Monday: 2 US Soldiers, 3 Iraqis Killed; 2 Iraqis Wounded

by Margaret Griffis, November 02, 2009

Updated at 10:59 p.m. EST, Nov. 2, 2009

Light violence left only three Iraqis dead and two more wounded according to recent reports. A U.S. soldier also died of non-combat injuries. A second US soldier supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom was killed in an accident in Kuwait.

A man and his son were killed in a small arms attack in Khanaqin.

In Mosul, a mobile phone company employee was shot to death.

A bomb in front of a Tikrit real estate office wounded one civilian.

In Kirkuk, one civilian was wounded during a roadside blast. Two suspects were detained. Six suspects were arrested south of the city.

In Baghdad, two suspects were detained.

A new security force was formed in Tal Afar. Fifteen suspects were detained after police received information on them from a previously arrested suspect.

Police in Wassit province were ordered to turn over their personal weapons.

Fourteen suspects were detained in Basra province.

Nine suspects were arrested in Abu Ghraib.

Two suspects were detained in Makhmour.

Two suspects were captured in Muqdadiya.

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