Security Incidents in Iraq, Sept 16

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Security incidents in Iraq, Sept 16


Sept 16 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents reported in Iraq on Friday, Sept. 16, as of 1220 GMT.

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

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* TUZ KHURMATU - 11 people were killed and 24 wounded when a bomber blew himself up outside the Great Prophet mosque as worshippers were emerging from prayers on the Muslim holy day, doctor Mohammed al-Qaisi at the town's hospital said.

ISKANDARIYA - Police said town official Amer Mohammed al-Khafaji and four of his guards were killed and another two injured on Thursday night when gunmen in military uniforms raided his house in the town of Iskandariya, south of Baghdad.

KHALIDIYA - Four Iraqi soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in the town of Khalidiya, west of Baghdad, policeman Mohammed Abbass said.

HASSWA - Three policemen were killed and another six wounded when a car bomb exploded near their patrol in the town of Hasswa, south of Baghdad, a police source said.

BAGHDAD - Police said two labourers were killed and 12 wounded by gunmen while they were lining up to seek work in the eastern New Baghdad district.

BAGHDAD - A member of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's office was gunned down by insurgents in Sadr City in northeast Baghdad. A police source said that Fadhil Ali al-Lami was a preacher at Imam Ali mosque. His two brothers were also wounded in the attack.

RAMADI - A U.S. soldier was killed by an explosion on Thursday in Ramadi, 110 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad, a U.S. military statement said on Friday.

* MOSUL - Senior member of Ansar al Sunna organization was captured on Sept. 6 during a raid conducted by U.S. and Iraqi troops in the city of Mosul, north of Baghdad. A U.S. military statement said on Friday that Amanz Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman, also known as Dara Mohammad, was "wanted for alleged terrorist acts against the Iraqi people in the Kurdish region." (Reporting by Fares al-Mehdawi in Baquba, Habib al-Zubaidi in Hilla, Fahdel Badran in Falluja, Aref Mohammed in Kirkuk, Shahla al-Azzawi and Hiba Moussa in Baghdad)