Gunmen kidnap 8 Christian students in Iraq -police

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, June 20 (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped eight Christian university students and a lecturer in northern Iraq on Wednesday, police said.

They said the group was snatched off a bus east of the city of Mosul. The students were going home after completing exams.

Read more: http://wap.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/YAT058433.htm

[maddezmom]

1. 2 Sunni mosques attacked in Iraq

BAGHDAD - Militants blew up two Sunni mosques south of Baghdad on Wednesday — apparently revenge strikes for a suicide truck bombing a day before that killed at least 87 people and badly damaged an important Shiite mosque in the capital.


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Wednesday's mosque bombings caused heavy damage but no casualties.

Police said suspected Shiite militiamen detonated a bomb inside a Sunni mosque in Haswa, 30 miles south of Baghdad, at about 1 a.m. About six hours later, militants struck again at mosque near Hillah, about 60 miles south of the capital. Police spoke on condition of anonymity because they feared retribution.

The attackers near Hillah also targeted the imam's house near the mosque, but the cleric fled when he saw them coming, according to the police.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_070616155331

[Eugene]

4. 3 Sunni mosques attacked in Iraq

Source: Associated Press

3 Sunni mosques attacked in Iraq

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 17 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - Militants blew up three Sunni mosques south
of Baghdad on Wednesday — apparently revenge strikes
for a suicide truck bombing a day before that killed at
least 87 people and badly damaged an important Shiite
mosque in the capital.

-snip-

Wednesday's mosque bombings south of the capital caused
no casualties, because no prayers were going on at the
time.

Police said suspected Shiite militiamen detonated a bomb
inside a Sunni mosque in Haswa, 30 miles south of Baghdad,
at about 1 a.m. About six hours later, militants struck
again at mosque near Hillah, about 60 miles south of the
capital. A third Sunni mosque was attacked and damaged in
an explosion in Iskandariyah, 30 miles south of Baghdad;
the mosque was first attacked last week.

Police officials who reported the bombings spoke on
condition of anonymity because they feared retribution.

-snip-

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[maddezmom]

2. FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 20

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 20
June 20 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1645 GMT on Wednesday:

* denotes new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - Police found 29 bodies on the streets of Baghdad on Wednesday. Most of the victims had been shot dead.

* BAGHDAD - Gunmen kidnapped eight Christian university students and a lecturer in northern Iraq, police said. They said the group was snatched off a bus east of the city of Mosul.

BASRA - A British soldier from the 4th Battalion was killed on Wednesday by indirect fire at a coordination centre in Basra, the British Defence Ministry said.

NASSIRIYA - U.S. forces killed three suspected insurgents, including a senior member of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army militia, and arrested 45 others during the past two days in Nassiriya, 375 km (235 miles) south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

more:http://wap.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM040612.htm

[maddezmom]

5. more:

* RAMADI - A suicide car bomber killed five policemen and wounded 13 other officers in Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

* BAQUBA - Two children and three women were killed and eight other people were wounded when a mortar exploded in a residential area of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, the Ministry of the Interior said.

BAGHDAD - Police found 29 bodies on the streets of Baghdad on Wednesday. Most of the victims had been shot dead.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen kidnapped eight Christian university students and a lecturer in northern Iraq, police said. They said the group was snatched off a bus east of the city of Mosul.

BASRA - A British soldier from the 4th Battalion was killed on Wednesday by indirect fire at a coordination centre in Basra, the British Defence Ministry said.

more:http://wap.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM040612.htm

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3. Crusade Vs Jihad

What a clusterfuck the cabal of republicon chickenhawk cronies hath wrought