Developments in Iraq on May 23
May 23 (Reuters) - The following are security and political developments in Iraq on Tuesday as of 1230 GMT.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
*BAGHDAD - Five civilians were killed and seven police commandos wounded when a car bomb exploded targeting a police commando patrol in eastern Baghdad, police said.
*MOSUL - Four people were killed and another wounded when gunmen opened fire while they were driving in their car in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
*BAGHDAD - A 12-year-old Shi'ite Muslim boy was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head in the southern Dora district of Baghdad, police said. They said he was blindfolded, handcuffed, tortured.
*BAGHDAD - A mortar round landed about 100 metres (yards) from the Defence Ministry, killing a civilian and wounding four others, police said.
*BAGHDAD - A civilian was killed and four others wounded when a roadside bomb went off in western district of the capital, police said.
*BAQUBA - Gunmen killed three old men sitting in front of a house in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.
*KIRKUK - Gunmen killed a school teacher in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
*RAMADI - Two civilians were killed and three others, including two children, wounded when clashes erupted between U.S. forces and insurgents in the city of Ramadi, 110 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, police and hospital officials said.
*RAMADI - Three mortar rounds landed on a house in the city of Ramadi wounding three people from one family, a source in the civil defence forces said.
ASWAD - Gunmen killed three men and wounded seven among a crowd of labourers looking for work on farms in the small town of Aswad, near Baquba, police said. The workers were from a nearby Shi'ite town. Aswad is mainly Sunni.
AIN AL-TAMUR - Iraqi police found the bodies of four people, handcuffed, blindfolded and shot dead, in the town of Ain al-Tamur, about 90 km (55 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
NAJAF - Four mortar rounds landed in different districts in the Shi'ite city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, wounding two people late on Monday, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed Ahmed Ali Hussein, a professor at Baghdad's Technology University, in northeastern Baghdad, police said.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
*BAGHDAD - Five civilians were killed and seven police commandos wounded when a car bomb exploded targeting a police commando patrol in eastern Baghdad, police said.
*MOSUL - Four people were killed and another wounded when gunmen opened fire while they were driving in their car in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
*BAGHDAD - A 12-year-old Shi'ite Muslim boy was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head in the southern Dora district of Baghdad, police said. They said he was blindfolded, handcuffed, tortured.
*BAGHDAD - A mortar round landed about 100 metres (yards) from the Defence Ministry, killing a civilian and wounding four others, police said.
*BAGHDAD - A civilian was killed and four others wounded when a roadside bomb went off in western district of the capital, police said.
*BAQUBA - Gunmen killed three old men sitting in front of a house in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.
*KIRKUK - Gunmen killed a school teacher in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
*RAMADI - Two civilians were killed and three others, including two children, wounded when clashes erupted between U.S. forces and insurgents in the city of Ramadi, 110 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, police and hospital officials said.
*RAMADI - Three mortar rounds landed on a house in the city of Ramadi wounding three people from one family, a source in the civil defence forces said.
ASWAD - Gunmen killed three men and wounded seven among a crowd of labourers looking for work on farms in the small town of Aswad, near Baquba, police said. The workers were from a nearby Shi'ite town. Aswad is mainly Sunni.
AIN AL-TAMUR - Iraqi police found the bodies of four people, handcuffed, blindfolded and shot dead, in the town of Ain al-Tamur, about 90 km (55 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
NAJAF - Four mortar rounds landed in different districts in the Shi'ite city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, wounding two people late on Monday, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed Ahmed Ali Hussein, a professor at Baghdad's Technology University, in northeastern Baghdad, police said.
posted by Marko at 5/23/2006 08:22:00 AM
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