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Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq-Saturday 21 February 2009

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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

- Around 7 p.m. A roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi army vehicle in Mansour neighborhood injuring two civilians. Few minutes later another bomb exploded in the same area injuring another two civilians.

Nineveh

- A roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi army vehicle in Mosul city injuring one soldier.

Babil

- Gunmen killed Mohammed Hadi, a candidate in Jan 31 elections, in his house in south of Hilla early morning.

Salahuddin

- Around 11 a.m. a sticky bomb targeted police lieutenant Arkan Jabir as he was driving his car in central Tikrit. Jabir was severely injured.

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