Mosul police chief killed in bombing

Iraq: After Failing on Five Previous Assassination Attempts, al-Qaeda Kills Mosul Police Chief Using Four Suicide Bombers
(LWJ)- A team of al Qaeda in Iraq Suicide Bombers stormed a police headquarters in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul today and killed a senior Police Officer who has targeted al Qaeda’s top leaders. Lieutenant Colonel Shamel Ahmed Ugla, the commander of the 1st Emergency Battalion in Mosul, and three other policemen were killed in the early morning attack after three members of a four-man Suicide assault team penetrated security by slipping through a gap in the wall of the battalion’...

Killing of Iraq police chief highlights security struggles as US draws down
The Suicide Attack that murdered an Iraq Police Chief today is a sign that political violence remains. But such attacks are unlikely to change US plans to leave by the end of 2011....

Suicide bombers kill police chief in Mosul attack
MOSUL, Iraq -- Two Suicide Bombers stormed into a police battalion headquarters in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday and killed the battalion commander, police sources said. The sources said two Militants detonated their explosive vests in the office of Lieutenant Colonel Shamil Ahmed, who headed the battalion in Mosul's western area of Bab Sinjar. A third Suicide bomber was killed by police before he was able to enter the main building. "Two Suicide (bombers) managed to blow themsel...

Suicide bombers kill four in Iraq police station
Stumble This! Two Suicide Bombers on Wednesday killed four policemen in a Police Station in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, including an officer who oversaw a deadly Raid on Militants, security officials said. A third bomber was shot dead before setting off his explosives belt in the attack targeting Lieutenant Colonel Shamil Ahmed Oglah, who commanded the operation last week against an Al-Qaeda affiliate, a Police Officer said. The early morning bombings killed Oglah and three other policemen, ...

Police chief killed in north Iraq
Two Suicide Bombers have attacked a police compound in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing a commander, police say. The attackers set off their devices in the room of Lt Col Shamil Ahmed Oglaq, who headed the battalion. A third Suicide bomber was killed by police before he could enter the building. Military commanders say Mosul is the last major urban stronghold of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. He survived an attempt on his life last year, the source said. Although the overall level of violence has fa...

Iraq civilian death toll is lowest since invasion
The number of Iraqi civilians killed in violence in Iraq this year fell to its Lowest Level since the 2003 invasion, but the decline is slowing as low-level conflict takes root, a new study shows. Human Rights group Iraq Body Count (IBC) put the 2010 civilian death toll in Iraq at 3,976 up to 23 December, compared to 4,680 in the 2009 year. IBC said that the annual decline in the number of violent deaths had slowed to 15 per cent, compared t ADVERTISEMENT o declines of 50 per cent and 63 per c...

Iraqi Civilian Death Toll Drops
Bloomberg reports: The number of civilians who died as a result of violence in Iraq dropped for a third straight year in 2010, with improvement accelerating after the U.S. declared the official end of combat operations, a nonprofit group reported. Civilian Deaths from violence fell 15 percent to 3,976 this year as of Dec. 25, from 4,680 a year earlier, according to a report released today by U.K.-based Iraq Body Count. Two-thirds of civilian Deaths this year were caused by bombings attributed ...

Suicide bombers kill four in Iraq police station
Two Suicide Bombers on Wednesday killed four policemen in a Police Station in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, including an officer who oversaw a deadly Raid on Militants, security officials said. A third bomber was shot dead before setting off his explosives belt in the attack targeting Lieutenant Colonel Shamil Ahmed Oglah, who commanded the operation last week against an Al-Qaeda affiliate, a Police Officer said. The early morning bombings killed Oglah and three other policemen, an interior min...

