Security Incidents for Thursday, July 05, 07


(1) The AFP is reporting the death of a U.S. soldier in a helicopter crash in Ninawa Province in northern Iraq on Wednesday, July 4th, citing military sources. One other soldier was injured in the crash. It is not known at this point if the crash resulted from enemy fire or mechanical difficulties.

(2) The Associated Press is reporting the death of a NATO soldier in a roadside bomb attack on his convoy in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, July 5th. Two other soldiers were injured in the blast. The soldiers' nationalities were not given. However, most foreign troops operating in eastern Afghanistan are American.

(3) MNF-Iraq is reporting the deaths of two Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldiers when an "explosive formed projectile" detonated near their patrol in a southern neighborhood of Baghdad on Thursday, July 5th. Two other soldiers were wounded in the attack.

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Baghdad:
#1: Gunmen abducted five shop owners in Baghdad's eastern district of Mashtal, police said

#2: Mortar attacks on residential districts in south and west Baghdad wounded four people on Wednesday, police said

#3: "Insurgents lobbed mortar rounds on the Green Zone, which houses the Iraqi government offices, U.S. and British embassies," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. It was not clear whether there is any casualty, he added.

#4: Two guards were killed when gunmen attacked a bank in the Saidiya district of southern Baghdad, police said. The branch was not robbed but two other guards were kidnapped.

#5: Two Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers were killed and two other Soldiers were wounded when an explosive formed projectile detonated near their patrol during combat operations in a southern section of the Iraqi capital July 5.

#6: At least five civilians were killed and 15 more wounded on Thursday when a car bomb detonated in southern Baghdad, a police source said. "A car bomb detonated, today, near a restaurant in Abu Tisher area, southern Baghdad, killing five civilians and wounding 15," the source, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq

A car bomb exploded in front of a photo shop where a wedding party had gathered in a southern Baghdad neighborhood Thursday killing at least eight people and wounding 20, police said. The blast in the Shiite district of Abu Dshir went off at 6:45 p.m. while dozens of relatives and friends of a bride and a groom waited as the couple walked in to take a wedding picture, according to police. The couple were not hurt but most of the killed and wounded were from those waiting outside, a police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press.

15civilians were killed and 27 wounded in a parked car bomb explosion targeted the civilians near Al Baghdadi restaurant in Abo Disheer neighborhood south Baghdad around 7,00 pm

#7: 3 policemen were injured in an IEd explosion targeted their patrol in Zafaraniyah district south east Baghdad around 7,55 am.

#8: 2 people one of them wearing a bomb vest were killed by the American troops in Doura neighborhood south Baghdad at 9,20.

#9: Gunmen killed a guard and kidnapped two with tow other civilians when they attacked Al Salam bank in Hay Saddam neighborhood south west Baghdad around 11,00 am.

#10: Gunmen robbed 16 million Iraqi Dinars (12698 $) when they attacked electricity directorate bus in Karrada neighborhood downtown Baghdad around 12,00 pm.

#11: A civilian was killed in an IED explosion in Doura neighborhood south Baghdad around 7,00 pm.

#12: A civilian was injured in an IED explosion targeted an American convoy in Zayuna neighborhood east Baghdad around 7,30 pm.

#13: 24 anonymous bodies were found in Baghdad today. 16 bodies were found in Karkh, the western side of Baghdad in the following neighborhoods (7 bodies in Amil, 3 bodies in Doura, 2 bodies in Ghazaliyah, 1 body in Jihad, 1 body in Amiriyah, 1 body in Khadhraa and 1 body in Mahmoudiyah). 8 bodies were found in Rusafa, the eastern side of Baghdad in the following neighborhoods (6 bodies in Sadr city, 1 body in Husseiniyah and 1 body in Sleikh.)


Diyala Prv:
Baquba:
#1: Five Iraqi army soldiers were injured as bomb went off in Khaneqeen district in western Diala, an Iraqi army source in the city of Baaquba said on Thursday. "An explosive charge detonated this morning while an Iraqi army vehicle was passing by on the main road in (Wes-Khaneqeen) in western Baaquba," the source, who refused to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq

#2: A source in the 5th Iraqi army division said that 4 Iraqi soldiers were killed while they were going to give support to another Iraqi army force fighting insurgents from Al Qaida organization in Al Dainiyah village south Baladrooz town east of Baquba city today afternoon. The same source confirmed that another 3 soldiers were injured in an IED explosion targeted their patrol in Imam Mansour area east Baquba today morning.

