Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq-Wednesday 12 November 2008 - Sounds like Mad Max

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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/212/story/55741.html

The daily Iraq violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers Special Correspondents 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

- A car bomb detonated near the Nasr intersection in Sadoun street in downtown Baghdad targeting a police patrol around 9:30 am. Four people were killed and 14 others were wounded including 2 policemen.

- A roadside bomb detonated in Siha intersection in Shaab neighborhood (north Baghdad) around 10:30 am. Seven people were wounded including two women.

- Around noon a car bomb detonated in Al-Mudaris street in Shaab neighborhood. Two people were killed and 10 others were wounded.

Mosul

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1. And this:

Two GI’s Reported Killed by Iraqi Soldier in Mosul

By SAM DAGHER
Published: November 12, 2008


BAGHDAD, Iraq — Two American soldiers were killed and six others wounded by an Iraqi soldier on Wednesday following an altercation in the northern city of Mosul, according to Iraqi security officials and witnesses. The shooter was immediately killed by other American soldiers, they added.

A spokeswoman for the United States military in northern Iraq, Maj. Peggy Kageleiry, confirmed the American casualties and said they occurred during what she described as “a firefight.” But she refused to provide any further information about the incident, saying the matter was still under investigation.

But members of the Iraqi police and Iraqi army were more forthcoming, providing some details on condition of anonymity, for fear of facing retribution from commanders for their comments.

They said that an American military patrol had stopped Wednesday afternoon to inspect a checkpoint staffed by Iraqi soldiers in the predominantly Sunni Arab neighborhood of Zanjili, on Mosul’s west side.

A heated argument ensued between one of the American soldiers and an Iraqi soldier identified as Barzan Mohammed Abdullah, prompting the American to curse the Iraqi, spit in his face and then slap him, the Iraqis said.

The Iraqi soldier then opened fire on the Americans, the Iraqi sources said, killing two and wounding six. Other American soldiers responded with a barrage of fire directed at the Iraqi , the Iraqis said, killing him instantly.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/world/middleeast/13iraq.html?ref=world