Baghdad:
Iraqi police said they found 37 unidentified bodies, some of them tortured, in several parts of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said. "Our patrols collected up to 37 bodies during the past 24 hours in different neighborhoods of Baghdad," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Ten anonymous bodies found in Baghdad today, five in the western part of Baghdad (Karkh) (3 bodies in Al Talaie square, 1 body in Hurriyah neighborhood and one more body found in Al Amil neighborhhod). The other 5 were found in the eastern side of Baghdad (Rosafa) as the following (2 bodies in sadr city, 1 body each in shaab, Siliekh and Husainiya neighborhoods).
Iraq Militant Shiite forces are suspected in today's machine-gun attack on a Sunni mosque in Baghdad. Authorities say the assault came as weekly services were ending. It led to clashes, which left two guards wounded.
Some 11 oil ministry employees were kidnapped in Nahrawan district, southeast of Baghdad, as they were heading to work, while five of them were later released, a media source in the oil ministry said.
Mosul:
Unknown gunmen shot dead former mayor of Baaj district near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. "Gunmen shot and killed late last night former Baaj district mayor Ali Abdullah Fahd outside his house in Baaj, northwest of Mosul," an official source at Ninewa police department told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq.
Police patrols killed a gunman and arrested another after policemen chased and opened fire at the car the two gunmen were riding in. "The incident occurred at al-Faysaliyah neighborhood in east of Mosul," the source added.
Unknown gunmen kidnapped on Friday four Turkish truck drivers in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a security source said. "Unknown gunmen kidnapped today afternoon four Turkish truck drivers on the highway near al-Ghoulah village in northwest of Mosul," the source, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq. The source said "the entire load was robbed by the kidnapers as the four trucks were left tire flatted."
A child was killed while five people were wounded in two separate incidents in Mosul, a security source said.
An Iraqi police patrol engaged with unidentified gunmen in Talafar, west of Mosul city, and killed four of them, Talafar mayor said.
Fallujah:
An Iraqi army base was attacked in Falluja, a police source said. "Gunmen attacked today afternoon an Iraqi army base in eastern Falluja," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq. The source added "the gunmen fired RPGs at the base and then engaged in a 15-minutes-long fight with the soldiers there." "There were casualties among the base personnel," the source added but declined to give a specific figure.
Simak U.S. Military base in Falluja and the Iraqi army base there were attacked with mortar shells, but it was not clear if the attack resulted in casualties or damage, a police source said.
Ramadi:
A U.S. vehicle was destroyed when an explosive charge went off at a U.S. vehicle patrol in the restive Anbar's major city of Ramadi, an eyewitness said. "An explosive charge was detonated today afternoon at a U.S. vehicle patrol while they were passing a main road in al-Malaab neighborhood, south of Ramadi," an eyewitness told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq. The source said "the blast destroyed a U.S. vehicle." The U.S. forces immediately cordoned off the area, he added The U.S. army has yet to confirm the incident.
Three explosive-rigged cars went off in Ramadi town targeting armed groups of Anbar Salvation Council, claiming casualties that could not be counted immediately, eyewitnesses in Ramadi said.
Baaquba:
A security official in Diyala province said that the American forces killed a woman and a child and injured another woman with another child (all from the same family). The source said that the American soldiers responded to fire targeting their armored vehicle in Ragat Shifta village south of Baqouba city.
Police sources said that one of its patrols found a head of a man in a plastic bag in Al Tahreer neighborhood in Baqouba city.
An armed group kidnapped 20 Iraqi civilians in Moqdadiya town northeast of Baaquba, eyewitnesses said.
Six unidentified bodies were delivered to the forensic medicine department in Baaquba general hospital, a medical source said.
Muqdadiyah:
According to a security source from Muqdadiyah, 45km east of Baqouba, an IED exploded near one of the houses injuring one child.
An Iraqi soldier was killed and three others injured in an IED explosion in Muqdadiyah city northeast of Baqouba.
Diyala Prv:
According to a security source from Diyala police, a group of terrorists assassinated 4 sheiite citizens
near Arab Shoka area near Hibhib area in Khalis town 15km north of Baqouba. their driver was killed too and he is a Kurd from Kirkuk.
According to a medical source from Diyala health centre, police patrols have found 2 anonymous bodies, in Al Muaalmeen area near Baqouba.
One primary school teacher and one student were injured when a mortar fell at their school in Shifta area.
Kut:
A joint Iraqi-U.S. force detained a number of people during a raid in al-Sharqiya district in Kut, Wassit province, eyewitnesses said.
Kirkuk:
Three civilians were wounded when a car bomb exploded near Kirkuk governorate building, a police source said.
Hit:
Gunmen launched mortar shells on the Iraqi police station in Hit, Anbar town, while two people were killed and six others wounded in clashes between gunmen and U.S. troops in the town, eyewitnesses said.
Two people were killed while six others were wounded when U.S. forces opened fire randomly in Hit, Anbar province, eyewitnesses said.
Missan:
Missan police forces freed kidnapped seven employees of a local company after clashes with their captors, a police media source said.
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Hiding Behind The Troops, As Usual: Bush at Fort Benning, Georgia, January 11, 2007. Bush's visit comes a day after a live television address announcing plans to kill more U.S. troops and Iraqis. REUTERS: Jason Reed (Caption from GI Special 5A11)
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