Three policemen killed in Iraqi suicide bombing

July 27th, 2009 2 people killed in Iraq bombings targeting policeBAGHDAD — Two people were killed Monday in bombings across Iraq targeting police officers, considered the weakest link among the Iraqi security forces that have taken the lead from withdrawing American forces. The bombings primarily targeted police vehicles in Baghdad, western Fallujah and northern Mosul, areas that have experienced an increase in attacks on Iraqi forces since U.S.

July 15th, 2009 RAMADI - Seven people were killed and 16 injured Wednesday in a suicide car bomb attack in Iraq's western city of Ramadi, police said. A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police check post in Ramadi town, some 110 km west of Baghdad, an official said.

July 15th, 2009 Suicide bomber kills 6 in Iraq's Anbar provinceBAGHDAD — A suicide bomber on Wednesday killed six people, including an Iraqi policeman, in an attack on security forces in a former insurgent stronghold in Iraq's western Anbar province, police said. The bombing occurred a few hours before a funeral march was held in the Iraqi capital to mourn two traffic policemen who were killed in a battle with gunmen on Tuesday.

July 9th, 2009 Iraq suicide bomber kills 15BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people and injured 40 near a judge's house in the northern town of Tal Afar. A police officer and an official in the provincial command center say the attack occurred at around 6:30 a.m.

April 23rd, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least 73 people were killed in two suicide attacks in Iraq Thursday, the interior ministry said. A suicide bomber blew himself up at a restaurant in the Diyala province, some 100 km northeast of Baghdad, killing 45 people and wounding 28.

April 23rd, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least 28 people were killed and 50 injured in a suicide bomb attack on the Iraqi police in central Baghdad Thursday, the interior ministry said. A suicide bomber blew himself among a crowd of policemen gathered at a road in Elwiyah area to distribute aid to displaced families, the ministry said.

April 16th, 2009 RAMADI - The death toll from a suicide bombing inside a military base in central Iraq Thursday rose to 18 with 53 soldiers injured, a military source said. 'The latest reports said that 18 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 53 others were injured in the blast,' the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

April 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 16 people, including 10 policemen, were killed and several more injured Wednesday in a suicide bombing in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, officials said. The bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a police checkpoint in the Tangi area of the province's Charsadda district, said Mohammad Yar, the district's police officer.

April 11th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least seven people were killed and 22 injured in a suicide bombing in south of Baghdad Saturday, an interior ministry source said. A suicide bomber blew up his explosive-vest among a gathering of Awakening Council fighters in Iskandiyah, a town some 50 km south of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

March 31st, 2009 MOSUL - At least four people were killed and 17 injured Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew up an explosives-laden truck that he drove into a police station in this Iraqi city, a police source said. 'A suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden truck into the police station of the Mahatta neighbourhood in Mosul,' the source told Xinhua, requesting anonymity.

March 16th, 2009 KABUL - At least eight policemen were killed and 22 injured Monday in a suicide bombing in southern Afghanistan, authorities said. 'So far the bodies of eight policemen and 22 injured men, including civilians, have been taken to hospital in Lashkar city,' said Anayatullah, director of the Public Health Department in Helmand province.

March 16th, 2009 KABUL - At least five policemen were killed and over 10 injured Monday in a suicide bombing attack in southern Afghanistan, officials said. 'A man with an explosive device tied to his body blew himself up in front of the gate of police department, leaving five policemen dead and injured 10 others,' senior police officer Kamaludin Khan told Xinhua.

March 11th, 2009 BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomb attack ripped through a tribal leaders' gathering in Iraq's Abu Ghraib area Tuesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 20, an interior ministry source said. A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a crowd of tribal leaders and senior army officers while they were leaving the town hall, 20 km west of Baghdad, the source said.

February 10th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least 16 people were killed and more than 40 injured in two blasts in the most deadly of a series of attacks that rocked Iraq Wednesday, the Dubai-based al-Arabiya satellite network reported. The twin blasts in Baghdad followed an attack in the northern city of Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad.

January 23rd, 2009 FALLUJAH - A suicide car bomber targeted a police checkpoint in western Iraq Saturday, killing at least five policemen, the police said. 'A suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car before midday into a police checkpoint in the town of Garma, 15 km northeast of Fallujah city,' a police source said.