Meanwhile in Iraq, continued

Ten American servicemen were killed in Iraq today.

April 23 (Reuters) – Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1600 GMT on Monday:
* denotes new or updated item.
* RAMADI – Three suicide car bombers killed 20 people and wounded 35 others in the Iraqi insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, 110 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad, police said. A source at a local hospital said it received 29 bodies after the blast.
BAQUBA – A suicide car bomber attacked a gathering of senior police officials in the city of Baquba, killing 10 policemen and wounding 23, police said. Police chief Brigadier-General Safaa al-Timimi was killed in the blast.
NEAR MOSUL – At least 10 people were killed and 20 wounded when a suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into the office of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan (PDK) of Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani near Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD – Six people were killed and 14 wounded when a suicide bomber blew up in a restaurant near the entrance to the heavily fortified Green Zone that houses the U.S. embassy and Iraqi government offices, police said.
BAGHDAD – A car bomb killed one person and wounded four others in a parking lot across the road from the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, police said. The embassy was not damaged.
MOSUL – Gunmen killed traffic police Colonel Abdul Muhsin Hassan in the northern city of Mosul, police said.
BAGHDAD – Iraqi army killed seven insurgents during the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.
NEAR MAHAWEEL – A roadside bomb exploded near a civilian car and wounded three people near the town of Mahaweel, 70 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD – Gunmen opened fire at a U.S. patrol while trying to emplace cement barriers in Ur neighbourhood in northern Baghdad, a Reuters photographer said.
SHIRQAT – The bodies of three police officers were found shot in the town of Shirqat, 80 km (50 miles) south of Mosul, police said. They were kidnapped on Sunday.
ISKANDARIYA – Gunmen attacked a police patrol, killing a policeman and wounded another in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
ISKANDARIYA – Gunmen killed a man and a girl on Sunday in the town of Iskandariya, police said.
BAGHDAD – Gunmen killed one person and wounded three others in a random shooting on Sunday in the southern Saidiya district of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD – Police found 11 bodies across Baghdad on Sunday.