Thursday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 5 Wounded

by | Jul 21, 2011 | 0 comments

At least three Iraqis were killed five others were wounded in light violence.

A rocket was launched at the home of a police officer in Riyadh. A bomb attempting to harm first responders then exploded, killing a civilian and wounding two others.

Gunmen in Kirkuk killed a government employee at his home.

A bomb that had sat at a Najaf cemetery since 2005 wounded three children who played with it.

In Mosul, one soldier was killed when gunmen threw a grenade at a checkpoint.

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

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