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Peter (not verified) says:
Ummmmm......yeah so sending an extra 30,000 troops to Baghdad with quell some of the violence but you still have:
War News for Friday, January 18, 2008
Baghdad:
#1: Two Iraqis were killed and four others injured in a bomb attack in Baghdad on Friday, a well-informed police source said. "A roadside bomb detonated near furniture's factory in Baghdad's eastern neighborhood of Ur, killing two civilians and wounding four others," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
A woman and a girl child were killed and three others wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near a U.S. patrol in the neighborhood of Ur, eastern Baghdad, on Friday, police said. The IED went off when a U.S. convoy was passing in Ur neighborhood, eastern Baghdad, meters away from a joint Iraqi army and police checkpoint in the area," an Iraqi police source, who refused to have his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq
Diyala Prv:
Baquba:
#1: Two policemen were killed and two wounded when a bomb exploded in a house they were searching in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
#2: Two policemen were killed and two wounded when gunmen attacked a police patrol in al-Wejaiheiah east of Baquba, police said. news ## for search indexer, do not remove -->
Muqdadiyah:
#1: In Muqdadiyah city, some 100 kilometres north-east of Iraq's capital Baghdad, US forces killed four suspects on Thursday during an operation targeting al-Qaeda, according to a US military statement.
Jalawla:
#1: U.S. soldiers killed six people, including two women, during raids against al Qaeda near the town of Jalawla, 120 km (70 miles) northeast of Baghdad in Diyala province, the U.S. military said. Ground troops and support aircraft returned fire on a building in Jalawla, killing three suspected al Qaeda fighters. The bodies of two women were found inside the building along with another two women who were wounded. In a separate raid nearby, U.S. forces killed a man who ignored warning shots when he emerged from another building, the military said.
Nassiriya:
#1: Iraqi police clashed with gunmen from a Shi'ite cult who staged a series of hit-and-run raids in two southern cities on Friday, security officials said. Witnesses in Iraq's southern oil hub of Basra and Nassiriya said at least four people may have been killed in the violence, in which gunmen were reported to be using heavy machine guns and mortars.
A policeman in Nassiriya, 235 miles southeast of Baghdad, said three policemen may have been killed in clashes there but the reports could not be verified immediately.
At least 10 people including a police major-general and two colonels were killed in Nassiriya, hospital and police officials said. Hospital officials said 53 people had been wounded. Witnesses said gunmen from the "Soldiers of Heaven" attacked four police stations in the city.
Basra:
#1: At least two policemen were injured on Friday as violence flared in the Iraqi city of Basra, some 550 kilometres south of Baghdad, security sources said. The two were wounded when militants fired on a police patrol in the Maqal area in southern Basra, sources told Deutsche Presse- Agentur dpa.
In central Basra, a Reuters cameraman said he saw the bullet-riddled body of one man lying in a street, as well as a policeman who had been shot in the arm.
#2: Iraqi police clashed with gunmen from a Shi'ite cult who staged a series of hit-and-run raids in two southern cities on Friday, security officials said. Witnesses in Iraq's southern oil hub of Basra and Nassiriya said at least four people may have been killed in the violence, in which gunmen were reported to be using heavy machine guns and mortars.
Mosul:
#1: in the northern city of Mosul and near Lake Hamrin, five terrorist suspects were killed and another 17 were arrested, said US statements.
Ummmmm......yeah so sending an extra 30,000 troops to Baghdad with quell some of the violence but you still have:
War News for Friday, January 18, 2008
Baghdad:
#1: Two Iraqis were killed and four others injured in a bomb attack in Baghdad on Friday, a well-informed police source said. "A roadside bomb detonated near furniture's factory in Baghdad's eastern neighborhood of Ur, killing two civilians and wounding four others," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
A woman and a girl child were killed and three others wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near a U.S. patrol in the neighborhood of Ur, eastern Baghdad, on Friday, police said. The IED went off when a U.S. convoy was passing in Ur neighborhood, eastern Baghdad, meters away from a joint Iraqi army and police checkpoint in the area," an Iraqi police source, who refused to have his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq
Diyala Prv:
Baquba:
#1: Two policemen were killed and two wounded when a bomb exploded in a house they were searching in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
#2: Two policemen were killed and two wounded when gunmen attacked a police patrol in al-Wejaiheiah east of Baquba, police said. news ## for search indexer, do not remove -->
Muqdadiyah:
#1: In Muqdadiyah city, some 100 kilometres north-east of Iraq's capital Baghdad, US forces killed four suspects on Thursday during an operation targeting al-Qaeda, according to a US military statement.
Jalawla:
#1: U.S. soldiers killed six people, including two women, during raids against al Qaeda near the town of Jalawla, 120 km (70 miles) northeast of Baghdad in Diyala province, the U.S. military said. Ground troops and support aircraft returned fire on a building in Jalawla, killing three suspected al Qaeda fighters. The bodies of two women were found inside the building along with another two women who were wounded. In a separate raid nearby, U.S. forces killed a man who ignored warning shots when he emerged from another building, the military said.
Nassiriya:
#1: Iraqi police clashed with gunmen from a Shi'ite cult who staged a series of hit-and-run raids in two southern cities on Friday, security officials said. Witnesses in Iraq's southern oil hub of Basra and Nassiriya said at least four people may have been killed in the violence, in which gunmen were reported to be using heavy machine guns and mortars.
A policeman in Nassiriya, 235 miles southeast of Baghdad, said three policemen may have been killed in clashes there but the reports could not be verified immediately.
At least 10 people including a police major-general and two colonels were killed in Nassiriya, hospital and police officials said. Hospital officials said 53 people had been wounded. Witnesses said gunmen from the "Soldiers of Heaven" attacked four police stations in the city.
Basra:
#1: At least two policemen were injured on Friday as violence flared in the Iraqi city of Basra, some 550 kilometres south of Baghdad, security sources said. The two were wounded when militants fired on a police patrol in the Maqal area in southern Basra, sources told Deutsche Presse- Agentur dpa.
In central Basra, a Reuters cameraman said he saw the bullet-riddled body of one man lying in a street, as well as a policeman who had been shot in the arm.
#2: Iraqi police clashed with gunmen from a Shi'ite cult who staged a series of hit-and-run raids in two southern cities on Friday, security officials said. Witnesses in Iraq's southern oil hub of Basra and Nassiriya said at least four people may have been killed in the violence, in which gunmen were reported to be using heavy machine guns and mortars.
Mosul:
#1: in the northern city of Mosul and near Lake Hamrin, five terrorist suspects were killed and another 17 were arrested, said US statements.
Better by what standard?