Malik al- Janabi of Sahwa Militia Assasinated

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 10
10 Aug 2010 13:26:29 GMT
Source: Reuters
Aug 10 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1245 GMT on Tuesday.

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* TAL AFAR - Two Katyusha rockets landed close to a gas station in the middle of Tal Afar, 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, but no casualties were reported, police said.

* TAL AFAR - Two police officers were wounded when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in western Tal Afar, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Two roadside bombs exploded near a police patrol in Baghdad's southwestern Bayaa district, killing two civilians and wounding 13 other people, including three police officers, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Three roadside bombs went off simultaneously in another area of the Bayaa district, killing three people and wounding 11 others, police said.

* BAGHDAD - A sticky bomb attached to a car wounded two passersby when it exploded in Baghdad's southern Doura district, a Reuters eyewitness said.

JURF AL-SAKHAR - Gunmen stormed the house of Malik al- Janabi, a leader of the government-backed Sahwa militia, killing him and three of his guards in Jurf al-Sakhar, in northern Babel province, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, a security source said.

JURF AL-SAKHAR - Iraqi police found the body of a man who had been handcuffed and had gunshot wounds in the head in Jurf al-Sakhar, south of Baghdad, a security source said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb attached to a vehicle exploded in Baghdad's southwestern district of Amil, wounding two people inside the vehicle, police said.

BAGHDAD - A couple of mortars landed in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone government and diplomatic enclave late on Monday, police said.