Monday, April 14, 2008

APACHE HELICOPTER ACCIDENTALLY KILLS US SOLDIER IN IRAQ

An Apache helicopter has accidentally killed a US soldier in Eastern Baghdad.
We have a list of the latest incidents in Iraq as reported by Reutersm AP and other news gathering organizations. Click on "blue" part of each story for further details.

Latest Coalition Fatalities
04/13/08 AP: US strike kills own soldiers in Baghdad
The US military says an Apache helicopter has accidentally destroyed one of its own armoured vehicles in eastern Baghdad. The military says the incident occurred yesterday afternoon, when the chopper spotted a group of four militants placing...

News
04/14/08 AP: British journalist rescued in Basra
The Iraqi military says a British journalist kidnapped two months ago in the southern city of Basra has been rescued. Basra security commander Lt. Gen. Mohan al-Fireji says the journalist was rescued and a group of kidnappers were captured ...

04/14/08 AP: Roadside bomb targets U.S. convoy in Baghdad
An attack on a U.S. convoy sparked a large fire in a marketplace in eastern Baghdad on Monday...Dozens of stalls were set ablaze at 2 a.m. local time when a bomb exploded next to a convoy of U.S. military vehicles driving down a commercial street...

04/14/08 Reuters: Fighting resumes in Baghdad's Sadr City
Fighting erupted in Baghdad's Sadr City overnight after a day's lull, dashing residents' hopes of a let-up in clashes between U.S. and government troops and Shi'ite gunmen who control the streets of the sprawling slum.

04/14/08 VOA: 4 Dead, 6 Wounded in Baghdad Bombing
Iraqi police say a bomb has exploded in central Baghdad, killing at least four people and wounding several others. Police say the blast Monday was caused by a roadside bomb.

04/14/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill policeman in Basra
Gunmen killed a policeman in a drive-by shooting on Sunday in central Basra, 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

04/14/08 Reuters: 2 bodies found in Baghdad
Two bodies were found in different districts across Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

04/14/08 Reuters: Council member and 5 members killed in Falluja
A local council member and five members of his family were killed in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, on Sunday by a stick bomb in their car, police said.

04/14/08 Reuters; 17 people wounded in attack on house in Shirqat
Gunmen attacked houses and wounded 17 people including five women early Monday morning in Shirqat, 300 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

04/14/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill Independent Electoral Commission worker
Gunmen killed an Independent Electoral Commission worker in a drive-by shooting outside his house east of Baquba, 65 km (42 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

04/14/08 Reuters: 2 bodies found northeast of Kirkuk, 1 found in Rashad
Two bodies were found with gunshot wounds and signs of torture northeast of Kirkuk..A body was found with gunshot wounds and signs of torture on Sunday in the town of Rashad, south of Kirkuk, police said.

04/14/08 Reuters: Clashes kill six children in a clashes overnight of Sadr City
Ten people including six children were wounded in a clashes overnight of Sadr City, eastern Baghdad, police said.

04/14/08 Reuters: Mass grave found north of Baghdad
U.S. forces have found 20 to 30 bodies in a mass grave north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Monday. The bodies were found on Sunday in the town of Muqdadiya...in the restive province of Diyala where al-Qaeda Sunni Arab militants...

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