April 12th 2006 in Iraq

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KHA233346.htm

April 12 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents in Iraq on Wednesday as of 1800 GMT.

U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led interim government. The bombing of a Shi'ite shrine on Feb. 22 has been followed by a surge in sectarian attacks.

Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.

*HOWAYDIR - A car bomb exploded outside a Shi'ite mosque in the northern Iraqi town of Howaydir, killing at least 23 people and wounding 50, police said.

*MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead three policemen just west of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad. Gunmen also shot dead one policeman in the city.

KHANAKEEN - Gunmen killed a senior regional government intelligence officer and three of his bodyguards in the town of Khanakeen, near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - A U.S. serviceman was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, the U.S. military said. The serviceman was the eighth American soldier killed since Sunday.

BAIJI - Gunmen shot dead two Iraqi army soldiers and wounded another while they were travelling in a civilian car in central Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi military officials said.

NEAR RAMADI - After killing two drivers, gunmen set on fire two trucks carrying goods for the U.S. military on a road between Ramadi and Rutba, west of Baghdad, witnesses and police said.

BAGHDAD - A policeman and three civilians were killed and four people were wounded when a roadside bomb struck a police patrol in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Police said they found the bodies of three men in different areas of the capital. The identities of the victims were not immediately clear.

KHALIS - Two people were killed and 20 wounded when a car bomb exploded near a market in the town of Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

TAL AFAR - Two people were killed and seven wounded when a car bomb exploded near a vegetable market in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, police said.

NEAR BAGHDAD - Two U.S. soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb just south of Baghdad, a US military statement said.

BAIJI - Gunmen killed two civilians on Tuesday in the oil refinery town of Baiji, the Joint Co-ordination Centre said.

TUZ KHURMATU - Two policemen were killed and four wounded on Tuesday by a roadside bomb in Tuz Khurmatu, 70 km (45 miles) south of Kirkuk, the Joint Coordination Centre said.

KIRKUK - A director of the Northern Gas Company was wounded and his wife killed on Tuesday when gunmen attacked them in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAQUBA - Two bodyguards were wounded when a roadside bomb hit the convoy of the deputy Governor of Diyala province, Aawf Rahoumi, police said.

BAGHDAD - Five U.S. soldiers have been killed since Sunday in combat operations north of Baghdad, in the western Anbar province and near Balad, the U.S. military said late on Tuesday.

[Turbineguy]

1. Sounds like

Bush ought to take his next R&R there.

[patrice]

2. Hell.