The news clips below are excerpts from Pat Herdman's 23 June 2011 IED Indicator. The full report can be found at www.protectioninsider.com
The following is provided for information only and is derived from various news sources, blogs, or other open source reporting media. Subject matter tends to run along terrorist or criminal use of commercial, military, and homemade explosive devices both domestically and abroad; sources are indicated where available. The editor/compiler takes no responsibility for inaccurate reporting, conclusions, or opinions.
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CLEVELAND, OH: Explosive Found On Northfield Officer's Personal Car. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this week offered a reward of up to $2,000 for information into what the Northfield police officer discovered on May 20. The Plain Dealer of Cleveland reports it was a device equivalent to a half stick of dynamite, placed in the car's wheel well. Chief Mark Wentz says the fuse had been lit, but damp weather put it out. No one was injured. The chief says there might have been a connection to earlier reports of sounds similar to explosions and a man's report that he found a deep crater behind his garage. WKYC, 22 JUN 2011
IRAQ, Baghdad: An officer in Iraq’s former Army has been killed in southwestern Baghdad’s Saidiya district late Wednesday, a security source said on Thursday. “An explosive charge, stuck to the car of the former Iraqi Army Colonel, Mohammed Jassem, in Baghdad’s Saidiya district late on Wednesday, killing him on the spot,” the security source added. Aswat al-Iraq
IRAQ, Baghdad: A car bomb, parked near a police checkpoint went off in Baghdad's western district of Ghazaliyah, killing a civilian and wounding nine people, including three policemen, the source said on condition of anonymity.
IRAQ, Baquba: A sticky bomb attached to a car exploded, killing a former member of Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party, in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said. Reuters
IRAQ, Kirkuk: The Mayor of Dibbis township in north Iraq’s Kirkuk Province has escaped an assassination attempt on Tuesday, a Kirkuk security source said. “The Mayor of Dibbis township of Kirkuk Province, Hadi Ghazi, has escaped an assassination attempt today (Tuesday), when an explosive charge stuck to his car, blew off in front of his house, causing him no harm, but damaged his car,” the security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
IRAQ, Kirkuk: A sticky bomb attached to a minibus went off and wounded the driver in southern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Reuters