I don't agree with any of the poll options..
Security incidents:
Baghdad:
#1:
a roadside bomb detonated in the morning near a police patrol in the Park al-Sa'doon neighborhood in downtown Baghdad, damaging a police vehicle and wounding two policemen aboard, an Interior Ministry source said.
A roadside bomb wounded two members of the Interior Ministry's anti-crime unit when it targeted their patrol in central Baghdad, police said.
#2:
A roadside explosive charge in southern Baghdad's area of al-Jadriyya went off on Saturday afternoon, wounding an Iraqi soldier and two other civilians," the source, who preferred to remain unnamed, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq
Around 2 p.m. a roadside bomb targeted civilians in Al Jadiria, causing no casualties. Iraqi army vehicles moved to the site and another bomb targeted army vehicle, injuring one soldier and two civilians.
#3:
In Sadr City, a sprawling Shi'ite slum and Mehdi Army stronghold in northeast Baghdad, thousands of Iraqis rallied on Saturday to pledge their support to the young cleric Sadr. Many carried banners reading "No, No America ... Yes, Yes Moqtada."
Hilla:
#1:
Unknown armed men opened fire on worshippers while leaving a mosque late on Friday in the city of Hilla, some 100 km south of the capital, killing two of them and injuring three others, a local police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Balad:
#1:
One mortar bomb killed an Iraqi citizen and wounded two others on Thursday when it landed inside a coalition forces' military base in the city of Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said
Samarra:
#1:
A car bomb killed three policemen and wounded 11 others near the city of Samarra, police said.
Tuz Khurmato:
#1:
The body of a policeman was found with gunshot wounds in Tuz Khurmato in northern Iraq, two days after he was kidnapped, police said.
Kirkuk:
#1:
Authorities imposed a daylong curfew in the northern city of Kirkuk and surrounding areas on Saturday as Iraqi security forces launched a major offensive against militants amid rising violence in the oil-rich area. Acting on intelligence, more than 1,000 Iraqi police and army soldiers poured into the streets of the violence-plagued city, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad.
Mosul:
#1: (update)
Two bomb attacks carried out by al Qaeda militants in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday killed 21 people, the U.S. military said on Saturday. Iraqi police had previously put the death toll at nine.
#2:
A policeman was killed and another was wounded when their patrol vehicle overturned at al-Sokkar intersection in northern Mosul on Saturday morning," Brigadier Saeed Ahmed Abdullah told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq
#3:
Meanwhile, an explosive charge went off near a police patrol in Mosul's western area of al-Zangali, wounding a policeman and a civilian," Abdullah indicated.
#4:
In a third incident, a woman was hit by random fire in the same area
#5:
a one-year-old child was wounded by unknown fire in Mosul's western neighborhood of al-Thawra, according to Abdullah.
At least 20,000 U.S. troops who were not classified as wounded during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have been found with signs of brain injuries, according to military and veterans records compiled by USA TODAY. The data, provided by the Army, Navy and Department of Veterans Affairs, show that about five times as many troops sustained brain trauma as the 4,471 officially listed by the Pentagon through Sept. 30. These cases also are not reflected in the Pentagon's official tally of wounded, which stands at 30,327.
Baghdad:
#1:
A bomb exploded in a pet market in central Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens, Iraqi police said. The blast occurred just before 9 a.m. at the al-Ghazl market, shattering the festive atmosphere as people strolled past the animal stalls. At least 13 people were killed and nearly 60 wounded according to figures provided by police and hospital officials. The Ghazl market, where sellers peddle birds, dogs, cats, sheep, goats and exotic animals such as snakes and monkeys, has been targeted in the past.
#2:
In other violence, a parked car bomb targeted a police patrol in Shurqat, 155 miles northwest of Baghdad, killing one officer and wounding 15 others, along with one civilian, authorities said.
#3:
An Iraqi journalist and his wife colleague survived an assassination attempt by unidentified gunmen in the central Baghdad neighborhood of al-Karrada on Thursday night, an Iraqi journalists advocacy group said on Friday. Iraqi journalists Abdul-Wahid Te'ma and his wife So'dad al-Salihi, both correspondents for the London-based al-Hayat newspaper in Baghdad, were targets for an assassination attempt by unidentified gunmen who opened fire at them while getting into their vehicle in al-Karrada," Ibrahim al-Siraji, the chairman of the Iraqi Association to Protect Journalists, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq
Kut:
#1:
Eight decomposed bodies were delivered to the main hospital in Kut over the past three days, a hospital source said.
#2:
Gunmen on a motorbike killed a doctor who was working with the U.S. military in Kut, 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, on Thursday, police said.
Najaf:
#1:
Unidentified gunmen killed a civilian and a legal coordinator for the U.S. consulate in Iraq, a police source in Najaf said on Friday. "Unidentified gunmen killed Abdul-Wahab Jabr Halloub, a former member of the dissolved Baath Party, near his house in the district of al-Kufa, (10 km) eastern Najaf, on Friday noon," the source, who did not want his name mentioned, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq
#2:
the same source said an anti-terrorism police officer in the rank of captain survived an attempt on his life when gunmen opened fire at him on Thursday night in front of his house in Kufa district. The officer was slightly wounded in the shoulder, he said, adding the gunmen then escaped to an unknown place.
Nassiriya:
#1:
Gunmen kidnapped the manager of a grain company in Dhi Qar province on the road between Nassiriya and Basra, 375 km (235 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.
Balad:
#1:
Friday morning, a roadside bomb targeted a police commando’s car in Balad (70 km north of Baghdad) injuring 4 policemen (including a police officer).
Jurf Al Sakhar:
#1:
A parked car bomb near the Atta Allah mosque killed two worshippers and wounded two others in Jurf Al Sakhar, 85 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
Dhuluiya:
#1:
Three bodies with gunshot wounds and showing signs of torture were pulled from the Tigris river in Dhuluiya, 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
Shurqat:
#1:
a parked car bomb targeted a police patrol in Shurqat, 155 miles northwest of Baghdad, killing one officer and wounding 15 others, along with one civilian, authorities said.
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Wake up.
The "surge" is long over.
