Iraq police find 9 decapitated colleagues

[maddezmom]

Iraq police find 9 decapitated colleagues
18 Mar 2007 12:56:50 GMT

BAGHDAD, March 18 (Reuters) - Iraqi police on Sunday found the decapitated bodies of nine policemen with their hands bound and bearing signs of torture in a rural area in western Iraq where al Qaeda militants have a strong presence, police said.

Police Colonel Tareq al-Theybani said the bodies were found in an abandoned post office in Juwayba, a town near the city of Ramadi, capital of Anbar province, a Sunni Arab insurgent stronghold.

more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IBO846157.htm

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 18
18 Mar 2007 09:29:08 GMT
Source: Reuters

March 18 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 0900 GMT on Sunday:

* denotes a new or updated item.

* DIYALA PROVINCE - A U.S. soldier died on Saturday as a result of wounds sustained from an explosion during combat operations in Diyala Province, the U.S. military said. Five other U.S. soldiers were wounded in the incident.

* KIRKUK - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi police patrol wounded three policemen in the northern city of Kirkuk, 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces captured 12 suspected insurgents in Baghdad, Mosul, Ramadi and Habaniya during separate raids targeting al Qaeda militants and associated bomb-making cells, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - A total of 19 bodies were found shot dead on Saturday in different districts of Baghdad, police said.

more:http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IBO823109.htm

[Eugene]

1. Car bomb in Baghdad, 3 dead

(Reuters)

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 18
18 Mar 2007 14:30:18 GMT
Source: Reuters

March 18 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1350 GMT
on Sunday:

* denotes a new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded in a market in the mainly Shi'ite neighbourhood
of Shaab in northern Baghdad, killing three people and wounding seven, police said.

-snip-

Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IBO823109.htm

[maddezmom]

2. 14 killed in Iraq attacks

14 killed in Iraq attacks 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Insurgents killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens in Iraq in a series of bomb attacks targeting civilians and security forces, police and security officials said Sunday.

Insurgents set off a car bomb in a popular market in Baghdad's mainly Shiite district of Shaab, killing six people and wounding 30, a security official said.

The bomb struck the well-known Shallal market near the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in the northeast of the Iraqi capital.

The official said the toll "could rise as the incident occurred in a popular market."

A policeman and a civilian were killed and five policemen wounded when a roadside bomb struck a police patrol near the renowned Al-Mustansiriyah University in east Baghdad, a security official with the defence ministry said.

more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070318/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_070318163729

[maddezmom]

3. Roundup of Iraq violence -- March 18, 2007

Roundup of Iraq violence -- March 18, 2007
By Mohammed al Dulaimy
McClatchy Newspapers
The daily Iraq violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers 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.


Baghdad

-- Around 9:30 a.m. a roadside bomb exploded in Al-Mustansiriyah square (not far away from Al-Mustansiriya university) targeting an Iraqi police vehicle. The blast killed one Iraqi policeman and injured two other policemen and two civilians.

-- Around 1:00 p.m. random gunfire by gunmen near Al Rusafi square targeting civilians claimed the life of one civilian and injured two.

-- Around 4:45 p.m. a parked car bomb exploded in Al Shaab neighborhood near Shalal market. The blast targeted civilians and claimed the lives of three civilians and injured seven.

more:http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/special_packages/iraq/16930840.htm

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. only 9? Damn, now that's what I call measurable improvement.

Way to go, Darth Cheny!

[saigon68]

5. YES, Freedom is "On the March"

[ellisonz]

6. The Bush Surge.

:sarcasm:

:puke:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. my toilet has the same talent. time after time.

and frankly, it is extremely good at what it was designed to doodoo.

[ellisonz]

8. Maybe you should move south of the equator?

Get a whole new perspective.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. bin laden there with suitcases several times.

after enough of the local potable, it is always a mindtrip to see the water go the "wrong way" down.

[ellisonz]

10. Never in my life...

have I had the joy of the lake of Titicaca, take the profane meaning, and you have the Euphrates, body stew!

:hurts:

There goes the naked lunch...It's like one big William Tell game. Fun.

:puke:

[maddezmom]

11. Iraqi Army Post Destroyed By Bombs in Anbar Province

Iraqi Army Post Destroyed By Bombs in Anbar Province

By Karin Brulliard
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, March 19, 2007; Page A10

BAGHDAD, March 18 -- Insurgents disguised as mechanics slipped into car repair shops on the ground floor of a hotel used as an Iraqi army post in Anbar province, a hub of the Sunni insurgency, then furtively planted bombs before fleeing and blowing up the building on Sunday, police said.

Iraqi army and police forces also discovered the beheaded bodies of nine police officers in an abandoned post office east of Anbar's provincial capital, Ramadi, police Col. Tareq Aduleimi said. The bodies, found as the forces raided suspected hideouts of the insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq, showed signs of torture, he said.

more:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/18/AR2007031800613.html

[salin]

12. is not sectarian violence according to al-Malaki

he just avowed that there is no more sectarian violence - all violence left is the work of Al-Qaeada.

[noonwitch]

13. That's gotta be encouraging for recruitment efforts.

Being a cop in this country sucks sometimes, being one there sucks all the time.

[Javaman]

14. Nice to see what maliki stated about the sectarian violence having stopped

is in full effect...

:sarcasm: