War News for Friday, September 02, 2011

Reported security incidents

Baghdad:
#1: Gunmen shot dead Jameel Shihab Ahmed, head of administrative affairs in the Higher Education Ministry, in Baghdad's western district of Amiriya, police said.


Tuz Khurmato:
#1: Gunmen attacked a government-backed Sunni militia checkpoint and shot dead one member in Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.


Baiji:
#1: Gunmen attacked a government-backed Sunni militia checkpoint late on Wednesday, killing two members and wounding five others in Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.


Mosul:
#1: Gunmen kidnapped and killed a taxi driver in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. The attackers dumped the driver's body in a cemetery.

#2: A roadside bomb wounded an Iraqi soldier when it exploded near his patrol in western Mosul, police said.


Al Anbar Prv:
#1: Gunmen sprayed municipal officer Farouq al- Gertani's car with bullets, wounding him and killing two of his bodyguards, including his brother, near the town of al-Mashahda, north of Baghdad, police said.



Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"
#1: A suicide car bomb blast outside a police station killed three people and wounded more than a dozen in the northwestern town of Lakki Marwat, police said. The blast also damaged nearby houses and shops. Several police officials were among the wounded

#2: Suspected Taliban militants fired on a vehicle in the tribal region of lower Kurram, in the country's northwest on the Afghan border, killing seven Shi'ite Muslims, including six from the same family, security officials said.


DoD: Pfc. Alberto L. Obod Jr.

DoD: Sgt. Devin J. Daniels

DoD: Sgt. Colby L. Richmond