Iraq Watch: April 23, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Anbar Province

_ A series of suicide car bombings killed some 20 people in Ramadi. Over 30 others were reported wounded in the blasts.

Baghdad Province

_ At least seven Iraqis were killed and more than 15 injured in a suicide bombing near the entrance of the heavily fortified Green Zone.

_ A car bomb exploded outside the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, leaving at least one person dead.

Diyala Province

_ 10 Iraqi police officers were killed in a suicide car bombing in Baqouba. Among the dead was the city's police chief.

_ Nine U.S. soldiers were killed in a double suicide truck bombing outside the Sadah patrol base near Baqouba. 20 other American service personel were wounded in the bombings.

Nineveh Province

_ A suicide car bomber plowed into the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP) offices in Tal Uskuf, just north of Mosul. 10 Iraqis were killed and 20 others wounded in the bombing.

Sources: AP, BBC, Reuters