Security Summary: October 28, 2006

BAGHDAD - A MI-24 Polish helicopter made an emergency landing in Suwayra, south of Baghdad, after it was hit by small arms fire, wounding one "coalition" soldier and one Iraqi army soldier, the U.S. military said. The soldiers are in stable condition.

ISKANDARIYA - At least five people were killed and 20 wounded when a car bomb went off near a residential compound in Iskandariya, south of Baghdad, police said.

RAMADI - Six Iraqis, including three women and two children, were killed in Ramadi on Saturday in what police and a hospital doctor said was a dawn air strike.

The U.S. military said it had no reports of air strikes at that time but troops came under attack several times on Friday and responded with tank fire and precision munitions. It said a rocket-propelled grenade fired by an insurgent missed a U.S. patrol and hit a house.

FALLUJA - Police said at least two soldiers and one civilian were killed in clashes between Iraqi army and insurgents. Another three civilians were wounded.

UDHAIM - Gunmen kidnapped 11 Iraqi soldiers travelling in a minibus at a fake checkpoint in the town of Udhaim 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad on Saturday, a joint U.S. and Iraqi policing centre said.

DUJAIL - A car bomb exploded near a municipal building in Dujail, wounding five people including a policeman in the town, 90 km (55 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MAHDUDIYA - A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi police patrol, killing one policeman and wounding three, police said.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said U.S. troops killed a suspected insurgent who was disguised as a woman and detained 10 more suspects in a raid south of Baghdad on Saturday.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb hit a minibus, killing one person and wounding eight near a restaurant on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Mortars hit a garage in southern Baghdad, killing one man and wounding 35, police said.

SUWAYRA - Police retrieved five bodies with signs of torture and bullet wounds from the Tigris River in the town of Suwaira, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

NEAR NUMANIYA - Police retrieved one body with signs of torture and bullet wounds from a river near the town of Numaniya, 120 km (72 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

KUT - Gunmen killed a former member of the Baath Party in the town of Wihda, south of Kut, police said.

NASIRIYA - A private security guard from Nepal was wounded when gunmen attacked an electricity power unit in Nasiriya, 375 km (235 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

HAWIJA - One Iraqi soldier was killed and three wounded when they raided a house in Hawija, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, and clashed with gunmen inside, a police source said.

KIRKUK - Police found two bodies dumped near a road between Kirkuk and Hawija. The bodies had signs of torture and bullet wounds, a police source said.

HAWIJA - Gunmen killed the head of a women's organisation in the town of Hawija and then shot dead a police officer as they fled her home, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting security forces guarding an oil industry facility wounded two police officers in eastern Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - A U.S. Marine died on Friday from wounds caused by enemy action in Anbar province, the U.S. military said. The monthly toll for U.S. forces in October is now 98.

NEAR KHALIS - Four people were killed on Friday and five wounded when gunmen opened fire on their minibus in the village of Muradiya near the town of Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

From Reuters/Alternet