Thursday, May 10, 2007

 

Round-up of violence across Iraq

Security
Roundup of violence in Iraq - 9 May 2007
(McClatchy Newspapers) - The daily Iraq violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers Special Correspondent Hussin Kadhim in Baghdad from police, military and medical reports. This is not a comprehensive list of all violence in Iraq, much of which goes unreported. It’s posted without editing as transmitted to McClatchy’s Washington Bureau.
(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0700 GMT on Thursday:
BAGHDAD - Police said they found the bodies of 21 people shot dead in different districts of Baghdad on Wednesday.
MOSUL - A hospital received the bodies of three people, two women and a man, from one family in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
MOSUL - The bodies of two police officers were found in Mosul, police said.
MAHAWEEL - The bodies of two people shot and tortured were found in the town of Mahaweel, 75 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
ISKANDARIYA - A roadside bomb wounded five people on Wednesday in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed three insurgents and detained four others suspected of being involved in the smuggling of weapons from Iran into Iraq during raids in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
HAWIJA - Gunmen killed a policeman while he was heading to work in the town of Hawija, 70 km (40 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

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