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Round-up of daily violence, Wednesday 18 July 2007

Mohammed al Dulaimy - McClatchy Newspapers

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July 18, 2007 02:52 PM

Baghdad

- Around 8 a.m. Two IEDs explosions targeted civilians in Al Qanat area in Nwab Al Thubat Street. 6 civilians were killed and 4 were injured.

- Around midday a sniper killed a policeman on the Highway near Al Nahdha bus station not far away from the entrance of the Iraqi ministry of interior.

- A statement by the ministry of electricity said that a truck bomb targeted a bus of maintenance workers in western Baghdad yesterday. 4 workers were killed and other 4 were injured.

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- A mortar shell landed in Al Zawra Park causing injuries to one woman.

- A mortar shell landed in Al Baladiyat causing no casualties.

- Police found 15 dead bodies throughout Baghdad.1 in Sadr, 1 in Nahdha, 3 in Amil, 1 in Mansour, 1 in Kadhmiya, 1 in Karradah, 2 in Jihad, 3 in Bayaa, 2 in Saidiyah.

Diyala

- Gunmen killed one citizen and injured two in Al Mafraq area in Baqouba today.

- Baqouba hospital received two dead bodies one of a police man.

- An IED explosion targeted a tractor in a countryside road near Baqouba. One woman was injured.

- Gunmen killed 2 men and injured another near the Dwiliyah village.

- Gunmen killed a woman near Al Shaima village today.

- Gunmen attacked a bus near Jizani Al Joul area northern of Al Khalis. 7 passengers were killed.

Basra

- Gunmen stormed the house of a Basra university professor and killed him. Dr. Firas Abdul Zahraa Hameed was killed and his wife was injured in Al Hakimiyah area in central Basra today.

Fallujah

- A sniper shot a policeman injuring him in the leg while he was guarding in a check point in central Fallujah today.

Kirkuk

- One police man was killed and another was injured when an IED exploded targeting their patrol as it was escorting an ambulance carrying a pregnant woman to the hospital south of Kirkuk near Amirli. The woman wasn’t harmed in the explosion and reached the hospital and gave birth.

- Gunmen killed one citizen in Al Qadisyiah neighborhood south of Kirkuk today.

- Police found the dead body of citizen Abed Hassan in Daqouq area. the body carried signs of torture.

- An IED explosion targeted Iraqi troops in Mosul yesterday. One soldier was killed in the attack. The soldiers name Mahdi Gabriel, a Kurd, and he was buried in Arbil.

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