At least 47 people were killed and 82 more were killed to close out the month of June, the deadliest in several years.
Politics:
President Barack Obama sent another 200 troops to Iraq. An additional 100 soldiers who were already in the Mideast were transferred to Baghdad as well.
Despite what a spokesman for the Turkish Justice and Development Party said yesterday, an anonymous government official said that Turkey wants Kurdistan to remain part of Iraq.
Fighting:
In Mosul, at least 20 militants were killed during a military operation. At least 40 people were wounded.
Mortars killed four people and wounded six others in Ramadi.
In Baghdad, a bomb in Jihad killed one person and wounded eight more. A bomb in Arab Jabour wounded three people. A civilian was gunned down. A dumped body was found.
One person was killed and two more were wounded when mortars were fired at Mansouriya. Eight militants were killed.
Militants killed a Kurdish civilian in the village of al-Aitha.
Three militants were killed in Injana village.
In Kirkuk, a militant leader was killed.
Mortars killed six people and wounded 24 more in Samarra.
Militants were killed during a bombing attack on Qaim.
