Developments in Iraq on May 11
May 11 (Reuters) - Following are security and political developments in Iraq on Thursday as of 1030 GMT.
Iraq is trying to form a government of national unity to combat a mostly Sunni Arab insurgency. Sectarian tensions are running high since the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra in February, which unleashed a wave of reprisal attacks.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
*BAGHDAD - Three U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate incidents on Thursday when their vehicles struck roadside bombs while on patrol southwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
*ISHAQI - Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and four wounded when a roadside bomb went off near an army patrol in Ishaqi, a town 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
*BAIJI - Three policemen were wounded when two roadside bombs went off near police patrols in two different incidents in the oil refinery city of Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
*MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead a doctor on Wednesday while he was in his private clinic in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said on Thursday.
*BAGHDAD - Four street cleaners were killed and another wounded when a roadside bomb went off in western Baghdad. The men were sweeping a street next to a park where a statue of Abu Ja'afar al-Mansour -- the Abassid caliph who founded Baghdad in the 8th century -- stood before it was bombed last year.
*BAQUBA - Iraqi police and army arrested 36 gunmen wearing army uniforms who had kidnapped 10 people near the religiously mixed city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, an army source said. Five hostages were released. The other five were still missing, the source said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen shot dead a judicial investigator near a courthouse in central Baghdad, police said.
BASRA - Gunmen killed Khalid al-Sadoun, a member of the Iraqi Islamic Party, a major Sunni party, along with two aides on Wednesday in the small town of al-Zubeyr, near Basra, 550 km south of Baghdad, an official in the Islamic party and the head of the city council in Basra said.
BAQUBA - Gunmen killed a woman school teacher and wounded her 14-year old nephew, police said.
Iraq is trying to form a government of national unity to combat a mostly Sunni Arab insurgency. Sectarian tensions are running high since the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra in February, which unleashed a wave of reprisal attacks.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
*BAGHDAD - Three U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate incidents on Thursday when their vehicles struck roadside bombs while on patrol southwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
*ISHAQI - Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and four wounded when a roadside bomb went off near an army patrol in Ishaqi, a town 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
*BAIJI - Three policemen were wounded when two roadside bombs went off near police patrols in two different incidents in the oil refinery city of Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
*MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead a doctor on Wednesday while he was in his private clinic in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said on Thursday.
*BAGHDAD - Four street cleaners were killed and another wounded when a roadside bomb went off in western Baghdad. The men were sweeping a street next to a park where a statue of Abu Ja'afar al-Mansour -- the Abassid caliph who founded Baghdad in the 8th century -- stood before it was bombed last year.
*BAQUBA - Iraqi police and army arrested 36 gunmen wearing army uniforms who had kidnapped 10 people near the religiously mixed city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, an army source said. Five hostages were released. The other five were still missing, the source said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen shot dead a judicial investigator near a courthouse in central Baghdad, police said.
BASRA - Gunmen killed Khalid al-Sadoun, a member of the Iraqi Islamic Party, a major Sunni party, along with two aides on Wednesday in the small town of al-Zubeyr, near Basra, 550 km south of Baghdad, an official in the Islamic party and the head of the city council in Basra said.
BAQUBA - Gunmen killed a woman school teacher and wounded her 14-year old nephew, police said.
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