War News for Friday, March 11, 2011

The DoD is reporting a new death unreported by the military. Spc. Andrew P. Wade died from a non-combat related incident in Kunduz province, Afghanistan on Wednesday, March 9th.


Reported security incidents

Baghdad:
#1: Gunmen swooped on a Baghdad jewelry shop on Thursday in a failed heist that left four policemen and two civilians dead, an Iraqi Interior Ministry source said. The attempted robbery in the AlBindouk area of northeast Baghdad also wounded two policemen and a civilian, the source said on condition of anonymity. The gunmen escaped but without any loot.

#2: “An explosive charge exploded targeting a police vehicle patrol in al-Mashtal region, east of Baghdad, killing a cop and wounding two,” he said.


Missan Prv:
#1: The police found the body of a civilian man showing signs of having been shot in Missan province on Thursday, a local security source said. “The body, which showed signs of having been shot in the neck, was removed to a morgue,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.



Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"
#1: A relative of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been killed by international forces, Karzai's brother and officials said on Thursday. The president's brother, Ahmad Wali Karzai, told AFP that a relative, who he described as our father's cousin, was shot dead near his home in the family's village in southern Kandahar province by the US-led NATO force overnight. It was a mistake, Ahmad Wali Karzai said. The forces conducted an operation, he was at his home, he came out and was shot. The president was said to be extremely sad at the news, his spokesman said.

#2: Separately, police in northern Afghanistan said on Thursday that German troops based in the area had accidentally killed one woman and injured another during an exchange of fire. The incident happened in the Chahar Dara district of Kunduz province Wednesday when German troops came under attack and retaliated with gunfire, provincial police chief Abdul Rahman Sayedkhili said. German troops patrolling Chahar Dara district opened fire on civilian houses yesterday afternoon, Sayedhkhili told AFP. One woman was killed and another was injured as a result. A spokesman for German troops in Kunduz, Lieutenant Colonel Klaus Geier, said he could not confirm the death but added that an investigation has been launched. Afghan and NATO officials said they were investigating the incident.

#3: The Afghan government says a suicide bomber has killed the police chief of northern Kunduz province and two of his bodyguards. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack. Once relatively quiet, Kunduz and other parts of northern and eastern Afghanistan have seen an increase in violence in recent months. A government statement on Friday says police chief Abdul Rahman Sayedkhili was killed as he walked through the streets of Kunduz city late on Thursday. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing in an e-mail. Police say another 10 people were wounded.

#4: A child and a man were injured as a blast took place near a bridge in northwest Pakistan city of Peshawar on Friday, local sources said. The explosive material was panted near a bridge, local residents said, adding several nearby shops were damaged in the blast.

#5: Earlier a bomb prematurely exploded inside a mosque in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, shortly before prayers on Friday but caused no loss of life, local media reported.


MoD: Lance Corporal Stephen McKee

DoD: Spc. Andrew P. Wade

DoD: Cpl. Loren M. Buffalo