Developments in Iraq on July 11
July 11 (Reuters) - The following are security developments in Iraq on Tuesday as of 1100 GMT.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
*BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed eight employees of an Iraqi contracting company and wounded three after bursting into their offices in Baghdad's western Mansur district.
*BAQUBA - Gunmen killed 19 people in different incidents in the religiously mixed city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen opened fire at a minibus, killing 10 people and wounding one in the southern Sunni district of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone government compound on Tuesday, killing five people and wounding 10, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen kidnapped Wissam Abdulla al-Awadi, an Iraqi consul in Iran, from his house in Baghdad's southwestern Ammil district, police and Interior Ministry sources said.
AL-SHIRQAT - Nine Iraqi soldiers were killed and four wounded on Monday when gunmen attacked them in al-Shirqat, 300 km (180 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. A civilian was wounded in the attack.
KIRKUK - Gunmen killed an engineer working for the North Oil Company, along with his driver, while he was heading to work in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, police said.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
*BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein and his defence counsel boycotted his trial for crimes against humanity for a second day, forcing a two-week adjournment to give court-appointed lawyers time to prepare final arguments.
*BAGHDAD - Iraq's largest Sunni Arab bloc said it would end on Wednesday a week-long boycott of parliament after it won promises that a woman colleague kidnapped by an armed group would be freed soon.
Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.
*BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed eight employees of an Iraqi contracting company and wounded three after bursting into their offices in Baghdad's western Mansur district.
*BAQUBA - Gunmen killed 19 people in different incidents in the religiously mixed city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen opened fire at a minibus, killing 10 people and wounding one in the southern Sunni district of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone government compound on Tuesday, killing five people and wounding 10, police said.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen kidnapped Wissam Abdulla al-Awadi, an Iraqi consul in Iran, from his house in Baghdad's southwestern Ammil district, police and Interior Ministry sources said.
AL-SHIRQAT - Nine Iraqi soldiers were killed and four wounded on Monday when gunmen attacked them in al-Shirqat, 300 km (180 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. A civilian was wounded in the attack.
KIRKUK - Gunmen killed an engineer working for the North Oil Company, along with his driver, while he was heading to work in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, police said.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
*BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein and his defence counsel boycotted his trial for crimes against humanity for a second day, forcing a two-week adjournment to give court-appointed lawyers time to prepare final arguments.
*BAGHDAD - Iraq's largest Sunni Arab bloc said it would end on Wednesday a week-long boycott of parliament after it won promises that a woman colleague kidnapped by an armed group would be freed soon.
posted by Marko at 7/11/2006 07:27:00 AM
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