Security incidents in Iraq, Jan. 4
Jan 4 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents in Iraq reported on Wednesday, Jan. 4, as of 1415 GMT.
U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
* NEAR BAGHDAD - Gunmen ambushed a convoy of 60 fuel tankers on a road just north of Baghdad, destroying 20, police and oil officials said. The Islamic Army in Iraq, believed to be linked to Saddam Hussein's deposed Baath party, claimed the attack, without giving details. The Oil Ministry gave a different account, saying only one tanker was destroyed, by a roadside bomb.
BAGHDAD - At least eight people were killed and 12 wounded in a car bomb attack in southern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said. The car was parked close to a busy commercial market in the Doura district, they said.
KERBALA - At least three people were wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala, police said. The target of the attack was unclear.
MUQDADIYA - At least 36 people were killed and 40 wounded when a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up during the funeral of a member of one of Iraq's main Shi'ite Muslim political parties in Muqdadiya, 100 km (60 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police security officials said.
LATIFIYA - An Iraqi soldier was killed and two wounded when a bomb went off near their patrol in Latifiya, in an area dubbed the "Triangle of Death" south of Baghdad, an army source said.
* BAGHDAD - A car bomb attack in a Shi'ite district of northern Baghdad killed five and injured 15. Police had earlier put the death toll at three, with 13 wounded.
ISKANDARIYA - Two Iraqi policemen were wounded on Tuesday when a makeshift bomb went off near their patrol in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
KIRKUK - Two civilians were killed and two others wounded when a bomb exploded targeting a U.S. patrol, police said.
BAGHDAD - Two police commandos were killed and nine others wounded when mortar rounds landed on their checkpoint in western Baghdad, hospital source said.
BALAD - U.S. forces killed one suspected insurgent and wounded another on Monday near Balad, 90 km (55 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.
HAWIJA - U.S. forces arrested two insurgents near Hawija, southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk, the U.S. military said in a statement.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed a senior official at the Oil Ministry, along with his son, in an attack on his car in western Baghdad, police said. The driver was wounded.
BAGHDAD - Two guards of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the leader of one of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite political parties, were shot dead on Tuesday while attending a funeral in southern Baghdad, police said.
MAHAWIL - The bodies of two people, bound, gagged and shot dead, were found in Mahawil, about 75 km west of Bagdhad, police said.
U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
* NEAR BAGHDAD - Gunmen ambushed a convoy of 60 fuel tankers on a road just north of Baghdad, destroying 20, police and oil officials said. The Islamic Army in Iraq, believed to be linked to Saddam Hussein's deposed Baath party, claimed the attack, without giving details. The Oil Ministry gave a different account, saying only one tanker was destroyed, by a roadside bomb.
BAGHDAD - At least eight people were killed and 12 wounded in a car bomb attack in southern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said. The car was parked close to a busy commercial market in the Doura district, they said.
KERBALA - At least three people were wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala, police said. The target of the attack was unclear.
MUQDADIYA - At least 36 people were killed and 40 wounded when a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up during the funeral of a member of one of Iraq's main Shi'ite Muslim political parties in Muqdadiya, 100 km (60 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police security officials said.
LATIFIYA - An Iraqi soldier was killed and two wounded when a bomb went off near their patrol in Latifiya, in an area dubbed the "Triangle of Death" south of Baghdad, an army source said.
* BAGHDAD - A car bomb attack in a Shi'ite district of northern Baghdad killed five and injured 15. Police had earlier put the death toll at three, with 13 wounded.
ISKANDARIYA - Two Iraqi policemen were wounded on Tuesday when a makeshift bomb went off near their patrol in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
KIRKUK - Two civilians were killed and two others wounded when a bomb exploded targeting a U.S. patrol, police said.
BAGHDAD - Two police commandos were killed and nine others wounded when mortar rounds landed on their checkpoint in western Baghdad, hospital source said.
BALAD - U.S. forces killed one suspected insurgent and wounded another on Monday near Balad, 90 km (55 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.
HAWIJA - U.S. forces arrested two insurgents near Hawija, southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk, the U.S. military said in a statement.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed a senior official at the Oil Ministry, along with his son, in an attack on his car in western Baghdad, police said. The driver was wounded.
BAGHDAD - Two guards of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the leader of one of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite political parties, were shot dead on Tuesday while attending a funeral in southern Baghdad, police said.
MAHAWIL - The bodies of two people, bound, gagged and shot dead, were found in Mahawil, about 75 km west of Bagdhad, police said.
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