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Terrorist Incidents In Iraq In 2005
2005 in Iraq was marked by the first elections held in the country since the fall of Saddam Hussein. January *January 2: A suicide car bomber struck a bus carrying Iraqi National Guardsmen north of Baghdad, killing 26 people. *January 3: A suicide car bomb near the Green Zone in Baghdad killed at least four foreign civilian contractors, including three Britons and an American.https://web.archive.org/web/20040605155542/http://icasualties.org/oif/Civ.aspx ''The dates for these attacks may be inaccurate as they often relate to belated victim-identification press releases; the casualty figures are also incomplete as they exclusively count foreign civilian contractors. Replacement citations would be preferable'' A suicide bomb in Baghdad exploded near the headquarters of the Iraqi National Accord Party, killing two police officers and a civilian. A suicide car bomber in Balad killed four Iraqi National Guardsmen and wounded 14. *January 4: A suicide truck bomber targeted a compound hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 In Iraq
Events in the year 2005 in Iraq. Incumbents * President: Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (acting) (until 6 April), Jalal Talabani (starting 7 April) * Prime Minister: Ayad Allawi (until 3 May), Ibrahim al-Jaafari (starting 3 May) * Vice President: Ibrahim al-Jaafari (until 7 April), Rowsch Shaways (until 7 April), Adil Abdul-Mahdi (starting 7 April), Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (starting 7 April) * Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (autonomous region) ** President: Massoud Barzani (until 7 April) Events January *January 4 – Governor Ali Al-Haidri, governor of Baghdad province, is assassinated along with two of his bodyguards. *January 6 – Seven national guards killed when IED strikes Bradley fighting vehicle. *January 21 – A suicide car bomb blows up outside a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad killing 14 worshipers and wounding 40. *January 26 – Thirty-one U.S. Marines are killed in a helicopter crash near the Jordan border. *January 27 – Iraq's expatriates start voting for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraqi Police
The Iraqi Police (IP) is the uniformed police force responsible for the enforcement of civil law in Iraq. Its organisation, structure and recruitment were guided by the Coalition Provisional Authority after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and it is commanded by the reformed Iraqi Ministry of the Interior. "IP" refers to the Iraqi Police, and "ISF" to the broader Iraqi security forces. The current commander of the Federal Police Forces is Lieutenant General Raed Shaker Jawdat. History The current Iraqi Police has some links with the pre-war Iraqi police service, which was professional and low in repression priority. Therefore, the police were expected to remain cohesive and to be a useful instrument after the invasion as well. It was intended to form the basis for the police force of the new Iraq, but the civil disorder caused this project to be abandoned. Following the emergency stipend payment, some police came back especially in Baghdad and the U.S. Army military police conduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police Station
A police station (sometimes called a "station house" or just "house") is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of staff. These buildings often contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles, along with locker rooms, temporary holding cells and interview/interrogation rooms. Names Large departments may have many stations to cover the area they serve. The names used for these facilities include: *Barracks for many American state police and highway patrol stations and in Ireland *District office, typically used by American state police forces like the California Highway Patrol, but also used by smaller departments like the Calgary Police Service *Precinct house, or precinct, for some urban police departments in the United States such as the New York City Police Department, Memphis Police Department, and Newark Police Department, where stations are in charge of precincts *Police house *Police office, especially in Scotland *Statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
