A U.S. soldier is among the dead in a suicide bombing that killed over a dozen Iraqis in Diyala province. Overall, at least 21 Iraqis were killed and another 36 were wounded throughout Iraq.
A suicide bomber in Kanaan killed one U.S. soldier and 13 Iraqis, who were part of an Awakening Council. Another ten U.S. soldiers and ten Iraqis were wounded at the building that housed the headquarters of this neighborhood patrol group that works with U.S. forces.
In Baghdad, a car bomb left outside a liquor store killed three people and wounded 20 others.
A roadside bomb targeting a joint police and army patrol in Baquba killed one Iraqi soldier and wounded a second.
Three children were injured during a roadside bombing meant for a U.S. patrol working in Fallujah.
Three gunmen were killed and two more wounded during security operations conducted by Iraqi forces; 27 suspects were detained. U.S. soldiers captured three suspects they believe are using Iranian weapons. Combined U.S.-Iraqi forces detained 23 people in Iskandariya.
Because of the combined Eid al-Adha and Christmas holidays, newspapers in Iraq have ceased publication until next Wednesday. News from the country may be scant until then.
Compiled by Margaret Griffis
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