Talon Posted June 7, 2005 #1 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Mortars 'fired at Iraqi police' Insurgents in northern Iraq have launched a fresh wave of mortar attacks, killing at least six people. The barrages appeared to target police stations in the city of Mosul, but the victims were civilians, including two children, officials said. In Baghdad, police said a US-Egyptian contractor was shot dead on Sunday as he drove through the capital. A US soldier was killed in a roadside bombing near a military patrol in the northern province of Kirkuk. The attack happened occurred on Sunday, but the military did not confirm the death until Monday. Also on Monday, Iraqi police shot at a suicide car bomber believed to have been trying to attack a checkpoint in western Baghdad. They did not stop the vehicle from exploding, however, and three members of the elite police commando force were wounded in the blast, the interior ministry said. Iraqi forces backed by US troops having been continuing Operation Lightning in Baghdad - a mass exercise designed to prevent suicide bombing and other armed attacks by anti-US insurgents trying to destabilise the new Iraqi government. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/worl...ast/4613531.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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