Iraq Press Roundup

Kul Al Iraq newspaper reported Thursday the Karbala province police chief announced the release of 75 detainees from Karbala prisons due to lack of evidence against them.

The paper said that on Aug. 28, Karbala had violent clashes between Iraqi forces and insurgents, resulting in several fatalities and casualties. Hundreds were arrested.

Brig. Raed Shakir, police chief, said 588 people were arrested during the incident; 164 were released right away and 216 were freed later due to lack of evidence.

Al Sabah reported that a total of more than 20 students were killed and injured in a mortar attack on a primary school south of Baghdad.

Thirteen mortars shells fell on the girls’ primary school in Diwanyah, south of Baghdad, on Wednesday. Two teachers were killed and 20 students hurt.

The newspaper quoted the Ministry of Defense as saying that in operations in Mosul over the past 24 hours, 41 terrorists were killed and 89 arrested; in addition three car bombs and eight IEDs were defused.

The Nineveh governor's deputy, Khesro Goran, said a suicide car bomb killed two people and wounded 16.

"The explosion targeted the Patriotic Democratic party of Kurdistan office building," he said.

Al Mada newspaper reported Thursday Iraqi police announced a car bomb explosion in Talbiya district, east of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding 18.

The report said many houses in the area were damaged.

The explosion, the paper said, took place a few hours after two car bomb explosions in different areas resulted in several injuries.

The paper separately quoted the Interior Ministry as saying eight bulled-riddled bodies were found in Baghdad.

In Diyala province, a security source said, "U.S. and Iraqi forces arrested 30 suspects during the last 48 hours,” all allegedly related to al-Qaida.