War News for Wednesday, July 16, 2008

MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Division – North Soldier in an IED attack in Diyala Province on Tuesday, July 15th.

MNF-Iraq is reporting the death of a Multi-National Division - West Marine from wounds he received in action in Al Anbar Province on Monday, July 15th.

NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier from a non-combat related causes in Parvan province, Afghanistan on Wednesday, July 16th.


July 14 airpower summary:

July 15 airpower summary:


Reported Security incidents:

Baghdad:
#1: The U.S. military said it captured 16 militants including a senior al Qaeda operative during operations in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul.


Hilla:
#1: “Unknown gunmen opened fire randomly in al-Khedr region in al-Askandariya district, north of Hilla, killing two civilians,” the source, who asked for anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq.

#2: “Another armed group also opened fire randomly in al-Hashemiya district, south of Hilla, killing a child and injuring his brother,” the same source said.

#3: “An improvised explosive device was detonated in al-Muwelha region in al-Askandariya district, north of Hilla, injuring one Sahwa fighter,” the source, who preferred to remain anonymous, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq.


Basra:
#1: A Shi'ite cleric was wounded when gunmen attacked his vehicle in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.


Mosul:
#1: Two civilians were injured on Wednesday in a roadside bomb blast in eastern Mosul, a police source said. “An improvised explosive device went off targeting a U.S. vehicle patrol in al-Muthanna intersection in eastern Mosul, injuring two civilians,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq. He did not add more details.

#2: “A suicide bomber blew up a car crammed with explosives targeting a U.S. vehicle patrol in al-Maared intersection in eastern Mosul, injuring six civilians,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq on condition of anonymity.

#3: Gunmen killed an Iraqi soldier when they opened fire on a primary school he was guarding in Mosul, police said.

#4: A car bomb killed two civilians and wounded nine others in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

#5: A mortar round wounded two civilians when it landed in southeastern Mosul, police said.

Tal Afar:
#1: Police say a car bomb has exploded in a popular outdoor market in northern Iraq, killing at least 12 people and injuring 30. A local police official says a parked car rigged with explosives struck late afternoon shoppers in Tal Afar, about 260 miles (420 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad.



Afghanistan:
#1: Afghan security forces and coalition forces killed several militants in air strikes on Tuesday in Shah Wali District of Kandahar Province, the U.S. military said in a statement.

#2: A foreign airstrike killed nine people from one family in the western district of Bakwa in Farah province on Tuesday, the provincial police chief said.

#3: A roadside bomb killed two civilians in the Nadali district of the southern province of Helmand on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said.

#4: A bomb blast in a bus station killed one civilian and wounded nine others in Helmand's provincial capital Lashkar Gah on Wednesday, a provincial official said.

#5: Taliban militants kidnapped three judges in Logar province south of Kabul on Tuesday, the provincial governor said.

#6: The Kandahar governor said eight militants were killed in the southern province's Khakrez district in the past two days. A regional Taliban commander, Mullah Mahmoud, who controlled about 250 fighters, was among the dead, NATO said.

#7: In eastern Paktika province, police said four militants planning attacks on supply trucks were killed in an airstrike early Wednesday.

#8: Two men serving alongside Australian soldiers in Afghanistan have been killed in a roadside bomb attack. An Afghan soldier and a coalition forces national were working with an Australian Special Operations Task Group patrol in Oruzgan Province on Tuesday when they were killed by a improvised explosive device. Two other Afghans were injured during the clearance operation. Australian troops gave them first aid and took them to a nearby medical facility for international troops.



U.S. Army Sgt. Jesse Queck, a member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade stationed in Vicenza, Italy, was critically injured in a militant assault on a base that troops were in the process of moving, his mother, Penny Rolley, said yesterday. Rolley said Queck had multiple shrapnel wounds.