Security Incidents for Wednesday, July 04, 07

(1) MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Division - Baghdad soldier from enemy action in a southern neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday, July 4th.

(2) The Canadian Globe and Mail is reporting the deaths of six NATO soldiers plus their Afghan interpreter in an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, July 4th. The nationalities of the six soldiers have not been released at this time, nor the exact province the attack occurred in.

Reuters is quoting a "senior Canadian military official" as confirming that the six NATO soldiers who died in a roadside bomb blast on Wednesday, July 4th, were all Canadians. The NATO confirmation of the deaths can be found here.

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In Country:
#1: One person on board a U.S. military helicopter was killed when the aircraft was forced down in northern Iraq on Wednesday, a military spokesman said. The spokesman said it was unclear if the helicopter had taken ground fire, adding the incident was under investigation. He declined to give the type of helicopter or provide more details on the victim. Another person on board had been hurt, he added

Baghdad:
#1: A suicide car bomber killed two policemen and wounded seven other officers in an attack on a police checkpoint in western Baghdad, the police said.

#2: One Iraqi soldier was killed and three were wounded by a roadside bomb in western Baghdad targeting their vehicle patrol passed, police said

#3: A Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldier was killed during combat operations in a southern section of the Iraqi capital July 4

#4: Around 10 am, random clashes took place at Mansour neighborhood (west Baghdad) killing two people.

#5: Around 1.30 pm, a roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi army patrol near Shurta Tunnel at Ja'amia neighborhood killing one soldier and injuring 3 others.

#6:Around 3 pm, mortars hit the green zone (IZ) without casualties recorded.

#7: Around 4 pm, mortars targeted Mansour neighborhood (west Baghdad) near (Milk Master market) injuring two people.

#8: Around 4.30 pm, mortars hit Doura neighborhood (south Baghdad) injuring two people.

#9: Around 4.30 pm, gunmen with three different cars attacked some shops at Meshtal neighborhood in New Baghdad (east Baghdad) killing two men and kidnapping five others.

#10: (16) sixteen unidentified bodies were found in Baghdad in the following neighborhoods: (13) were found in west Baghdad (Karkh bank); 3 in Bayaa, 2 in Saidiya, 2 in Amil, 1 in Doura, 1 near Nafaq Al-Shurta in Ja'amia, 1 in Khadraa, 1 in Ja'amia, 1 in Hurriya, 1 in Shulaa. While (3) dead bodis were found in east Baghdad (Risafa bank); 1 in Kesra Watash, 1 in Ur and 1 in Sadr city.


Diyala Prv:
#1: U.S. forces backed by aircraft killed an estimated 25 gunmen during a clash north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the military said on Wednesday. It said in a statement that the fighting took place during a three-day operation that ended on Monday near the town of Mukhisa in Diyala province, where 10,000 American and Iraqi troops are engaged in a major offensive against al Qaeda. Gunmen attacked a U.S. patrol along the Diyala river, it said. Other guerrillas armed with rocket-propelled grenades joined the fight, prompting U.S. ground forces to call in air support, it added, without specifying the day of the clash. It said an estimated 25 gunmen were killed. It was unclear if there were any American casualties.

#2: Tuesday morning, gunmen attacked two houses for two former brigadiers in the Iraqi army at Jalwla ( north of Baquba) killing one and injuring the other

Muqdadiya:
#1: Tuesday morning, 3 terrorists were killed in clashes took place between the Iraqi security forces and the terrorists at Zour village in Muqdadiya (36 km north of Baquba).

#2: Tuesday morning, a policeman was injured when gunmen opened fire on him at Blour village in Muqdadiya

#3: Wednesday morning, clashes took place between twenty-revolution battalion, which fights side by side with American troops, and Al-Qaeda at Shrween village in Muqdadiya (36 km north of Baquba). Twenty terrorists were killed in that clashes while no casualties were recorded from 20th revolution battalion, a source from Diyala salvation council said


Hilla:
#1: Three Iraqi soldiers were wounded by a mortar attack on their camp near Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.


Basra:
#1: Wednesday morning, police found a dead body for an interpreter who was kidnapped on Tuesday night at Door Al-Nefit (Oil Houses) north of Basra city. The dead body had several bullets in head


Baiji:
#1: A suicide car bomber killed three policemen and four civilians outside a restaurant in Baiji, 180 km (120 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Eighteen people were wounded.


Tikrit:
#1: Gunmen killed an Iraqi soldier at a fake checkpoint near Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

#2: Around Tuesday afternoon, an Iraqi soldier was killed when gunmen opened fire on his own car on the way between Dour (13 km east of Tikrit) and Tikrit.


Samarra:
#1: Four policemen were killed and two were wounded by a roadside bomb in Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, the police said.


Suleiman Beg:
#1: One Iraqi soldier was killed by a roadside bomb targeting an army patrol in Suleiman Beg, about 90 km (55 miles) from the northern city of Kirkuk, police said. Three other soldiers were wounded


Kirkuk:
#1: A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded two policemen when it exploded near their vehicle in southern Kirkuk, police said

#2: Three Iraqi soldiers were wounded by a roadside bomb targeting their patrol in south west Kirkuk, police said

#3: Gunmen killed two policemen and wounded two other officers in a drive-by-shooting in the southern part of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said

#4: Around Tuesday night, a roadside bomb targeted a police patrol near Kornish street in downtown Kirkuk injuring a policeman with some damage to the vehicle.

#5: Around 1.40 am of Wednesday, a roadside exploded at Al-Askri neighborhood in downtown Kirkuk. No casualties recorded.

#6: Around 5.45 am of Tuesday morning, fire of BKC machine guns opened on a police patrol near Urouba bridge that joins Urouba with Nasr neighborhoods in downtown Kirkuk killing one policeman and in injuring three others

#7: Around 11.15 am of Tuesday morning, a roadside bomb exploded at Al-Qadisiya intersection that leads to Kirkuk directorate traffic targeting the security man who is responsible for guarding the head of Kirkuk directorate (lieutenant Adel Anwar) injuring him with another civilian who was nearby


Hawija:
#1: Around 11.50 pm of Tuesday night, a roadside exploded targeting an Iraqi patrol near the main bus station in Hawija (south west of Kirkuk) injuring one soldier


Darbedikhan:
#1: Wednesday morning, police found beheaded body for unidentified man at Azban plain in Darbedikhan (66 km south of Suleimaniya in the north of Iraq).



Afghanisyan:
#1: A German citizen has vanished in Afghanistan and the government believes he was most likely abducted, a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

#2: At least four soldiers were killed and six injured Wednesday in a roadside explosion in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said. "A military convoy moving from the town of Bannu to Mir Ali was hit by an improvised explosive device at around 0525 GMT," a senior military officer said on condition of anonymity. The attack came in the semi-autonomous North Waziristan tribal district

#3: The rebels attacked three police checkpoints in the southern province of Ghazni yesterday, leaving 13 militants and one policeman dead.

#4: Another seven of the insurgents were also killed in clashes with Afghan and American forces in neighbouring Zabul province.

#5: A roadside bomb tore through a NATO vehicle on Wednesday, killing six soldiers and their Afghan interpreter in a southern Afghan region that has recently seen heavy fighting, a NATO statement said. NATO did not release the soldiers' nationalities or the location of the attack, but Afghan police said it happened in Kandahar province's Zhari district. The majority of the troops in Kandahar are Canadian.
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