Iraq Watch: August 21, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq - With the deadline for the draft constitution only hours away insurgent violence continued unabated in Iraq on Sunday.
In the northern town of Baiji, located about 130 miles north of Baghdad, at least five people were kidnapped on Sunday according to AFP. The abducted included two Iraqi soldiers, a Turkish engineer and his bodyguard, and Mohammad Nayef, a local doctor.
Meanwhile in Baghdad, a car bomb exploded near a restaurant killing four civilians in a largely Shiite district of the city. Also in the capital city, two security officials from the Interior Ministry were killed while driving through the western neighborhood of al-Ameriyah. An official of Iraq's largest Sunni political group - the Iraqi Islamic Party - was found dead on Sunday. Amer Abdeljabar Zaein had been kidnapped on August 13th according to the group.
Just south of Baghdad in Latifiya, located in the infamous 'Triangle of Death', a civilian was killed in a roadside bomb explosion.
The U.S. military on Sunday announced the death of a U.S. soldier who was killed in a roadside bomb attack near the northern city of Dwar.
Near Samarra, 80 miles north of Baghdad, an Iraqi policeman was shot to death by insurgents. The attack occureed in the al-Shuhada neighborhood, just east of the city. Another shooting in Samarra killed Farid Jabouri, an Iraqi interpreter. Also in the city, which is home to over 200,000 people, an Iraqi family of five was killed by gunmen late Saturday.
In Baquba, two wokers in a Shiite mosque were gunned down on Sunday. The early-morning attack took place in the Mafraq neighborhood.
In the northern town of Baiji, located about 130 miles north of Baghdad, at least five people were kidnapped on Sunday according to AFP. The abducted included two Iraqi soldiers, a Turkish engineer and his bodyguard, and Mohammad Nayef, a local doctor.
Meanwhile in Baghdad, a car bomb exploded near a restaurant killing four civilians in a largely Shiite district of the city. Also in the capital city, two security officials from the Interior Ministry were killed while driving through the western neighborhood of al-Ameriyah. An official of Iraq's largest Sunni political group - the Iraqi Islamic Party - was found dead on Sunday. Amer Abdeljabar Zaein had been kidnapped on August 13th according to the group.
Just south of Baghdad in Latifiya, located in the infamous 'Triangle of Death', a civilian was killed in a roadside bomb explosion.
The U.S. military on Sunday announced the death of a U.S. soldier who was killed in a roadside bomb attack near the northern city of Dwar.
Near Samarra, 80 miles north of Baghdad, an Iraqi policeman was shot to death by insurgents. The attack occureed in the al-Shuhada neighborhood, just east of the city. Another shooting in Samarra killed Farid Jabouri, an Iraqi interpreter. Also in the city, which is home to over 200,000 people, an Iraqi family of five was killed by gunmen late Saturday.
In Baquba, two wokers in a Shiite mosque were gunned down on Sunday. The early-morning attack took place in the Mafraq neighborhood.
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