Iraq Watch: April 14, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Babil Province

_ A roadside bomb in the town of Madain left two Iraqi police officers and a civilian dead.

Baghdad Province

_ A suicide car bomber killed 10 Iraqis when he detonated his vehicle at a police checkpoint on Baghdad's Jadriyah bridge.

_ Police reported finding 19 bodies dumped across Baghdad in the last 24 hours. Many showed signs of torture and were believed to be the victims of sectarian death squads.

Diyala Province

_ Three Iraqi soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb went off next to their patrol in the restive city of Baqouba. Eight others were injured in the bombing.

Karbala Province

_ A car bomb exploded at a bus station in the vicinity of the Imam Hussein shrine in the holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad. At least 47 people were killed and over 220 wounded in the blast.

Ninevah Province

_ Authorities discovered the bodies of four people in the northern town of Mosul Saturday. Two of the corpses were decapitated.

Salahuddin Province

_ A suicide car bomber killed five Iraqi soldiers in the industrial town of Beiji, north of Baghdad. An additional four soldiers were wounded in the incident.

Sources: AFP, AP, CNN, Reuters