Developments in Iraq on May 16
May 16 (Reuters) - The following are security and political developments in Iraq on Tuesday as of 1200 GMT.
Iraq is trying to form a government of national unity to combat a mostly Sunni Arab insurgency.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
*NEAR BALAD - Two U.S. soldiers were killed on Monday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb near the town of Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army arrested 52 people, including seven insurgents, and killed another insurgent on Monday in the cities of Kirkuk, Kerbala, Ramadi and Falluja, it said on Tuesday.
BAGHDAD - Police arrested an aide to Abu Musab al-Zerqawi, al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, in the insurgent stronghold city of Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, the government said, without specifying when it happened.
BAGHDAD - Police on Monday also arrested a leader of an al Qaeda-linked group, the Tawhid and Jihad Battalion, in southwestern Baghdad and seized weapons in his possession, the government said.
KERBALA - Gunmen killed a former member of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party in Kerbala, 110 km (68 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
KERBALA - Iraqi police found the body of a man shot dead, blindfolded and handcuffed in Kerbala, police said.
KERBALA - Gunmen shot dead an Egyptian man who worked in a bakery in Kerbala, police said.
BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
*BAGHDAD - Six civilians were killed during clashes between insurgents and police in the southern Doura district of the capital, police said. The clashes were still ongoing, police added. A source in the Interior Ministry gave a different version of the incident, saying gunmen in a civilian car fired randomly, killing the six civilians.
BAGHDAD - The bodies of three people, bearing signs of torture and with gunshot wounds in the head, were found in different districts in Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A civilian was wounded when a roadside bomb went off in southeastern Baghdad, police said.
Iraq is trying to form a government of national unity to combat a mostly Sunni Arab insurgency.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
*NEAR BALAD - Two U.S. soldiers were killed on Monday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb near the town of Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army arrested 52 people, including seven insurgents, and killed another insurgent on Monday in the cities of Kirkuk, Kerbala, Ramadi and Falluja, it said on Tuesday.
BAGHDAD - Police arrested an aide to Abu Musab al-Zerqawi, al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, in the insurgent stronghold city of Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, the government said, without specifying when it happened.
BAGHDAD - Police on Monday also arrested a leader of an al Qaeda-linked group, the Tawhid and Jihad Battalion, in southwestern Baghdad and seized weapons in his possession, the government said.
KERBALA - Gunmen killed a former member of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party in Kerbala, 110 km (68 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
KERBALA - Iraqi police found the body of a man shot dead, blindfolded and handcuffed in Kerbala, police said.
KERBALA - Gunmen shot dead an Egyptian man who worked in a bakery in Kerbala, police said.
BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
*BAGHDAD - Six civilians were killed during clashes between insurgents and police in the southern Doura district of the capital, police said. The clashes were still ongoing, police added. A source in the Interior Ministry gave a different version of the incident, saying gunmen in a civilian car fired randomly, killing the six civilians.
BAGHDAD - The bodies of three people, bearing signs of torture and with gunshot wounds in the head, were found in different districts in Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A civilian was wounded when a roadside bomb went off in southeastern Baghdad, police said.
posted by Marko at 5/16/2006 08:02:00 AM
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