Acts of killing in Iraq; oil pipeline explosion
Iraq, Military, 6/10/2005

The Iraqi ministry of defense said that the police found on Thursday six unidentified bodies for men wearing civil costumes in Akashat area in al-Qaem, 450 km to the west of Baghdad.

The ministry denied that 22 members of the Iraqi army were kidnapped in al-Qaem, according to an Iraqi military source on Wednesday.

Meantime, the police said in al-Kout city that two Iraqis were injured in a bomb explosion that targeted on Wednesday evening the building of the Organization Of Islamic Work in the city.

In another development, the American forces announced the killing of four of its soldiers in separate attacks in Tikrit, Balad and al-Dour to the north of Baghdad. Sources in the Iraqi police and army forces announced the killing of 6 Iraqis and injuring of five Iraqi soldiers in different incidents as well as finding two bodies for two men in military uniform.

In a new operation that targeted the oil pipelines, an Iraqi oil official said that a new explosion on Wednesday took place in the northern oil pipelines which transport Iraqi oil exports to Turkey.

To the north of these areas in Tel Afar near al-Musil, ten gunmen were killed including four soldiers in a booby trapped car explosion that went off prematurely in that city where the American and Iraqi soldiers are launching a joint security operation.

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