Reuters reports political violence on Wednesday:
‘NEAR DIWANIYA - One U.S. soldier was killed and two wounded by a roadside bomb which hit their patrol near Diwaniya, 180 km (110 miles) south of Baghdad, on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.
. . . BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed two people and wounded 10 in Ameen district in southeastern Baghdad, police said.
‘BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded five people in Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Three mortar rounds landed in Baghdad's Green Zone, but details of casualties were not available, police said. . .
BAGHDAD - Mortar rounds wounded three people in Shaab district in northern Baghdad, police said. . .
NEAR KIRKUK - A roadside bomb targeting a local council member near Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, wounded two of his bodyguards, police said.
BASRA - Gunmen shot and killed a former official of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party in Basra, 550 km (340 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
BASRA - A senior figure in Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Basra office, Saed al-Haidery, was shot dead in northern Basra, police and Sadrist officials said.
NEAR SAMARRA - Three fuel truck drivers were killed when three roadside bombs went off near a convoy of seven fuel trucks on the main road near Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Three trucks were set ablaze.
MOSUL - Six fuel trucks were set ablaze and three drivers were wounded on Tuesday when a bomb attached to one of the vehicles detonated in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.’
McClatchy adds:
‘Baghdad
. . . - Around 9 am, a roadside bomb targeted an American patrol near Talbia Bridge towards Shaab neighborhood (north Baghdad).No casualties reported.
- Around 9:15 am, a roadside bomb targeted an American patrol at Taji near Baghdad’s north gate .No casualties reported. . .
- Around 10 am, an American patrol defused a roadside bomb at Saidiyah neighborhood (south Baghdad) near Imam Ali mosque.
- Around 10:10 am, a roadside bomb targeted an American patrol at Shaab neighborhood (north Baghdad) towards the industrial area. No casualties reported.
- Around 10:30 am, a roadside bomb targeted an American patrol near Qanat bridge(east Baghdad) .No casualties reported on the US patrol while two Iraqi people were killed and ten were injured in that incident.
- Police found (4) dead bodies in Baghdad neighborhoods today . . .
Diyala
- Police found one dead body at one of the orchards in Dali Abass village (east of Baquba).
- Around 1:50 pm, mortars hit Kanan village targeting Sheikh Tha’r Ghadhban’s funeral (who was killed two days ago) .Four people were injured (including a woman and a child).
- Police found a dead body at the way between Kanan –Balad Ruz (20 km east of Baquba).
- Baquba morgue delivered today two dead bodies for a husband and wife who was kidnapped last Friday at Imam Habash (20km south of Baquba).
- Around 2:10 pm, a ten year girl was killed due to clashes took place at Bazaiz Buhrz (10 km south of Baquba) between gunmen and Iraqi army. The girl was in a farm with her aunt when a bullet killed her at once.
- Around 5:25 pm, an IED exploded at farm in Abu Saida village (20 km east of Baquba).Two people were injured in that incident while they were in that farm.
Sulaimaniyah
- Tuesday night, a policeman was injured during clashes took place between gunmen and policemen in front of a check point in Iqari neighborhood behind Shaab park (downtown Sulaimaniyah city in northern Kurdistan).
- Around Tuesday midnight, gunmen opened fire on the Kurdistan communist party headquarter .No casualties recorded in that incident, an official of the Kurdistan communist party said.
Salahuddin
- Around 10 am, a policeman was killed by a guard of Baiji mayor based on tribal revenge .A curfew was announced in the city after this incident to control the situation.’
