Iraq Watch: May 30, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Anbar Province

_ Nine civilians were killed and 15 others injured when several mortar rounds slammed into a residential neighborhood in Fallujah.

Diyala Province

_ In Khalis, near Baqouba, at least ten people, including four Iraqi policemen and an Iraqi soldier, were killed in skirmishes with suspected insurgents.

Sources: AP, Reuters

Iraq Watch: May 24, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Anbar Province

_ A suicide car bombing targeting a funeral procession in Fallujah killed at least 26 and wounded nearly 50 others. Some estimates put the death toll as high as 35.

Baghdad Province

_ In a Shiite suburb just north of the capital, militants ambushed a bus and executed all 11 passengers aboard.

_ A suicide bomber detonated explosives on a minibus in northern Baghdad killing at least three civilians and injuring another eight.

_ One Iraqi soldier was killed and two others were wounded when a suicide car bomber slammed into a security checkpoint in western Baghdad.

_ At least two civilians were killed when a roadside bomb exploded in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City. 15 others were wounded in the blast.

_ Authorities found 22 corpses scattered around Baghdad on Thursday.

Sources: AP, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Washington Post

Iraq Watch: May 23, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Anbar Province

_ 10 Iraqis were killed, including two members of an anti-al-Qaida organization, in a suicide bombing in the village of Albo Obaid.

_ Authorities discovered the bullet-riddled bodies of five individuals in the provincial capital of Ramadi.

Babil Province

_ A car bomb near the town of Iskandariyah killed at least three people and wounded another 15.

Baghdad Province

_ A mortar barrage in central Baghdad's Karradah district claimed the lives of three civilians.

_ At least 30 bodies were discovered in and around Baghdad over the last 24 hours.

Diyala Province

_ A suicide bombing at a cafe in the Iranian border town of Mandali, about 60 miles east of Baghdad, left at least 22 dead and more than 10 injured.

Salahuddin Province

_ Five Iraqi policemen were killed in a roadside bombing in Samarra.

Sources: AFP, AP, Reuters

Iraq Watch: May 22, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Baghdad Province

_ A car bombing in southwestern Baghdad left at least 25 dead and over 60 wounded. The blast struck an outdoor market in the Shiite-dominated Amil district.

_ Insurgents set up an impromptu checkpoint in a Sunni enclave of northern Baghdad, stopped a minibus full of college students, and executed eight of them. The bus was headed to the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City.

_ Two Iraqi police officers were killed in a drive-by shooting in the capital's Khadra neighborhood.

_ Four students were killed and 25 others were injured Tuesday morning when a series of mortars slammed into the campus of a university in northern Baghdad.

_ Authorities discovered at least 33 corpses across Baghdad on Tuesday. Those found dead were believed to be the victims of sectarian violence.

Diyala Province

_ A family of six was killed when gunmen ambushed their car near the restive city of Baqouba.

Sources: AFP, AP, BBC, Reuters

Iraq Watch: May 21, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Baghdad Province

_ Three Iraqi soldiers were killed in a roadside bombing in western Baghdad.

_ Authorities discovered 24 corpses across the capital city of Baghdad on Monday.

Basra Province

_ One policeman was killed and another wounded when guerillas attacked their patrol in the southern city of Basra.

_ A British soldier died from injuries sustained during an attack on his convoy Monday in Basra. An Iraqi civilian was also killed in the attack.

Diyala Province

_ Militants shot to death at least seven Shiites after ambushing their minibus near the village of Hibhib.

_ Gunmen opened fire on a group of police officers in Muqdadiyah, killing two.

Sources: AFP, AP, McClatchy, Reuters

Iraq Watch: May 17, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Babil Province

_ Two bullet-riddled corpses were discovered in Latifiyah, south of the capital.

_ An Iraqi policeman was killed when a bomb detonated outside his house Thursday morning.

Baghdad Province

_ Two civilians were killed and five wounded when a bomb exploded near a bridge spanning the Diyala River in southeastern Baghdad.

_ A mortar round targeting the Shiite slum of Sadr City killed one individual and wounded four others.

_ Police found the bodies of 13 people in Baghdad, all of who are believed to be the victims of sectarian violence.

