Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 |
| International | ||||
|
News:
Front Page |
National |
Tamil Nadu |
Andhra Pradesh |
Karnataka |
Kerala |
New Delhi |
Other States |
International |
Opinion |
Business |
Sport |
Miscellaneous |
Engagements |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | International
Atul Aneja
MANAMA: There has been no let-up in violence surging across Iraq following the formation of a new Government, with three car bombs exploding in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least eight persons. The first explosion targeted a convoy in which Fuleih Rasheed, commander of a police commando force associated with the Interior Ministry was travelling. Mr. Rasheed and three of his bodyguards were lightly wounded, but no one was killed. The attack is significant as Iraq's new Shia-dominated leadership is signalling that commando units would begin a fresh crackdown on the guerillas. The Special Police Commandos, with at least 10,000 men, have been earmarked for countering the resistance forces. They had been deployed earlier in the resistance strongholds of Samarra, north-west of Baghdad, Mosul and the Sunni-dominated Anbar province. The second blast outside an electric goods store killed at least six passers-by and wounded another 30. The explosion set a five-storey apartment block ablaze. Fire-fighters were seen dousing the flames as a string of ambulances carried the dead and wounded to hospital. Iraqi guerillas have mounted a flurry of attacks since the new Prime Minister, Ibrahim Jaafari, named a partial Cabinet on April 28. An estimated 123 persons, including 11 Americans, have been killed in these attacks. On Sunday, a suicide bomber ploughed his car into a tent of mourners in the town of Tal Afar, close to the Syrian border, killing 25 persons and wounding 50.
Australian kidnapped
Meanwhile, kidnapping of foreigners has continued, with the Shura Council of the Mujahideen — an Islamic group — abducting Douglas Wood an Australian national. AP reports: A roadside bomb killed a British soldier in Iraq on Monday, British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said. Defence officials said the soldier from the 12th Mechanised Brigade died from injuries ``sustained in hostile action'' in the southern Iraqi city of Amara.
Printer friendly
page
News:
Front Page |
National |
Tamil Nadu |
Andhra Pradesh |
Karnataka |
Kerala |
New Delhi |
Other States |
International |
Opinion |
Business |
Sport |
Miscellaneous |
Engagements |
|
|
|
The Hindu Group: Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription Group Sites: The Hindu | Business Line | The Sportstar | Frontline | The Hindu eBooks | The Hindu Images | Home |
Copyright © 2005, The
Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of
this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of
The Hindu
|
