Security Summary: January 10, 2007

Aftermath of a carbomb attack in Kirkuk today

KERBALA - Gunmen opened fire on two buses of pilgrims returning to the Iraqi Shi'ite city of Kerbala from Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, killing eight and wounding 14, police said. Iraqiya state television said the attack killed 12 and wounded 18.

FALLUJA - Two U.S. soldiers died on Tuesday from wounds sustained in combat in Iraq's restive western province of Anbar, the U.S. military said.

MOSUL - Three mortar rounds landed near a girls high-school, wounding three pupils as well as two women and three children in nearby houses in the northern city of Mosul, police said.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb exploded near a car carrying the son of a police colonel, wounding him and two others in the northern city of Kirkuk, police said.

TAL AFAR - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a busy market in the northern town of Tal Afar, killing four people and wounding 11 others, police and the town's mayor said.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said 21 people were detained in a joint U.S. and Iraqi operation to clear a Sunni insurgent stronghold in the Haifa Street district of Baghdad on Tuesday. The operation involved 1,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops, the U.S. military said. The area was calm on Wednesday.

QAIM - Four bodies with signs of torture and gunshot wounds were found on the outskirts of Qaim in western Iraq, police said.

NEAR TAL AFAR - A suicide car bomber targeting a police patrol killed a child and wounded three policemen and one civilian near Tal Afar, police said.

MAHAWEEL - The bodies of four people were found shot dead and bound in the town of Mahaweel, 75 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - A body was found shot dead and bound in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

TIKRIT - One U.S. soldier died on Tuesday from a gunshot wound after being shot in Diyala province, north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

MAHMUDIYA - A car bomb exploded near a petrol station in Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, killing one person and wounding three others, police said.

From Reuters/Alternet