THE BURNED OVER DISTRICT

BAGHDAD

-Around 2 a.m. Sunday, U.S. troops and gunmen clashed in the Fudheiliya neighborhood. Two of the gunmen were killed and 10 injured.

-Around 12 p.m. Sunday, the chairman of the Shiite Dialogue bloc (Jawad Kadhim Taba'taba'i) was assassinated by gunmen near Ibn Hayan bridge in the Sheikh Marouf neighborhood.

-Around 12:15 p.m. Sunday, a suicide car bomber targeted a gas station in the Bayaa neighborhood (southwest Baghdad), killing one person and injuring seven others.

-Around 12:30 p.m. Sunday, a suicide car bomber targeted another gas station in the Saidiya neighborhood (south Baghdad), killing one person and injuring three others.

-Around 5 p.m. Sunday, a roadside bomb targeted a foreign company convoy in the Saidiya neighborhood, but no one was injured.

-Around 6 p.m. Sunday, a roadside bomb targeted an American convoy. Three people were killed and five others injured, none of them American.

-Fifteen dead bodies were found in Baghdad Sunday, all in west Baghdad: two in Ghazalia, two in Doura, two in Jihad, two in Bayaa, two in Shurtaa, two in Amil, one in Jamia'a, one in Saidiya, and one in I'alam.

SALLHUDDIN

-Around 8:50 a.m. Sunday, a roadside bomb exploded in front of an army patrol, killing one soldier and injuring six others in southern Tuz.

-Around 9:45 a.m. Sunday, a suicide truck bomber blew up a police office in Tikrit, killing at least five policemen and injuring 30 others.

KIRKUK

-Around 6 p.m. Saturday, police raided some houses in Kirkuk and took seven suspects into custody.

-Saturday night, a roadside bomb targeted a police patrol. No one was hurt, but a vehicle was damaged.

-Saturday night, gunmen wearing army uniforms opened fire on a car in the Nasir neighborhood in Kirkuk, injuring the driver.

-Around 5:30 a.m. Sunday, Iraqi police and U.S. soldiers raided the al-Wasity neighborhood in Kirkuk. They took five suspects into custody and seized 15 weapons.

-Around 4 a.m. Sunday, a roadside bomb exploded in front of a checkpoint at the Silo of Hawija (southwest Kirkuk). There were no casualties.

-Around 10 a.m. Sunday, a roadside bomb targeted an army patrol at Saman Bek, killing a soldier and injuring three others.

// posted by montag @ 7:26 PM