Developments in Iraq on May 2
May 2 (Reuters) - Following are security and political developments in Iraq on Tuesday as of 1100 GMT.
Iraq is forming a new government of national unity to combat a mostly Sunni Arab insurgency. Sectarian tensions are running high after 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.
*RAMADI - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed more than 100 insurgents last week in the town of Ramadi in the rebel heartland of Anbar province, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. Two Iraqi soldiers were killed in these clashes.
*RAMADI - Two civilians were killed and seven wounded during severe clashes between U.S. troops and insurgents, a source in the hospital said.
*BAGHDAD - The Central Criminal Court convicted 12 security detainees between April 19 and April 25 for various crimes including illegal border crossing, possessing illegal weapons and joining outlawed groups.
Three of the 12 were jailed for life for being members of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Iraq network.
BAGHDAD - U.S. private security contractors shot dead an Iraqi ambulance crewman as the ambulance approached a site in northern Baghdad where the contractors' armed vehicle had been hit by a roadside bomb, a U.S. military spokesman said.
BAGHDAD - Two people were killed and five wounded when a bomb planted inside a minibus exploded in a crowded area in Baghdad's central Shorja district, police said.
YUSUFIYA - The bodies of three people were found, tortured and shot dead, in Yusufiya, 15 km (9 miles) south of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.
BAGHDAD - A civilian was killed and four wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in southern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - The bodies of four people, bearing signs of torture and with bullet holes in their heads, were found in Baghdad's Shula district, police said.
BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed on Monday when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
BAQUBA - Policemen at Baquba's police headquarters said they shot and killed two civilians who were suspected of being car bombers as they approached the headquarters on Monday evening. Two others were wounded.
Iraq is forming a new government of national unity to combat a mostly Sunni Arab insurgency. Sectarian tensions are running high after 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.
*RAMADI - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed more than 100 insurgents last week in the town of Ramadi in the rebel heartland of Anbar province, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. Two Iraqi soldiers were killed in these clashes.
*RAMADI - Two civilians were killed and seven wounded during severe clashes between U.S. troops and insurgents, a source in the hospital said.
*BAGHDAD - The Central Criminal Court convicted 12 security detainees between April 19 and April 25 for various crimes including illegal border crossing, possessing illegal weapons and joining outlawed groups.
Three of the 12 were jailed for life for being members of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Iraq network.
BAGHDAD - U.S. private security contractors shot dead an Iraqi ambulance crewman as the ambulance approached a site in northern Baghdad where the contractors' armed vehicle had been hit by a roadside bomb, a U.S. military spokesman said.
BAGHDAD - Two people were killed and five wounded when a bomb planted inside a minibus exploded in a crowded area in Baghdad's central Shorja district, police said.
YUSUFIYA - The bodies of three people were found, tortured and shot dead, in Yusufiya, 15 km (9 miles) south of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.
BAGHDAD - A civilian was killed and four wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in southern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - The bodies of four people, bearing signs of torture and with bullet holes in their heads, were found in Baghdad's Shula district, police said.
BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed on Monday when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
BAQUBA - Policemen at Baquba's police headquarters said they shot and killed two civilians who were suspected of being car bombers as they approached the headquarters on Monday evening. Two others were wounded.
posted by Marko at 5/02/2006 06:55:00 AM
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