Just another day in Baghdad…
BAQUBA – A sticky bomb attached to a car exploded, killing a former member of Saddam Hussein’s outlawed Baath party, in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.
KIRKUK – An employee of Iraq’s Communications Ministry was kidnapped as he rode a motorcycle in eastern Kirkuk, the Kirkuk province security operations centre said.
BAGHDAD – A sticky bomb attached to his car killed a retired lieutenant colonel who served in Saddam Hussein’s army, in Baghdad’s southern Saidiya district, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAQUBA – A gunman on a bicycle, using a silenced weapon, killed the mayor of the Gatoon neighbourhood in Baquba, police said.
BAGHDAD – Gunmen attacked an Iranian oil delegation visiting Iraq for talks, the Iranian oil ministry said. An Iraqi security source said the delegation’s convoy was attacked in central Baghdad and two Iraqi guards were wounded.
MOSUL – A mortar round fired at the Nineveh province security operations centre missed the target and struck a house, killing one person and wounding another, in southern Mosul, police said.
MOSUL – Gunmen attacked a security checkpoint and killed a policeman in western Mosul, police said.
MOSUL – A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one passer-by and wounded two other people, including a policeman, in central Mosul, police said..
MOSUL – Gunmen threw a hand grenade at a police patrol, wounding four people, including a policeman, in southwestern Mosul, police said.
BAGHDAD – A parked car bomb exploded near a police patrol, killing one passer-by and wounding nine other people, including three policemen, in the Ghazaliya district of western Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAGHDAD – Two roadside bombs struck a convoy carrying a local police chief, wounding him and five other policemen, along with two passers-by, in the Amiriya district of western Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAGHDAD – Two people were wounded by a roadside bomb in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAGHDAD – Two people were wounded by a roadside bomb in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAGHDAD – A bomb targeting a police traffic patrol wounded five people, including two traffic policemen, in the eastern Baghdad district of Zayouna, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded three people, including one policeman, in the southern Jadiriya district of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
And all in all, June 22, 2011 was a fairly quiet day in Iraq, compared to…
DIWANIYA – At least 25 people were killed and 35 wounded when bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor’s house in Diwaniya, 150 km (95 miles) south of Baghdad, local authorities said.
MUSSAYAB – Five people were killed and nine others wounded when a bomb left in a restaurant went off in Mussayab, about 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb killed an Iraqi soldier and wounded five people, including three soldiers, in Palestine Street in northeastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAGHDAD – A bomb left in a minibus killed a civilian and wounded three others when it exploded in Baghdad’s west-central Mansour district, an Interior Ministry source said.
BAGHDAD – Armed men in a speeding car, using silenced weapons, killed an Iraqi army brigadier while he was inside his car in Baghdad’s northern Shaab district late on Monday, an Interior Ministry source said.
And so on.