IRAQ: CAR BOMB ATTACK ON IRAQI ARMY CONVOY NEAR FALLUJI AND TWO OTHER ATTACKS ON THE SAYED HAIDER AND IMAN ALI MOSQUES IN BAGHDAD.

Record ID: 355551

  • Title: IRAQ: CAR BOMB ATTACK ON IRAQI ARMY CONVOY NEAR FALLUJI AND TWO OTHER ATTACKS ON THE SAYED HAIDER AND IMAN ALI MOSQUES IN BAGHDAD.
  • Date: 18th May 2005
  • Summary: (W3) FALLUJA, IRAQ (MAY 18, 2005)(REUTERS) 1. WS: OF THE SCENE WHERE BLAST OCCURRED WITH RESIDENTS GATHERING AT SITE. 0.05 2. CU: CRATER CAUSED BY BLAST. 0.09 3. WS/CU: DAMAGED CIVILIAN CAR WITH YOUNG BOYS GATHERING AROUND IT. (2 SHOTS) 0.15 4. SCU: BLOODSTAIN AND DAMAGE INTERIOR CAR. 0.20 5. CU: OF BLOOD INSIDE CAR. (2 SHOT
  • Embargoed: 2nd June 2005 13:00
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  • Location: FALLUJA / BAQUBA / BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA6OGW2Z9QLWTWYL25P4EPGWRU2
  • Story Text: Seven Iraqi Turkmen killed in ambush in Falluja as
    twin bombs target Shi'ite mosques in Bagdad.



    One civilian and three others were wounded after a
    blast ripped through an Iraqi army convoy driving near
    Falluja on Wednesday.

    The three injured people, two of them whom were women,
    were brought to Falluja hospital for treatment.

    A dead body of a man killed in the incident was seen in
    the hospital morgue.

    Fallujah has witnessed pitched battles between
    insurgents and U.S. troops who along with Iraqi troops were
    able to defeat militants and drive them out of the city. A few
    hours earlier, seven Iraqi Turkmen captured in an
    ambush on a security convoy near Falluja were found dead,
    shot in the head and with their hands bound, police said.

    Captain Ahmad Ali of Khalidiya police station said the
    bodies were dumped south of Falluja in Anbar province, one
    of the regions where the insurgency is strongest.

    Doctor Muthanna Amir said: "The residents of Amiliyat
    al-Falluja found seven bodies on the road to Mussayib. This
    is an indication that the aim is to spark a civil war in
    the Amiliyat al-Falluja area. All these bodies were from
    the Sunnis."
    Identity documents showed the men were ethnic Turkmen
    from Kirkuk who were working for a security firm, police
    said.

    At least 14 people officers were wounded when another
    car bomb tore through a police convoy.

    The car exploded when three police cars from Baladruz
    police station (eastern Baquba) stopped narby. four
    civilians were also wounded in the attack.

    In Baghdad, two Shi'ite mosques were the target of dual
    car bombs in different parts of Baghdad.

    Insurgents have assassinated three clerics in Baghdad
    in an escalating wave of violence that authorities fear is
    aimed at sparking civil war.

    The killings threaten to increase sectarian tensions in
    Iraq a day after Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari
    vowed to crack down against anyone targeting Shi'ites and
    Sunnis. His threat came amid a spree of violence that has
    killed more than 450 people since his government was
    announced April 28.

    Al Qaeda's wing in Iraq also warned the country's Sunni
    Arabs to take no part in drafting a new constitution, in
    another sign militants are trying to fuel sectarian
    tensions.


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