March 20th in Iraq

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/GEO061594.htm


March 20 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents in Iraq as of 1700 GMT on Monday.

U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government. The bombing of a Shi'ite shrine on Feb. 22 has been followed by a surge in sectarian attacks.

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*BAGHDAD - Three people were killed and 23 wounded by a bomb hidden in a bag at a coffee shop in northern Baghdad, police said.

*BAGHDAD - A bomb inside a minibus killed three people and wounded four, police said.

BAQUBA - One policeman was killed and two were wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded near their checkpoint in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, Baquba police said.

JARF AL-SAKKHAR - Gunmen killed two security force members protecting oil facilities in Jarf al-Sakkhar, 80 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad.

GAYARA - A car bomb wounded two policemen in Gayara, near Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed a prison employee in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Three policemen and three prisoners were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in southern Baghdad. A policeman and two prisoners were wounded, police said.

FALLUJA - Gunmen in army uniforms killed a man and wounded his wife when they attacked their apartment at midnight in Falluja, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed a university lecturer in the western district of the capital, a source in Yarmouk hospital said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed Raad al-Asali, the director of oil products in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, as he was leaving his home, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed a former district commissioner outside his house in Baghdad's Doura district, police said.

BAGHDAD - A Baghdad hospital received six bodies, including that of a woman, with gunshot wounds, a security guard said.

MAHMUDIYA - Gunmen shot and wounded four pilgrims in Mahmudiya, just south of Baghdad, police said.