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Security incidents in Iraq, Sept 12
12 Sep 2005 14:17:09 GMT
Source: Reuters
BAGHDAD, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents reported in
Iraq on Monday, Sept. 12, as of 1330 GMT.

U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the
Shi'ite and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad.

RUSTUMIYA - Seven unidentified bodies were found in the town of Rustumiya,
southeast of Baghdad. An Interior Ministry source said their hands were
tied and they had been shot in the head.

BAGHDAD - Six civilians were killed and another two wounded when gunmen
attacked an estate agent's office in the Shu'la district of western
Baghdad, a police source said.

KIRKUK - Two policemen were killed and three civilians wounded by gunmen
in the downtown Wasiti district of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of the
capital. Police Lieutenant Colonel Yadikar Mohammed said the dead, a
father and his son, were in charge of guarding the city governor's office.

FALLUJA - At least six Iraqi soldiers were killed or wounded by a roadside
bomb that hit their convoy in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, a
police source said.

IS'HAQI - A senior judge from the northern Iraqi town of al-Dawr was
assassinated with his brother by gunmen in the nearby town of Is'haqi on
Sunday, police said.

BALAD - Iraqi police found the bodies of two Iraqis in the Tigris river
running through the town of Balad, 65km (40 miles) north of Baghdad,
police said.

ISKANDARIYA - An Iraqi contractor working for the U.S. military was found
dead 75 km (47 miles) south of Baghdad. Police said he had been
blindfolded and handcuffed.

BAGHDAD - Approximately 2,300 people were detained in August on suspicion
of supporting or conducting attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces, the
U.S. military said in a statement.

It said 1,085 were released the same month, adding that around 50 percent
of all suspects detained are freed after investigations find there is
insufficient evidence to hold them.


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