Security Summary: November 17, 2006

Wreckage of a car bomb in Baghdad on Thursday

KIRKUK - Gunmen in at least two cars shot dead two people and wounded two in southern Kirkuk. Police said the victims had been standing next to the road when they were attacked.

BAQUBA - Gunmen shot dead Lieutenant Colonel Sattar Jabar, chief police spokesman in the town of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

NUMANIYA - Police fished two bodies from the al-Malih River near the town of Numaniya, 120 km (72 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BASRA - A civilian convoy hijacked in Iraq on Thursday was halted close to the Kuwaiti border, an Iraqi security source said on Friday, and four Americans and an Austrian were among 14 people kidnapped.

SAFWAN - British forces killed two gunmen in a raid in the Safwan area aimed at arresting suspected insurgents, British military spokesman Captain Tane Dunlop said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen shot dead four policemen guarding a bank in central Baghdad and stole 1.6 billion Iraqi dinars (worth about $1.10 million), police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen shot dead two brothers in the Hurriya district in northwest Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Police found 14 bodies bearing signs of torture and bullet wounds in different parts of Baghdad, police said.

NEAR FALLUJA - Police found two bodies, bearing signs of torture and bullet wounds, 12 km (7 miles) north of Falluja, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen opened fire and killed a civilian, wounding his baby daughter in the oil city of Kirkuk, police said.

DIYALA PROVINCE - A U.S. soldier was killed on Thursday by small arms fire during combat operations in Diyala province, the U.S. military said on Friday.

From Reuters/Alternet