Iraq Church Bombings : New York Post

At least three people were killed yesterday when bombs rocked the Vatican's mission and several churches in Baghdad and Kirkuk, police said.

At least 17 were wounded, nine of them in Kirkuk, where 11 died in similar church bombings last August.

Seven people were wounded yesterday at a Roman Catholic church in Kirkuk. Minutes later, a bomb went off in an Anglican church, killing three and injuring four.

Police said the dual attacks consisted of seven bombs. Iraq's Christian community makes up 3 percent of the population, and Islamist militants have recently ramped up attacks on Christian-owned liquor shops.

Also in Kirkuk, U.S. forces fired at four suspected terrorists in a car, killing three and wounding the other. The four were wearing police uniforms as disguises, police Col. Adel Zain Alabdin said.

This probably missed the expectations of the terrorists in having an impact worldwide -- because of the wounding of Bob Woodruff, ABC Anchor.

I've heard terrorism experts say it -- this may be a hopeful sign: That terrorists no longer go after the military and police but pick on softer targets now. The number of terrorist-active areas in Iraq continues to drop.