Security Summary: March 30, 2007

Young men cry today as they wait to claim the body of their mother, a victim of a car bombing in Baghdad on Thursday.

Basra- Radio Sawa's correspondent in Basra city Majid al-Brikan survived on Friday an attempt on his life when three gunmen opened fire against him outside his house in central Basra, 550 km south of Baghdad, an eyewitness said.

Falluja- A U.S. vehicle was destroyed on Friday when a car bomb was detonated near a U.S. vehicle patrol in Falluja, 45 km west of Baghdad, an eyewitness said.

Mosul- Two explosive charges went off near U.S. and Iraqi vehicle patrols in two separate incidents in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul with no reports of casualties, a security source said on Friday.

Falluja- A U.S. vehicle was destroyed on Friday when an explosive device detonated near a U.S. vehicle patrol in al-Garma town, 15 km east of Falluja, local residents said.

Baghdad- U.S. forces stormed on Friday al-Sadr's office in al-Hurriyah city, northwestern Baghdad, killing two people, including a child, and
arresting two others, an eyewitness said.

Mosul- Twenty five unidentified bodies were received on Friday by a morgue in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a medical source said.

Mosul- Six mortar shells fell Friday onto the state-owned-Ninewa TV building in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul with no reports of casualties, a police source said.

Kirkuk- An explosive charge detonated Friday near a police patrol vehicle in Kirkuk, 250 km northeast of Baghdad, with no reports of casualties, a security source said.

Diala- The forensic medicine department in Diala province received seven unidentified bodies on Friday that had been found in different areas near Baaquba city, 57 km northeast of Baghdad, a source from the forensic medicine department said.

Baghdad- A U.S. soldier was killed and another was injured when a roadside bomb went off while conducting a combat security patrol in southern Baghdad, the U.S. army said on Friday.

Diala- An explosive charge went off on Friday near an Iraqi army vehicle patrol in al-Azim district, north of Diala province, central Iraq, killing an Iraqi soldier and destroying a Hummer, a police source said.

Missan- A civilian killed by unidentified gunmen in Missan province, while a former member in the dissolved Baath party was injured when a group of armed men opened fire against him in central city, a source in Missan police department said on Friday.

Diala- Iraqi police forces, backed by U.S. troops, killed two gunmen and arrested six others in Diala province, central Iraq, a police source said on Friday.

Baghdad- Sixteen civilians were killed and 14 others wounded in a U.S. air raid on Sadr City, east of Baghdad, according to the official Iraqi TV al-Iraqiya.

Mosul- An Iraqi police patrol on Friday detonated a car bomb left by unidentified people in eastern Mosul, Iraqi police sources said on Friday.

Baghdad- Eleven gunmen were arrested on Friday in raids carried out in west Iraq, the Multi-National Force (MNF) said.

From VOI