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Reported security incidents
Baghdad:
#1: A roadside bomb wounded two civilians in the New Baghdad district, in the east of the capital, police said.
#2: A roadside bomb wounded a civilian in the Doura district of southern Baghdad, police said.
#3: Three policemen were killed and three people wounded in a car bomb explosions at a checkpoint in northern Baghdad on Saturday, an Interior Ministry source said. A car planted with explosive devices detonated in the afternoon while policemen were checking it at a checkpoint in the mostly Shiite neighborhood of al-Qahira, killing three policemen and wounding two others, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. A civilian was also wounded by the blast that damaged several nearby civilian cars, the source said.
Mussayab:
#1: A roadside bomb exploded in a market and wounded three people on Friday in Mussayab, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said
Hawija:
#1: A civilian man was wounded in a hand-grenade attack by gunmen targeting a U.S. patrol southwest of Kirkuk on Friday, according to a source from the city’s Joint Coordination Center (JCC). “Unidentified gunmen hurled a hand-grenade on a U.S. patrol in al-Askari neighborhood, al-Huweija district, (65 km) southwest of Kirkuk, wounding only a civilian man who happened to be near the blast scene,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Mosul:
#1: Three mortar shells landed near a police headquarters in western Mosul city on Friday but left no casualties, a local security source in Ninewa said. “The mortars landed near the headquarters of an emergency police company in Nablus neighborhood, western Mosul.
#2: A police officer was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in western Mosul city on Friday, a local police source in Ninewa said. “The IED blast targeted a federal police patrol in the area of Tal al-Rimman, western Mosul, leaving an officer in the rank of captain killed,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
#3: A civilian man was wounded in an attack with a mortar shell that landed in western Mosul city on Saturday, a local police source in Ninewa said. “The mortar landed on a house in the area of Rajm Hadeed, western Mosul, leaving the house owner wounded and the house severely damaged,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
#4: A gunman killed a teacher as he was leaving a mosque on Friday in northern Mosul, police said.
Al Anbar Prv:
#1: Two gunmen were killed while planting an improvised explosive device (IED) in eastern al-Falluja city on Saturday, a local police source said. “The IED went off while being emplaced by gunmen on a roadside in al-Karma district, eastern Falluja, killing them instantly,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"
#1: A former Pakistani intelligence officer with deep connections to the Taliban and Al Qaeda was found dead in the western tribal area of Pakistan on Friday, after being kidnapped by militants a month ago. The body of the former officer, Khalid Khawaja, was found on a road between the towns of Mir Ali and Miranshah in the militant-controlled North Waziristan area, Pakistani news outlets reported. He had been shot in the head and the torso, according to Pakistani television, which broadcast a photograph of what appeared to be Mr. Khawaja’s body. His son, Osama Khalid, confirmed the death.
#2: An explosion has occurred in a market near Sohrab Khan Chowk, SAMAA reported Saturday. Security forces have cordoned off the area and the rescue work has been started. Several shops have been destroyed and sources told that several people have been wounded. But hospital sources said that at least two people have been killed and four other are injured.
#3: Police say a roadside bomb has exploded near a police vehicle in southwestern Pakistan, wounding 7 people. Police official Ghulam Nabi says Saturday's attack happened in the city of Quetta, and it wounded four officers and three civilians.
#4: Air raids left 10 anti- government militants dead in Khost province east of Afghanistan late Friday night, an Afghan army officer Mohammad Israr said Saturday.
DoD: Sgt. Nathan P. Kennedy
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