IRAQ SECURITY INCIDENTS INCREASE

The news out of Iraq is not good.

Iraq Today is reporting more security incidents in provinces all across Iraq.

The following is a list of security incidents in Iraq in the past 24 hours.

SOURCE: http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com

Reported security incidents Baghdad:#1: In the first of the two attacks, three policemen and one civilian were killed when a parked car bomb exploded near a bus station in Baghdad's southern Bayaa neighborhood. A second bomb targeting police and rescue services arriving at the blast site detonated minutes later. There were no reports on casualties from the second blast.#2: In eastern Baghdad, two bombs near a bus station went off simultaneously, killing two civilians and wounding 12 others. Health officials confirmed the death toll.#3: Five civilians were wounded on Tuesday in a sticky bomb explosion in southern Baghdad, according to a security source. “A bomb, stuck to a civilian car, went off in 60 street in al-Doura region, southern Baghdad, injuring five civilians,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.#4: A roadside bomb exploded near a medical complex in the Bayaa district of southwestern Baghdad, killing a policeman and a civilian and wounding six other people, including two policemen, police said. Meanwhile, a farmer was killed in the central Iraqi town of Mayndili when his truck was struck by a roadside bomb inside his farm, said Major Mohammed al-Karkhi, spokesman for police in Diyala province north of Baghdad.
Nassiriya:#1: “Two people escaped from al-Hussein hospital after receiving treatment,” the hospital’s manager, Dr. Sadam al-Taweel, said. “The two person were wounded when they tried to attack a U.S. convoy in southern Nassiriya,” he added.
Basra:#1: Preliminary information assert that five people were killed after attacking U.S. forces in Basra on Sunday (Sept. 5),” head of the security committee, Sajad al-Asadi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Tikrit:#1: One civilian was killed and three others were wounded when a thermal bomb hit a U.S. army patrol in central Tikrit city. “The blast occurred yesterday when unknown gunmen threw a thermal bomb on a U.S. army patrol in central Tikrit,” an Iraqi police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency on Wednesday.
Kirkuk:#1: Two policemen were killed on Wednesday and two civilians wounded when a roadside bomb went off in the southwest of Kirkuk city. “The blast occurred near the al-Zab police station, 85 km southwest of Kirkuk,” a local police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Mosul:#1: A second television presenter was killed in Iraq in as many days Wednesday, police said. Sabah al-Khayat was shot dead in front of his house while departing for work at the Al-Mosuliyah satellite television station, where he presents a programme devoted to mosques and shrines in the main northern city of Mosul. "Armed men shot the journalist Sabah al-Khayat in front of his house in central Mosul while he was leaving for work," a police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.#2: Unknown gunmen killed a woman in central Mosul on Tuesday, according to a security source. “Unknown gunmen killed a woman on Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 7) in al-Akidat region, central Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

RARE VIDEO OF UNARMED MARINE ENGINEERS UNDER FIRE: WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE

Video shows unarmed Marine Engineers under fire. I have no idea why they didn't have weapons, but they are in a helluva a mess. Warning: Strong language.

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INTENSE FIREFIGHT BETWEEN US SOLDIERS FROM 173RD AIRBORNE AND TALIBAN

The video was filmed in Kunar Province, Afghanistan and shows US soldiers from the 173rd Airborne engaging the Taliban after they attacked their camp in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan.

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