BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Insurgents launched a string of attacks Tuesday in Iraq, killing at least 16 people -- including 10 Iraqi police and a U.S. soldier.

A suicide car bomber targeted a U.S. military convoy near the Tayaran Square Tuesday afternoon in central Baghdad.

The blast killed one U.S. soldier and three civilians, an Iraqi police official said.

Two U.S. soldiers and 50 civilians were wounded, the official said. A U.S. military spokesman with the 3rd Infantry Division confirmed the military casualties.

Earlier, a string of drive-by shootings killed 10 Iraqi police officers and wounded six, police said.

The six attacks -- five in Baghdad and one in Baquba -- took place between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. (11:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. EDT).

Tuesday evening, two civilians were killed and four others were wounded in a mortar attack near a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, according to Iraqi police.

On Monday, a U.S. Marine died as a result of small arms fire during combat operations in Ramadi, according to a military news release.

The Marine was assigned to the 2nd Marine Division II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

The death brings the total number of American troops killed in Iraq this month to 37. Of those, 26 were Marines.

The total number of U.S. service members killed since the war began is 1,835. Explosives from Iran seized