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