Security Summary: January 26, 2007

A car bomb in Baghdad today which targetted a U.S. convoy

BAGHDAD - Police found 27 bodies, most tortured and shot dead, in different parts of Baghdad, a police source said.

BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber attacked an Iraqi army patrol, killing two soldiers and wounding 14 people, including two soldiers, in central Baghdad, a police source said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen opened fire on a crowd in Baghdad's Bayaa district, killing one person and wounding two, a police source said.

MOSUL - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a Shi'ite mosque in Guba, on the outskirts of Mosul. Police said one person was killed and three were wounded.

HAWIJA - Police found the headless body of a man who was kidnapped on Thursday near Hawija, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

KIRKUK - A body was found tortured and with bullet wounds in a village 20 km (13 miles) north of Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb killed 15 people and wounded 55 in Baghdad's Ghazil pet market, the second attack in as many months on the Friday morning market, police sources said.

FALLUJA - One U.S. marine died of wounds suffered in combat in the restive western province of Anbar, the U.S. military said.

From Reuters/Alternet