Iraq War timeline Feb. 27 - Mar. 5, 2006

Baghdad *A US soldier is killed by small-arms fire. *A mortar attack kills four people and wounds 17 others in a Shiite district. *A member of Iraq's student union who was abducted by gunmen is found dead with several marks of torture. Falluja *A civilian is killed by Iraqi soldiers while he is heading to work. Iskandariya *Two insurgents are killed and another wounded while they try to plant a bomb which explodes prematurely. Karbala *Police arrest three suspects while they are planting bombs near a Shiite shrine. Nahrawan *Interior Ministry police commandos kill five suspected Sunni insurgents and capture 25 in a battle that claims the lives of eight police and wounds six others. Riyadh *Three civilians are killed by a roadside bomb. Tuz Khumato *The head of the education directorate escapes an assassination attempt when gunmen throw a hand grenade at his office. February 28 Amarah *Two British soldiers are killed by a car bomb targeting their patrol. Baghdad *Four people are killed and 15 wounded in a bomb attack that also destroys a Sunni mosque. *A guard is killed when gunmen in two speeding cars open fire on a Sunni mosque. *Twenty-three people are killed and 55 wounded by a car bomb targeting a mosque. *Mortar fire at a Shiite shrine kills one and wounds 10 others. *Twenty-three people are killed and 51 wounded by a suicide bomber at a gas station in a Shiite neighborhood. *Five people are killed and 15 others wounded by a car bomb targeting a police patrol. *Six people are killed and 16 injured by a car bomb at a market adjacent to a mosque. *Five soldiers are killed and seven others injured by a roadside bomb targeting the convoy of a defense ministry adviser. *Nine bullet-riddled bodies, including a Sunni tribal sheik, are found next to two burned out minibuses. *A Sunni mosque is damaged by a bomb. Mosul *Four policemen and a doctor are killed by gunmen. Tikrit *The mosque over the grave of Saddam Hussein's father is badly damaged by a bomb. March 1 Al Anbar *A US soldier is killed on combat duty. Baghdad *Two people are killed and 10 wounded when a car bomb explodes near a bus station. *Twenty five people are killed and 58 wounded, most of them civilians, when a car bomb explodes near a police checkpoint. *Two people are killed and five wounded by gunmen while attending a Shiite funeral. *A car explodes near a Sunni mosque but there are no casualties. *Eight civilians are wounded by a roadside bomb targeting an oil tanker. *Four policemen are killed and eight wounded by gunmen who also kidnap 22 officers but release them later. Dawr *Six Iraqi soldiers and three policemen are killed when gunmen attack their checkpoint. Garma *US forces arrest 75 residents. Habbaniyah *A US soldier dies from injuries sustained from a roadside bomb attack. Kirkuk *Three policemen are killed and five wounded when their patrol is ambushed by gunmen. Mahmudiya *Mortar rounds targeting a US base hit a nearby house killing three Sunni civilians and wounding two from the same family. Ramadi *Three people are killed and seven wounded when US helicopters bomb houses surrounding the provincial building after they had been attacked by gunmen. March 2 Baghdad *An Iraqi Sunni political leader escapes an assassination attempt when gunmen open fire on his vehicle, killing one of his bodyguards and wounding five others. *Five people are killed and eight wounded when a bus they are traveling in is hit by an unknown blast. *Three people are killed and 10 others wounded by a roadside bomb planted near a police station. *A policeman is killed and another two injured by a roadside bomb attack. Basra *A Sunni imam is killed by gunmen. Baquba *A police lieutenant is shot dead by gunmen. Musayyib *Two policemen are seriously wounded when they are ambushed by gunmen. Salman Pak *One policeman is killed and another seriously wounded by a roadside bomb. March 3 Nahrawan *More than 50 suspected Sunni insurgents attack and kill a large number of Shiite workers, including three children. March 4 Baghdad *Seven people are killed and 20 injured when a mortar round hits a crowded market near a bus station. *Two civilians are killed and three policemen injured when a car bomb detonates near a police checkpoint. *Two mosque guards are killed and three wounded when gunmen attack a Sunni mosque. *A mortar round lands near a building in the green zone. Baquba *Six policemen are injured in a roadside bomb attack. *A girl is killed and eight other civilians injured by a roadside bomb. Kirkuk *Two civilians are killed when gunmen open fire on a Shiite mosque. March 5 Al Anbar *A US soldier is killed by "enemy action." Baghdad *Two cousins and the nephew of the secretary general of the Muslim Scholars Association, a Sunni religious group, are killed when gunmen ambush their car. Baiji *Two Iraqi soldiers are killed and two others wounded when gunmen attack their patrol. Mosul *A mortar or rocket damages a Sunni mosque. Ramadi *Police find the body of a tribal leader two weeks after he was abducted. Samarra *Two children are wounded when a roadside bomb explodes near an ancient palace. Editors' note: This timeline is only a sample and should by no means be interpreted as complete.