Security Summary: December 31, 2006

Prayers in Baghdad today on the Eid al-Adha (The Feast of Sacrifice) holy day, commemorating Ibrahim's willingness to obey God by sacrificing his son, and God's mercy in allowing Ibrahim to sacrifice a lamb instead.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed one person and wounded four others in central Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed one person and wounded six others in Hurriya, a district in northwestern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - A rocket landed on a residential district, killing two children and wounding a man and a woman, in Kadhimiya, a district in northwestern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A total of 12 bodies were found shot dead and most showing signs of torture on Saturday in different districts of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb near a Sunni mosque killed two people and wounded eight on Saturday in al-Dhubat street in Adhamiya district in northern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

HABANIYA - U.S. and Iraqi forces detained 15 suspected insurgents during operations on Saturday in Habaniya near Falluja, west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

FALLUJA - U.S. and Iraqi forces detained five suspected insurgents during operations on Saturday in the city of Falluja, the U.S. military said.

From Reuters/Alternet