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Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq-Saturday 16 February 2008

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The daily Iraq violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers Special Correspondents in Baghdad from police, military and medical reports. This is not a comprehensive list of all violence in Iraq, much of which goes unreported. It's posted without editing as transmitted to McClatchy's Washington Bureau.

Baghdad

- Police found two bodies throughout Baghdad, one in Waziriyah and one in Jisr Diyala in northeast Baghdad.

Diyala

- Around 11 a.m. A gunman killed an Iraqi army soldier in Al Mafraq area west Baquba.

- A booby trapped house exploded as the owner of the house and his son entered their house in Al Salam town north of Baquba. The two men were killed.

- A roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi police vehicle near the Abu Saida intersection (about 20 kilometers east of Baquba) killing two police officers.

- A roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi army convoy near Imam Wais area (about 50 kilometers east of Baquba) killing one soldier and injuring another.

Kirkuk

- A parked car bomb exploded in Kirkuk injuring two police men today. The car exploded as police approached the parked car after receiving reports of a car bomb in the area.

- A roadside bomb targeted police vehicle in downtown Kirkuk injuring two police officers.

Al Anbar

- Police found five dead bodies on the outskirts of Ramadi city.

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