Security Incidents for Wednesday, July 11, 2007


(1) The DoD is announcing the death of Colonel Jon Michael Lockey, 44, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, from a non-hostile, unspecified cause in Baghdad on Friday, July 6th. This would indicate that the date on this MNF-Iraq release for a non-hostile death on the 6th was correct ... and referred to Lockey's death, not Spc. Anthony Vinnedge as we originally thought. Lockey was assigned to Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C. The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star has published an obituary that states that Lockey graduated in 1985 from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He received a Master's Degree from New Mexico State University, and also attended the Army's Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He is survived by his wife of 20 years, his two sons, his parents, and a sister. Lockey will be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery.

(2) The Associated Press is reporting that the heavily fortified Baghdad Green Zone sustained a thunderous barrage of an estimated 20 mortar or rocket rounds in the late afternoon on Tuesday, July 10th. According to a U.S. Embassy statement, three people were killed, including a U.S. servicemember, an Iraqi and a person of unknown nationality. In addition, 18 persons were wounded, including two American military personnell and two American contract employees.

(3) The DoD has confirmed an old death that had not previously been acknowledged by them. Marine Lance Corporal Angel R. Ramirez, 28, of Brooklyn, New York, had to be medically evacuated from Iraq on December 21, 2006, following a non-hostile, unspecified incident that occurred in the vicinity of Al Qaim near the Syrian border in Al Anbar Province. He subsequently died at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, CA, on February 21, 2007.

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In Country:
#1: On Wednesday, Germany's foreign minister said a German woman who was kidnapped in Iraq has been released after 155 days in captivity, but her son is still being held hostage, Hannelore Krause, 61, and her adult son, Sinan, disappeared in Iraq on Feb. 6.


Baghdad:
#1: Gunmen attacked a police commando checkpoint, killing one policeman in the Saidiya district of southern Baghdad on Tuesday, police said. Eight civilians were wounded.

#2: At least four policemen were killed and two others wounded when gunmen attacked their patrol in northern Baghdad on Tuesday evening, police said.

#3: A Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldier died from a non-battle related cause July 11. The incident is under investigation.

#4: Around 10 a.m. a parked car bomb explosion targeted a U.S. military convoy in 52 St. in Karradah. One military vehicle was damaged, Iraqi police said today.

#5: Three guards in Dar Al Salam bank in Al Sadoun Street robbed 282 Million U.S. dollars, Iraqi police said. The bank didn’t confirm the number yet.

#6: An IED exploded under a parked Iraqi police vehicle near their checkpoint in Zafaraniyah area today. No human casualties.

#7: A mortar shell targeting Al Qanat police station. One American soldier was injured, Iraqi police said.

#8: A mortar shell landed in Al Doura neighborhood. One resident was injured.

#9: Mortar shells landed in the following neighborhoods: Baladiyat, Rustumiyah, Palestine Street and Ur neighborhood causing no human casualties today.

#10: An Iraqi police checkpoint in Al Saidiyah neighborhood suspected an approaching car to be a car bomb. Police ordered the driver to stop. The driver didn’t stop and policemen started to shoot at the car killing the driver and the car exploded causing no casualties, Iraqi police said.

#11: Police found 18 dead bodies throughout the capital today. 5 in Amil, 3 in Bayaa, 6 in Saidiyah, 1 in Sadr, 1 in Ealam, 1 in Zayunah, 1 in Ur.


Diyala Prv:
Sherween:
#1: U.S. and Iraqi forces drove out Sunni extremists who had attacked a remote village northeast of Baghdad, a U.S. commander said Wednesday. The fighters attacked the village of Sherween, 35 miles to the northeast, on Monday, sparking a fierce battle with armed residents trying to defend their homes. A U.S. and Iraqi army force moved into the village Tuesday night and drove out the insurgents in a battle that left at least 19 extremists dead, Johnson said. He did not comment on any casualties among the coalition forces.

Muqdadiyah:
#1: A mortar shell landed in Al Muqdadiyah. 4 citizens were injured

Baquba:
#1: An IED explosion targeted an Iraqi army convoy in Baqouba today. 1 soldier was killed and 4 others were injured. The convoy was supposed to reinforce an Iraqi army unit that was clashing with gunmen near Khan Bani Saad town.

