Attacks Resume in Iraq: 20 Killed, 33 Wounded
Friday: 20 Killed, 33 Wounded
With the end of Eid al-Fitr observances, reports of violence returned to their average levels. At least 20 Iraqis were killed and 33 more were wounded. Baghdad and its suburb of Sadr City saw the most casualties, but Mosul reported a number of deaths in small-scale attacks.
In Baghdad, insurgents threw bombs and grenades at a Karrada-area hotel housing a nightclub, which erupted in flames shortly afterwards. Six people were killed and 12 more were killed in the fire that is under investigation.
Mortars fell outside a Sadr office and mosque in Sadr City, where they killed four people. A Sadr Movement official, who was preaching at the mosque, was among the 15 wounded.
In Mosul, three soldiers were killed in a blast. Gunmen killed a man. A soldier was killed in a clash. Four dumped bodies were found.
A blast killed one person and wounded three more in Khan Bani Saad.
A blast in Jurf al-Milih wounded three policemen, one of them an officer.
Read more by Margaret Griffis
- Twenty Killed in Attacks Focused on Iraqi Security Forces – May 23rd, 2013
- 31 Killed in Iraq, Including 12 Slaughtered in a Baghdad Brothel – May 22nd, 2013
- Sixty Killed, 132 Wounded in Ongoing Iraq Carnage – May 21st, 2013
- Monday Mayhem: 133 Killed, 283 Wounded in Iraq – May 20th, 2013
- Iraqi Police Targeted As Attacks Claim 44 Lives – May 19th, 2013
Johnny_Warbucks
August 25th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Well…we good, loving Christian Americans have them beat. There were 19 shot in Chicago last before last and the cops shot another 9 in New York yesterday. Tell me now, who's yo daddy?
Johnny_Warbucks
August 25th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Well…we good, loving Christian Americans still have them beat. There were 19 shot in Chicago night before last and the cops shot another 9 in New York yesterday. Tell me now, who's yo daddy?
Of course, when we do it, it's definitely, absolutely, positively NOT terrorism. When they do it then it definitely, absolutely, positively is.