Friday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 4 Wounded

by | Jan 7, 2011 | 0 comments

At least eight Iraqis were killed and four more were wounded in unusually light violence.

Gunmen killed five people, including a policeman’s sister, during a home invasion in Husseiniya.

Two people were killed and a third person was wounded during a car bomb in Nasariya. The attack targeted a former Mahdi Army member, or it resulted from explosives the man was carrying himself.

Two soldiers and a woman were wounded during an explosion in Hammam al-Aleel.

A young man’s body was found in Amara.

Five suspected bombers were captured in Qayara.

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

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