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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
A suicide bomber detonated his car outside a regional traffic police building in Mosul, where Lieutenant General Riyadh Jalal Tawfiq, the chief of the Iraqi military command for the city, was holding a meeting. Tawfiq was not hurt, but five of the eight killed were civilians, and 41 were wounded, including seven of his bodyguards, Iraqi officials said.
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MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
... people were injured, including seven of the commander's guards, the military said. Lt. Gen. Riyadh Jalal Tawfiq, chief of operations in Ninevah province, escaped unharmed. Brig. Gen. Khalid Abdul-Sattar, an Iraqi military spokesman, described the attack as an attempt to assassinate the commander.Also Wednesday, a bomb went off outside a bank in the one-time Sunni insurgent stronghold...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
... city of Mosul, capital of Nineveh province.The attack targeted the convoy of Major-General Riyadh Jalal Tawfiq, army commander of Nineveh province, said a security spokesman in the city.Of the 15 wounded, seven were policemen in the convoy.The U.S. military confirmed both attacks but gave slightly differing accounts. It said there were three bomb blasts outside the bank in Anbar,...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
The attack happened Wednesday in Mosul, a city in northern Iraq. Lt. Gen. Riyadh Jalal Tawfiq, chief of operations in Ninevah province, escaped unharmed.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
... militias.
The suicide attack happened in Mosul, a city in northern Iraq. Lt. Gen. Riyadh Jalal Tawfiq, chief of operations in Ninevah province, escaped unharmed.
But the military said five civilians were killed and 22 people, including seven of the commander's guards, were injured.
Brig. Gen. Khalid Abdul-Sattar, an Iraqi military spokesman, described the attack...
