Iraq Watch: September 27, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq - As Iraqi and U.S. authorities applauded themselves over Sunday's killing of key al-Qaida in Iraq figure Abu Azzam violence persisted throughout the war-torn nation on Tueday.
Although a prominent player for the terrorist group al-Qaida in Iraq, Abdullah Abu Azzam is not believed to be the number two figure in the group's hierarchy as many media and government statements have referred to him as.
In Baqouba, 30 miles north of Baghdad, a suicide bomber blew himself up amongst a crowd of Iraqi police recruits killing at least nine and injuring 21.
South of the capital, near Kut, Iraqi police found the bodies of 22 men in civilian clothing. The unidentified bodies had all been blindfolded, bound, and shot in the head.
Three more unidentified bodies were found near Latifiya.
In the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk, insurgents assassinated Iraqi police Maj. Fakhir Jalal Amin. Also in the city, a roadside bomb killed one civilian and wounded two Iraqi policemen.
Four Iraqi policemen were killed when the minibus they were using to transport detainees to the notorious Abu Ghraib prison came under attack. Two prisoners were killed and another eight were injured in the incidnt.
Elsewhere, a U.S. soldier was killed by an IED Saturday while conducting combat operations in Khalidiyah, east of Baghdad, the U.S. military announced on Tuesday.
Although a prominent player for the terrorist group al-Qaida in Iraq, Abdullah Abu Azzam is not believed to be the number two figure in the group's hierarchy as many media and government statements have referred to him as.
In Baqouba, 30 miles north of Baghdad, a suicide bomber blew himself up amongst a crowd of Iraqi police recruits killing at least nine and injuring 21.
South of the capital, near Kut, Iraqi police found the bodies of 22 men in civilian clothing. The unidentified bodies had all been blindfolded, bound, and shot in the head.
Three more unidentified bodies were found near Latifiya.
In the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk, insurgents assassinated Iraqi police Maj. Fakhir Jalal Amin. Also in the city, a roadside bomb killed one civilian and wounded two Iraqi policemen.
Four Iraqi policemen were killed when the minibus they were using to transport detainees to the notorious Abu Ghraib prison came under attack. Two prisoners were killed and another eight were injured in the incidnt.
Elsewhere, a U.S. soldier was killed by an IED Saturday while conducting combat operations in Khalidiyah, east of Baghdad, the U.S. military announced on Tuesday.
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