#3: A security source in Baquba city said that a policeman was shot dead by a sniper downtown Baquba city today afternoon.

#4: A source in the morgue of Baquba general hospital said that the morgue received today a head of a civilian that was thrown near the iron bridge in Baquba Al Jadida neighborhood today morning.

#6: A governmental source said that 5 guards of the house of Baquba deputy governor were injured in an attack by gunmen early morning today.

Miqdadiyah:
#1: A medical source in Al Miqdadiyah town north east Baquba city said that 2 bodies of civilians were moved to the hospital of Miqdadiyah. The source said that the first body was of a man who was killed in an IED explosion near his house in Al Mu’alimeen neighborhood downtown Baquba city while the second body was of a man who was shot dead near his house in AL Ballor neighborhood downtown Baquba city.


Iskandariya:
#1: Police found the body of a former officer in the Iraqi Army in Iskandariya on Wednesday, police said.

#2: A mortar round wounded two people late on Wednesday when it landed on a house in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.


Kut:
#1: Masked gunmen killed a translator working with U.S. forces in the southern Shi'ite city of Kut, police said


Yusufiya:
#1: Two Iraqi soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Yusufiya, 15 km (9 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. Four other soldiers were hurt in the attack


Samawa:
#1: Clashes between the Shi'ite Mehdi Army militia and Iraqi police left at least three people dead, including a policeman, and six wounded in the southern Iraqi city of Samawa, police said. The clashes began after police attempted to arrest a senior Sadrist official in the city


Basra:
#1: The spokesman of Basra police directorate Colonel Kareem AL Zaidi said that the guards of the British consulate opened fire targeting a civilian car which passed close to the consulate inuring the driver downtown Basra city today morning


Ishaqi:
#1: At least six people were killed, including three police commandos, when gunmen ambushed a police convoy in Ishaqi, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.


Kurkuk:
#1: militants detonated a roadside bomb near an Iraqi patrol in charge of protecting local oil infrastructure, killing one soldier and injuring another three, including an officer, an Iraqi army official said.

#2: Another roadside bomb targeting a police patrol inside the city itself killed one civilian and seriously wounded three policemen, according to Police Colonel Ahmed Shamrani.

#3: Meanwhile, gunmen kidnapped four truck drivers transporting concrete blocks 110 kilometers (70 miles) south of Kirkuk, according to local police.

Police sources in Toz Khormato district said that gunmen kidnapped 4 trucks drivers near Al Habash village, part of Khalis town north of Baquba early morning today. The source said the drivers are Kurdish and they don’t work for any company adding that the insurgents kidnapped the drivers and left their trucks on the street.

#4: At least one civilian was killed and five people, including two policemen, were wounded on Thursday when an explosive charge went off while being defused in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, a security source said. At least one civilian was killed and five people, including two policemen, were wounded on Thursday when an explosive charge went off while being defused in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, a security source said.


Al Anbar Prv:
Fallujah:
#1: Iraqi police found the bodies of five people in a rural area north of the Sunni city of Falluja, police said.



Afghanistan:
#1: In eastern Afghanistan, a bomb hit a NATO convoy Thursday, leaving one soldier dead and wounding two others, the alliance said. The wounded soldiers were taken to a medical facility for treatment and are in stabile condition, NATO said in an e-mailed statement. It didn't release the nationalities of the soldiers. Most of the foreign troops in the east are American.

#2: A suicide attacker killed eight policemen at a checkpoint in the south, officials said. The suicide attacker detonated his explosives in a room where the policemen were eating lunch at a checkpoint near Spin Boldak, a town on the Pakistani border, said Bismillah Khan, a local police official. Two of the checkpoint rooms were destroyed, Khan said.

#3: A German citizen kidnapped in Afghanistan has been released along with his translator, the Afghan government says. The two men are now at the office of the police chief in Delaram district of Farah province, a ministry spokesman told the Associated Press news agency. German officials say the man was not a government employee, an aid worker or a journalist. He went missing on 28 June. "He was freed with the help of police, he is in good health," interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told the AFP news agency.

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