Developments in Iraq, March 17
March 17 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents and political developments in Iraq as of 1300 GMT on Friday.
U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government since U.S. troops toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.
A wave of sectarian violence since the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine on Feb. 22 has killed hundreds.
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber detonated himself inside a minibus killing the driver and wounding four passersby in eastern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Three bodies were found with signs of torture and bullet holes in the head. Two were found in the eastern Sadr City and one in western Baghdad, police said.
LATIFIYA - One policeman was killed and two wounded when a roadside bomb struck a police patrol near Latifiya 50 km (32 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
MAHMUDIYA - Two pilgrims walking to the Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala were killed and seven wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in al-Mahmudiya 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government since U.S. troops toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.
A wave of sectarian violence since the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine on Feb. 22 has killed hundreds.
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber detonated himself inside a minibus killing the driver and wounding four passersby in eastern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Three bodies were found with signs of torture and bullet holes in the head. Two were found in the eastern Sadr City and one in western Baghdad, police said.
LATIFIYA - One policeman was killed and two wounded when a roadside bomb struck a police patrol near Latifiya 50 km (32 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
MAHMUDIYA - Two pilgrims walking to the Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala were killed and seven wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in al-Mahmudiya 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
posted by Marko at 3/17/2006 08:45:00 AM
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