Iraq clashes hadid

• (AP) BAGHDAD - Officials say the Iraqi army is battling militants in a northeastern area of the country that was once a stronghold for al-Qaida in Iraq.
(WHEC TV-10)
• Militants have downed an Iraqi army helicopter and killed nearly a dozen security forces in overnight clashes in what appeared to be an al-Qaida surge to retake one of its former strongholds in Iraq.
(Irish Examiner)
• The fighting around the town of Hadid, about 10 kilometers north of the Diyala provincial capital of Baqouba, follows a warning last weekend from Al Qaedas leader in Iraq to push back also were killed in the clashes and eight were arrested.
(FOX News)
• Militants shot down an Iraqi army helicopter on Thursday and killed nearly a dozen security forces in overnight clashes, a regional official one of its former strongholds in Iraq.
(The Guardian)
• Ten neighbors were wounded in surrounding buildings. Gunmen killed two policemen and wounded three soldiers during clashes in Hadid. Two policemen were killed and three more were wounded in a small arms attack in Hashimiyat.
(Antiwar.com)
• Clashes continued Tuesday, with the Syrian Observatory for In Aleppo, the Observatory said helicopter gunships fired on the districts of Qadi Askar, Bab al-Hadid, Al-Katergi and Karam al-Jabal.
(Military.com)
• Helicopter gunships were reportedly involved in the clashes earlier on Tuesday This area is east of Bab al Hadid, but there are areas in the west of the city that are also sites of battles and regime shelling campaigns.
(DAILY KOS)