_ A roadside bombing south of Baghdad claimed the lives of three U.S. soldiers.

Basra Province

_ Militants assassinated a police official in the southern city of Basra. The official's son was also killed in the attack.

Qadisiya Province

_ Clashes Thursday in Diwaniyah between the Mahdi Army and Iraqi security forces left at least four civilians dead.

Sources: AP, Reuters, Washington Post

Iraq Watch: May 16, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Anbar Province

_ Gunmen attacked an Iraqi security patrol in Fallujah killing at least two soldiers.

Baghdad Province

_ Two people were killed when a series of mortars slammed into the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad.

_ The bodies of some 30 people have been found across Baghdad in the last 24 hours.

Dhi Qar Province

_ Clashes broke out early Wednesday morning between members of Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army and Iraqi governmental forces in and around the southern city of Nasiriyah. At least 11 people were killed in the skirmishes while nearly 80 others were reported injured.

Diyala Province

_ A car bombing late Tuesday evening in the Shiite village of Abu Saydah left at least 36 Iraqis dead and more than 60 wounded.

Nineveh Province

_ Four Iraqi policemen were killed when a group of insurgents launched an assualt on a Mosul police station and an adjoining prison.

Tamim Province

_ The mayor of Riyadh, a city southwest of Kirkuk, was killed in a roadside bomb attack.

Sources: AFP, AP, New York Times, Reuters

Iraq Watch: May 14, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Baghdad Province

_ Two Iraqi soldiers were killed in a suicide car bombing in western Baghdad.

_ In southern Baghdad, a roadside bomb killed one Iraqi policeman and left 13 other Iraqis wounded.

_ 18 bodies have been found across the capital city in the last 24 hours.

_ Two U.S. soldiers were killed when their patrol came under small arms fire southeast of the capital. Four other American's were wounded in the attack.

_ One U.S. soldier was killed and four others injured in a roadside bomb blast in northern Baghdad.

_ One U.S. service member was killed in a roadside bombing in southern Baghdad. Three others were wounded in the blast.

Basra Province

_ Shiite militiamen ambushed a Danish military patrol near Basra killing one Danish service member and injuring five others.

Diyala Province

_ Gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in Baqouba Monday morning killing at least three Iraqi policemen and two civilians.

Sources: AFP, AP, Reuters

Iraq Watch: May 9, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Irbil Province

_ In Irbil, about 215 miles north of Baghdad, a suicide truck bomber plowed his payload into the city's interior ministry headquarters killing at least 14. Nearly 90 other Iraqis were wounded in the bombing.

Sources: AFP, Reuters

Iraq Watch: May 7, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Anbar Province

_ Two suicide car bombers attacked an outdoor marketplace and a police checkpoint near Ramadi Monday. At least 25 people were killed in the blasts and dozens others were left wounded.

Babil Province

_ Authorities discovered the bullet-riddled bodies of two men near Hillah.

Baghdad Province

_ A mortar attack in southwestern Baghdad claimed the lives of five civilians.

_ The corpses of 30 people, all believed to be the victims of sectarian violence, were found in Baghdad.

Diyala Province

_ Four Iraqi policemen were killed in two separate attacks in the provincial capital of Baqouba.

Sources: AFP, AP, Reuters

Iraq Watch: May 5, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Baghdad Province

_ A suicide bomber attacked an army recruiting center in the Abu Ghraib region, west of Baghdad, leaving at least 15 Iraqis dead. Over 20 others were wounded in the bombing.

_ One Iraqi policeman was killed and 10 injured when a suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle outside a Baghdad police station.

_ 11 bodies were found across Baghdad on Saturday.

Nineveh Province

_ Militants assassinated a senior police official in the town of Sharqat.

Tamim Province

_ A civilian was killed in a roadside bomb blast in the northern, oil-rich city of Kirkuk.

Sources: AFP, AP, McClatchy, Reuters

Iraq Watch: May 1, 2007

Rundown of Violence

Babil Province

_ Two separate shootings south of Baghdad left at least 14 Shiites dead and some 10 more wounded.

Diyala Province

_ Morgue officials in the flashpoint city of Baqouba reported receiving 10 bullet-riddled bodies.

Sources: AFP, BBC, New York Times, Reuters