OOPS: BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died of wounds from a roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
FACTBOX-Developments in Iraq, March 13
13 Mar 2006 13:51:49 GMT Source: Reuters March 13 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents and political developments in Iraq as of 1350 GMT on Monday. U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government since U.S. troops toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003. A wave of sectarian violence since the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine on Feb. 22 has killed hundreds. Asterisk denotes a new or updated item. *BAGHDAD - A child was killed and three people wounded when a mortar round landed on a house in the Shula district of Baghdad, police said. *BAGHDAD - Two civilians were killed and four wounded when a car bomb targeting a U.S. military convoy exploded in southern Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died of wounds from a roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said. ISKANDARIYA - A civilian was killed and three wounded when a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol went off in Iskandariya, south of Baghdad, police said. TIKRIT - Five bodyguards were wounded when a car bomb exploded near the convoy of the governor of Salahaddin province in Tikrit, 170 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. TIKRIT - Five people were killed and 18 wounded when a bomb targeting a police patrol exploded in Tikrit, police said. KIRKUK - Two policemen were killed and four wounded when two car bombs exploded in separate attacks on a police patrol in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - Four policemen and six civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb hit a police patrol in central Baghdad, police said. FALLUJA - A U.S. Marine was killed on Sunday by "enemy action" in Anbar Province, the U.S. military said. TAJI - One person was killed and six wounded when a roadside bomb went off in Taji, some 20 km north of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - The bodies of four people were found in Sadr City, in eastern Baghdad, police said. They had been shot and there were signs of torture. |
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