12 Year-Old Girl Bomber Warns of Army of Taliban-Trained Female Suicide Bombers
‘You will go to heaven before any of us, if you blow up yourself the way I tell you.’ Pakistani security personnel shift bodies after a Suicide Attack at a Hospital in Khar on January 30, 2010. At least 41 people were killed in a Suicide bombing Saturday in a northwestern Pakistani Tribal Area bordering Afghanistan, officials said. A female bomber was responsible for the attack. (AFP/Anwar Ullah) A 12 year-old girl bomber warned authorities of an army of Taliban-trained female suici...

Al-Qaida says it killed Iraqi commander in Mosul
BAGHDAD - An al-Qaida linked group has claimed responsibility for the killing of an Iraqi police commander in a Raid by three Suicide Bombers who stormed a security building in Mosul. Lt. Col. Shamil al-Jabouri had escaped five previous Assassination attempts. But he was killed Wednesday morning when attackers wearing explosives vests slipped into the police compound. One of the bombers made it into al-Jabouri's office where he was sleeping, and blew himself up. Al-Qaida's affiliate known ...

Suicide bombers hit Iraqi police HQ, kill chief
BAGHDAD — Three Suicide Bombers attacked Iraq’s federal police headquarters in Mosul on Wednesday, leveling the building and killing the top police commander in the northern city, a prominent figure who had escaped at least five previous Assassination attempts, officials said. The killing of Lt. Col. Shamil al-Jabouri, who had relentlessly pursued al-Qaida in the Militants’ former stronghold of Mosul, highlights the challenges Iraq’s new government faces in securing even ...

Al-Qaida says it killed Iraqi commander in Mosul
Baghdad — An al-Qaida linked group has claimed responsibility for the killing of an Iraqi police commander in a Raid by three Suicide Bombers who stormed a security building in Mosul. Lt. Col. Shamil al-Jabouri had escaped five previous Assassination attempts. But he was killed Wednesday morning when attackers wearing explosives vests slipped into the police compound. One of the bombers made it into al-Jabouri’s office where he was sleeping, and blew himself up. Al-Qaida’s aff...

Suicide bombers hit Iraqi police HQ, kill chief
An Iraqi policeman stands guard while hundreds of vehicles are in queue, waiting to be searched, at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. Security officials are investigating the possibility of removing some of the hundreds of checkpoints across the city, in a sign of the improving security situation. The checkpoints are designed to catch Insurgents, but they also slow down traffic in the already congested city. Three Suicide Bombers attacked Iraq's federal police headquarters ...

Iraq Police Headquarters Hit By Suicide Bombers, Killing Chief Shamil Okla Ahmed al-Jabouri
Baghdad — Three Suicide Bombers attacked Iraq's federal police headquarters in Mosul on Wednesday, leveling the building and killing the top police commander in the northern city, a prominent figure who had escaped at least five previous Assassination attempts, officials said. The killing of Lt. Col. Shamil al-Jabouri, who had relentlessly pursued al-Qaida in the Militants' former stronghold of Mosul, highlights the challenges Iraq's new government faces in securing even the most obvious...

Three jihad-martyrdom suicide bombers storm Iraqi compound, murder anti-Al Qaeda cop
They were wearing police uniforms -- "war is deceit," after all, as Muhammad said. "3 Suicide Bombers used to kill tenacious Iraqi cop," by Barbara Surk for Associated Press, December 29 (thanks to JCB): Baghdad - Police commander Lt. Col. Shamil al-Jabouri knew al-Qaida wanted him dead. He was renowned in the tense northern city of Mosul for his relentless pursuit of the terror group, and Insurgents had tried at least five times to kill him for it. On the sixth attempt, al-Qaida left little t...

GOP intel chairman to battle Obama
For much of the past year, the White House has largely ignored a Michigan Republican congressman's lonely warnings that its inter-agency, by-the-book strategy for questioning suspected Terrorists has failed, squandering opportunities to develop valuable intelligence that could prevent another attack. When the GOP takes control of the House in January, however, Rep. Mike Rogers' one-man crusade against President Barack Obama's approach on interrogating terrorists, and its central innovation - ...

