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Photo: An Iraqi woman pleads with Iraqi National Police as they detain her son during a joint patrol with US soldiers in the Dora neighbourhood of southern Baghdad, 17 March. Iraqis are increasingly pessimistic about their future, according to a new opinion poll as the nation battles to curb relentless bloodshed four years on from the US-led invasion.(AFP/File/David Furst)
SECURITY INCIDENTS Baghdad: In Sharja district in central Baghdad,
three people were killed and 10 others wounded when an explosive device went off near a Shiite mosque, an Iraqi police source said.
A bomb exploded during prayers at a Shiite mosque in the capital, killing at least eight worshippers and wounding nearly three dozen on the eve of the war's fourth anniversary, police said. The attack occurred about 12:30 p.m., shattering windows and damaging a wall of the small green-domed mosque that is situated among several shops in the central Shorja market area. Police initially blamed it on a suicide bomber trying to enter the building but later said the blast was caused by a bomb placed in the corner behind the preacher's podium, leaving a crater in the floor.
In Alwiya district also in central Baghdad,
a number of Iraqis were killed and wounded in twin blasts, al-Iraqiya state TV reported. No further details were immediately available in either attacks
A roadside bomb wounded four people in southern Baghdad, police said.
Iraqi army soldiers killed eight insurgents and arrested 66 others during the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.
Diyala Prv: In Diyala province north-east of Baghdad,
unidentified gunmen shot one Iraqi dead and wounded another, local Voices of Iraqi news agency reported citing an Iraqi police source.
Four civilians were killed and five others were wounded when two katyusha rockets hit a residential area north of Hibhib town, 55 km north of Baghdad, said a police source.
Dijelah: The mayor of a small Shiite village south of Baghdad was kidnapped and killed today.Police say the mayor (of Dijelah) was abducted on his way to work. Later, his bullet-riddled body was found dumped along a highway. The village is about 100 miles southeast of the Iraqi capital.
Iskandariya: A mortar round landed on a house, killing a woman and her daughter on Sunday in Iskandariya, police said.
Gunmen killed a man and wounded four others on Sunday in two different incidents in drive-by shootings in the town of Iskandariya, police said.
Gunmen killed a policeman in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
Hilla: Gunmen killed a man on Sunday in a town near Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
Three people were killed when gunmen opened fire on them in the city of Hilla, south of Baghdad, police said.
Diwaniya: Police found the body of a police captain on Sunday in Diwaniya, police said.
Gunmen killed the head of the local passport office on Sunday in the city of Diwaniya, 180 km (110 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
Mahaweel: Police found the body of a man with gunshot wounds in the head in the town of Mahaweel, 75 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
Dhuluiya: Two police stations were badly damaged when suspected al Qaeda militants planted bombs in and around them in the town of Dhuluiya, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
Dour: A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed one soldier and wounded three others in the town of Dour, near Tikrit, the U.S.-Iraqi Joint Coordination Centre said.
Tikrit: Police found the body of an Iraqi soldier in the city of Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S.-Iraqi Joint Coordination Centre said.
Samarra: Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint, killing a policeman and wounding three others in Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
Balad: Insurgents attacked a police station near Balad with a car bomb and small-arms fire on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Monday. Six people were killed in subsequent clashes -- three insurgents, two policemen and a civilian -- and one civilian was wounded, a U.S. statement said.
Kirkuk: Three car bombs and two roadside devices killed 18 people and wounded 37 in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Monday, police said. The blasts happened in different parts of the city but exploded within a few minutes. One car bomb targeted the local offices of the secular political party of former prime minister Iyad Allawi.
The first and the biggest attack, a car bomb near two mosques, killed 10 people and wounded eight, police Colonel Taha Salaheddin told AFP. The bomb went off in central Kirkuk's Sector 90 district which houses the two mosques, one Shiite and one Sunni, as well as the emergency police command, Salaheddin said. He said 10 cars were completely burnt and 20 shops damaged.
The second car bomb went off in south Kirkuk's Ras Domeez market near a branch of the Islamic Bank, killing five people and wounding 26, he said. Of the five killed, four were policemen whose patrol was passing by at the time of the blast. and
the third exploded in a commercial street, Brigadier Sarhat Qader said.
The three roadside bombs targeted Iraqi police and army patrols, Qader said.
The car bombs targeted an Iraqi police patrol, an education directorate building, and a mobile phone company, according to police.
The fourth car bomb targeted a senior officer from Saddam Hussein's former army and destroyed a communication tower but caused no casualties.
Mosul: A man was killed and two wounded on Sunday when clashes erupted between U.S. forces and gunmen in the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
The bodies of four people with gunshot wounds were found on Sunday in Mosul, police said.
A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded two civilians in the northern city of Mosul, police said.
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