Developments in Iraq on May 25
May 25 (Reuters) - The following are security and political developments in Iraq on Thursday as of 1145 GMT.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
*BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army arrested 40 suspected insurgents from the cities of Tal Afar, Kirkuk and Ramadi on Wednesday, it said on Thursday.
*BALAD - U.S. forces handed over five decomposed bodies to the hospital in the town of Balad north of Baghdad, doctor Firas al-Timimi said. He did not say where they were found, who they were or how they had died.
*NEAR TIKRIT - U.S. forces and Iraqi police found three bodies with bullet gunshot wounds, police said.
*NEAR KIRKUK - Gunmen kidnapped Ali Hisham, head of the Turkmen Front party in the town of Tuz Khurmato, and his son near Kirkuk when they were returning from Baghdad, a senior party official said.
*HAWIJA - The Iraqi army raided the headquarters of the Iraqi Islamic Party, the major Sunni party, in Hawija, 70 km (40 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, arresting two of its guards, Abdul Kareem Izat, a party official said.
BAGHDAD - A bomb planted inside a building wounded 13 people in central Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A General in the Ministry of Defence was seriously wounded along with his driver when gunmen opened fire near his house in southwestern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Two policemen were seriously wounded when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in the eastern New Baghdad district, police said.
BAGHDAD - Two policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in northeastern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Four corpses were found in different districts in Baghdad, police said. The bodies showed signs of torture and had gunshot wounds in their heads.
NEAR TIKRIT - Gunmen kidnapped Ahmed Kurdi, the judge of Dujail court, on Wednesday near Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said on Thursday.
TIKRIT - Two bombs exploded inside a Sufi religious building on Wednesday killing two of its bodyguards in Tikrit, police said on Thursday.
MISHAHDA - Gunmen shot dead a tribal leader on Wednesday in Mishahda, a town 50 km (30 miles) north of Baghdad, police said on Thursday.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
*BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army arrested 40 suspected insurgents from the cities of Tal Afar, Kirkuk and Ramadi on Wednesday, it said on Thursday.
*BALAD - U.S. forces handed over five decomposed bodies to the hospital in the town of Balad north of Baghdad, doctor Firas al-Timimi said. He did not say where they were found, who they were or how they had died.
*NEAR TIKRIT - U.S. forces and Iraqi police found three bodies with bullet gunshot wounds, police said.
*NEAR KIRKUK - Gunmen kidnapped Ali Hisham, head of the Turkmen Front party in the town of Tuz Khurmato, and his son near Kirkuk when they were returning from Baghdad, a senior party official said.
*HAWIJA - The Iraqi army raided the headquarters of the Iraqi Islamic Party, the major Sunni party, in Hawija, 70 km (40 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, arresting two of its guards, Abdul Kareem Izat, a party official said.
BAGHDAD - A bomb planted inside a building wounded 13 people in central Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A General in the Ministry of Defence was seriously wounded along with his driver when gunmen opened fire near his house in southwestern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Two policemen were seriously wounded when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in the eastern New Baghdad district, police said.
BAGHDAD - Two policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in northeastern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Four corpses were found in different districts in Baghdad, police said. The bodies showed signs of torture and had gunshot wounds in their heads.
NEAR TIKRIT - Gunmen kidnapped Ahmed Kurdi, the judge of Dujail court, on Wednesday near Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said on Thursday.
TIKRIT - Two bombs exploded inside a Sufi religious building on Wednesday killing two of its bodyguards in Tikrit, police said on Thursday.
MISHAHDA - Gunmen shot dead a tribal leader on Wednesday in Mishahda, a town 50 km (30 miles) north of Baghdad, police said on Thursday.
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