At least five killed, 15 injured in Iraq attacksOctober 7th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least five people were killed and 15 others injured Wednesday in violence around Iraq, police told DPA. In the northern city of Mosul, two policemen were killed by a bomb as they patrolled the neighbourhood of al-Zahra.
Violence kills 2 people in Iraq's capital and violence-plagued northern city of MosulSeptember 12th, 2009 Violence kills 2 in Iraq's capital and northBAGHDAD — Iraqi police officials say two people were killed in incidents involving bombs in the capital and the violence-plagued northern city of Mosul. In northwestern Baghdad, a bomb attached to a civilian car exploded, killing the driver and wounding two passengers.
Gunmen kill five policemen in IraqSeptember 12th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Five Iraqi policemen were killed in an attack by gunmen in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, a security source said Saturday. The attack took place Friday night when a group of unidentified gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint in al-Riyad neighbourhood in western Kirkuk.
Six killed, three injured in two attacks in IraqSeptember 9th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Six people, including two policemen, were killed and three others injured in two separate attacks in Iraq Wednesday, according to the government. Four civilians were killed when an explosive device went off near their vehicle in the the Iraqi southern city of Karbala, a government source said.
Top US military wonders whether Baghdad blasts might indicate future sectarian violenceAugust 23rd, 2009 US military leader concerned by Baghdad bombingsBAGHDAD — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says he's extremely concerned by last week's deadly bombings in Baghdad. Adm. Mike Mullen, the top U.S.
Five policemen killed in Baghdad bomb attackAugust 5th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Five policemen were killed and three injured Wednesday when a bomb targeted their patrol in southern Baghdad, a police source said. The bomb was planted on a road in al-Athouriyeen neighbourhood in al-Doura, Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported.
Iraq: 4 police killed in bomb, shooting attacks in cities of Ramadi, MosulJuly 20th, 2009 Violence kills 4 in western, northern IraqBAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities say a car bomb has killed two police officers and injured eight civilians west of Baghdad. Maj. Gen. Tareq Youssef, the police chief of Anbar province, says the attack happened Monday morning near local government offices on the main street of Ramadi, the provincial capital that was once a stronghold of Sunni insurgents.
Chhattisgarh announces relief for Maoist violence-hit familiesJuly 15th, 2009 RAIPUR - The Chhattisgarh government Wednesday announced relief measures for families hit by Maoist violence including jobs to dependents of policemen killed while battling rebels. "The state government has decided to give jobs, on compassionate basis and within 60 days, to the relatives of the policemen killed by the Naxalites," Chief Minister Raman Singh told reporters after a cabinet meeting here.
Suicide car bomb kills seven in IraqJune 29th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least seven people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives packed in his car in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul Monday, police said. The bomber, five policemen and a civilian bystander were among those killed in the blast as a police patrol passed through the predominantly Christian district of Bartalah, some 30 kilometres east of Mosul, police told the German Press Agency dpa.
Six killed in Iraq twin bombingsJune 28th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Twin car bombs shook the Iraqi capital Sunday, killing at least six people, two days before the deadline for US soldiers to leave Iraqi cities, police said. The first car bomb detonated near Baghdad University's Faculty of Administration and Economy in the Talbiya district of the capital as a US patrol passed by.
28 killed in Iraq suicide bombingApril 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.
73 killed in two suicide attacks in IraqApril 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.
Twin blast in Iraq kills nine policemenApril 5th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Two simultaneous explosions killed nine policemen Sunday in Anbar province west of Baghdad, police said. A police source told the DPA that the bombs ripped though a patrol in Faluja, 70 km west of Baghdad, killing an officer and eight other policemen.
Two people killed in Iraq bomb attacksFebruary 23rd, 2009 BAGHDAD - Two civilians were killed and 13 injured in two bomb attacks targeting police patrols in the Iraqi capital Monday, an interior ministry source said. 'An explosion struck a police patrol near the Andulus square in Baghdad's central district of Karrada, killing two civilians and wounding six people, including two policemen,' the source said.
Seven killed in two blasts in IraqJanuary 11th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least seven people were killed and about a dozen injured Monday in two separate blasts in downtown Baghdad, the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency reported, citing police sources. Four people were killed and six injured in the Iraqi capital when a suicide bomber blew himself up earlier Monday.
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