Security Summary: September 10, 2007

Above: Mourners carry the coffin containing a mother who was killed with her two daughters during a pre-dawn raid on the home of a suspected militia leader by U.S. and Iraqi troops today.

BAGHDAD - Seven U.S. soldiers were killed and 11 injured in a vehicle accident in western Baghdad, the U.S. military said. It said two suspects being transported in the vehicle were also killed. No other details were available.

NEAR MOSUL - A suicide truck bomb killed 10 people and wounded 78 near the northern city of Mosul, police said. Police said the attack took place in the village of Tal Marag.

BAGHDAD - Ten bodies were found in Baghdad in the past 24 hours, police said.

MOSUL - Three policemen were killed in clashes with militants in eastern Mosul, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - Thirteen Iraqi soldiers were wounded in a mortar attack on their checkpoint near Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MAHMUDIYA - Police said they found three dumped bodies showing signs of torture in Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - U.S. and Iraqi forces detained a high-level cell leader working for both the Islamic Army and al Qaeda during a raid on Sept. 9 in the Yarmouk district in western Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed two people and wounded six near a hospital in central Baghdad, police said.

TIKRIT - A U.S. soldier died from wounds received in a rocket attack while on patrol in northern Kirkuk province on Sunday, the U.S. military said.

SAMARRA - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 12 al Qaeda militants and detained three others during operations in the city of Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. Three U.S. soldiers were wounded.

BAGHDAD - U.S. soldiers arrested an alleged high-ranking al Qaeda cell leader and detained three other suspects in a village north of Baghdad last Thursday, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - Ten bodies were found in different districts of Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

SAQLAWIYA - A suicide car bomb targeting a police checkpoint killed four people, including two policemen, and wounded two policemen on Sunday night in the town of Saqlawiya, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

SUWAYRA - Police retrieved two bodies, shot and tortured, from the Tigris River on Sunday in the town of Suwayra, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

KUT - A roadside bomb targeting a U.S. military patrol wounded five civilians on Sunday in the town of Kut, 170 km (100 km) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces with the help of local citizens killed six al Qaeda militants and detained 30 suspects during a fight to drive them from a village in the southern outskirts of Baghdad on Thursday and Friday, the U.S. military said.

MOSUL - Gunmen destroyed the dome of a Sunni mosque on Sunday in the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. Last week a suicide truck bomb exploded near the mosque, causing major damage to the building.

From Reuters/Alternet