3 police officers caught in explosion north of Tikrit

According to a police source from Salahuddin province, on Monday, two policemen were reported dead and one wounded after a sticky bomb placed in a government car north of Tikrit exploded. The source told "Arabs Today”, that: "The sticky bomb was installed in a government pick-up car which was ridden by three officers; a lieutenant colonel, a captain, and a member of the police. The car exploded Monday morning when it passed asmall farm village in Salahuddin province (15 km south of Baiji, 40 km north of Tikrit), resulting in the death of the lieutenant colonel, and the policeman, and the injury of the captain, who sustained a number of wounds." The province of Salaheddin, based in Tikrit, 170 km north of Baghdad, sporadically sees violent acts committed against civilians and security forces. The security services occasionally go on raid campaigns and searches in various areas of the province which result in the arrest of dozens of wanted people. A security source in Ninewa province reported on Sunday that a bomb exploded in the pipeline used to transport oil for domestic use in the north of the province, which led to the suspension of pumping it through. The source said that: "Unknown assailants blew up an oil pipeline on Sunday near a refinery in Ain Zala by Zammar, 90 km northwest of Mosul, which led to the pumping of oil being suspended." The source, who asked not to be named, added that: "The explosion occurred on the pipeline passing from Mount Botme to Ain Zala, a secondary pipeline. Although it passes close to the Syrian territory, it is not part of the exporting pipelines network." The pipeline transports oil from wells to refineries, as well as transporting oil to Turkey, in the provinces of Nineveh and Kirkuk. They are subject to bomb attacks every now and again which lead to the disruption of export businesses and feeding the refineries, causing big losses, days of work.