Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq - Monday 31 August 2009

Laith Hammoudi | McClatchy Newspapers

The daily Iraqi violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers Special Correspondents in Baghdad from police, military and medical reports. This is not a comprehensive list of all violence in Iraq, much of which goes unreported. Its posted without editing as transmitted to McClatchys Washington Bureau.

Baghdad

Around 8 a.m. a roadside bomb detonated targeting a US convoy in Rustimiyah area southern Baghdad injuring five Iraqi people.

Four people were wounded by a roadside bomb that targeted a convoy for Baghdad municipality in Bab Al-Sharji area in downtown Baghdad around 9 a.m.

Nineveh

Four policemen including a high rank officer were injured by a roadside bomb in Zinjili area in west Mosul on Sunday evening.

Gunmen using pistols with silencers killed a woman in Al-Mithaq neighborhood in south Mosul on Monday morning.

Gunmen using pistols with silencers killed an owner of stationery store in downtown Mosul on Monday morning.

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