War News for Tuesday July 27, 2010

The British MoD is reporting the death of a British ISAF soldier from an IED blast in the Sangin area, Helmand province, Afghanistan on Monday, July 26th. Here's the ISAF statement.

NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier who went missing in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, July 25th. News reports that he was an American sailor named Justin McNeley.


Hit list draws fire after US documents leaked

Document Leak May Hurt Efforts to Build War Support

Iraqi Militants Stealing Blood for the Injured


Reported security incidents

Baghdad:
#1: One civilian was killed on Tuesday and four other people wounded when a roadside bomb went off in western Baghdad. “A roadside bomb went off today targeting a police patrol in the al-Ghazaliya area, western Baghdad,” a local security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He noted that two policemen are among the injuries.

#2: Iraqi police forces seized on Tuesday a car bomb parked near one of the Green Zone’s (GZ) gates in Baghdad. “The forces defused the car bomb,” a local police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.


Karbala:
#1: Two car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims during a religious festival in the holy city of Karbala killed 25 people yesterday, Iraqi police and hospital officials said. Sunni extremists are suspected. Militants detonated two parked cars filled with explosives about two miles apart as crowds of pilgrims passed by. Police and medical officials in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, said 68 people were injured in the attacks. The pilgrims were on their way to Karbala to take part in an important religious holiday, known as Shabaniyah, that attracts devout Shiites from around the country.


Kirkuk:
#1: Two policemen were wounded on Tuesday when a roadside bomb went off in Taza district, southwest of Kirkuk city. “The blast targeted a police patrol in the district’s Industrial Area, 10 km southwest of Kirkuk city,” a local police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.


Mosul:
#1: Attackers hurled a hand grenade into a busy market in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, and the explosion wounded 12 people, police said.

#2: Gunmen shot dead two women in an alley in eastern Mosul, north of Baghdad, on Monday, police said.



Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"
#1: Afghan security forces backed by NATO-led troops, in efforts to root out militants in the northern Kunduz province, kicked off a three day offensive that concluded on Monday, killing five Taliban militants and injuring 10 others, a statement of Interior Ministry said Tuesday. "A joint cleanup operation launched by Afghan National Police, Army and Coalition troops was launched on Saturday and ended on Monday in Nahri Sufi area of Chardara district. As a result five enemies of peace and stability were killed and 10 other enemies were injured,"the statement said. It said that no casualties were inflicted to combined forces.

#2: Insurgents killed six Afghan civilians and abducted a government official in Parwan province northwest of Kabul on Monday, the NATO-led force said.

#3: Rescue operation with the involvement of Afghan and NATO-led troops for the recovery of the missing U.S. soldier has expanded to Ghazni province as three militants have been killed, police said on Tuesday. "The rescue operation launched Monday in Andar district and so far three Taliban militants have been killed and two others sustained injuries,"deputy to provincial police chief Nawroz Ali Mahmoudzada told Xinhua. He also said that intelligence reports indicate that the insurgents had taken the U.S. soldier to Andar district.


DoD: Lt. Col. Mario D. Carazo

DoD: Maj. James M. Weis

DoD: Staff Sgt. Conrad A. Mora

DoD: Sgt. Daniel Lim

DoD: Spc. Joseph A. Bauer

DoD: Pfc. Andrew L. Hand

DoD: Lance Cpl. Frederik E. Vazquez