28 Killed As U.S. Occupation Grinds On:

By Reuters

08/09/06 "Reuters" -- -- *BAGHDAD - Almost 2,000 bodies were taken Baghdad's morgue in July, the highest tally since the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in February sparked an explosion of sectarian violence. Morgue assistant manager Doctor Abdul Razzaq al-Obaidi said about 90 percent had died violently.

*HABANIYA - Three policemen were killed and another seven wounded when a suicide car bomber rammed his car into a police station in the former tourist area of Habaniya, 85 km (51 miles) west of Baghdad, local police said.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military arrested four Iraqi men suspected of being involved in the abduction of American journalist Jill Carroll, Major General William Caldwell, the chief U.S. military spokesman in Iraq told a news briefing.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. and Iraqi military conducted operations against 11 death squads last week, 10 of them in Baghdad, and found 222 roadside bombs, Caldwell said.

KIRKUK - Iraqi police said they arrested eight insurgents, including five members of al-Qaeda in Iraq in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Nine bodies were found in various districts of Baghdad and all were killed by gunshots, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed five people and wounded two in western Baghdad when they opened fire on a street vendor grilling fish, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army has arrested 78 suspected insurgents and freed two kidnapped during the last 24 hours in different cities in Iraq, the army said on Wednesday.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces said they arrested a wanted member of al Qaeda in Iraq and two associates on Tuesday during a raid southeast of Baghdad.

RAMADI - Three civilians were wounded by a roadside bomb beside a U.S. patrol in the western city of Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, the Civil Defence Directorate said.

BAQUBA - Five people were killed and 20 wounded overnight on Tuesday when a rocket hit a three-storey building in the religiously mixed city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, an explosives expert in the police said. The building collapsed and witnesses said more may be trapped in the rubble.

KIRKUK - Three Iraqi soldiers were wounded by a roadside bomb beside their patrol on the main road between Hawija and Kirkuk, police said.

KIRKUK - A civilian was killed and another wounded by a roadside bomb near their car in the main road between Hawija and Kirkuk, police said.

KIRKUK - The police arrested two people while they were planting a bomb on the side of the road in Kirkuk, police said.

AL-ZAB - The police found a beheaded body of a man in al-Zab, an area about 35 km (20 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - A civilian was killed and another hurt by a roadside bomb targeting a U.S. patrol in east Baghdad, police said.

BASRA - Gunmen killed Army Colonel Qasim Abdul Qadir on his way to work in Basra, Iraq's second city, 550 km (340 miles) south of Baghdad, the army said.

BAIJI - Gunmen abducted two Iraqi contractors working with the U.S. military on Tuesday in the oil refinery city of Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

DOUR - The police found the bodies of two people shot in the head and chest on Tuesday in the small town of Dour, near Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.