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The first parade of the Iraqi forces since the withdrawal
On: Sat 07/01/2012 9:27
□ Baghdad / follow-up term
military staged a military parade in Baghdad yesterday for the first time since the withdrawal of U.S. forces, the anniversary of the Ninety-first of the founding of the Iraqi armed forces was the military parade amid tight security, the presence of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the stadium is located in the Green Zone, the district has procedures strict protection in the center of the capital,
In the site that Saddam was attending a military parade. The Green Zone is not open to the public, so it closed several ways leading to it yesterday morning as part of security measures, while set up checkpoints on roads that remained open, and reporter, told AFP.
This parade is the first since the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq in 18 December, with source in the Iraqi police, yesterday, that the Green Zone in central Baghdad, was hit by rocket fire, in conjunction with the festive Holiday army attended by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and a number of ministers and officials in the state.
The source said in an interview told Alsumaria News that "the two Katyusha rockets landed, yesterday afternoon, in the vicinity of the Green Zone in central Baghdad, without knowing the size of the loss of human or material. "
The source, who requested anonymity, that "the siren I heard it ringing inside the Green Zone, while helicopters flew the Iraqi sky capital to search for the source of rocket fire. "
The missile strikes in conjunction with the celebration and parade witnessed by the Square celebrations in the Green Zone, on the anniversary of the 91 of the founding of the Iraqi army.
In the development of targeted visitors to the mourning of Imam Hussein, the military announced yesterday that a military force able to kill insurgents while trying to plant an explosive device to target visitors to the death of Imam Hussein, also arrested 15 members of al Qaeda south of Baghdad. The commander of the band of the 17 in the army, Major General Nasser Al-Ghannam said in an interview told Alsumaria News that "the strength of his band killed on Wednesday morning, two gunmen trying to plant bomb device on the route of visitors forties near Latifiya south of Baghdad. "
He said Ghannam that "the force imposed a security cordon at the scene and transported the bodies of the dead to the forensic medicine department to get to know their identity and who belong to it." The Ghannam that "the force were also carried out the process raids and searches and arrested 15 members of Al Qaeda. "
The source said the police, that seven of the visitors forties were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded on the road to Karbala south of Baghdad. The source said in an interview told Alsumaria News that "a bomb exploded this morning, targeted visitors to the death of Imam Hussein, heading on foot to Karbala in passing on the highway in Dora, southern Baghdad, wounding seven of them were injured. "
The source, who requested anonymity, that "the security force cordoned off the the scene and transported the injured to a nearby hospital for treatment, as carried out the raid and search to find the perpetrators of the bombing.
The capital of Baghdad, has seen on Thursday, killing ten people and injuring 35 others blew a double Babutin devices in Sadr City, eastern Baghdad, were killed and 60 wounded people blew double my car bombs in the area of Kadhimiya north of the capital.
In the same context source in the Iraqi police, on Friday, that four of the visitors forties had been killed and wounded when a roadside bomb exploded on the road to Karbala south of Baghdad, is the second of its kind.
The source said in an interview with Agence Alsumaria News that "the bomb exploded, yesterday morning, targeted visitors to the death of Imam Hussein, heading to Karbala on foot to the passage on the highway in Dora, southern Baghdad, killing one and wounding three others were injured."
The source added , who requested anonymity, that "the security force cordoned off the area of the accident and transported the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment and the body of the deceased to the forensic medicine department, as carried out the raid and search to find the perpetrators of the bombing."
In Mosul, the army announced yesterday the arrest of eight wanted for "terrorism", as well as to find large quantities of weapons and gear in a raid and search south of Mosul. The commander of the Second Division of the Iraqi Army Maj. Gen. Ali Furaiji in an interview told Alsumaria News that "the strength of his band, stationed in the province of Nineveh, implemented, Yesterday morning, raid and search operations in different parts of the coast left south of Mosul, and arrested eight wanted men in accordance with Article IV of the Anti-Terrorism Act, were transferred to a security center for questioning. "
He Furaiji that "the force also seized large quantities of arms and munitions," asserting that "these operations were based on accurate intelligence."
witnessed the province of Nineveh, on Thursday, killing one child and injuring five women were injured when a roadside bomb targeted visitors to the forties in a street in the village of Ein SH, west of Mosul.
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