War News for Tuesday, February 22, 2011

NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier from an IED strike in an undisclosed location in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, February 20th. News reports that a Georgian soldier died and two others were wounded in a mine explosion in Helmand province.


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Reported security incidents

Baghdad:
#1: Three Iraqis, including a soldier, have been injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast east of Baghdad on Tueday, a security source said. "An IED blew up against an Iraqi Army parol in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, wounding one of its soldiers and two civilians, who happened to be close the venue of the attack," the security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

#2: An Iraqi civilian has been injured in an explosion that took place in a mobile oil tank in southern Baghdad on Tuesday, a Baghdad security source said. "An improvised explosive charge (IED) blew off against a mobile oil tank, carrying oil products, in southern Bagdad's Daura distinct on Tuesday, wounding a civilian," the security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, adding that the explosion had set fire to the mobile tank.


Diyala Prv:
#1: an immigrant family's house was attacked in the same city by an improvised explosive device (IED) on Monday, the security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said the IED blew up in the family's house, wounding one of its members and causing severe damage to the house.

#2: A Muslim mosque preacher had been assassinated in an attack by unknown gunmen in northeastern Iraq's city of Baaquba on Monday, a security source said. an unknown armed group broke through al-Bukhary Mosque in Miqdadiya township, 45 kms to the northeast of Baaquba, opened fire on its Preacher, Sheikh Qassim Balasim, killing him on the spot.


Kirkuk:
#1: “A joint patrol of emergency police and U.S. troops seized on Monday evening (Feb.21) a car laden with TNT in Wahed Hozayran region, southwestern Kirkuk,” Brigadier Sarhad Qader told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

#2-3: “An explosive charge went off near a patrol of the Kirkuk Districts Police Department (KDPD) in al-Huweija, southwest of Kirkuk, without causing damage, while another bomb exploded in Teseen region, causing some material damage,” he added.


Al Anbar Prv:
#1: One civilian was killed on Monday in a sticky bomb explosion in central Falluja, according to a police source. "A bomb, stuck to a civilian car, went off near Othman mosque in al-Muaalamen neighborhood, central Falluja, killing him instantly and damaging the car," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.



Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"
#1: A roadside bomb targeting a paramilitary vehicle in Pakistan’s southwest wounded three soldiers, police said. Police official Mohammed Aslam Bangalzai said Tuesday’s attack happened in Gwadar, a port city in the southwestern province of Balochistan. He said the bomb was believed to be attached to a motorcycle.

#2-3: update Two US drone strikes Monday killed at least 15 alleged militants linked to Al Qaeda in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border, intelligence officials said.

#2: An unmanned aircraft fired four missiles into a suspected Al Qaeda training centre in the early hours in Birmal area, 13 km west of Wana, the main town in South Waziristan district. "Seven people died in the attack," a local intelligence official said on condition of anonymity. "Three Arabs and two Turkmen are among the dead," the official added. The other two alleged militants were locals, he said.

#3: Several hours later, another drone attack hit the neighbouring district of North Waziristan district, killing eight people. "Four missiles fired from a drone destroyed a compound in Spalga village near Miranshah," said a third intelligence official who also sought anonymity.

#4: An explosion rocked a Kabul district that is home to the headquarters of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force and near the presidential palace and many embassies, a police source said on Tuesday. “The explosion was in Shashdarak district. We don’t know whether it was a bomb,” the source told Reuters. He asked not to be named as he is not authorised to talk to the media. ISAF said they were not immediately aware of any explosion.

#5: An explosion wounded five people in a market in northwestern Peshawar on Tuesday, police said.

At least 14 people were injured Tuesday in a grenade attack in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, police sources said. According to security sources, some unknown miscreants riding on a motorcycle attacked an electric pole with a hand grenade in the Shafi market in the cantonment area of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The impact of the blast also destroyed a transformer at the pole damaging some nearby shops. People were injured in the destroyed shops.


News: Corporal Giorgi Avaliani