Iraq Watch: April 16, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Anbar Province

_ Iraqi police discovered the bodies of seven shooting victims in the city of Falljuah, 40 miles west of Baghdad.

_ U.S. soldiers mistakenly killed three Iraqi policemen during a botched raid against suspected militants in Ramadi.

Babil Province

_ A barrage of mortars left three Iraqis dead and at least 18 others injured in Mahmoudiya.

Baghdad Province

_ Security sources reported finding at least 11 bodies in the Baghdad area on Monday.

Nineveh Province

_ At least 13 Iraqis soldiers were killed when militants overran their checkpoint Monday morning south of Mosul. Four other soldiers were reported wounded in the attack.

_ Two university professors were gunned down in separate incidents in Mosul.

Salahuddin Province

_ A suicide car bomber killed nine people and wounded ten when he exploded his vehicle outside a police station in Isahaqi, north of Balad.

Tamim Province

_ Gunmen assassinated the imam of a Sunni mosque in Hawija. Elsewhere in the predominately Sunni town, authorities found the executed bodies of three people.

Sources: AP, BBC, New York Times, Reuters