11 Dead, 10 Wounded In Iraq On Monday Evening

From Voices Of Iraq

 Baghdad-Mortars
Posted by: saleem on Monday, February 19, 2007
Baghdad mortar attack leaves 11 dead, ten wounded
By Adel Fakher
Baghdad, Feb 19, (VOI)- At least 11 people were killed and ten others were wounded on Monday evening in a mortar attack at a residential area in southern Baghdad, a police source said.
"Five mortar rounds slammed today evening on a residential area in Abu-Tisher district in southern Baghdad, killing eleven people and wounding ten others," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The source added "there were women and children among the casualties."
The attack also damaged four houses in the area, he added.
Ambulances rushed the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment, the source said.
The mortar attack came as a large-scale military operation was being carried out by Iraqi and U.S. troops to secure the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

         

Posted by: saleem on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 06:17 PM
Missan-Smuggling
Attempt to Smuggle oil and livestock foiled in Missan
Missan - Feb 19, (VOI) – Iraqi Police patrols foiled on Monday an attempt to smuggle semi-refined oil and livestock in north of Ammara city, a police source in Missan said.
"Police patrols foiled on Monday an attempt to smuggle two tank-trucks with 58,000 liters of semi-refined oil near Kumit checkpoint about 25 km north of Ammara city", the source, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
Meanwhile, police patrols on Baghdad-Ammara international highway checkpoint, 5 km north of Ammara, seized a lorry with 50 livestock in preparation for smuggling abroad in contrary to Agriculture ministry instructions that banned sheep exports, he added.
Ammara, capital city of Missan province, is 380 km southeast of Baghdad.

   So goes another wonderfull day in the life of the Iraqis under the George Bush " protect & conquer " regime!

   Iraqi newspapers and such have some interesting stuff in them at times.  You may wish to check this one out.

 

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Iraq Insurgents Off To A Busy Start

     It would appear that the insurgents in Iraq have somewhat re-grouped after last weeks drive by the U.S. and friends to calm things down.

    The insurgents have started the week off with an attack on a U.S. combat post killing two soldiers and wounding seventeen in the process.

   First up was the dreaded suicide bomber who exploded a car outside of the base which is just north of Baghdad , then we another bomber that blew up a belt loaded with explosives while on a bus. Five people were killed in that attack.   But wait, there's more!

                                         

Yahoo News

In Mahmoudiya, 20 miles south of the capital, a car bomb went off among auto repair shops, killing two and wounding two, police said. Mahmoudiya is mostly Shiite with Sunnis living in villages around the community and has long been a flashpoint for sectarian violence.

Outside the capital, a car bomb in Ramadi, about 90 miles west of Baghdad, killed at least nine bystanders congregated at a police checkpoint in the aftermath of a failed suicide attack. In Duluiyah, a Sunni area about 45 miles north of Baghdad, at least four were killed when a bomb-rigged car exploded.

   Bush would say that things are going well in Iraq.

 

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