http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ANW524388.htmSecurity incidents in Iraq, Sept 15
15 Sep 2005 07:07:08 GMT
Source: Reuters
BAGHDAD, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents reported in Iraq on Thursday, Sept. 15, as of 0700 GMT. An asterisk denotes new entry or update.
U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad.
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber killed 15 police commandos in the Dora district of Baghdad, police said. The blast wounded 21 people.
BAGHDAD - The bodies of three people shot dead were found in the Shula district of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Three more bodies were found in the New Baghdad district. Police said they were also shot dead.
BAGHDAD - Three Shi'ite pilgrims heading to the southern city of Kerbala for a religious event were killed by gunmen in northern Baghdad, police said.
KIRKUK - Two policemen were killed and four were injured when a roadside bomb struck their patrol in Kirkuk, 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
*MOSUL - The preacher at a Shi'ite mosque was killed and three civilians were wounded when a bomb left at the front door of the mosque exploded in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, eyewitnesses said. (Reporting by Mohammed Ramahi in Baghdad, and Faris al- Mahdawi in Baquba, Aref mohammed in Kirkuk and Maher al-Thanoon in Mosul)