Iraq March 21st 2006

[brettdale]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21765687.htm


March 21 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents in Iraq as of 1800 GMT on Tuesday.

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

The bombing of a Shi'ite shrine on Feb. 22 has been followed by a surge in sectarian attacks.

Asterisk denotes new or updated item.

MIQDADIYA - Guerrillas equipped with rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and assault rifles attacked the police headquarters and courthouse in Miqdadiya, about 100 km (60 miles) northeast of Baghdad, killing at least 22 policemen, police said. The gunmen released 33 prisoners in the attack on the police headquarters, police said.

*BAGHDAD - Four bodies with bullet wounds were found in the Hay al-Jamaa district of Baghdad, police said.

BAQUBA - Two policemen were killed and one was wounded when a roadside bomb struck their patrol in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed by small arms fire while on patrol in western Baghdad, the military said.

[livvy]

1. Here are more headlines...

I started a thread, (well, kind of a rant), just a little bit ago in GDP. We must be thinking along the same lines today. And these are just the incidents that were reported.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2527732&mesg_id=2527732