A series of car bombs and roadside bombs killed at least 32 people in Baghdad Friday. Most people were killed near Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s office in Sadr city where at least 21 died and 45 were inured. Another bomb attack targeted a mosque in northern Baghdad that killed 3 and injured 14.

SOURCE: Xinhuanet.com 32 killed in string of bomb attacks in Baghdad

THU JAN 14, 2010 — Members of an Israeli embassy convoy escaped injuries when two roadside bombs detonated while the convoy was traversing from Amman toward the Allenby bridge crossing.

Terrorist spotters? … al Qaeda or Hamas spotters appear to have discovered the convoy’s regular route to the international crossing over the Jordan River. Amman, Jordan has been on high terror alert

Wikipedia: Allenby Bridge (King Hussein Bridge) |Jordan River | Jordan | Al Qaeda | Foreign relations of Israel

SOURCE: DEBKAfile Israeli embassy convoy escapes harm from two bomb blasts on Jordanian road

A member of British bomb disposal team was killed by a bomb that detonated in near Musa Qala in Helmand, Afghanistan.

Three American soldiers were killed in a gun battle in southern Afghanistan.

One French soldier was killed 50 miles northeast of Kabul.

The sixth soldier’s country and location of KIA was not available.

Wikipedia: 11 Explosive Ordinance Disposal Regiment of the Royal Logistic Corps (11 EOD Regiment) | British Army’s Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) | Helmand | Musa Qala | KIA | Kabul | Afghanistan

SOURCE: TIMESONLINE Six Western soldiers killed in Afghanistan