Saturday, March 24, 2007
INM daily summary – 24th March, 2007
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- Two new pipelines to be built to bypass Strait of Hormuz.
- Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zubayi’s security guards have been detained after an attempt on his life.
- Iranian forces seized 15 British servicemen on Friday in the Shatt al-Arab waterway that separates the two countries, accusing them of illegally entering Iranian territory.
- Sheik Majeed al-Gaood, a prominent Sunni tribal leader, told the U.S. that cracking down on Shia militias could end insurgency.
- 200 insurgents stormed a prison in Mukdadiya and freed 33 prisoners.
- Kurdistan wants to drastically increase the presence of foreign oil companies operating in the region by the end of the year.
- A suicide truck bomber with explosives hidden under a load of bricks struck a police station in Dora, a mainly Sunni area in southern Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 11.
- U.S. and Iraqi troops sealed off the Karrada district in the heart of Baghdad on Saturday, stopping all vehicles and pedestrians from entering the area.
