Iraq is headed for complete chaos again.
President Obama has pulled 50,000 combat troops out of Iraq, but it might have been too soon.
Iraq is now in the throes of repeated violence attacks as witnessed by this report.
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Baghdad:#1: At least 12 people, including four soldiers, have been killed and 29 others wounded after five suicide bombers armed with rifles attempted to storm an army base in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Two attackers blew themselves up at the back gate of the compound after being shot, while a third detonated a minibus packed with explosives at the entrance. The remaining two fought an hour-long gunbattle with troops before being killed, Major-General Qassim al-Moussawi, a Baghdad security spokesman, said. US military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Eric Bloom said US troops provided "suppressive fire" during the attack, as well as support through helicopters and drones. US explosives experts were also brought in to examine the site.#2: An Iraqi journalist working for the country's official television was killed in western Baghdad on Tuesday morning, an Interior Ministry source said. Riyadh al-Sarray, presenter of political and religious programs in the state-run television Iraqia, was gunned down by armed men in their car in al-Harthiyah district when he was heading for work, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.#3: Three police officers, one of them a colonel, were wounded on Monday when a roadside bomb went off in western Baghdad. “The blast targeted a police patrol in the al-Ghazaliya neighborhood, western Baghdad,” a local police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.#4: Four persons were wounded on Monday in a bomb blast in western Baghdad, a police source said. “Unknown gunmen blew up an improvised explosive device targeting a police vehicle patrol on Monday afternoon (Sept. 6) in al-Shuhadaa neighborhood in western Baghdad,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, noting that the blast wounded a policeman and three passing civilians.Thi Qar:#1: The U.S. army on Monday announced that there is an increase in the attacks that targeted its convoys during Ramadan, according to a spokesperson of the U.S. army. “There is an increase in the attacks on the U.S. army convoys during Ramadan compared to the previous months,” Major Alan Brown told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “A Marines team will organize a training course to the river police in Thi-Qar,” he added, noting that the training should start today, but some security operation postponed it. The U.S. army in Thi-Qar has been attacked by four bombs since the beginning of Ramadan, during which two vehicles were damaged.#2: A roadside bomb went off on Tuesday targeting a convoy of the U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team (P.R.T) in western Nassiriya city, causing no casualties.Samarra:#1: Gunmen shot dead three family members execution style when they stormed their house in central Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.Kirkuk:#1: Iraqi police found the bodies of two men, including a policeman, in a parked car in southern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad late on Monday, police said. The bodies bore gunshot wounds and signs of torture, the source addedMosul:#1: The forensic medicine department received on Monday the body of a gunman, who had been killed by security forces, a police source said. “The Ninewa Operations Command on Monday afternoon (Sept. 6) handed over the body of a gunman, who had been killed by security forces in al-Arbajiya region, eastern Mosul, to the forensic medicine department,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The body bore signs of gunshot wounds,” he added.
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