Major Election...Minor Security.

Coalition soldiers, police killed in Iraq

Nine soldiers of the US-led force in Iraq, a number of police and civilians have been killed in Iraq on Sunday.

Nine soldiers, eight Ukrainians and one Kazakh, were killed while attempting to detonate an ammunition cache in the Wasit province, Poland's PAP news agency reported on Sunday.

It quoted General Andrzej Ekiert, commander of the Polish-led multinational division in south-central Iraq, as saying that a further seven Ukrainians and four Kazakhs were wounded in the incident.

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Acting police chief killed

THE acting police chief in the northern Iraqi town of Samarra was assassinated today, a police official said.

Gunmen opened fire on Mohammed al-Badri as he travelled in his car near Samarra, the official said.

US troops said they took control of Samarra in a major offensive in October but rebels were still mounting attacks in and around the town, 100km north of Baghdad.

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Maybe the coalition are so under funded they would rather set up the polling stations and then let the Iraqi population sort it out after the result.

Sanc'.

more of that "minor security":

baghdad police deputy shot dead

Brigadier Amer Ali Nayef was shot dead along with his son, Khalid Amer - also a policeman - as they left the family home for work in the south of the city.

source: bbc.co.uk

A part of the problem is that Iraqi sercuity forces are being put into action for political reasons as a result in the long term they will fail and the Iraqi people will get the blame "for not fighting for there freedom."

more?

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A day after Iraqi civilians were killed in a mistaken U.S. bombing near Mosul, more civilians died in a shooting incident yesterday near Baghdad in which American troops were initially blamed.

source: www.baltimoresun.com...

Bomb Destroys U.S. Tank, Kills Two Soldiers in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A roadside bomb destroyed a U.S. battle tank patrolling southwestern Baghdad on Monday, killing two American soldiers and wounding four others, the military said.

typical case of two sided reporting of one same story.
compare these two reports:
iraq-war.ru
reuters

you be the judge.

The U.S. Defense Department said last week that insurgents were increasing the size and power of the bombs they plant as they escalate their attacks before the Jan. 30 election. On Thursday, a roadside bomb hit a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, one of the more heavily armored U.S. military vehicles, killing all seven U.S. soldiers inside and destroying the vehicle.

Is the forth one I've heard destroyed.

So far the public admissions seem to be that it stands at 2 bradleys and 2 m1a1s.

Originally posted by Vis Mega
Is the forth one I've heard destroyed.

So far the public admissions seem to be that it stands at 2 bradleys and 2 m1a1s.

looks like the blast from "the bomb" threw the tank, with his 65 tons, from the road to the river. that must have been on hell of a bomb.

Iraqi election officials quit

THE 13-strong team organising elections in Iraq's restive Anbar province said today it had quit after receiving death threats from insurgents bent on undermining the polls.

"We submitted our resignation to the governor yesterday. We have been receiving threats by letters and phone," said Abdel Aziz al-Rawi, who headed the team in the western region where violence is expected to keep many people away from the poll.

Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission has played down reports of mass resignations by electoral officials in Sunni Muslim provinces to the north and west, where insurgents bent on derailing the January 30 poll have attacked polling centres.

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Sanc'.