Gunmen kill 29 Iraqi villagers - security official

Source: Reuters

Gunmen kill 29 Iraqi villagers - security official
17 Jul 2007 07:54:40 GMT

BAGHDAD, July 17 (Reuters) - Twenty nine villagers were
killed by men wearing Iraqi military uniforms who stormed
their homes north of Baghdad on Monday, an Iraqi security
official said on Tuesday.

Colonel Raghib Rawi, spokesman for security operations in
Diyala province, said a large number of gunmen surrounded
Duwailiya village, north of the city of Baquba, on Monday
afternoon and then opened fire.

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Source: Reuters

Bomb kills 4 near Iran embassy in Baghdad-police
17 Jul 2007 08:03:26 GMT

BAGHDAD, July 17 (Reuters) - Four people were killed on
Tuesday by a car bomb parked near the Iranian embassy in
Baghdad, Iraqi police said.

Police said five were wounded in the attack, in a car park
opposite the Iranian embassy in the upscale Karadat Maryam
district near the fortified Green Zone compound.

The Iranian embassy is near to, but not inside the Green
Zone, home to the Iraqi government and parliament, the U.S.
and British embassies and many other foreign missions.


Link: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BUL728755.htm

Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 17
17 Jul 2007 09:50:00 GMT
Source: Reuters

July 17 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq
at 0945 GMT on Tuesday:

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SAMARRA - Gunmen ambushed and killed the director of Dhuluiya
hospital and wounded three other hospital employees near Samarra,
100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BALAD - Iraqi judge shot dead by gunmen at a fake checkpoint
near Balad, 80 km (53 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Twenty five bodies were found dumped around Baghdad
on Monday, police said.

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Source: Reuters

At least 10 killed in Baghdad car bomb -police
17 Jul 2007 10:00:23 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Adds fresh death toll, details)

BAGHDAD, July 17 (Reuters) - At least 10 people were killed
on Tuesday by a suicide car bomb targeting an Iraqi Army
patrol in east Baghdad, police said.

Four of the dead were soldiers and a further 11 people were
wounded in the attack in the religiously mixed neighbourhood
of Zayouna, including five soldiers, police added.

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EDIT: Replaced original story with updated version

Original Story: At least eight killed in Baghdad car bomb -police - Reuters