Reported security incidents
Baghdad:
#1: A bomb exploded in front of the house of Abdul Rahman Abu Raghif, a member of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Dawa party, wounding six people including two of his sons, in the Zaafaraniya district of southeastern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said. Abu Raghif was not hurt.
#2: A roadside bomb went off near a car carrying an off-duty policeman, wounding him in Baghdad's west-central Mansour district.
Mosul:
#1: Gunmen killed a man in northern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
#2: A roadside bomb wounded a mother and her daughter in western Mosul, police said.
Al Anbar Prv:
#1: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint, killing three policemen and wounding five others, in a village east of Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, a police source said.
#2: An Iraqi soldier has been killed and two others were injured in an explosive charge blast in the city of Falluja in west Iraq’s Anbar Province on Thursday, a police source reported. “An explosive charge blew off against an Iraqi Army patrol north of Falluja city on Thursday, killing one soldier and wounding two others, and causing damage to a patrol car, the police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"
#1: At least three Afghan civilians were killed and ten others were wounded in militants' missile attack in eastern Paktia province on Wednesday, President's Office said in a statement. The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon in a bazaar in Zurmat city of Paktia province when a missile landed in the area, the Office said.
#2: A roadside mine wounded five policemen in Marjah district of southern Helmand province on Thursday, Marjah district governor Abdul Mutalib said.
#4: A roadside mine killed two policemen and wounded three more in Chamtal district of northern Balkh province on Wednesday, police spokesman Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai said.
DoD: 1st Lt. Timothy J. Steele
Thursday, August 25, 2011
War News for Thursdayy, August 25, 2011
Posted by whisker at 4:02 AM
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