Security incidents in Iraq, Feb 10
Feb 10 (Reuters) - The following are security incidents in Iraq reported on Friday, Feb. 10, as of 1100 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.
FALLUJA - Two U.S. soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb struck their patrol near Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Friday.
BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomb targeted a U.S. patrol north of Baghdad on Tuesday without causing any casualties among the patrol but the bomber was killed, the U.S. military said on Friday.
BAQUBA - A policewoman, Nidthal Mohammad, was killed by gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms who broke into her house in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
* BAQUBA - Gunmen ambushed two policemen, killing one and wounding another as they headed to work in Baquba, police said. In a separate incident, one Iraqi soldier was killed and another was wounded when gunmen in a car opened fire on them, police said.
* BAGHDAD - At least nine people were killed and 28 wounded when a car bomb exploded outside a Shi'ite mosque in the Doura district of Baghdad, police said. Hospital sources said 11 people were killed and 38 wounded.
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.
FALLUJA - Two U.S. soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb struck their patrol near Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Friday.
BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomb targeted a U.S. patrol north of Baghdad on Tuesday without causing any casualties among the patrol but the bomber was killed, the U.S. military said on Friday.
BAQUBA - A policewoman, Nidthal Mohammad, was killed by gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms who broke into her house in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
* BAQUBA - Gunmen ambushed two policemen, killing one and wounding another as they headed to work in Baquba, police said. In a separate incident, one Iraqi soldier was killed and another was wounded when gunmen in a car opened fire on them, police said.
* BAGHDAD - At least nine people were killed and 28 wounded when a car bomb exploded outside a Shi'ite mosque in the Doura district of Baghdad, police said. Hospital sources said 11 people were killed and 38 wounded.
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