Monday: 5 US soldiers, 26 Iraqis Killed; 47 Iraqis Wounded
The deaths of five U.S. troops eclipsed the deaths of at least 26 Iraqis. Another 47 more were wounded in the latest violence. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki back-pedaled from his threats to fire ministers if they were unable to implement significant changes by tomorrow’s 100-day deadline.
Five U.S. soldiers were killed during a rocket attack on Camp Liberty in the Baladiyat district of Baghdad. The toll could have been higher, except one rocket detonated prematurely, killing two suspects.
Elsewhere in Baghdad, four people were killed and four more were wounded during attacks on Sahwa checkpoints in Adhamiya. A car bomb on Palestine Street killed one and wounded 10, while eight people were injured in a small arms attack in Adhamiya. Four civilians were wounded in a bombing attack against a contractor convoy traveling through central Baghdad.
A suicide car bomber killed 12 people and wounded 20 others during an attack at the gates of a former Saddam palace in Tikrit. This is the second significant attack in the city over the last week. Because of the earlier attack, soldiers were in the process of intensifying security at the building when the bomber struck. Three other people were reported killed in a separate event. The head of security for Salah ad-Din province resigned over the security failures and because the central government has not shared its findings in previous investigations.
In Anbar province, the Iraqi army began transferring security operations and equipment to the local police. Gunmen planted bombs around the Hamdhiyah home of the police chief, killing four of his relatives and wounded a fifth. Another source reports that a local politician was among the dead.
Four suspects were arrested and a weapons cache was confiscated in Fallujah.
A bomb was defused in Mosul.
Read more by Margaret Griffis
- Bombings Return to Central Iraq; 23 Killed – June 17th, 2013
- Iraq’s Shi’ite South Targeted: 54 Killed, 174 Wounded – June 16th, 2013
- 23 Killed Across Iraq; Mortar Attack on Iranian Dissident Camp – June 15th, 2013
- Iraq: Sunni Governor Unhurt in Assassination Attempt, Two Others Killed – June 13th, 2013
- Dawa Party Official Among Ten Killed in Iraq – June 12th, 2013
Carol
June 6th, 2011 at 2:50 pm
I wonder how people can remain so complacent about all these deaths….? I wonder how our government can so capriciously just launch another war that anyone could see from the beginning would of course escalate crazily….?
Although I oppose the draft it seems to me that the draft at least served to keep people serious about war. When their own lives were on the line it mattered if a war was about defending one's country or if was really about lining the pockets of the weapon's manufacturers and other major corporations.
Vietnam brought massive protests because the protesters were the ones being sent to die for nothing. Now that we have an all volunteer force there is precious little concern for those who will be sent to die — even though the reasons for the wars are just as lame.
The process of going to war should be one of the most serious, somber, and deliberative processes our government can undertake. Nowadays our government just can't be bothered. It could barely be bothered to tell us they had already gone ahead and done it.! And the electorate doesn't hold the government's feet to the fire since its not likely to affect them personally.
Just as many people are prone to spending other people's money frivolously, many people are also prone to spending other people's lives frivolously. Contemptible.