Security Summary: November 10, 2006

Bomb attacks on markets in predominantly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad killed at last 16 people Thursday

RAWA - The Iraqi Army killed an Egyptian al Qaeda militant named Abu Muhaim and his Libyan assistant, Abu Isam, during an operation in Rawa, west of Baghdad, state television Iraqiya said. It said Abu Muhaim was known as the Prince of Rawa and believed to be responsible for many killings in Baghdad.

YUSUFIYA - Gunmen in four cars broke into two houses in Kwerisha village, near the town of Yusufiya 15 km (9 miles) south of Baghdad overnight, and abducted and killed 14 people, police said. The bodies were found dumped in a field.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen abducted a police lieutenant colonel in northern Baghdad, interior ministry sources said.

TAL AFAR - A suicide car bomber hit an army checkpoint, killing a colonel and four soldiers, and wounding 17 people including 10 soldiers in Tal Afar, about 240 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Four American troops were killed in two separate incidents in Iraq, the military said on Friday.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol, wounding two soldiers in northern city of Kirkuk, police said.

DIWANIYA - Gunmen killed a former Baath Party member in Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Police fished the body of a woman, bearing signs of torture and bullet wounds, from the Tigris river in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

From Reuters/Alternet