War News for Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Reported security incidents

Diyala Prv:
#1: In Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a policeman and his son were wounded in the morning when a roadside bomb went off in front of their house in al-Gatoon area, just west of the provincial capital city of Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, a source from the provincial operations command told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

#2: Also in the province, four people were wounded in three roadside bombs which separately ripped through the outskirts of Baquba, the source said.


Abu Ghraib:
#1: On Tuesday morning, a roadside bomb struck an Iraqi army patrol in Abu Ghraib area, some 20 km west of Baghdad, destroying a military vehicle and wounding three soldiers aboard, the source said.


Al Anbar Prv:
#1: Two policemen were killed late Monday night when gunmen attacked a checkpoint in central Fallujah city, some 50 km west of Baghdad, a local police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.



Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"
#1: The Afghan Interior Ministry says a roadside bombing in the country's west has killed 11 people, most of them members of one family. A ministry statement on Tuesday says the bomb went off as a police vehicle was driving by Monday evening in Badghis province's Qadis district. The vehicle was part of a three-vehicle police convoy that had stopped shortly before to pick up a family that needed a ride into town. The ministry says nine of the 11 killed were from one family, including six children and two women. Two policemen were also killed while three people _ a 10-year-old child and two other policemen _ were wounded.

#2: A suicide attack on a jirga member in Baghlan province wounded six policemen including four auxiliary police personnel on Monday, said Munshi Abdul Majid, a governor for the province. The jirga, or council, member, Mullah Alam, was unharmed.


DoD: Lance Cpl. Nickolas A. Daniels