Wednesday: 163 Iraqis, 1 GI Killed; 101 Iraqis Wounded  
Updated at 11:35 p.m. EDT, July 11, 2007

At least 163 Iraqis were killed and 101 were wounded in the latest
violence. Most were killed during military operations. Also, an American
servicemember died from non-battle-related causes that are under
investigation. 

A truck carrying 200 explosive belts from Syria was intercepted and the
driver detained, while Iraqi troops killed 63 suspects during several
security operations, mostly in the north. U.S. troops killed two more
suspects. Also, Coaltion forces killed one suspect in Baghdad.

In Baghdad, 30 dumped bodies were recovered from several locations. A
military vehicle in the Karrada district and a police car in Za'afaraniyah
were destroyed. An American soldier was wounded when the al-Qanat police
station was shelled. In Doura, a resident was injured during shelling.
Mortars also fell in Baladiyat, Rustumiyah, Ur and on Palestine Street,
but without leaving casualties. A potential suicide bomber was killed by
police. Also, U.S. helicopters bombed a bus station in the Ubaidi
neighborhood.

A U.S. helicopter killed as many as four people and injured 12 others,
possibly including seven children in Mosul. U.S. troops killed a civilian
in his home. A weapons cache was discovered. A Facilities Protection
Service policeman was gunned down. Also, two bodies were found.

A mortar attack left two people dead and 17 others wounded in Iskandariya.
Gunmen killed a civil servant at his home.

In Sherween village, U.S. and Iraqi forces retook the town from gunmen who
had attacked the village late Monday. Twenty gunmen were killed.

Four suicide bombers attacked the home of a Sunni tribal leader in Garma.
The sheikh was holding a meeting when the first two bombers detonated
their cargo. The second two attacked the first responders. In all, 21 were
killed and over 50 were wounded.

In Samarra, the mayor was shot dead.

Two policemen were wounded in Fallujah during a suicide motorcycle attack.

Two bodies, bearing torture wounds, were found in Haswa.

In Diwaniya, a policeman was killed while in his car. 

Gunmen riding a motorcycle killed a police intelligence officer in Najaf.

In Basra, a top police chief was driven back into a British base after an
assassination attempt. One policeman was injured during a clash with
smugglers. Also, a roadside bomb blasted his convoy, wounding two guards.

Forty people, including the mayor, were arrested in Kirkuk.

A German woman who was kidnapped in February has been released, but her
son remains captive. 

A mortar shell in Muqdadiyah injured five people. Clashes have broken out
in several areas near to town.

An Iraqi soldier was killed and four were injured during an IED attack in
Ba'quba. Also, mortars landed on a checkpoint, but cause no casualties.

During an attack on a Khalis police station, a policeman was killed.

American forces handed over the body of policeman to the hospital in
Tikrit.

A man killed his sister in Al Bu Jari village because she allegedly helped
kill Iraqi troops.

Gunmen attacked the al-Shihabi police station.

A weapons cache was found in Tal Afar and a man detained.

No casualties were reported when mortars fell on Wajihiya.

An Iraqi soldier was injured during a shooting near Khanaqeen.

In Jibala, four people were wounded during a mortar attack. Also, a Mahdi
army member escaped an assassination attempt.

At least two people were wounded during clashes between the Mahdi army and
Iraqi security forces in Diwaniya. Clashes then spread to surrounding
areas. The U.S army base was hit by mortars by no casualties were reported.

No casualties were reported when the U.S. base in Kut was attacked.

In Amara, police defused a bomb planted outside the women's dorm at Maysan
University.

A roadside bomb killed two Iraqi soldiers and an Iraqi translator while
injuring another person near a waterworks project in Nasariya. Three other
roadside bombs were also detonated, but no casualties were reported.

 


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