Iraq Watch: April 20, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Anbar Province

_ A suicide truck bomber killed two civilians and wounded nearly 40 more when he detonated his vehicle near a Fallujah police station.

_ Eight U.S. soldiers were wounded and one Iraqi civilian killed when a suicide bomber detonated a dump truck full of explosives at a checkpoint in the town of Saqlawiyah.

Baghdad Province

_ The bodies of 19 people were found in and around Baghdad Friday.

_ Clashes between suspected militiamen and American forces outside a prominent Shiite mosque in western Baghdad left at least two Iraqis dead.

Dhi Qar Province

_ An Iraqi civilian was killed in a roadside bomb blast in the southern city of Nasiriyah.

Diyala Province

_ Two Iraqi policemen were killed when insurgents opened fire on a police patrol in Baqouba. Eight others were injured in the attack.

Sources: AFP, CNN, Reuters