War News for Wednesday, March 09, 2011

NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier from an IED attack in an undisclosed location in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, March 9th.


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Reported security incidents

Baghdad:
#1: “An IED went off near an Iraqi army convoy in New Baghdad area, southeastern Baghdad, leaving three soldiers wounded and their military vehicle damaged,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

#2: “Another IED emplaced on the roadside near al-Kindi hospital intersection in central Baghdad went off, injuring a traffic policeman and a civilian and damaging some passing vehicles,” he added.

#3: “A third IED attached to a civilian vehicle in the area of al-Sayyediya went off, leaving the driver, a policeman in the rank of lt. colonel, and his wife severely injured,” the source said, adding the two were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

#4: The director of the Iraqi air force training department director was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, a security source said. “An IED went off near an Iraqi army convoy on al-Qanah street, eastern Baghdad, leaving Brig. Taha Mohammed dead,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

#5: A sticky bomb attached to a car wounded a government employee in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday night, an Interior Ministry source said.

#6: Gunmen using weapons equipped with silencers killed a man in the Mashtal district of eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source said.

#7: Gunmen killed a man with silenced guns in the Ghadir district of eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source said.


Diyala Prv:
#1: In Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, three civilians were wounded, one of them in critical condition, when a sticky bomb attached to their car detonated near a parking lot in the provincial capital city of Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, a police source from Diyala's operations command told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.


Abu Ghraib:
#1: In a similar incident, gunmen clad in Iraqi military uniforms raided a house in Baghdad's western neighborhood of Abu Ghraib, and stabbed a man to death.


Taji:
#1: A civilian man was killed in a blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) in northern Baghdad on Wednesday, a security source said. “An IED attached to a vehicle went off in the area of al-Taji, northern Baghdad, leaving its driver killed,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.


Hawija:
#1: A doctor has been killed when a missile fired by the US forces struck his house in Iraq's northern province of al-Tamim, a report says. US military warplanes conducted an airstrike on Sunday and targeted several residences in a village close to Hawijah town, located 282 kilometers (175 miles) north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, where they killed a doctor and detained his brother, Aswat al-Iraq news agency quoted Omar al-Juburi, a lawmaker from al-Wasat (Center) bloc as saying on Tuesday.


Kirkuk:
#1: A Katyusha rocket landed near a Kurdish security building, and wounded a Kurdish security member in southern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, on Tuesday, police said.


Mosul:
#1: Three gunmen were killed just south of the northern city of Mosul after Iraqi forces opened fire on them as they were allegedly trying to plant an explosive device.

#2: According to the news website Aswat al-Iraq, an Iraqi army soldier was killed when an improvised explosive device attached to his car exploded in Mosul.

#3: Two policemen were wounded on Tuesday in a roadside bomb blast in western Mosul, according to a security source. “The bomb exploded in 17 Tamouz neighborhood, western Mosul, targeting an emergency police vehicle patrol, injuring two policemen, including a lieutenant,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

#4: The commander of the 7th police contingent was wounded in an improvised explosive device blast in western Mosul city on Wednesday, according to a security source in Ninewa. “Col. Abad Etweiba was wounded when an IED blast targeted his motorcade in al-Rifai’e neighborhood, western Mosul. The attack also left one of the policemen guarding him wounded,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “Etweiba was injured by shrapnel in his leg but his condition is stable,” the source added.

#5: A civilian man was injured in a hand-grenade attack in central Mosul city on Wednesday, a security source in Ninewa said. “A gunman threw a hand-grenade on al-Hadbaa police department in the area of Bab al-Toub, central Mosul, leaving one civilian wounded,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The gunman hurled the grenade from al-Sawafa souk (outdoor market) before escaping the site, but no casualties were reported amongst policemen,” he added.


Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"
#1: At least five people were killed and three others injured in the second U.S. drone strike in northwestern tribal area of Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon, local media reported. According to Urdu TV ARY News, U.S. drones fired two missiles at a house in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, a place bordering Afghanistan and is believed to be a stronghold of militants. This is the second attack in the last four hours. Earlier, a drone strike killed five people in Azam Warsak area of South Waziristan.

#2: At least 20 Nato oil supply tankers were sent back to Peshawar from Takht Baig check post in Jamrud by the political administration on Tuesday. Political administration has halted the Nato oil supplying tankers and sent them back towards Peshawar without mentioning any reason. The owners and drivers of the tankers staged protest demonstration against the administration at GT road Tarnab farm area.