Sunday, July 01, 2007

Security Summary: July 1, 2007

Above: A woman is questioned and photographed for future identification by U.S. troops today in the Dora area of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Coalition forces killed six militants and wounded three others in a series of incidents in the Rashid district in southern Baghdad on Thursday and Friday, the U.S. military said in a statement.

BAGHDAD - Coalition forces detained three suspected militants linked to Iranian "terror" networks in north Adamiya near Sadr city, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - Coalition forces detained 14 suspected militants during raids in the provinces of Nineveh and Anbar targeting al Qaeda in Iraq, the U.S. military said.

RAMADI - A suicide car bomber targeting a police station killed five policemen and wounded 14 others in Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - A suicide truck bomb blew up at a police checkpoint killing two policemen and wounding four officers in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed one civilian and wounded three others when it exploded in Saidiya district of southern Baghdad, police said.

BALAD - Gunmen apparently linked to al Qaeda in Iraq kidnapped the deputy mayor of Yathrib, near Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BASRA - The body of a police colonel kidnapped on Saturday was found, police said. He had been tortured and shot.

LATIFIYA - The bodies of two people were found blindfolded and bound in Latifiya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

YUSUFIYA - A woman was killed and two others were wounded when a mortar bomb landed on their house in Yusufiya, 15 km (9 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

HAWIJA - One Iraqi soldier was killed in a drive-by shooting in Hawija, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen killed a lawyer after raiding his home late on Saturday in southwest Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed one civilian and wounded three others at the entrance of the al-Rashid vegetable market in the Doura district in southern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded three civilians in the up-scale Mansour district in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers killed eight militants and detained 29 others in operations around Iraq in the last 24 hours, the Defence Ministry said.

HAWIJA - A gunman was killed while trying to plant a roadside bomb in Hawija, police said.

BAGHDAD - The bodies of 16 people were found shot in different districts of Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed two policeman and wounded four civilians in eastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Twelve people were wounded by a mortar round attack on Saturday in Baghdad's southern district of Doura, police said.

BAQUBA - Three Iraqi soldiers were killed and three wounded when they entered a booby trapped house in the city of Baquba on Saturday, police said.

NUMANIYA - Police retrieved the bodies of two people, shot and tortured, from a river in the town of Numaniya, 120 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

From Reuters/Alternet