August 14th In Iraq

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Security incidents in Iraq, Aug 14
14 Aug 2005 17:34:55 GMT

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents reported in Iraq on Sunday, Aug. 14, as of 1700 GMT.

U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad. (Items with asterisk indicate new entries).

TIKRIT - Three U.S. soldiers were killed and another wounded when their patrol was hit by a roadside bomb near Tuz, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, late on Friday, the military said.

RUTBAH - On a road to Jordan, one soldier was killed and three wounded when a patrol hit a roadside bomb early on Sunday near the western border town of Rutbah, the military said.

BAGHDAD - In Baghdad, a U.S. soldier died and another was wounded by a roadside bomb in the west of the city on Saturday, the military said in a statement.

* MAHAWEEL - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the town hall of Mahaweel, south of Baghdad, killing two civilians and wounding four, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Police said they were investigating a report of 30 bodies being found at Uwerij on the southern fringes of Baghdad. Patrols sent to the area, however, failed to find such a site.

BAGHDAD - Hasib Juwaid, general manager at the Central Bank of Iraq, was abducted outside his home by armed men in two cars, police and relatives said.

SAMARRA - Two policemen were found shot dead in Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAQUBA - Gunmen killed one border patrol officer and wounded three others in the small town of Imam Wes, 70 km (43 miles) east of Baquba, close to the Iranian frontier.

KIRKUK - A police officer was killed and three wounded when their patrol was attacked in the disputed northern oil capital of Kirkuk, police sources said.

KIRKUK - A senior local government officer in Kirkuk, Salar Hussein, survived an apparent assassination attempt when a roadside bomb went off close to his car, police said.

(Reporting by Baghdad bureau and Amer Salman in Tikrit, Aref Mohammed in Kirkuk and Fares Mehdawi in Baquba)