Wednesday: 15 Iraqis Killed, 32 Wounded

by | Nov 24, 2010 | 0 Comments

At least 15 Iraqis were killed and 32 more were wounded in the latest violence. Meanwhile, Ba’athists are looking into using Wikileaks documents to support a lawsuit against the United States, which they accuse of running an illegal occupation.

A pair of coordinated blasts in Shurqat killed four people, three of them Sahwa members, and wounded at least 21 others, including the Sahwa leader targeted by the bombs.

In Baghdad, an I.E.D. wounded two people in Tobchi. B.O.C. liberated a kidnap victim and defused several bombs. A brigadier general was killed in a bomb blast, while a Housing Ministry employee was killed in a small arms attack. A lieutenant colonel was wounded during a shooting in Karrada.

In Mosul, four soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in a blast in Dawassa. A bomb near a Somer checkpoint wounded two children. Gunmen killed a man.

A car bomb killed a shopkeeper in Garma.

A policeman’s body was found in Kut.

In Buhriz, an oil company employee was shot to death.

No casualties were reported after gunmen forced the closing of Basra airport, but a tribal leader was killed in a drive-by shooting.

A court in Wassit province issued three death sentences.

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

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