Security Summary: October 2, 2007

Above: Iraqis demonstrate after receiving eviction notices in Baghdad today. The families had been 'squatting' in abandoned homes.

KHALIS - Suicide bomber killed a woman, a child, two other civilians and two policemen when he detonated his explosives outside a police station in the town of Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad. Police said 10 people were wounded.

BAGHDAD - Nine bodies were found around Baghdad in the last 24 hours, police said.

JALAWLA - A roadside bomb exploded in front of a cafe wounding 11 people in Jalawla, near the Iraq-Iran border.

WIHDA - Gunmen killed a businessman and his son in the town of Wihda, just south of Baghdad, police said. The gunmen stole a large sum of money the two were carrying.

SUWAYRA - Gunmen killed primary school teacher Alaa al-Zubaidi in a drive-by shooting in the town of Suwayra, 60 km (35 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded five people, including three policemen, when it blew up near government offices issuing passports in eastern Baghdad's Zayouna district, police said.

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

MADAEN - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one policeman and wounded five in Madaen, about 45 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

RIYADH - A mortar round killed one civilian and wounded another on Monday in the town of Riyadh, 60 km (40 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

HILLA - Gunmen killed one person and wounded a policeman in the city of Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. Gunmen had targeted a small group of policemen.

ABBASI - One militant was killed and one policeman was wounded in clashes between insurgents and Iraqi police in the town of Abbasi, 70 km (45 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded three civilians when it exploded near a U.S. military patrol in northern Baghdad's Shaab district, police said. It was not clear whether there were any U.S. casualties in the attack.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army killed seven gunmen and arrested 40 others in different parts of Iraq in the last 24 hours, Iraq's Defence Ministry said.

NEAR KIRKUK - Two burnt bodies were found just outside Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

HAMZA AL-GHARBI - A roadside bomb targeting a bus wounded one person on Monday in the small town of Hamza al-Gharbi, near the city of Hilla, police said.

BABEL PROVINCE - Iraqi interior ministry commandos said they captured the local head of al Qaeda in Iraq operating in northern Babel's "Triangle of Death" area, police said.

BAGHDAD - Eleven bodies were found in different districts of Baghdad on Monday, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen kidnapped Hisham al-Qazaz, the head of Ibn Sina hospital on Monday in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Two bodies, including one of an officer in the former Iraqi army, were found in Mosul on Monday, police said.

From Reuters/Alternet