Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq-Saturday 16 February 2008
By Mohammed Al Dulaimy
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.


