Tag Archives: Iraq

Iraqi troops killed a policeman and a boy during a raid in Tikrit. The Mahdi Army’s Promised Day Brigade claimed it carried out 16 attacks against US forces during July.

Insurgents killed seven Iraqis in Ramadi, three policemen in Baghdad, and two soldiers in Mosul. Two terrorists were killed in a premature detonation in Salahadin. Security forces detained six insurgents in Baghdad.

Insurgents killed two Awakening fighters and two civilians in Khanaqin and two civilians in bombing in Baghdad. Fourteen Iraqis were wounded in a bombing at a church in Kirkuk.

Security forces detained 28 wanted men in Basrah. Attacks by Iranian militias on US forces decreased significantly in July.

Insurgents assassinated the Director-General of Iraq’s Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research and killed his son in Baghdad. The Iraqi military wants to double the number of F-16s purchased from the US.

Iraqi troops killed three civilians during a raid in Balad. Insurgents killed two civilians in a bombing in Taji. The US special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction said Iraq is less safe than it was a year ago.

A pair of al Qaeda suicide bombers killed 15 Iraqis in an attack that targeted policemen and soldiers in Tikrit. Insurgents killed two Iraqi soldiers in Mosul.

Security forces killed an al Qaeda leader west of Mosul. President Talibani pardoned 50 Mahdi Army fighters and leaders. The Mahdi Army’s Promised Day Brigade claimed it carried out five attacks over the past week against US forces in Baghdad, Dhi Qar, Wasit, and Maysan.

An Al Qaeda bomb maker killed himself and two of his children in a premature detonation at his home in Kirkuk. Insurgents killed a doctor in Mosul and an Awakening officer in Kirkuk. Security forces detained al Qaeda’s “industry minister” in Fallujah.

Iranian artillery strikes on Kurdish villages inside Iraq have killed two civilians. Security forces detained six wanted men in Basrah.

Security forces arrested 16 members of an al Qaeda assassination cell, including the terror group’s leader, in Baghdad. Insurgents killed a policeman in Baghdad.

Insurgents killed five policemen and a doctor in attacks in Baghdad, Baqubah, and Kirkuk. The US has delayed the transfer of Hezbollah commander Ali Mussa Daqduq to Iraqi custody.

Insurgents killed a policeman and two civilians in attacks in Diyala and Kirkuk. The US may transfer Hezbollah commander Ali Mussa Daqduq to Iraqi custody.

Insurgents gunned down a civilian in Kirkuk. Security forces detained three terrorists in Kirkuk. Iraqi forces closed the Tanaf border crossing with Syria due to fighting across the border.

Security forces killed three gunmen and arrested three more in Mosul, and detained a senior al Qaeda leader in Thi Qar and 18 wanted men in Basrah. Insurgents killed an Awakening fighter in Kirkuk. Iraqi is seeking US trainers, not soldiers, to remain after the December 2011 deadline.