Khalis:
#1: Gunmen attacked an Iraqi police station near Al Khalis. One policeman was killed and three gunmen were detained

#2: Several mortar shells landed in Al Khalis targeting an Iraqi army checkpoint. The shells damaged the checkpoint and the near by residents houses causing no human casualties.


Najaf:
#1: Gunmen on a motorcycle killed a police intelligence officer in northern Najaf on Tuesday evening, police said.


Diwaniya:
#1: Gunmen killed a policeman inside his car in Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.


Iskandariya:
#1: Gunmen killed a civil servant when they broke into his home in Iskandariya on Tuesday evening, police said.

#2: At least two people were killed and 17 wounded when four mortar bombs landed in a residential area in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad on Tuesday evening, police said.


Haswa:
#1: Police found two bodies showing signs of torture in Haswa, 50 km (30 miles) south of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.


Basra:
#1: In the south, the top police chief in the city of Basra came under an assassination attempt as he left a British base late Tuesday, the British military said. Gunmen opened fire on Maj. Gen. Jalil Khalaf, forcing him back into the base, it said in a statement. Iraqi police said a roadside bomb also blew up as his convoy tried to pass, wounding two of his guards.

#2: Iraqi police boats in Abu Al Khaseeb area (20 Km south of Basra) clashed with smugglers. One policeman was injured and the suspected smugglers fled with their boats.

#3: Police captured two gunmen after they managed to rob a house in north of Basra. The two gunmen took 92,000 US dollars from the house, golden possessions and two pistols


Baiji:
#1: A man killed his sister and chopped her head off in a village north east of Beiji yesterday night. Citizen Fakhri Badri Nida killed his siter in Al Bu Jari village after she confessed attacking the Iraqi troops using an IED, police source said.


Tikrit:
#1: U.S. soldiers handed over 12 bodies to the general hospital in Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad on Tuesday, said Iyada al- Jugheifi, head of the hospital's morgue. It was unclear how the people died.

#2: Tikrit general hospital received from the American troops in the area the dead body of policeman Aqeel Abdul Ameer. The deceased used to live in one of the villages of Al Shurqat and no further information about his death circumstances were provided by the Iraqi police.


Samarra:
#1: The mayor of the northern Iraqi city of Samarra was shot dead on Wednesday, police said. Abboud Hameed Saleh was gunned down in his home, they said.


Dhulouaiyah:
#1: American troops bombed the house of Khalaf Al Jubouri in Dhulouaiyah area. 1 woman was killed and one woman was injured and 4 children, Iraqi police said today.


Mosul:
#1: At least two people were killed and seven children wounded when a US helicopter opened fire after coming under attack in the northern city of Mosul, the US military said Wednesday. Iraqi police Brigadier General Abdel Karim Khalaf al-Juburi from Mosul gave a higher toll, saying that four people were killed in the shooting, which took place in the city's central Al-Zangili neighbourhood. The US military said one of its helicopters received "small arms fire from the ground and defended itself" while flying near Mosul. "Forces on the ground responding to the area reported that two people were killed in the exchange and seven children were wounded," it said. Juburi put the number of wounded at 14, including two children.


Al Anbar Prv:.
#1: Gunmen attacked Al Shihabi police station yesterday. Police detained 4 suspects today.
Fallujah:
#1: A suicide motorcycle bomber attacked a police patrol on Tuesday, wounding two policemen in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

#2: A suicide bomber wearing a vest bomb targeted a police patrol in Al Jumhuriyah area in central Fallujah yesterday. The suicide was riding a bicycle. 3 civilians were injured

Garma:
#1: At least seven members of one family were killed when gunmen broke into their house in Garma, west of Baghdad, and planted explosives inside and blew it up, police said.



Afghanistan:
#1: Two Canadian soldiers were injured last night by a roadside bomb 25 km outside Kandahar city. A Leopard tank travelling as the last vehicle in a convoy hit an improvised explosive device at 8 p.m. local time, said military spokesman Lt. John Nethercott. The convoy was then ambushed by small arms fire as it travelled east on a highway in the region.
The incident wasn't serious enough to disable the tank, and the convoy pushed through the ambush to Patrol Base Wilson, Nethercott said.

#2: Taliban guerrillas killed three policemen in an ambush on a convoy of U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday, a provincial official said. A civilian passer-by was also killed, the official said, but there was no immediate word of any casualties among the troops. The attack happened on a road in the southeastern province of Paktia,

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