In Iraq, a string of bombings and shootings across Baghdad today killed at least one military officer and wounded more than a dozen civilians and soldiers. An Interior Ministry official said gunmen killed a senior Iraqi officer in western Baghdad early today, as they opened fire on a brigadier general while he was driving his car in al-Ameriya. A double bombing in western Baghdad's Ghazaliya neighborhood wounded at least 15 Iraqis. They include six Iraqi soldiers, four policemen and five civilians. In southern Baghdad's Dora district, a roadside bomb hit a convoy of a private Iraqi security company, wounding at least two civilian bystanders and damaging one vehicle. The official said at least three others were wounded in overnight violence.
News On AIR | September 6, 2010 8:57 PM
At least 1 military officer over dozen civilians, killed in Baghdad bombing