Ledger-Enquirer.com Article: Roundup of Iraq Violence -- April 19, 2007

By Hussein Kadhim
McClatchy Newspapers

The daily Iraq violence report is compiled by McClatchy Newspapers 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 11 am, 2 policemen were injured by gunmen in Waziriya neighborhood.

- Around 12 pm, mortar shelling targeted Al-Ilam neighborhood without casualties.

- Around 1 pm, a roadside bomb exploded in Baldiyat neighborhood without casualties.

- Around 1:30 pm, a suicide car bomber targeted Al Jadiriya neighborhood killing 6 civilians, 31 injured and some burned cars with some damage to the nearby buildings

- Around 3 pm, 3 civilians were killed and 2 injured in random shootings by gunmen near Al Sadoon street in the middle of the downtown.

- Around 3 pm, 2 policemen were killed and 1 injured when gunmen fired on their vehicle in Al Waziriya neighborhood.

- Around 4 pm, a roadside bomb exploded in Adil neighborhood injuring 2 civilians.

- 20 corpses were found in Baghdad today. 17 were in the west(Kharkh): 4 in Dora, 3 in Bayaa, 2 in Amiriya, 2 in Mahmudiya, 2 in Jihad, 2 in Amil, 1 in Mansour, 1 in Hurriya.

3 were found in east(Rusafa): 1 in Adhamiya, 1 in Ma'amil, 1 in Sadr City.