War News for Tuesday, August 09, 2011

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Reported security incidents

Haswa:
#1: A bomb planted inside a policeman's house in Haswa, 50 km (30 miles) south of Baghdad, wounded four of his family members, a police source said. The policeman was not around at the time of the blast.


Tuz Khurmato:
#1: A Kirkuk security source had informed Aswat al-Iraq on Tuesday that 5 policemen have been injured in 2 explosive charges blasts against their patrols south of Kirkuk. He said that “two explosive charges blew off on Tuesday against a police patrol in Tuz-Khurmato township, 80 kms to the south of Kirkuk,” giving no further details.


Kirkuk:
#1: “An explosive charge blew off against an American Army patrol in southern Kirkuk’s Industrial district, 10 kms to the south of the city,” Lt-Brigadier, Sarhad Qader told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said a Police patrol headed towards the venue of the attack, but found no material or moral damage.

#2: “Another U.S. Army patrol had been exposed for a bomb attack, close to a checkpoint, 25 km to the south of Kirkuk on Monday night, but there had been no reports about moral or material damage as well,” Qader said.


Mosul:
#1: A child was killed and a soldier wounded in a bomb blast west of Mosul, security sources said today. The source told Aswat al-Iraq that the bomb targeted an Iraqi army patrol, west of the city. The child was accidentally near the site of the explosion, the source added.



Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"
#1: Some NATO troops suffered light injuries Monday when a helicopter made a “hard landing” in Afghanistan’s southeastern Paktia province, NATO officials said.

#2: Afghan forces killed four insurgents in the southern province of Kandahar, the Kandahar governor's media office said.

#3: Afghan and coalition forces killed one insurgent in the northwestern province of Faryab on Monday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement


DoD: Sgt. Daniel J. Patron