http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/06/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Violence.php Iraqi police: roadside bomb explodes near detainees south of Baghdad, killing 4 passers-by
The Associated Press Wednesday, February 6, 2008 BAGHDAD: A roadside bomb exploded near a police convoy transporting suspected Shiite militia fighters south of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing four passers-by and wounding nine other people, police said. The blast, which occurred about 10:30 a.m. in Diwaniyah, was an apparent attempt to free the 10 detainees who were linked to the Mahdi Army militia that is nominally loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, according to police Brig. Gen. Ghassan Mohammed Ali. Iraq He said the detainees had been captured over the past month and had been accused of attacking civilians and U.S. and Iraqi security forces in the city. Diwaniyah, 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, has been the site of fierce fighting between rival Shiite militia factions engaged in a violent power struggle in the oil-rich area. Two women and two men in a car near the explosion in the Hay al-Uruba neighborhood were killed, and nine other people two policemen, three prisoners and four civilians were wounded, Ali said. The bomb went off between the minibus and a civilian car, Ali said, adding that a police escort was in front of the minibus. Al-Sadr has ordered his militia to stand in a six-month cease-fire that expires at the end of February, but the U.S. military says disaffected fighters have broken with the movement and persisted with attacks. Iraqi security forces in the area also are often accused of being infiltrated by militia fighters, particularly from the Badr Brigade, the militant arm of the largest Shiite party, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, or SIIC. In other violence, gunmen killed two Iraqi policemen and a car mechanic in separate attacks Wednesday, police said. Two policemen were gunned down in western Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, police said. The attack took place in the Bab Sinjar district around 9 a.m., they said. Two other policemen were wounded, along with a civilian, police said. About two hours later, three gunmen opened fire in a car repair workshop in southwest Baghdad, killing a mechanic working there, police said. A roadside bomb also struck a civilian car late Tuesday near Tuz Khormato, 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding four, police Col. Abbas Mohammed said [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
