Security Incidents for Wednesday, June 13, 07


(1) MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier in a roadside bombing in an eastern part of Baghdad on Monday, June 11th.

(2) MNF-Iraq is also reporting the death of a Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier in a roadside bombing in a southern part of Baghdad on Tuesday, June 12th.

(3) Lastly, MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Marine from enemy action in Al Anbar Province on Tuesday, June 12th.


The DoD has released the identities of three soldiers who died "from an improvised explosive device" on Sunday, June 10th, "in Karbala":
Corporal Llythaniele Fender, 21, of Medical Lake, Washington
Corporal Meresebang Ngiraked, 21, of Koror, Republic of Palau
Specialist Adam G. Herold, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska
We believe these men were likely killed in the suicide car bombing "near Mahmudiyah" that dropped a bridge out from under their checkpoint as described in this CENTCOM release. The aftermath of the event was witnessed by an AP reporter within 2 minutes of its happening. His report states that it happened 6 miles east of Mahmudiyah. We have no idea why the DoD is now saying that the incident occurred at Karbala, a city some 40 miles to the southwest of Mahmudyah.


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Baghdad:
#1: One Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldier was killed when a roadside bomb detonated during combat operations in an eastern section of Baghdad June 11.

#2: one MND-B Soldier was killed and two others were wounded when their vehicle struck an IED in southern Baghdad in the early morning hours of June 12.

#3: (update) A civilian internee died June 10 from severe head trauma sustained from an insurgent rocket attack on Camp Bucca June 9. The individual was evacuated from Camp Bucca to Ballad Air Base June 9 for medical treatment and was pronounced dead by an attending physician at 7:41 a.m. This is the seventh detainee death resulting from the June 9 attack.

#4: Police say a senior Iraqi journalist has been kidnapped in Baghdad in the latest attack on the media in the country. Gunmen in a convoy of cars reportedly seized Filaih Wadi Mijthab, managing editor of the state-run "Al-Sabah" newspaper, while he was being driven with his son in eastern Baghdad. The son and driver were not taken

#5: Around 12 pm, a mortar shelling hit Zayouna neighborhood ( east Baghdad) without casualties recorded.

#6: Around 12 .15 pm, a mortar shelling hit New Baghdad neighborhood( east Baghdad) near Farasha bakery injuring 3 people .

#7: Around 2 pm, a mosque in Zayouna neighborhood ( east Baghdad) had been bombed without casualties recorded as it was empty

#8: Four civilians were killed and 10 wounded when several mortar rounds hit residential areas in south and southwestern districts of Baghdad, police said.


Diyala Prv:
#1: Anti-Iraqi forces detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device damaging a bridge north of Baqouba in Diyala province, Monday, rendering it unusable. The blast destroyed the east-bound lane of the bridge and left the west-bound lane standing, but impassable. A Georgian unit was present in the vicinity of the attack and one Soldier suffered minor injuries.

#2: (unknown location) Also Wednesday, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a police station near the Iranian border, killing five Iraqi policemen and wounding 10, the town's mayor said.

Baquba:
#1: A person was killed and six wounded by a mortar attack in the city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

Mandili:
#1: A bomb targeting the police chief of the town of Mandili killed three of his bodyguards and wounded five other people, including the police chief, police said. Mandili is in Dilyala Province, near the Iranian border

A suicide bomber walked into the office of a police chief of a Kurdish Shiite town on Wednesday and blew himself up killing five policemen, a police officer said.


Iskandariya:
#1: "Three mosques were brought down after unknown gunmen detonated explosives inside them," the source, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The three mosques were the Grand Iskandariyah Mosque, Hiteen Mosque and Abdullah Mosque in al-Iskanderiyah district, 60 km south of Baghdad, the source added. The source did not say if there were casualties because of the attacks.


Basra:
#1: Four mosques have got shootings and a fifth one had witnessed clashes between Shiite gunmen and the Sunni guards of the mosque without casualties recorded. Those mosques are in different places in Basra ( in Ashar , Maqal , Old Basra and Jazair neighborhoods )


Taji:
#1: One Iraqi soldier was killed and four wounded by a roadside bomb attack on their patrol in Taji, 20 km north of Baghdad, police said.


Samarra:
#1: Suspected al-Qaida insurgents on Wednesday destroyed the two minarets of the Askariya Shiite shrine in Samarra, authorities reported, in a repeat of a 2006 bombing that shattered its famous Golden Dome and unleashed a wave of retaliatory sectarian violence that still bloodies Iraq. Police said the attack at about 9 a.m. involved explosives and brought down the two minarets, which had flanked the dome's ruins. No casualties were reported.


Tikrit:
#1: A Rembert man working as a private contractor in Iraq has been killed by a rocket-propelled grenade. Michael W. Butler, an employee of DynCorp International, died Tuesday night when a convoy he was riding in came under attack, according to DynCorp. The five-vehicle convoy was hit by a roadside bomb and then attacked with small-arms fire while traveling near Tikrit. Butler, 53, was a retired Air Force colonel. He had been in Iraq since December.


Mosul:
#1: Gunmen killed a college student in central Mosul, police said.


Kirkuk:
#1: Wednesday's bridge attack targeted the Zikaytoon overpass southwest of Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad. Suspected insurgents planted explosives under the bridge, and the blast went off around 6 a.m., said police Brig. Sarhat Qader. Part of the bridge was destroyed, but no one was injured, Qader said.


Al Anbar Prv:
#1: A Marine assigned to Multi National Force-West was killed June 12 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province.

Ramadi:
#1: Four Iraqi policemen were killed and 11 officers wounded by a suicide car bomber targeting their checkpoint outside Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad.


Afghanistan:
#1: Twelve militants were killed in the southern province of Zabul in fighting Tuesday to which the Afghan army called in foreign warplanes, the army’s southern commander, Rahmatullah Raufi, said. Four more were arrested.

#2: Another battle erupted in the province overnight when Taleban attacked a police post nearby, the Mizan district chief said. The fighting lasted two hours and three Taleban were killed and five wounded, Mohammad Younus said. A rocket-propelled grenade landed on a civilian house during the battle, killing a girl aged about seven, he said.

#3: A member of a team providing security for United Arab Emirates' aid mission has gone missing in Afghanistan, a UAE official said on Wednesday. "We can confirm that a UAE citizen who is involved in providing security for UAE humanitarian aid in Afghanistan is currently unaccounted for," the official told Reuters. No other details on the disappearance were immediately available.

#4: The US-led coalition said Wednesday it was investigating reports that a soldier was missing in Afghanistan, as the Taliban claimed to have captured a foreign trooper. "We have unconfirmed reports that a soldier is missing. We are investigating," coalition spokesman Major Chris Belcher told AFP. "One NATO force soldier with a uniform and gun was captured by our mujahideen (holy warriors) yesterday (Tuesday)," Ahmadi told AFP by telephone from an unknown location

Two officials for the U.S.-led military and for NATO confirmed to Reuters that a foreign soldier went missing in an area of southern Helmand province, part of the Taliban's main bastion