FACTBOX - Developments in Iraq on June 13

[Breeze54]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DAH334637.htm
FACTBOX-Developments in Iraq on June 13
13 Jun 2006 14:00:27 GMT
Source: Reuters

June 13 (Reuters) -

The following are security and other developments in Iraq on Tuesday as of 1350 GMT.

The new Shi'ite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has vowed to rein in insurgent
and sectarian violence that has killed thousands of people since U.S. forces invaded Iraq in 2003.

Asterisk denotes new or updated item.

SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS

* BAGHDAD - More than 40,000 Iraqi and U.S. forces will launch a security crackdown in Baghdad on Wednesday,
a senior Ministry of Defence official said. "The number of the combined forces participating in
the security plan will be more than 40,000," Major General Abdel Aziz Mohammed told Reuters.

BAGHDAD - Four mortars slammed into Baghdad's southern Dora district,
killing 2 people and wounding 11, police sources said.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb killed 10 civilians and wounded 11 others in the city of Kirkuk,
250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police sources said.
It exploded when people gathered at the scene of a car bomb that seriously wounded senior
police officer Taha Salhiddin and killed one of his bodyguards.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb exploded outside a law college,
killing one civilian and injuring 2, police sources said.

KIRKUK - A suicide car bomber blew himself up outside Kirkuk police headquarters,
killing two policemen and wounding 10 civilians, police sources said.

KIRKUK - A suicide bomber attacked an office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Kirkuk,
wounding 4 office guards, police sources said.

KIRKUK - A suicide bomber attacked another PUK office in Kirkuk, wounding 2 civilians.
Another suicide bomber later tried to blow himself up at the same place but was shot dead
by guards, police sources said.

BAGHDAD - One suspected militant was killed and 23 others were detained during coordinated
raids north of Ramadi on Monday, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen shot dead Baghdad University Professor Muthana Harith Jassim,
police sources said.

BAGHDAD - Police found 6 bodies, showing signs of torture, in different parts of Baghdad,
police sources said.

KUT - A policeman was killed and 2 wounded when their patrol was attacked in the city of Kut
170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad.

KERBALA - Gunmen shot dead a police captain and wounded 2 of his bodyguards in the city of Kerbala,
110 km (68 miles) southwest of Baghdad, police sources said


U.S. military officer Major General William Caldwell gestures during a news conference
at the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad June 12, 2006.


Iraqis walk near a burnt truck after U.S. forces clashed with insurgents in Baquba,
65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, June 12, 2006.
U.S.-led forces in Iraq killed seven militants with links to senior al Qaeda leaders
in a raid on Monday near the area where Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed last week,
the U.S. military said. It said there were several women and children at the scene
and two children had been killed.


ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY
Iraqi residents place the bodies inside the coffins after they were killed when
U.S. forces clashed with insurgents in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad,
June 12, 2006.

[Redstone]

1. Ah, but bushyboy got a bump in the polls. So wasn't it all worth it?

Redstone

[Breeze54]

2. We need to beat him back down!!

But his minor 'blip up" in the polls is nuthin'! imho.

[bigdarryl]

3. Iraq termoil

If you listen to the media all day they keep saying iraq is doing better.

[Breeze54]

4. I don't buy cable tv

so I don't listen to any of that propaganda.
They just repeat the same shit over and over on CNN etc.
I just watch the news from 6 to 6:45 PM on PBS NewsHour.
That's it. Occasionally I switch to one of the big three.

But it isn't looking to good by the above that I posted or this.

http://icasualties.org/oif/SumDetails.aspx?hndRef=5

JUNE 1st thru the 9th, 2006
------------------------US------UK-----other---Total

Total------------------- 24 ---- 0 ----- 1 ----- 26 killed this month


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