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| Iraq |
| 25 killed, injured in acts of violence until Tuesday afternoon |
| 2008-06-04 |
| (VOI) - Five persons, including a child, were killed and 20 others were wounded, while security forces arrested 21 persons in acts of violence that took place in Iraq from 9:00 p.m. on Monday until this afternoon, security sources said. In Diala, a suicide bomber was killed on Tuesday afternoon while trying to tie an explosive belt around his body in his house in Baaquba, Chief of local police General Ghanem al-Qureshi said. "One al-Qaeda gunman was wounded in the attack," he added. The body of a child kidnapped three days ago was found in al-Katoun neighborhood, west of Baaquba district, on Tuesday, a security source said. A police source said three operatives of al-Qaeda network were killed in clashes that erupted near a checkpoint of the Sahwa (Awakening) tribal forces east of Baaquba on Tuesday. A security source said ten Iraqi soldiers were wounded on Tuesday when an improvised explosive device went off near a military convoy north of Baaquba city. In Kirkuk, two civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device went off southwest of the city of Kirkuk, where the police captured five people wanted by security agencies, a police source said on Tuesday. "A roadside IED went off near an orchard on Tuesday, leaving two people harvesting wheat and barley in Nazaka village wounded," the source, who asked not to have his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI). Nazaka is a village that lies between the districts of al-Riad and al-Huweija, 70 km southwest of Kirkuk. Meanwhile, another police source told VOI that a joint force from the Iraqi police and Sahwa (Awakening) tribal fighters conducted a search raid on Monday evening in al-Yarmuk neighborhood, Huweija, capturing five wanted men belonging to the so-called Islamic State in Iraq group. In Salah al-Din, a police source said three Iraqi army and police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device went off near a joint patrol east of Tikrit city on Tuesday. In Muthanna, southern Iraq, joint police and army forces arrested five wanted men and 11 suspected gunmen during a security raid in southern Samawa, the media spokesman for the Muthanna police said on Tuesday. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 In Diala, a suicide bomber was killed on Tuesday afternoon while trying to tie an explosive belt around his body in his house in Baaquba. Rolf, What an epitaph! LOL!! Here Lies The Poor Mangled Body Of Asswad His Poor Poor Soul Couldn't Stand The Blast And His Head Went Straight Through *sniff* |
| Posted by: RD 2008-06-04 13:55 |
| #1 Completely misleading headline. One baby murdered by kidnappers. Four that needed killing killed. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-06-04 00:34 |