Richard Tafoya
Nov 25th, 2007, 02:28 AM
Reuters:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24804954.htm
BAGHDAD - A U.S. attack helicopter destroyed a site in the Shi'ite Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad where six rockets had been fired after dark at the renowned Abu Hanifa mosque in the nearby Sunni enclave of Adhamiya, the military said in a statement. Soviet-built "Katyusha" surface-to-surface rockets are a common element in the arsenal of militants in Iraq.
BAGHDAD - Residents in Shula, a Shi'ite enclave in mainly Sunni west Baghdad, said at least two mortars hit the neighbourhood. There were no reports of any injuries.
BAGHDAD - Baghdad police recovered 30 unidentified bodies around the capital in the 24 hours to late Friday, an Interior Ministry source said. Most appeared to be the victims of death squad torture and killings. The bodies had apparently been dumped despite an indefinite curfew imposed on Thursday.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen rampaged through a Sunni enclave in the mainly Shi'ite district of Hurriya in Baghdad, setting mosques and homes ablaze, residents and the deputy prime minister said. A police source said 30 people were killed.
BAGHDAD - Clashes involving U.S.-led forces were reported in Baghdad's Sadr City, a stronghold of the Mehdi Army Shi'ite militia, and there were some casualties, a Shi'ite lawmaker and residents said. The Interior Ministry said a U.S. helicopter opened fire in response to ritual gunfire during a funeral.
DIWANIYA - Six mortars hit a residential area in Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, killing one person and wounding two, police said.
BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said coalition forces killed four suspected insurgents and detained six more in a mission targeting an al Qaeda cell in Tarmiya, north of Baghdad.
Listing of developments continued at the link.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24804954.htm
BAGHDAD - A U.S. attack helicopter destroyed a site in the Shi'ite Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad where six rockets had been fired after dark at the renowned Abu Hanifa mosque in the nearby Sunni enclave of Adhamiya, the military said in a statement. Soviet-built "Katyusha" surface-to-surface rockets are a common element in the arsenal of militants in Iraq.
BAGHDAD - Residents in Shula, a Shi'ite enclave in mainly Sunni west Baghdad, said at least two mortars hit the neighbourhood. There were no reports of any injuries.
BAGHDAD - Baghdad police recovered 30 unidentified bodies around the capital in the 24 hours to late Friday, an Interior Ministry source said. Most appeared to be the victims of death squad torture and killings. The bodies had apparently been dumped despite an indefinite curfew imposed on Thursday.
BAGHDAD - Gunmen rampaged through a Sunni enclave in the mainly Shi'ite district of Hurriya in Baghdad, setting mosques and homes ablaze, residents and the deputy prime minister said. A police source said 30 people were killed.
BAGHDAD - Clashes involving U.S.-led forces were reported in Baghdad's Sadr City, a stronghold of the Mehdi Army Shi'ite militia, and there were some casualties, a Shi'ite lawmaker and residents said. The Interior Ministry said a U.S. helicopter opened fire in response to ritual gunfire during a funeral.
DIWANIYA - Six mortars hit a residential area in Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, killing one person and wounding two, police said.
BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said coalition forces killed four suspected insurgents and detained six more in a mission targeting an al Qaeda cell in Tarmiya, north of Baghdad.
Listing of developments continued at the link.