Monitoring group: Iraq war deaths drop in 2010
BAGHDAD - A British group monitoring Iraqi Civilian Deaths said in its annual report that the number has dropped slightly since 2009 but warned of a lingering, low-level conflict in the years ahead. The organization called Iraq Body Count said in its year-end report released Thursday that 3,976 civilians have been killed this year as of Dec. 25, compared with 4,680 in 2009. While there was a drop from 2009 to 2010, the organization said the rate of decline was smaller than in previous year...

12 Year-Old Girl Bomber Warns of Army of Taliban-Trained Female Suicide Bombers
Sickofislam on GOP Rep. Peter King Blasts Obama’s Recess Appointment of James Cole to Deputy Attorney General: “He Treat Islamic Terror as a Criminal Matter”...

5 Arrested in Danish Terror Plot
Things are less rotten in Denmark thanks to police arresting five men suspected of plotting a terror attack. This is just the latest in a series of arrests that is sweeping through parts of Western Europe and Scandinavia. The five men taken into Custody were in possession of a variety of weapons, including submachine guns equipped with silencers. Authorities say they were planning a Mumbai-style attack on the offices of the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, noted for their publishing a cartoon...

Iraq: Officer dies in sixth assassination bid
Three Suicide Bombers attacked the police headquarters in the northern city of Mosul yesterday, killing a police commander who had escaped at least five previous Assassination attempts, officials said. Lt Col Shamil al-Jabouri had relentlessly pursued al-Qa'ida Militants in their former stronghold of Mosul. Police shot one of the attackers in a yard, and his vest exploded, but the other Suicide Bombers charged into the building. One entered the ground floor office where Mr Jabouri was sleeping a...

Blast kills at least 10 civilians in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan — A Roadside Bomb blew up next to a minibus at a crowded intersection on a highway in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least 10 civilians, NATO and Afghan officials said. The blast struck the minibus in the Nahr-e-Saraj district in Helmand Province on the main road running from the city of Kandahar to Herat, said Daoud Ahmadi, a spokesman for the Helmand Governor’s office. Ahmadi said that 14 people were killed — including women and Children &mda...;

Suicide Bombers Hit Iraqi Police Headquarters, Kill Chief
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 Baghdad (AP) - Three Suicide Bombers on Wednesday attacked Iraq's federal police headquarters in the northern city of Mosul, killing the commander, according to police officals. While violence has subsided significantly in Iraq in the past years, Insurgents frequently target the country's government institutions and security forces in an effort to destabilize the U.S.-backed Iraqi authorities as American Troops prepare to leave by the end of next year. Police in M...

Suicide bombers hit police compound in Iraq's Mosul
Baghdad | Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:25am EST Baghdad (Reuters) - Two Suicide Bombers attacked a police battalion in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday and killed the commander, police sources said. The sources said two attackers, wearing explosive vests, detonated their vests in the room of Lieutenant Colonel Shamil Ahmed, who headed the battalion. A third Suicide bomber was killed by police before he was able to enter the building. The northern city of Mosul, about 390 km (240 miles) nor...

Turkey: 10 Al-Qaeda Suspects Detained
Ankara, Turkey — Police have detained 10 people suspected of links to the al-Qaida terror network and accused of preparing to stage an attack before New Year's Eve, the state-run Anatolia news agency said Thursday. The agency, citing police, said that the suspects were rounded up for questioning in simultaneous Raids in the cities of Bursa and Istanbul earlier this week and on Thursday. It did not elaborate. It was the latest in a string of Raids against people described as al-Qaida susp...

Report: 10 al-Qaida suspects detained in Turkey
Ankara, Turkey — Police have detained 10 people suspected of links to the al-Qaida terror network and accused of preparing to stage an attack before New Year’s Eve, the state-run Anatolia news agency said Thursday. The agency, citing police, said that the suspects were rounded up for questioning in simultaneous Raids in the cities of Bursa and Istanbul earlier this week and on Thursday. It did not elaborate. It was the latest in a string of Raids against people described as al-Qaida...