BAGHDAD - At least 14 Iraqis were killed and 22 wounded in a series of attacks Friday, security officials said, adding that 10 unidentified bodies were found in various parts of the violence-torn country.
In the latest attack, five Iraqi soldiers were killed in an assault against a checkpoint in the Jibal Hamreen area south of the northern oil hub of Kirkuk, the army said.
Three civilians were killed and seven wounded when a roadside bomb went off against a bus on the main road north of Kirkuk, police said.
An Iraqi army soldier was killed and eight others wounded when a roadside bomb went off targeting their patrol west of Kirkuk, military sources said.
Another three Iraqi soldiers were wounded south of Kirkuk in a similar attack.
In the town of Hawija, west of Kirkuk, three civilians were wounded when rebels threw a grenade against a passing US patrol in a market in the town.
Police also found four bullet-riddled bodies in Al-Rashaad, 55 kilometers (35 miles) south of Kirkuk.
The victims' hands and legs were tied and eyes blindfolded, the police said, adding there were torture marks on their bodies.
In Mosul, a colonel in Iraq's security forces was killed and his wife badly wounded when gunmen showered their car with bullets.
In Abu Saida near Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, a Sunni Arab Imam and his cousin were gunned down on their way to the weekly Friday prayers, police said.
In Baghdad, six bodies were found in Baghdad including that of a brutally tortured five-year-old child.
Another child was killed in clashes between rebels and Iraqi army soldiers in the town of Latifiyah, 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Baghdad, the official added.
In the southern town of Kut, 175 kilometers (110 miles) south of Baghdad, armed men on a motorcycle shot dead a member of the former ruling Baath party as he travelled in a car along with his wife.
06/30/2006 16:14 GMT