Security Summary: March 12, 2007

US soldiers look at a wrecked mini bus blown up yesterday by a suicide bomber in Baghdad's Mustansariyah neighbourhood. Dozens were killed.

ISKANDARIYA - Mortar rounds landed on a soccer field killing at least two boys and wounding two others in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, on Sunday, police said.

BAGHDAD - A total of 20 bodies were found shot dead on Sunday in different districts of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - A U.S. marine was killed in combat on Sunday in the western province of Anbar, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed and two wounded by a roadside bomb that hit their patrol during a mission supporting an air assault southwest of Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military said late on Sunday.

MAHAWEEL - The body of a man, shot dead and tortured, was found in the town of Mahaweel, 75 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MUSSAYAB - The body of a man, shot dead and bound, was found on Sunday in the town of Mussayab, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

From Reuters/Alternet