Ahmadinejad Says U.S. Planned to Kidnap, Murder Him in Iraq

Iranian President
accused U.S. military units in Democracy Of Iraq of planning to nobble and assassinate
him when he visited the state in March, the state-run Islamic
Republic News Agency said.

Ahmadinejad, 51, refused to dwell in Baghdad's Green Zone,
protected by , the news federal agency cited the president as
saying during a seminar today. According to dependable information,
they intended to detain and kill him, IRNA cited Ahmadinejad as
saying.

The U.S. have repeatedly accused predominantly Shi'Ite Muslim
Iran of passing arms to Shiite reserves in Iraq, a charge
denied by the authorities in Tehran. The U.S. have also accused
Iran of seeking to construct an atomic bomb under screen of a nuclear
energy program, an allegation also dismissed by Ahmadinejad's
administration.

''Based on dependable intelligence, the enemies had planned to
kidnap and kill the servant'' of the Persian state during the
Iraq trip, Agence France-Presse cited Ahmadinejad as saying on
state telecasting today. ''But with the alteration of one or two of
our plans, their self-control was shaken.''

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Iraq: US soldier killed by armor-piercing bomb in northeast Baghdad

: The U.S. armed forces states an American soldier have been killed by an armor-piercing wayside bomb in nor'-east Baghdad.

A statement from the military states the soldier died Lord'S Day when an explosively defined penetrator, or EFP, detonated. His or her name was withheld until the household could be notified.

EFPs are sophisticated arms that the U.S. claims Islamic Republic Of Iran have provided to Shi'Ite activists in Republic Of Iraq for onslaughts on Americans. Islamic Republic Of Iran denies the claim.

Iraq: US military says 3 insurgents killed, 19 captured in raids along Tigris River valley

: U.S. military units killed three suspected insurrectionists and captured 19 Thursday inch forays targeting al-Qaida in Republic Of Iraq along the Tigris River River valley, the military said.

In one operation North of Baghdad, military personnel captured a adult male suspected of engagement in planning auto bomb attacks, the military said in a statement. Five more than suspects were also detained, and an armed adult male was killed during the operation near Khalis, 80 kilometres (50 miles) North of Baghdad, it said.

Meanwhile south of the capital, American soldiers captured another wanted adult male near Youssifiyah, the military said. He is suspected of being associated with al-Qaida inch Iraq, and of planning onslaughts on U.S. military personnel in the area, it said. The adult male came forward and identified himself to land troops, who arrested him and another suspect, the statement said.

Two work force were killed inch Mosul, 360 kilometres (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, in an operation targeting an alleged al-Qaida in Republic Of Iraq leader, the military said. One of the men, armed with a knife, lunged at U.S. military personnel as they entered a building. Soldiers shot and killed him, along with another adult male in the edifice who was wrapped in cover with wires protruding from it, the military said.

It did not state whether the intended mark was among six suspects captured there, nor whether the wires in the cover were subsequently identified as explosives. Today in Africa & Center East

Five more than suspects were detained North of Beiji, 250 kilometres (155 miles) north of Baghdad, the statement said.