Security Summary: July 23, 2007

Left: A 13 year-old bathes her sister, aged 7, today at the refugee camp that has been their home for the last year. The camp is located in the Shiite holy city of Najaf.

SAMARRA - A U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb during an attack on his patrol near Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, on Saturday, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military said.

HAWIJA - Gunmen killed a civilian in a drive-by shooting in Hawija, 70 km (40 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - At least 10 people, including three policemen, were killed and 38 wounded when two car bombs exploded almost simultaneously in different areas of Baghdad's central Karrada district, police said. Up to 20 cars were set ablaze.

BAGHDAD - Four people died and six others were wounded when a car bomb exploded at lunchtime outside Seerwan, Baghdad's most popular kebab restaurant, in a district next to the heavily fortified Green Zone.

BAGHDAD - Three people were killed, including two policemen, and five others were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a police patrol in al-Wathiq square in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb planted inside a minibus killed one person and wounded seven others in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - One U.S soldier was killed by a roadside bomb during combat operations in Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S military said.

HILLA - At least one person was killed and two other family members were wounded when a bomb exploded near their house in Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

DUJAIL - A roadside bomb seriously wounded at least four policemen near Dujail, 90 km (55 miles) north of Baghdad, on Sunday night, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - Police found three bodies, all with gunshot wounds to the head, inside a building site in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, on Sunday, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - Gunmen killed a policeman in Iskandariya on Sunday, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - Gunmen killed a man and seriously wounded his wife in a drive-by shooting in Iskandariya on Sunday night, police said.

NEAR HILLA - A lawyer was killed in a drive-by shooting south of Hilla, police said.

From Reuters/Alternet