Security Incidents for 04/12/07

Photo: A bomb attack victim lies in a hospital in Kirkuk, about 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad April 12, 2007. A roadside bomb attack targeting a police patrol killed six civilians and wounded 19 others in Kirkuk on Thursday, police said. REUTERS/Slahaldeen Rasheed (IRAQ)

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb in a predominantly Shi'ite area in the central Karrada district killed one civilian and wounded three, police said.

BAGHDAD - Mortar rounds landed in a residential area in southern Baghdad, killing one civilian and wounding another, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed one of the former justice minister's bodyguards and wounded the other bodyguard in a drive-by shooting in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A truck bomb killed at least seven people on Sarafiya bridge in northern Baghdad, destroying most of the steel structure and sending several cars plunging into the River Tigris below.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed two insurgents and wounded 17 others during raid operations in Haditha, Garma and Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber killed eight people in the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad's heavily protected Green Zone.

Baghdad - A civilian was injured and a US vehicle was damaged in an IED explosion targeted a US convoy in Hurriya neighborhood west Baghdad at 3,30 pm. Another civilian was injured in Hurriya neighborhood in another IED explosion almost at the same time.

Baghdad - 1 civilian was injured when mortar shell fell in Jihad neighborhood south west Baghdad around 4,00 pm.

Baghdad - A civilian was killed by gunmen in Waziriyah neighborhood east Baghdad.

Baghdad - Gunmen killed a civilian and injured another when they attacked their car in Saidiyah neighborhood south Baghdad around 5 pm.

Baghdad - 12 anonymous bodies were found in Baghdad today. 8 bodies were found in Karkh, the western part of Baghdad in the following neighborhood (2 bodies in Bayaa, 2 bodies in Amil, 2 bodies in Saidiyah, 1 body in Mamoun and 1 body in Jadiriyah.) 4 bodies were found in Rosafa, the eastern part of Baghdad, 2 bodies were found in Sleikh, 1 body was found in Adhamiyah and 1 body was found in Sadr city.

Baghdad - An Iraqi lawmaker from the Kurdistan Coalition survived an attempt on his life on Thursday in Baghdad, a source from the coalition said.

Diyala - Around mid-day of Thursday, Baquba hospital received four dead bodies for policemen who were killed and two others were injured while a roadside bomb hit their patrol car near the former reform institution.

Diyala - Around 1.00 pm , two civilians were injured when a roadside bomb targeted their car near Abara district n Baquba and they were transferred to Baquba hospital.

Diala- Fierce clashes broke out on Thursday afternoon between gunmen and villagers from al-Dojmah village near Khalis district, Diala province, local resident said.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed six civilians and wounded 19 others, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen killed a man and wounded two others in Kirkuk, 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb targeting the convoy of Yadgar Shukur, the head of the Joint Iraqi-U.S. Coordination Centre of Kirkuk, wounded two of his guards, police said. Shukur was not in the convoy.

Kirkuk - Wednesday night, four gunmen killed an Iraqi soldier near his house in Salman village of Hawija (west of Kirkuk).

MOSUL - Gunmen killed a policeman guarding civil servants on a bus, police said. One gunman was killed in the incident.

Mosul - A suicide bomber detonated a car rigged with explosives in a commercial area in west of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday afternoon bringing down two building, said a police source, noting that four wounded civilians were rushed to a nearby hospital while rescue work was still going on in the location.

Mosul - Unknown gunmen shot and killed a policeman in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, a police source said.

Haditha - Mortar rounds were fired onto a U.S. base in Haditha, 380 km west of Baghdad, local residents said on Thursday.

Haditha - Three civilians were killed and scores others were arrested when U.S. forces launched a search operation in Haditha city, 380 km west of Baghdad, local residents said on Thursday.

Talafar - Iraqi security forces on Thursday imposed a curfew on Talafar city to the west of Mosul, 402 km north of Baghdad, after reports of possible suicide bombings in the city, a security source said.

Kut - A kidnapped policeman was found dead on Thursday in the southern Iraqi city of Kut, a security source said.

Karbala - Two gunmen on Thursday shot a man dead in the centre of the old city of Karbala, 108 km southwest of Baghdad, an eyewitness said.

Hilla - Gunmen opened fire on Thursday against the headquarters of the Sunni Islamic Party in al-Iskandariya district, north of Hilla city, injuring one of its guards, a source in Babel police department said.

OTHER DEVELOPMENTS

Turkey's military asked the government Thursday to approve attacks on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, signaling growing frustration over a lack of action against the guerrillas by Iraqi and U.S. forces. Such action could put an overstretched U.S. military in the middle of a fight between two crucial partners, the Turks and the Iraqi Kurds. A recent surge in Kurdish attacks in southeastern Turkey has increased the pressure on Turkey's military to act. ''An operation into Iraq is necessary,'' Gen. Yasar Buyukanit told reporters.