War News for Friday, November 30, 2007

The DoD is reporting a new death previously unreported by CENTCOM. Marine Corporal Allen Roberts died in a vehicle accident near Al Asad, Iraq on Wednesday, November 28th. No other details were released.

The DoD is reporting a new death previously unreported by CENTCOM. Sgt. 1st Class John J. Tobiason died in an undisclosed incident that is currently under investigation on Wednesday, November 28th. The military has released no further details on his death. According to the Hays Daily News his sister said he had stepped outside of a tent and that shots were fired. She said expected a final report on his death to be issued in a day or two.

The Greenwich Times is reporting the death of a soldier previously unreported by CENTCOM. U.S. Army Ranger Gabrielle Costello died in action in Iraq on Sunday, November 25th.

The Danish Ministry of Defense is reporting the deaths of two Danish ISAF soldiers in a hostile fire attack in the Upper Gereshk Valley, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Thursday, November 29th. No other details were released.


Security incidents:

Baghdad:
#1: Iraqi security forces arrested dozens of people, including the son of a leading Sunni Arab politician, in a pre-dawn raid on Friday after a car rigged with explosives was found near the lawmaker's office. The incident threatened to increase political tension across Iraq's sectarian divide at a time when violence has been falling dramatically in the country. The Shi'ite-led government said Adnan al-Dulaimi, leader of the Accordance Front, the main Sunni Arab bloc, could be stripped of the immunity from prosecution he holds as a member of parliament if he was found to have links to car bombs.

Five U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi civilian were injured trying to detonate the explosives near the compound of Adnan al-Dulaimi, leader of the biggest Sunni bloc in parliament, the U.S. military said.

#2: Around 2 p.m. two mortar shells slammed into Abu Desheer neighborhood, injuring 2 civilians.

Five mortar shells landed on a number of houses in Abu Dasher district in al-Doura neighborhood in southern Baghdad, injuring three civilians," the source, who asked to be unnamed, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq

#3: Police found three bodies in Baghdad, one in Sadr, one in Jamia, one in Doura


Diyala Prv:
Khalis:
#1: Unidentified gunmen on Friday hijacked five taxis on the road between Baghdad and Kirkuk and killed five Iraqi army soldiers onboard, a police source said. "Unknown armed men set up a fake checkpoint in al-Tahwiela region near Khalis, north of Baaquba, where they hijacked five taxis carrying passengers from Baghdad to Kirkuk and took them to unknown place," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) under condition of anonymity. "The gunmen, suspected of being al-Qaeda elements, killed five Iraqi soldiers, who were among the passengers," he explained.

Al Qaeda killed five people and abducted 30 traveling in five SUVs around Al Khalis. The five killed at the scene were members of Iraqi military and police, Iraqi police said.

Hibhib:
#1: Three mortar shells slammed into Hibhib town west of Baqouba, killing three residents and injuring two others

Baquba:
#1: An American soldier was killed Friday when a bomb exploded during military operations near the city of Baquoba 55 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.


Basra:
#1: the British base at the Basra international airport came under indirect fir attack without leaving casualties, a British military spokesman said.


Dhuluwiya:
#1: One Iraqi police captain was killed and two other policemen were wounded when a suspected al Qaeda member blew himself up as they entered his home to arrest him in the town of Dhuluwiya, 70 km north of Baghdad, police said.


Al Shirqat:
#1: A car bomb targeted local police vehicle in Al Shirqat south of Mosul yesterday, killing 4 policemen.


Kirkuk:
#1: One mortar bomb wounded two children when it landed on a residential area, near Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

#2: Unidentified gunmen in a speeding car shot and killed a restaurant owner, police said.


Mosul:
#1: Unidentified gunmen blew up a fuel station in eastern Mosul but no casualties were reported, an official source from Ninewa police said on Friday. "The station was closed when the gunmen entered and blew it up with TNT," the source, who declined to have his name mentioned, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq