Sunday: 12 Iraqis Killed, 46 Wounded

Updated at 9:09 p.m. EDT, June 6, 2010

A spate of attacks focused on Baghdad and surrounding communities. Overall, at least 12 Iraqis were killed and 46 more were wounded in those and other attacks across the country. Meanwhile, a lack of water could fuel Iraq’s next insurgency. Also, cross-border attacks between Turkish forces and the PKK continue in the north.

A four-year drought coupled with war-ravaged infrastructure and diversion of water from rivers that first flow through Syria, Turkey and Iran is threatening Iraq’s fragile stability. Iraq’s major industries, oil and agriculture, require vast amounts of water. If they should fail to provide adequate employment for Iraqi youth, they could find joining insurgent groups their only option.

In Baghdad, an early morning suicide car bombing outside an Amil area police station left four policemen dead and 15 wounded; one civilian was also killed. A roadside bomb targeting police wounded seven, including a bystander, in Zayouna. A bomb stuck to the bottom of a car killed the driver and wounded three others in Allawi al-Hillah. A bomb targeting a judge blasted his motorcade, injuring two bodyguards. A blast in Doura wounded three people.

One policeman was killed and six others were wounded in a blast in Abu Ghraib.

A Mahmoudiya council leader and seven others were wounded in a bomb attack there.

In Mosul, gunmen killed one soldier and wounded a second at a checkpoint. Three gunmen were killed west of the city.

One person was wounded during a blast in Kirkuk.

A hospital official was wounded in a blast in Qaim.

Security forces in Muqdadiya liberated a hostage but failed to capture the kidnappers.

A bombing in Tal Afar left no casualties.

Three Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels were killed in clashes just across the border in Turkey. Turkey, meanwhile, continued shelling rebel targets in Iraq’s remote Zap region.

Author: Margaret Griffis

Margaret Griffis is a journalist from Miami Beach, Florida and has been covering Iraqi casualties for Antiwar.com since 2006.