War News for Thursday, November 01, 2007

MNF-Iraq is reporting the deaths of Two Task Force Iron Soldiers in a roadside bombing in Nineveh province on Thursday, October Oct. 31. Two other soldier were wounded in the attack.

MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Task Force Iron Soldier in a roadside bombing in Salah ad Din province on Thursday, October 31st.


Security incidents:

Baghdad:
#1: A roadside bomb killed five people Thursday near a shelter used as a police recruiting center in northeast Baghdad's Shiite-dominated neighborhood of Binouk, police said. Six other people were wounded, they said. Most of the victims were recruits lining up outside the shelter.

#2: In east Baghdad, over three people were killed and five others wounded when a roadside bomb went off in the Banks district targeting a security patrol, VOI reported, citing a police source. A number of security vehicles were also damaged in the attack, the source added.

two civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb detonated near a U.S. patrol in eastern area of the capital. The powerful blast also set two nearby civilian cars ablaze, the source said. It was unclear whether the U.S. patrol sustained any casualty as the troops immediately cordoned off the area, preventing the Iraqi police from approaching the scene, he added.

#3: At least 554 Iraqis were killed in the month of October in insurgent and sectarian attacks, according to the latest figures from Iraq's three ministries obtained by AFP on Thursday. According to the ministries another 333 bodies were found across the country, many of whom were killed in previous months.

#4: A civilian was killed when gunmen opened fire in Mansour neighborhood west Baghdad around 10,00 am.

#5: 4 people were wounded including a member in the national police when they were attacked by gunmen in Al Saidiyah neighborhood south Baghdad around 11,00 am.

Gunmen opened fire on a police commando patrol in Baghdad's southern neighborhood of Saydiyah, wounding a commando member and three pedestrians," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

#6: A roadside bomb wounded four people in al-Wathiq square in central Baghdad, police said.


Diyala Prv:
Sadiyah:
#1: And in Sadiyah, 60 miles north of Baghdad, police said a cluster of three attacks took place around 10:40 a.m., killing five people and wounding 18 others.

Baquba:
#1: a child was killed and two others were injured Thursday when a bomb went off in Baquba's Mualemin suburb in Diyala province, witnesses and police sources said.


Salman Pak:
#1: U.S. helicopters opened fire after a ground patrol came under attack southeast of Baghdad on Wednesday, and Iraqi police said three officers were killed and one wounded in the strike. The fighting occurred near Salman Pak, a predominantly Sunni area that has been the subject of a U.S. military campaign aimed at routing insurgents from rural strongholds and disrupting the flow of weapons to the capital. Ground forces called for air support after coming under small-arms fire near the city, some 15 miles southeast of Baghdad, a U.S. military official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the information hasn’t been formally released. A U.S.-Iraqi joint security station in the area had come under fire three times earlier in the day, the official said. A local policeman, who also declined to be identified because he wasn’t authorized to release the information, claimed three officers were killed and one wounded when an Iraqi patrol vehicle was hit in the airstrike.


Balad Ruz:
#1: In Balad Ruz, an ethnically mixed city 45 miles northeast of the capital, another roadside bomb exploded near a convoy carrying the police chief of Balad Ruz, Col. Faris al-Amirie, police said. Six of al-Amirie's guards were killed and eight others were hurt, but the chief escaped injury, they said.


Salah ad Din Prv:
#1: A Task Force Iron Soldier was killed by an explosion near his vehicle while conducting operations in Salah ad Din province Oct. 31.


Kirkuk:
#1: Sabri Abdul-Jabar, a university professor in Kirkuk, was found shot dead two days after being kidnapped in a town near the city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.


Mosul:
#1: Two Task Force Iron Soldiers were killed by an explosion near their vehicle while conducting operations in Nineveh province Oct. 31. Additionally, two Soldiers were wounded and transported to a Coalition medical facility for treatment.



Afghanistan:
#1: A nighttime raid in eastern Afghanistan by U.S. and Afghan troops sparked a gunbattle that killed three people, including two children, and the military said Thursday it is investigating the deaths. The latest civilian casualties came as U.S. and Afghan troops were raiding a compound suspected of harboring militants belonging to a suicide bombing network. They were fired upon as they approached late Wednesday in Bati Kot district in Nangarhar province, said Maj. Chris Belcher, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition. After the clash, a militant and two children were found dead inside the compound, Belcher said. A woman and another child were wounded, he said. A policeman also was wounded during the raid, said Ghafoor Khan, a spokesman for provincial police chief. Three other men from the house were detained by U.S. troops, Khan said.

#2: Also Thursday, Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint in Nad Ali district, in the southern Helmand province, killing five officers and wounding three others, said Mohammad Hussein Andiwal, the provincial police chief. There were no reports of militant casualties, but authorities recovered one of the vehicles used in the attack and an assault rifle, Andiwal said.

#3: In western Farah province, six police officers were killed and two others wounded, and 14 Afghan army troops were missing after clashes with Taliban militants on Wednesday, said governor Muhaidin Baluch. A large number of Taliban have crossed into Farah from neighboring Helmand province and were still in control of Gulistan district, Baluch said.