AdelaideNow (AFP) is reporting the deaths of two U.S. soldiers during "combat operations" in an undisclosed location in northern Iraq on presumably on Thursday, April 8th. Five additional soldiers were wounded in the incident.
The British MoD is reporting the death of a British ISAF soldier from small arms fire/gunshot wounds near Showal in the Nad 'Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan on Wednesday, April 7th.
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Reported security incidents
Baghdad:
#1-2: Two Iraqi policemen have been injured in two separate incidents in the capital Baghdad, a police source said on Thursday.
#1: “During a late hour on Wednesday evening, unknown gunmen attacked a civilian vehicle belonging to an Interior Ministry officer on the highway leading to Shula City, western Baghdad,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
#2: In a separate incident, unknown gunmen stabbed an army officer near al-Zawraa Sporting Club in northern Baghdad.
#3: Police forces have defused 11 explosive devices found inside an apartment building in southeastern Baghdad, a local police source said on Thursday. “On Wednesday evening, a force from the Federal Division dismantled 11 explosive devices inside an apartment building in Baghdad’s al-Zafaraaniya area,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. A number of boxes containing C4 explosives were also found inside the recently constructed and uninhabited building, he added.
Diyala Prv:
#1: Three policemen were wounded in Diala on Thursday when their patrol was hit by a roadside bomb.
Basra:
#1: Police forces found in Basra on Thursday the corpse of a man slaughtered in his car. “His body was stabbed more than once,” a local security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Kirkuk:
#1: Police forces in northern Iraq’s oil-rich city of Kirkuk have defused an explosive device southwest of the city on Thursday, without causing any damage, according to a source in the Joint U.S. Iraqi Coordination Center in Kirkuk. “The police forces found an explosive device near al-Fatih petrol station, some 10km southwest of Kirkuk, on the main highway connecting Kirkuk with Tikrit , and the Tirkalan district’s police along with the Multi-National Forces (MNF), have managed to defuse it, causing no damage,” he told Aswat Al-Iraq News Agency today.
Ninevah prv:
#1: Unknown gunmen used explosives on Wednesday to sabotage part of the Baghdad – Mosul highway. “The sabotage occurred in al-Hadhar district, south of Mosul city,” a local police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He noted that the gunmen destroyed a bridge within the highway. “The blast left no casualties,” the source said.
Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"
#1: Afghan police say they've arrested five would-be suicide bombers in Kabul this morning, averting a major attack by the largest suicide team ever apprehended in the Afghan capital. "If this team had made it through it would have been a disaster as we've seen in past instances," Abdul Ghafar, deputy commander of the Afghan National Police crisis unit, said at a news conference where the blindfolded suspects were put on display for journalists. The suspects were driving an SUV into Kabul when they were nabbed by Afghan anti-terrorism police, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. All five were wearing suicide vests, and the vehicle had two extra vests inside as well as a container packed with explosives.
#2: At least 12 militants were killed Thursday in operation by security forces in the northwest of Pakistan, local TV channel reported. The militants were killed in a joint operation by security forces and local lashkar (volunteer force) in Lower Dir areas of North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The security forces also arrested 20 militants during the search operation and recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunition, including 21 hand grenades, nine Kalashnikovs, and eight pistols.
#3: A car blast occurred in downtown area of Pakistani capital Islamabad late Wednesday night, leaving no one hurt but causing panic, police said. The car was stopping at a parking lot at Jinnah Super market in sector F-7, downtown Islamabad, a police officer told Xinhua. It was not immediately known what caused the blast. Police and bomb disposal experts rushed to the blast site and diverted the traffic to alternate route.
#4: Jet fighters killed 13 militants and injured 20 others in northwest Pakistan's Orakzai tribal area in last 24 hours, army officials said Wednesday. The air strikes also destroyed seven militants hideouts, two houses of pro-Taliban elders.
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