War News for Friday, November 09, 2007

Aftenposten (Norway) is reporting the death of a Norwegian soldier in Northern Afghanistan 7-8 kilometers north of the Norwegian base in Meymaneh when an explosion hit the Toyota Landcruiser around 7:07 P.M. local time, Thursday, November 8th. One other soldier was seriously injured. NATO released this statement about the attack.

NATO is reporting the death of one ISAF soldier who died in southern Afghanistan when the vehicle he was traveling in was involved in an accident. One other ISAF soldier and a local national interpreter were injured in the same incident, No other details were released. The British Ministry of Defence is confirming that a British soldier from the 36 Engineer Regiment died in a road accident in the Sangin District of Helmand Province on Friday, November 9th.


Security incidents:

Baghdad:
#1: A roadside bomb killed two people and wounded two others in the Shi'ite district of Kadhimiya in northern Baghdad, police sources said.


Diyala Prv:
Baquba:
#1: A bomb planted in a field killed one child and wounded six family members, including four other children, south of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

Balad Ruz:
#1: Three children were killed and five others, including three women, were wounded when three mortar bombs landed in the town of Balad Ruz, 50 km (30 miles) east of Baquba, police said.

Baquba:
#1: Gunmen killed three people and wounded two in the village of Albu-Ajeel near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Residents returned fire, killing four gunmen.


Samarra:
#1: The military reports a helicopter involved in the raid made a so-called "hard landing." Apparently nobody was hurt and investigators aren't sure yet whether the helicopter was hit by hostile fire or had some other problem.

#2: U.S. forces killed two gunmen on Thursday south of Samarra, a city 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.


Yuz Khurmoto:
#1: Gunmen kidnapped one citizen in Toz Khirmato south of Kirkuk yesterday


Hawija:
#1: One policeman was killed and five others wounded by a bomb planted in a parked car in Hawija, 70 km (45 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said. The bomb targeted a police patrol.


Kirkuk:
#1: Around 7 a.m. an IED targeted an Iraqi army officer house in Kirkuk, causing no damages.

#2: A roadside bomb killed an Iraqi army captain and wounded three soldiers on a road between Kirkuk and Riyadh, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.



Afghanistan:
#1: An Afghan district chief along with his three bodyguards were killed when Taliban fighters opened fire on them from their moving motorbike in southern Afghanistan, police said on Friday. The attack took place on Thursday afternoon in Shah Joy district of Zabul province when the district administrative chief was shopping in a local market, Mohammad Rasoul, the police chief of the district told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. "Habibullah and three of his bodyguards were shot dead by Taliban militants who were riding on motorbikes," Rasoul said, adding that police started a search operation to track down the assailants.