Friday, March 19, 2010

War News for Friday, March 19, 2010

Rice regrets how US prioritized rebuilding in Iraq:


Reported security incidents

Baghdad:
#1: The officials say the roadside bomb went off Friday morning near a market in Baghdad's teeming Shiite district of Sadr City. The explosion killed three people and wounded seven.The officials say the bomb was hidden under a heap of trash and detonated as shoppers started arriving.

#2: In the second attack, gunmen shot dead an Iraqi soldier in southern Baghdad after breaking into his house.

#3: One civilian was wounded on Friday morning by a roadside bomb explosion in northern Baghdad, a police source said. “The bomb exploded on the main street in al-Tarmiya region, northern Baghdad, injuring one civilian, who was carried to a nearby hospital for treatment,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, giving no further details.


Mosul:
#1: A truck driver was killed and his son wounded by unidentified gunmen fire in southern Mosul city on Thursday, according to a local police source in Ninewa. “The gunmen opened fire at a truck near Dorat al-Sowas area in southern Mosul, killing its driver and wounding his son and escaping to an unknown place,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

#2: Police forces found two unknown bodies in southeast of Mosul, according to a security source. “The forces found the bullet-riddled bodies late Thursday (March 18) in a village in al-Namroud district in southeast of Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The corpses bore signs of gunshot wounds to the head and the chest,” he added.

#3: One Iraqi soldier was killed and three more were wounded on Friday in a bomb blast in western Mosul, according to a police source. “An improvised explosive device went off targeting an army vehicle patrol in 17 Tamouz neighborhood in western Mosul, killing a soldier and injuring three others,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.



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