Security incidents in Iraq, Sept 6

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Security incidents in Iraq, Sept 6
06 Sep 2005 16:40:00 GMT

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents reported in Iraq on Tuesday, Sept. 6, as of 1330 GMT.

U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad.

Asterisk denotes new or updated item.

BAGHDAD - Two U.S soldiers were killed and two wounded by a roadside bomb in central Baghdad, the U.S military said in a statement.

TAL AFAR - A U.S soldier was killed on Monday in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar when his vehicle was struck by an explosive device.

* RAMADI - A U.S. soldier was killed when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb on Monday 110 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.

BALAD - U.S forces killed 11 insurgents and wounded four when responding to insurgent mortar fire on their base near the Iraqi town of Balad, 70 km (44 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S military said.

KARABILA - The U.S. military said it killed two foreign fighters and detained three in a raid on a house near Karabila. One soldier was wounded. The house was then destroyed by an air strike.

KARABILA - The U.S. military said it bombed two small bridges near Karabila, close to the Syrian border. The bridges were used to move foreign fighters and equipment across the river Euphrates into central Iraq, it said in a statement.

DHULUIYA - An Iraqi army officer was shot dead by an unknown gunman while returning home from work on Monday in Dhuluiya, 40 km (25 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

SAMARRA - Iraq's North Oil Company said an oil pipeline west of Samarra was set on fire late on Monday. The line carried crude from Baiji to Baghdad.

BAQUBA - Police said they arrested two insurgents who had kidnapped an Interior Ministry engineer near Baquba. Police chased the kidnappers and after a brief firefight released the engineer and detained the insurgents.

(Reporting by Hiba Moussa, Waleed Ibrahim and Sebastian Alison in Baghdad, Amer Salman in Tikrit)