Developments in Iraq on May 26
May 26 (Reuters) - The following are security and political developments in Iraq on Thursday as of 0930 GMT.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated entry.
*KIRKUK - Gunmen shot dead a police officer and his friend as they were having tea outside his house in the northern city of Kirkuk, police and hospital sources said. Another friend was wounded in the drive-by shooting.
MUQDADIYA - Gunmen stormed a wedding party on Thursday and abducted the groom, his uncle and cousin and a guest at the party and all were found the next day beheaded near Muqdadiya, 90 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said on Friday.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed the coach of Iraq's national tennis team and two of his players while they were driving through Baghdad on Tuesday, Ministry of Interior and police source said on Friday.
BASRA - Gunmen killed a Sunni Arab cleric and another person in the southern city of Basra as they headed to Friday prayers, The Muslim Scholars Association said on Friday.
KIRKUK - One policeman was killed and three wounded when a roadside bomb struck their patrol in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded in central Baghdad, killing at least nine people and wounding 31, police said.
BAGHDAD - Twenty people were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in a crowded market in the southern al-Baya district of Baghdad, police said.
BAQUBA - Employees abducted from the local Diyala Television station in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, watched gunmen execute two policemen held with them before being released, one of the hostages said.
BAGHDAD - Five civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in western Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Police found three bodies in western Baghdad with bullet wounds and showing signs of torture, police said.
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
BAGHDAD - Iran has ruled out for now proposed talks with the United States over the future of Iraq because of Washington's hostile attitude, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in Baghdad on Friday.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated entry.
*KIRKUK - Gunmen shot dead a police officer and his friend as they were having tea outside his house in the northern city of Kirkuk, police and hospital sources said. Another friend was wounded in the drive-by shooting.
MUQDADIYA - Gunmen stormed a wedding party on Thursday and abducted the groom, his uncle and cousin and a guest at the party and all were found the next day beheaded near Muqdadiya, 90 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said on Friday.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed the coach of Iraq's national tennis team and two of his players while they were driving through Baghdad on Tuesday, Ministry of Interior and police source said on Friday.
BASRA - Gunmen killed a Sunni Arab cleric and another person in the southern city of Basra as they headed to Friday prayers, The Muslim Scholars Association said on Friday.
KIRKUK - One policeman was killed and three wounded when a roadside bomb struck their patrol in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded in central Baghdad, killing at least nine people and wounding 31, police said.
BAGHDAD - Twenty people were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in a crowded market in the southern al-Baya district of Baghdad, police said.
BAQUBA - Employees abducted from the local Diyala Television station in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, watched gunmen execute two policemen held with them before being released, one of the hostages said.
BAGHDAD - Five civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in western Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Police found three bodies in western Baghdad with bullet wounds and showing signs of torture, police said.
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
BAGHDAD - Iran has ruled out for now proposed talks with the United States over the future of Iraq because of Washington's hostile attitude, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in Baghdad on Friday.
posted by Marko at 5/26/2006 08:35:00 AM
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