BBC: Deadly attacks hit northern Iraq (Hadhar, Mosul)

[Eugene]

Last Updated: Friday, 4 August 2006, 11:15 GMT 12:15 UK

Deadly attacks hit northern Iraq

At least 13 people have been killed in a spate of attacks and fighting
in northern Iraq.

Ten people, including three policemen, were killed when a suicide bomber
struck in Hadhar, Nineveh province.

Hours earlier, at least three policemen died some 90km (55 miles) north
of Hadhar in Mosul, as a fresh eruption of violence hit the city.

Several insurgents are also believed to have died in fighting there,
shattering the fragile calm of recent months.

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Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5244644.stm

[sabra]

1. Update: 17 die in roadside bombs in northern Iraq

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2299300,00.html

[bemildred]

2. Gunbattles erupt in Mosul

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Heavily armed militants fought gunbattles with U.S. and Iraqi troops in the restive northern city of Mosul on Friday in which four policemen, including a top officer, and four insurgents were reported killed.

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As is often the case in Iraq, accounts of the fighting in Mosul were confused and the U.S. military offered only scant information on the gunbattles which police sources agreed lasted from about 6.30 a.m. (3 a.m. British time) until just after midday.

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Police sources said several roadside bombs exploded shortly after dawn, followed by gunfights between police and insurgents firing mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.

Two car bombs also exploded, one outside the offices of a Kurdish political party and a police station, which killed Colonel Jassim Muhammad Bilal and two bodyguards, they said.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-08-04T131518Z_01_COL440178_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAQ.xml&src=rss

[uppityperson]

3. k&r for Iraq occupation/civil war