Security Summary: March 19, 2007

Men remove a casualty from a car bombing in Kirkuk today. Four separate blasts killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 30.

KIRKUK - Two car bombs and four roadside devices killed at least 12 people and wounded 39 in the northern city of Kirkuk, 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad, police Brigadier Sarhat Qader said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb in a plastic bag inside a Shi'ite mosque killed four people and wounded 25 others in central Baghdad, police said.

SAMARRA - Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint, killing a policeman and wounding three others in Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

TIKRIT - Police found the body of an Iraqi soldier in the city of Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S.-Iraqi Joint Coordination Centre said.

DOUR - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed one soldier and wounded three others in the town of Dour, near Tikrit, the U.S.-Iraqi Joint Coordination Centre said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi army soldiers killed eight insurgents and arrested 66 others during the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.

WASIT - Police found the bullet-riddled body of Khalaf al-Dalfi, mayor of the town of Wasit, near the city of Kut, 170 km (100 miles) southeast of Baghdad, hours after he was reported kidnapped, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded four people in southern Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded two civilians in the northern city of Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - The bodies of four people with gunshot wounds were found on Sunday in Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained nine suspected insurgents including an alleged bomb-maker in the cities of Baghdad, Ramadi and Falluja during operations targeting the al-Qaeda in Iraq network and foreign fighter facilitators, the U.S. military said in a statement.

NEAR BALAD - Insurgents attacked a police station near Balad with a car bomb and small-arms fire on Thursday, the U.S. military said on Monday. Six people were killed in subsequent clashes -- three insurgents, two policemen and a civilian -- and one civilian was wounded, a U.S. statement said.

MAHAWEEL - Police found the body of a man with gunshot wounds in the head in the town of Mahaweel, 75 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - Gunmen killed a policeman in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

DHULUIYA - Two police stations were badly damaged when suspected al Qaeda militants planted bombs in and around them in the town of Dhuluiya, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Militants have threatened to demolish all government offices in Sunni areas, a police source said.

DIWANIYA - Gunmen killed Abdul-Qadir Khudhair, the head of the local passport office on Sunday in the city of Diwaniya, 180 km (110 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A man was killed and two wounded on Sunday when clashes erupted between U.S. forces and gunmen in the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

DIWANIYA - Police found the body of a police captain on Sunday in Diwaniya, police said.

NEAR HILLA - Gunmen killed a man on Sunday in a town near Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - Gunmen killed a man and wounded four others on Sunday in two different incidents in drive-by shootings in the town of Iskandariya, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - A mortar round landed on a house, killing a woman and her daughter on Sunday in Iskandariya, police said.

From Reuters/Alternet