The present-day U.S. military qualifies by any measure as highly professional, much more so than its Cold War predecessor. Yet the purpose of today’s professionals is not to preserve peace but to fight unending wars in distant places. Intoxicated by a post-Cold War belief in its own omnipotence, the United States allowed itself to be drawn into a long series of armed conflicts, almost all of them yielding unintended consequences and imposing greater than anticipated costs. Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. forces have destroyed many targets and killed many people. Only rarely, however, have they succeeded in accomplishing their assigned political purposes. . . . [F]rom our present vantage point, it becomes apparent that the “Revolution of ‘89” did not initiate a new era of history. At most, the events of that year fostered various unhelpful illusions that impeded our capacity to recognize and respond to the forces of change that actually matter.

Andrew Bacevich


Friday, April 13, 2007

Security Incidents for 04/13/07

Photo: The destroyed Sarafiya bridge is seen after Thursday's bomb attack in Baghdad April 13, 2007. A big truck bomb killed at least eight people on a bridge in Baghdad on Thursday, destroying parts of the steel structure and sending several cars plunging into the Tigris River below, Iraqi police said. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ)

Baghdad:

A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier died April 12 due to a non-battle related cause.

An MND-B Soldier died when a patrol was attacked with small arms fire north of the Iraqi capital. The unit was conducting a security patrol when the attack occurred. No other Soldiers were wounded during the attack.

Around 1.30 p.m. an American squad exploded (in control) a roadside bomb was put near the unknown soldier monument without casualties

A roadside bomb killed one policeman and wounded four others in southern Baghdad on Friday, police said. A civilian was also wounded

Mortar rounds landed in a southern Baghdad district killing two people and wounding eight, police said

Around 3 p.m. two mortar shells landed in Al Shurta Al Rabia neighborhood. one resident was killed and 15 were injured.

Around 4 p.m. a road side bomb exploded in Saidiyah neighborhood targeting civilians. One resident was killed and one was injured.

Around 5 p.m. small arms fire targeted a police commando’s patrol in Al Madaen city. one passing by woman was injured.

Police found 5 dead bodies throughout the capital in the following neighborhoods: 1 in Rashidiya, 1 in Sadr, 1 in Ameriya, 1 in Amil, 1 in Baia

Two MND-B Soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded when their patrol base came under attack by anti-Iraqi forces south of Baghdad April 12. Two Iraqi interpreters were also killed in the attack

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces captured 14 suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq insurgents during operations on Friday, the U.S. military said.


Diyala Prv:

Unidentified gunmen blew up an elementary school in the district of Bani Saad, south of Baaquba city, but no casualties were reported, local residents said.

Early morning , terrorists bombed a public clinic at( Tibtib) village of Jalwla district in Khanqeen.

LC Falih Hassan of the Iraqi national police was killed today after a road side bomb targeted his vehicle today after noon. Three of his body guards were killed.

Bihriz (in Diyala province) - A squad of Diyala battalion had reached on of the abductors haunts in Bihriz and released two kidnapped persons (one of them is from Baghdad who was kidnapped 35 days ago). Also this squad captured ten suspected during its operation since last week and found a factory for making roadside bombs in the suburban of Bihriz.

Diyala -Early this morning , terrorism groups which inhabit (Al-Nay , 25 houses and Sfeit Shant) attacked Dojma village as a kind of revenge to killing five terrorists in a attack made yesterday night which failed to achieve its points as they had fierce fighting from villagers.

Diala - Iraqi and U.S. forces killed two gunmen and arrested 11 suspected militants on Friday during a security crackdown in Diala province, 57 km northeast of Baghdad, a security source said.

Khalis- Unknown gunmen killed four civilians on Friday afternoon in central Khalis in Diala province, 57 km northeast of Baghdad, a police source said.


Diwaniya:

A camp belonging to the Multi-National Force in southern Diwaniya came under an attack with mortar and katyusha shells as Iraqi and U.S. forces are conducting raids and search campaigns all over the city, a security source said.

Kut:

A gunman shot down a citizen in central Kut city on Friday, a security source in Wassit province said.

Jurf al-Sakher:

A fierce clash broke out between insurgents and a joint patrol of US and Iraqi forces in the Jurf al-Sakher village, 65 km south of Baghdad overnight, killing four insurgents,' the source said.

Hilla:

Early Friday, a roadside bomb detonated when an Iraqi army patrol was passing by in central Hilla City, some 100 km south of Baghdad, killing a soldier and injuring three others, the source said.

Gunmen opened fire on the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party's offices near Hilla, wounding three guards, police said.

Iskandariya:

Earlier, several mortar rounds landed on the al-Asriyah village in the al-Iskandriyah district, some 45 km south of the capital, wounding at least 10 residents, the source added.

Basra:

A British base in northwestern Basra came under an attack on Thursday night, a military spokeswoman in southern Iraq, Capt. Katie Brown, said on Friday.

Kirkuk:

Gunmen seriously wounded two people when they attacked a barber shop in southern Kirkuk, about 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said

Mosul:

Gunmen shot dead Mohammed Abd al-Hameed, a mosque imam in the northern city of Mosul, as he was on his way to his mosque, police said. Hameed was also a well-known figure in the Sunni Muslim Scholars' Association.

The Director of the state-owned-Grain Trade Company was abducted in Ninewa after performing Friday prayer, while a policeman was injured in a bomb explosion in Mosul, 402 km north of Baghdad, police sources said. "A group of gunmen kidnapped Moayad Ahmed Hassan, director of the Grain Trade Company, in the city of Mosul after performing Friday prayer in al-Zohour neighborhood in northeastern Mosul," Head of the operations room in Ninewa police command Brigadier Abdul Karim al-Juburi told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq

Meanwhile, the brigadier said that a policeman was injured when a roadside bomb went off on Friday afternoon in Mosul. "The bomb was planted by gunmen late Thursday in al-Wehda neighborhood in southeastern Mosul," he noted. The bomb was detonated targeting an Iraqi police patrol, al-Juburi also said, noting that the blast seriously injured a policeman.

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