Summary of News on Wednesday, 31 Oct

Summary of News on Wednesday, 31 Oct Reports reveal that birth defects continue to rise in Iraq. Two road company workers were killed in the south of Mosul as gunmen fired on them from their cars. Four people were killed and two others injured in separate traffic incidents in the northwest of As-Sulaymaniyah and in the south of Maysan province.   Fighters attacked a governmental police checkpoint in the west of Mosul, resulting in a firefight that killed one of the governmental police, after which the fighters escaped. Another of the governmental police was killed in a similar attack in the south of Mosul. Another governmental police checkpoint was attacked in the northeast of Baquba, and four of the governmental police were killed on the spot.   After each of these three attacks the attackers managed to escape and thegovernment forces raided dozens of homes in the area in search for them.   Two explosive devices targeted the governmental police in the Al-Anbar province: The first went off between a passing patrol in the west of Ar-Ramadi, killing one of them and injuring two others. The second targeted the car of an officer (ranked “captain”) of the governmental police in the west of Ar-Ramadi, injuring him severely. Another explosive device installed under the car of one of the governmental police exploded on the highway in the south of Al-Anbar province, wounding him with various injuries.   Fighters attacked the home of two of the governmental police (brothers) in the east of Ar-Ramadi. The two of the governmental police were severely injured, and their third brother was captured. The fighters, four gunmen, were found and detained and the third brother was found as well.     HEYET Net