Developments in Iraq on May 8
May 8 (Reuters) - Following are security and political developments in Iraq on Monday as of 1200 GMT.
Iraq is forming a 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.
*BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier was killed when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in the southeast of the capital, the U.S. military said in a statement.
*BAGHDAD - Five civilians were killed and another 10 wounded when a car bomb exploded near a courthouse in western Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
*KHALISA - The bodies of two Iraqi journalists, who work for the Iraqi al-Nahrain satellite channel, were found dead with a single bullet to the head after they were kidnapped on Sunday in al-Khalisa, a town about 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police and employees of the channel said.
*BAGHDAD - Two civilians were killed and eight wounded when a roadside bomb went off at al-Tayaran Square, western Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
*BAGHDAD - The U.S. military and Iraq's government said that Ali Wali, a chemical expert and a Kurdish member of the militant Ansar al-Islam group, was killed on Saturday during a raid operation in Mansour District, west-central Baghdad.
NEAR TAL AFAR - A U.S. soldier was killed and another wounded on Sunday after they came under insurgent fire while helping Iraqi security forces clear a building near Tal Afar, about 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, the military said on Monday.
MUSSAYAB - An insurgent was killed and two policemen were wounded during clashes that erupted after a bomb exploded near an oil pipeline on Monday in Mussayab, about 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad.
DAQUQ - Gunmen killed a civilian in the small town of Daquq, 30 km (20 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb and a car bomb exploded in quick succession wounding 17 civilians, including four policemen, in an apparent ambush, in eastern Baghdad on Monday, a source in the Interior Ministry said.
BAGHDAD - The bodies of six people bearing signs of torture and with gun wounds to their heads were found in different areas in Baghdad on Monday, a Ministry of Interior source said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen fired at a bus carrying employees working for the Ministry of Higher Education on Monday, killing its driver and wounding three employees in Yarmouk district of the capital, a Ministry of Interior source said.
BAGHDAD - Iraqi army detained 25 suspects on Sunday in the cities of Tal Afar, Kirkuk, Tikrit and Ramadi, the Iraqi army said on Monday.
Iraq is forming a 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.
*BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier was killed when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in the southeast of the capital, the U.S. military said in a statement.
*BAGHDAD - Five civilians were killed and another 10 wounded when a car bomb exploded near a courthouse in western Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
*KHALISA - The bodies of two Iraqi journalists, who work for the Iraqi al-Nahrain satellite channel, were found dead with a single bullet to the head after they were kidnapped on Sunday in al-Khalisa, a town about 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police and employees of the channel said.
*BAGHDAD - Two civilians were killed and eight wounded when a roadside bomb went off at al-Tayaran Square, western Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
*BAGHDAD - The U.S. military and Iraq's government said that Ali Wali, a chemical expert and a Kurdish member of the militant Ansar al-Islam group, was killed on Saturday during a raid operation in Mansour District, west-central Baghdad.
NEAR TAL AFAR - A U.S. soldier was killed and another wounded on Sunday after they came under insurgent fire while helping Iraqi security forces clear a building near Tal Afar, about 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, the military said on Monday.
MUSSAYAB - An insurgent was killed and two policemen were wounded during clashes that erupted after a bomb exploded near an oil pipeline on Monday in Mussayab, about 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad.
DAQUQ - Gunmen killed a civilian in the small town of Daquq, 30 km (20 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb and a car bomb exploded in quick succession wounding 17 civilians, including four policemen, in an apparent ambush, in eastern Baghdad on Monday, a source in the Interior Ministry said.
BAGHDAD - The bodies of six people bearing signs of torture and with gun wounds to their heads were found in different areas in Baghdad on Monday, a Ministry of Interior source said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen fired at a bus carrying employees working for the Ministry of Higher Education on Monday, killing its driver and wounding three employees in Yarmouk district of the capital, a Ministry of Interior source said.
BAGHDAD - Iraqi army detained 25 suspects on Sunday in the cities of Tal Afar, Kirkuk, Tikrit and Ramadi, the Iraqi army said on Monday.
posted by Marko at 5/08/2006 08:20:00 AM
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