Two truck bombs hit Iraq army base near Mosul

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

Two truck bombs hit Iraq army base near Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq, April 1 (Reuters) - Two suicide truck bombs exploded at an Iraqi army base east of the northern city of Mosul on Sunday, police said.

There was no immediate word on casualties. Police also said clashes had broken out in the area.


Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/YAT150399.htm

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Two truck bombs wound 15 at Iraq army base
MOSUL, Iraq, April 1 (Reuters) - Two suicide truck bombs wounded 15 people when they exploded at an Iraqi army base east of the northern city of Mosul on Sunday, police said, citing initial reports.

Police also said clashes had broken out in the Sinaea area where the explosions occurred.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/YAT151931.htm

[bemildred]

1. Sigh.

:-(

[maddezmom]

2. Two truck bombs kill 2, wound 17 at Iraq army base

MOSUL, Iraq, April 1 (Reuters) - Two suicide truck bombs killed two people and wounded 17 when they exploded at an Iraqi army base east of the northern city of Mosul on Sunday, police said.

Police said the two dead were civilians while most of the wounded were soldiers. Clashes had broken out in the Sinaea area where the explosions occurred, they added.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/YAT151931.htm

[Eugene]

3. 18 killed in violence across Iraq Saturday-Sunday - Reuters Factbox

Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 1
01 Apr 2007 15:40:15 GMT
Source: Reuters

April 1 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1500 GMT
on Sunday:

-snip-

BAGHDAD - The bodies of 10 people were found shot in different districts
of Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

-snip-

BAGHDAD - Gunmen wounded two children when they threw a hand
grenade at a children's playing field in the southern Zaafaraniya
district of Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

JIBLA - Gunmen killed an official in the office of radical cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr in the town of Jibla, near the southern city of Hilla, on Saturday,
police said. Gunmen also killed the guard of a Sunni mosque and set the
mosque on fire in Jibla, police said.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L0123999.htm

[Eugene]

4. Gunmen kidnap 19 civilians north of Baghdad-police

Source: Reuters

Gunmen kidnap 19 civilians north of Baghdad-police
01 Apr 2007 17:28:06 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, April 1 (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped 19 civilians north of Baghdad
on Sunday after stopping cars at a fake checkpoint, Iraqi police said.

Police said those kidnapped, all men, were from a Shi'ite village near the city of
Baquba. They said the gunmen were wearing civilian clothes and carrying automatic
weapons.

Iraqiya state television also reported 19 people had been kidnapped in the area,
although it gave few details.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL161232.htm

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Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 1
01 Apr 2007 17:39:24 GMT
Source: Reuters

April 1 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1700 GMT
on Sunday:

* denotes new or updated item.

* BAQUBA - Gunmen kidnapped 19 civilians after stopping cars at a fake
checkpoint near the city of Baquba, Iraqi police said. Police said those
kidnapped, all men, were from a Shi'ite village near Baquba, 65 km
(40 miles) north of Baghdad.

* BAGHDAD - Police said 16 bodies were found in Baghdad on Sunday.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L0123999.htm

[maddezmom]

5. only the bigger stories get a headline

the factbox tells the real story and then, I'm sure not everything is reported. :(