120 gunmen killed, arrested in two days in Iraq

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120 gunmen killed, arrested in two days in Iraq -- authority

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1725463&Language=en

Military and Secuity 4/17/2007 3:56:00 PM

120 gunmen killed, arrested in two days in Iraq -- authority BAGHDAD, April 17 (KUNA) --

The Law Enforcement Command said on Tuesday that the government forces killed and arrested 120
terrorists in a clampdown on hideouts of the insurgents in various parts of Iraq over the past
48 hours.

In A related statement, the command said 25 of the government troops were injured during military
operations in Al-Karkh, Al-Taji, Al-A'thamiah, Al-Madaen and Al-Mahmoudiah. (end)

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1. Security developments in Iraq as of 1700 GMT on Tuesday:

April 17 (Reuters) -

Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1700 GMT on Tuesday:

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* denotes new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD -
U.S. troops killed three militants after their armoured vehicle was hit by an explosively formed
projectile and they came under small arms fire in the southwestern Baghdad district of Qadissiya.

RAMADI
- Seventeen decomposed bodies were found in a deserted school in Ramadi 110 km (68 miles)
west of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL -
Nine bodies were found in different parts of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, morgue sources said.

NEAR MOSUL -
A suicide bomber driving a tanker targeting a police patrol east of Mosul killed one civilian
and wounded four Iraqi soldiers, police said.

HAWIJA -
A car bomb targeting a police patrol killed three people, including one policeman, and wounded
four others near a petrol station in the town of Hawija, north of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA -
A U.S. Marine died in a non-hostile shooting incident during combat operations in western Anbar
province on Monday, the U.S. military said. It said it was investigating the incident.

MOSUL -
Gunmen wounded a tribal leader and killed his son in the northern city of Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD -
The bodies of 11 people were found shot in different districts of Baghdad, police said.

DIWANIYA -
The bodies of four men, including three policemen, were found shot in and near the city
of Diwaniya, 180 km (110 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD -
Gunmen killed a university professor in al-Saidiya district in southern Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL -
Gunmen killed police Brigadier Abdul Kareem al-Bijari with two of his guards in Mosul, 390 km
north of Baghdad, police said.

NEAR SUWAYRA -
The bodies of three men, two shot and the third decapitated, were retrieved from a river near
the town of Suwayra, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD -
A mortar round landed in a residential district in southern Baghdad, killing one person and
wounding three others on Monday, police said.

KIRKUK -
A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded a policeman and two civilians in the oil city
of Kirkuk, 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.