Security Summary: October 29, 2006

Remnants of a car bomb set off in Iraq today

BASRA - Gunmen ambushed a minibus carrying police translators, trainers and cleaning workers from a police academy to the southern city of Basra, killing 17 people, a police source said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb in Binoog district of Baghdad killed two policeman and wounded two, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - Two car bombs exploded in the Furat district, but only one woman was wounded, the Interior Ministry said.

BAGHDAD - Police found 31 bodies in different parts of Baghdad in the past 24 hours, Interior Ministry sources said.

BAGHDAD - A sports presenter at the state television station Iraqiya was killed with her driver in Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Police found three bodies in the northern city of Mosul, including a policeman and an off-duty soldier, police said.

FALLUJA - Police found four bodies bearing signs of torture and bullet wounds in a deserted area near Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, police said. The bullet-riddled body of a kidnapped policeman was found, dumped in the town.

BAGHDAD - A bodyguard of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was shot and wounded in a government car on Saturday in Baghdad, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said. Maliki was absent. Gunmen in a car also killed two policemen in central Baghdad.

DHULUIYA - U.S. helicopters struck Dhuluiya, killing 11 people, including three brothers, and wounding six on Saturday, according to police and the Tikrit Joint Coordination Centre.

The U.S. military referred reporters to a statement saying U.S. forces and Iraqi police had killed 17 suspected insurgents in an airstrike and ground clashes early on Sunday near Balad.

BALAD - Gunmen killed three Iraqi soldiers in Tal al-Thahab village near Balad, police said.

BAQUBA - A roadside bomb killed five soldiers in an army patrol in southern Baquba, and gunmen in a car killed two policemen on patrol and a civilian, police said.

On Saturday, gunmen in the city killed three people and wounded a police major in two incidents.

SAMARRA - A car bomb exploded near a primary school in Samarra, wounding eight, police said.

AL-SHIRQAT - A roadside bomb killed one policeman in the town of al-Shirqat, police said.

DIWANIYA - Gunmen killed Maitham Taqi al-Asadi, a translator working with U.S. forces, in Diwaniya on Saturday, police said.

KUT - Gunmen killed the son of ex-brigadier Nasir al-Sadoun and three relatives at his house in Kut on Saturday, police said. The same day, a policeman was shot dead near a checkpoint.

MUQDADIYA - Gunmen killed two civilians in Muqdadiya on Saturday, police said.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb seriously wounded two people, including a policeman, in the centre of Kirkuk, police said.

From Reuters/Alternet