Some 22 persons were killed in al-Hellah explosion
Some 22 persons were killed and scores injured in a booby trapped car explosion that targeted the police academy in al-Hellah city to the south of Baghdad. Police sources said that the car blew up outside the main gate during a graduation ceremony of police.
The recent explosion came to draw another bloody day in Iraq inflecting more killings among the Iraqis. Some 22 Iraqis were killed and others were injured in bombardment and explosions and assassination and clashes operations that took place in recent hours.
Unidentified persons in Musil killed Omar Mahmoud Abdullah, the leading figure in the Iraqi Islamic party in the city after they had kidnapped him on Tuesday evening and took him to an unidentified place.
Baghdad also witnessed a booby trapped car explosion that targeted an American military vehicle in al-Amereyah quarters and this resulted in killing two civilians and injuring other 4. Several police centers were attacked by mortars and machineguns shelling in al-Kazemeyah, al-Hurrieh and al-Shula quarters. No casualties were reported.
Gunmen in Baghdad killed three contractors in al-Amereyah. In the same place two unidentified bodies were found. The body of one contractor was found near Balad town to the north of Baghdad, while one police man was killed and two others injured in an armed attack at a check point in al-Basra city to the south of Iraq.
In Samera three members of the Iraqi national guards were killed yesterday at dawn and two others injured in clashes that took place between them and unidentified persons in al-Jbeileh quarters to the south of the city.
On the other hand, the national guards forces detained seven suspects during a campaign of breaking in operations carried out by the multi national forces and the Iraqi national guards yesterday at dawn in three areas in Beji to the north of Baghdad.
In Baqouba to the north east of Baghdad, col. Khaleifa Hussein, the official in charge of the Independent Higher Commission For The Elections was killed with his driver at the hands of unidentified persons on Wednesday morning.
Also one Iraqi was killed in a fire exchange in the downtown of al-Ramadi after one American vehicle was attacked by gunmen.
In another development, four persons were injured as a result of American helicopters bombardment of several residential buildings in Sedawa quarters in the downtown of Irbil in north Iraq. Witnesses said that the bombardment came after one helicopter was attacked in that area.