March 19 2006 in Iraq [View All]

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March 19 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents in Iraq as of 1500 GMT on Sunday.

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.


BAGHDAD - Police said they found 12 bodies dumped in different parts of Baghdad on Sunday.

BAQUBA - A policeman was killed and 12 people were wounded when two roadside bombs exploded in quick succession targeting a police patrol in the city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. One of the wounded was a police colonel, police added.

*BAGHDAD - Two mortar rounds landed near a hotel in central Baghdad, wounding two people, police said.

HAWIJA - Iraqi police found the bodies of two beheaded soldiers in Hawija, 60 km (43 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police Lieutenant Naji al-Ubaidi said. The two soldiers were abducted by gunmen on Saturday.

LATIFIYA - Gunmen killed a policeman and wounded four civilians when they were driving a civilian car in Latifiya, in an area known as the "Triangle of Death" south of Baghdad, police said. The policeman was wearing civilian clothes.

DULUIYA - Eight people were killed, six wounded and seven arrested by U.S. forces in Duluiya, 90 km ( 55 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. The U.S. military said a patrol killed seven "attacking terrorists" after being hit by rifle fire and rocket-propelled grenades.

MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead four people, including two policemen in civilian clothes, and wounded another policeman in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.

MOSUL - Two civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol exploded in Mosul, police said.