Developments in Iraq, March 18
March 18 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents in Iraq as of 0800 GMT on Saturday.
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.
TIKRIT - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and another wounded in an attack northwest of Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown, on Thursday, the U.S. military said.
BAGHDAD - Five Iraqi soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Three policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb struck their patrol in northern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Two pilgrims walking to the Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala were killed and eight wounded by a roadside bomb in southern 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.
TIKRIT - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and another wounded in an attack northwest of Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown, on Thursday, the U.S. military said.
BAGHDAD - Five Iraqi soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Three policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb struck their patrol in northern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Two pilgrims walking to the Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala were killed and eight wounded by a roadside bomb in southern Baghdad, police said.
posted by Marko at 3/18/2006 03:22:00 AM
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