Developments in Iraq, March 2
March 2 (Reuters) - The following are security incidents and political developments in Iraq as of 1315 GMT on Thursday.
U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad since U.S. troops toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.
A wave of sectarian killing since a bombing of a Shi'ite shrine on Feb. 22 has killed more than 450 people, by conservative estimates.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
SECURITY INCIDENTS
* BAGHDAD - Iraqi Sunni political leader Adnan al-Dulaimi escaped an assassination attempt when gunmen opened fire on his vehicle in Ghazaliya district, western Baghdad, said a spokesman for Dulaimi's Iraqi Accordance Front who witnessed the incident. One of Dulaimi's bodyguards was killed and five wounded in the attack.
BAGHDAD - Five people were killed and eight wounded when a bus they were travelling in was struck by a blast in the Shi'ite Sadr City slum in northeastern Baghdad, police said. It was not clear what caused the blast.
BAGHDAD - Three people were killed and 10 were wounded when a roadside bomb planted near a police station exploded in a market in the district of Zafaraniya in southeastern Baghdad.
BAGHDAD - Interior Ministry sources said a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one police commando and injured another two in al-Jihad district in southwestern Baghdad.
SALMAN PAK - Local police said a roadside bomb killed one police commando and seriously wounded another in the town of Salman Pak, south east of Baghdad.
* BAQUBA - Insurgents gunned down police lieutenant Abbas Jaleel while he was travelling in his car in western Baquba, a police source said.
BASRA - Mahdi Abu Saleh, a Sunni Imam of a mosque, was killed by gunmen in western Basra, 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, said a local member of Sunni Clerics Association.
MUSAYYIB - Two policemen were seriously wounded on Wednesday when they were ambushed by gunmen in Musayyib, an area 85 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. Supporting police force came to the scene and seized seven gunmen and 200 rockets, police added.
AD-DAWR - Six Iraqi soldiers and three policemen were killed on Wednesday when gunmen attacked their check point in Ad-Dawr, near Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S military and Iraqi officials said.
BALAD - Gunmen attacked Iraqi army and police on Wednesday in Balad, 90 km (55 miles) north of Baghdad. Police wounded two gunmen and seized five others, police said. The police were unharmed, U.S. military and Iraqi officials said.
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
* BAGHDAD - Militias loyal to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will take a key defence role in Baghdad's Sadr City after a blast in a minibus that killed five people there, a Sadr official said.
* BAGHDAD - Iraqi Sunni political leader Adnan al-Dulaimi called for calm after he escaped an assassination attempt when gunmen opened fire on his motorcade on Thursday killing a bodyguard and wounding five, Dulaimi told Reuters in a telephone call.
U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad since U.S. troops toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.
A wave of sectarian killing since a bombing of a Shi'ite shrine on Feb. 22 has killed more than 450 people, by conservative estimates.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
SECURITY INCIDENTS
* BAGHDAD - Iraqi Sunni political leader Adnan al-Dulaimi escaped an assassination attempt when gunmen opened fire on his vehicle in Ghazaliya district, western Baghdad, said a spokesman for Dulaimi's Iraqi Accordance Front who witnessed the incident. One of Dulaimi's bodyguards was killed and five wounded in the attack.
BAGHDAD - Five people were killed and eight wounded when a bus they were travelling in was struck by a blast in the Shi'ite Sadr City slum in northeastern Baghdad, police said. It was not clear what caused the blast.
BAGHDAD - Three people were killed and 10 were wounded when a roadside bomb planted near a police station exploded in a market in the district of Zafaraniya in southeastern Baghdad.
BAGHDAD - Interior Ministry sources said a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one police commando and injured another two in al-Jihad district in southwestern Baghdad.
SALMAN PAK - Local police said a roadside bomb killed one police commando and seriously wounded another in the town of Salman Pak, south east of Baghdad.
* BAQUBA - Insurgents gunned down police lieutenant Abbas Jaleel while he was travelling in his car in western Baquba, a police source said.
BASRA - Mahdi Abu Saleh, a Sunni Imam of a mosque, was killed by gunmen in western Basra, 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, said a local member of Sunni Clerics Association.
MUSAYYIB - Two policemen were seriously wounded on Wednesday when they were ambushed by gunmen in Musayyib, an area 85 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. Supporting police force came to the scene and seized seven gunmen and 200 rockets, police added.
AD-DAWR - Six Iraqi soldiers and three policemen were killed on Wednesday when gunmen attacked their check point in Ad-Dawr, near Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S military and Iraqi officials said.
BALAD - Gunmen attacked Iraqi army and police on Wednesday in Balad, 90 km (55 miles) north of Baghdad. Police wounded two gunmen and seized five others, police said. The police were unharmed, U.S. military and Iraqi officials said.
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
* BAGHDAD - Militias loyal to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will take a key defence role in Baghdad's Sadr City after a blast in a minibus that killed five people there, a Sadr official said.
* BAGHDAD - Iraqi Sunni political leader Adnan al-Dulaimi called for calm after he escaped an assassination attempt when gunmen opened fire on his motorcade on Thursday killing a bodyguard and wounding five, Dulaimi told Reuters in a telephone call.
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