Developments in Iraq on June 19
June 19 (Reuters) - The following are security and other developments in Iraq on Monday as of 1200 GMT.
The new Shi'ite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has vowed to rein in insurgent and sectarian violence that has killed tens of thousands of people since U.S. forces invaded Iraq in 2003.
Asterisk denotes new or updated entry.
* NAJAF - One person was killed and five wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in Kifil town near the Shi'ite city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber killed four civilians and wounded 10 when he detonated his vehicle near an Iraqi army checkpoint in central Baghdad, police said.
KERBALA - Gunmen killed a senior police officer and wounded two of his bodyguards in the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala, 110 km (68 miles) southwest of Baghdad.
RAMADI - U.S. troops backed by tanks, helicopters and warplanes continued a security crackdown in the Sunni Arab stronghold of Ramadi.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
* BAGHDAD - Iraqi prosecutors called for the death sentence to be imposed on Saddam Hussein, his half brother Barzan al-Tikriti and former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan for their alleged roles in the killings of 148 Shi'ites in the 1980s.
* BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Iraqi forces would take charge of security in the southern province of Muthanna next month, where the British oversee a multinational contingent including Japanese and Australian troops.
The new Shi'ite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has vowed to rein in insurgent and sectarian violence that has killed tens of thousands of people since U.S. forces invaded Iraq in 2003.
Asterisk denotes new or updated entry.
* NAJAF - One person was killed and five wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in Kifil town near the Shi'ite city of Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber killed four civilians and wounded 10 when he detonated his vehicle near an Iraqi army checkpoint in central Baghdad, police said.
KERBALA - Gunmen killed a senior police officer and wounded two of his bodyguards in the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala, 110 km (68 miles) southwest of Baghdad.
RAMADI - U.S. troops backed by tanks, helicopters and warplanes continued a security crackdown in the Sunni Arab stronghold of Ramadi.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
* BAGHDAD - Iraqi prosecutors called for the death sentence to be imposed on Saddam Hussein, his half brother Barzan al-Tikriti and former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan for their alleged roles in the killings of 148 Shi'ites in the 1980s.
* BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Iraqi forces would take charge of security in the southern province of Muthanna next month, where the British oversee a multinational contingent including Japanese and Australian troops.
posted by Marko at 6/19/2006 08:09:00 AM
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