tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post7265057514314696499..comments2024-02-15T21:24:23.524-08:00Comments on Today in The Endless War: War News for Tuesday, January 03, 2011Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-67355013108063974702012-01-03T20:01:55.860-08:002012-01-03T20:01:55.860-08:00photo caption from today (I have not seen a news s...photo caption from today (I have not seen a news story on this): <br /><br /> Handcuffed suspects seen in the state Terrorist Combat and Organized Crime department in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. Iraqi officials say they have arrested a ring of insurgents allegedly involved in attacks in Baghdad, the 21-person cell is linked to the outlawed Baath party and was responsible for about 300 terror attacks against government employees and security forces. The alleged leader of the cell, Abdul-Khaliq Abdul-Sattar, told a press conference organized by the ministry that he received orders from Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest-ranking member of Saddam Hussein's regime still at large. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-5426132127196055942012-01-03T19:59:24.045-08:002012-01-03T19:59:24.045-08:00Tensions continue to rise in Iraq’s political cris...Tensions continue to rise in Iraq’s political crisis, with State of Law MP Hussein al-Asadi calling for President Jalal Talabani to be charged as a “terrorist” on the grounds that Vice President Hashemi, who is also being charged as a terrorist, is hiding in Talabani’s home region of Kurdistan.<br /><br /><a href="http://news.antiwar.com/2012/01/02/terror-charges-abound-as-iraq-political-crisis-grows/" rel="nofollow">Link here.</a>Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-26016830513139718182012-01-03T19:56:59.620-08:002012-01-03T19:56:59.620-08:00FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq
Jan 3 (Re...FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq<br /><br />Jan 3 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1715 GMT on Tuesday.<br /><br />* MOSUL - A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol, killing one soldier, on the western outskirts of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.<br /><br />* MOSUL - A gunman opened fire on a police checkpoint and wounded two policemen and one civilian in western Mosul, police said. Police said the gunman was killed in the incident after other policemen at the checkpoint retaliated.<br /><br />KIRKUK - A sticky bomb attached to the car of an off-duty Peshmerga guard seriously wounded him when it went off in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, a local police source said.<br /><br />MOSUL - A roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol, killing one policeman and wounding another on a main road near Mosul, police said.<br /><br />MUQDADIYA - Gunmen opened fire at the house of a member of the government-backed Sunni Sahwa militia, killing him and wounding his wife in the town of Muqdadiya, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.<br /><br />BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol, wounding three policemen and one civilian in Baghdad's southern Saidiya district, police said.<br /><br />BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb went off near a police patrol and wounded three civilians in Baghdad's northern Shaab district, police said. (Compiled by Baghdad bureau)Dancewaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733269960341895623noreply@blogger.com