHDAD, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The air still smelled unmistakably of blood and the street was still strewn with shredded store mannequins and clothes ... "That? That was just one explosion," said Um Fadhil, a middle-aged woman trying on boots with her two teenaged daughters at a shop just 100 metres from where a car bomb killed 15 people and wounded 35 on Wednesday evening.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/PANA-79MF4N?OpenDocument&cc=irqFactbox - Security developments in Iraq, 06 Dec 2007
BAGHDAD - Six people were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in the Diyala Bridge district of southeastern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Five people were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near the al-Shaab National Stadium in central Baghdad, police said.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/PANA-79MHG6?OpenDocument&cc=irqFactbox - Security developments in Iraq, 05 Dec 2007
MOSUL - A parked car bomb killed one civilian and wounded seven others including a policeman when it targeted a police patrol in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
DHULUIYA - One body was found with gunshot wounds in the town of Dhuluiya, 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAQUBA - A parked car bomb killed five people and wounded 13 on a main road near a number of government offices in the volatile city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
SALAHUDDIN PROVINCE - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and two others wounded when gunmen opened fire after a roadside bomb exploded in Salahuddin Province on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/PANA-79LCMX?OpenDocument&cc=irqFactbox-Security developments in Iraq, 04 Dec 2007
MAHAWEEL - Two bodies were found in the town of Mahaweel, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen attacked the home of Iraqi Electricity Minister Karim Waheed, killing one of his bodyguards and wounding another, a member of Waheed's security detachment said. Police said three guards were wounded.
MOSUL - A roadside bomb killed one policeman and wounded three others in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Monday, police said.
TARMIYA - U.S. soldiers fired on a car carrying four Iraqi civilians, killing one and wounding the other three, during operations targeting al Qaeda militants in Tarmiya, 30 km (20 miles) north of Baghdad, on Monday, the U.S. military said. The driver of the car ignored instructions to stop, including two sets of warning shots, it said.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/SSHN-79KCQQ?OpenDocument&cc=irqFactbox - Security developments in Iraq, 3 Dec 2007
MOSUL - Gunmen attacked a police patrol, killing four policemen and wounding two others in southeastern Mosul. The police killed three of the gunmen and U.S. forces nearby killed four of the gunmen.
RAMADI - A suicide car bomb struck a police checkpoint, killing three policemen and wounding another on Sunday, in northern Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.
RIYADH - Gunmen killed four policemen on Sunday when they ambushed them near the town of Riyadh, 60 km (40 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.
BAGHDAD - Police found six bodies in different districts across Baghdad. One of the bodies was of a woman chopped to pieces, police said.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/PANA-79JHRR?OpenDocument&cc=irqFactbox - Security developments in Iraq, 2 Dec 2007
BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed Lieutenant-Colonel Aqeel Abdul Hussein, assistant to the head of Baghdad's security forces, in a drive-by shooting in western Baghdad's Mansour district, police said.
BAGHDAD - A bomb planted under the car of Shi'ite politician Ammar Moussawi killed Moussawi's driver, police said. Moussawi was among three people wounded in the attack in the Utaifiya district of central Baghdad.
ISKANDARIYA - Gunmen killed three people, wounded one and kidnapped five others in an attack on the Sunni Arab al-Sammee al-Aleem mosque, in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, after Friday prayers, police said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed two policemen and wounded four others in Baghdad's Mansour district, police said.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/KHII-79J3CC?OpenDocument&cc=irqFACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Dec 1, 2007
BAGHDAD - Five bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Saturday, police said.
MOSUL - Gunmen killed a policeman in front of his house in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
MOSUL - Three bodies were found in different areas of Mosul, police said.
NEAR BAQUBA - Suspected al Qaeda militants killed 12 civilians and abducted 35 in an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim village north of Baghdad early on Saturday, police said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSANW13111220071201Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 30 Nov 2007
BAGHDAD - Six bodies, including a woman's, were found in different areas of Baghdad on Thursday, police said.
KIRKUK - Unidentified gunmen in a speeding car shot and killed a restaurant owner, police said.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/LSGZ-79FJK4?OpenDocument&cc=irqFactbox - Security developments in Iraq, 29 Nov 2007
TIKRIT - Gunmen killed the mayor of a district in central Tikrit, 175 km (125 miles) north of Baghdad, on Wednesday, police said.
BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier was killed by small arms fire on Wednesday in western Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
BAGHDAD - Three bodies were found on Wednesday in different parts of Baghdad, police said.
KIRKUK - Gunmen killed two men in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/PANA-79EEXD?OpenDocument&cc=irqFactbox - Security developments in Iraq, 27 Nov 2007
BAQUBA - A suicide bomber posing as a shepherd killed four policemen and two civilians and wounded 13 others, including six policemen, in an attack on the Diyala province police headquarters in the city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Three women were killed in random gunfire which broke out after the blast.
MOSUL - The bodies of four people with gunshot wounds were found dumped in the west of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAIJI - U.S. soldiers killed two men and a child when they opened fire on a vehicle which approached a roadblock at high speed near Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said. The incident happened during raids targeting al Qaeda in which two suspected insurgents were also killed.
TIKRIT - The bodies of four men were found shot near the city of Tikrit, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, a Salahuddin province official said. The men were in police custody but armed tribal members stopped a police convoy on Monday and seized them.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/PANA-79CDT8?OpenDocument&cc=irqFactbox - Security developments in Iraq, 26 Nov 2007
MOSUL - Police found a body with gunshot wounds in the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
KUT - Gunmen killed a policeman when they stormed his house in Kut, 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.
HILLA - Gunmen killed a man and wounded another in a drive by-shooting on Sunday in central Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
AL-ZAB - A suicide truck bomb killed one soldier and wounded five others in an attack on an Iraqi army checkpoint on Sunday in the Al-Zab area, 35 km (20 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said. Another soldier was missing.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/PANA-79BGML?OpenDocument&cc=irqFactbox-Security developments in Iraq, 23 Nov 2007
MOSUL - Two suicide car bombs targeting police patrols killed nine people, including six policemen, in southeastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. The attacks wounded 21 people.
BAGHDAD - A bomb hidden in a box containing birds killed 13 people and wounded 57 others at a popular pet market in central Baghdad, police said.
DHULUIYA - Three bodies with gunshot wounds and showing signs of torture were pulled from the Tigris river in Dhuluiya, 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
KUT - Eight decomposed bodies were delivered to the main hospital in Kut over the past three days, a hospital source said.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/SSHN-798DKX?OpenDocument&cc=irqIraq sees "catastrophe" with new cholera cases
BAGHDAD, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Iraq is facing a health "catastrophe" in the capital Baghdad, with reports of cholera rising sharply over the past weeks to more than 80 new cases, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/PANA-797KSM?OpenDocument&cc=irq