At least seven Iraqis were killed and 13 more were wounded in just a few reported attacks. One of the Iraqis was injured during a Turkish bombing operation against Kurdish rebels hiding out in the north. Also, the United States is hoping to get Iraqi approval to maintain almost 1,000 trainers in Iraq after next month’s military withdrawal date.
One Iraqi civilian was wounded during Turkish air strikes in Qalat Dizah. The bombings also caused heavy property damage and killed about 200 head of cattle. A spokesperson for the Kurdistan Workers Party (P.K.K) said that there were no rebel casualties on Mount Qandil, the main P.K.K. base. Violence between the P.K.K. and Turkey escalated this summer. In the worst attack, 26 Turkish soldiers were killed.
The United States is seeking permission from the Iraqi government to main 763 civilian contractors and 157 military personnel as part of the Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq (OSC-I), which will come under the authority of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. Originally the U.S. had wanted to keep several thousand troops stationed in Iraq, but the deal fell through when the Iraqis would not grant immunity to them.
Two suicide car bombers were killed near a police station in Hawija. The explosions also wounded nine people, but a mortar attack that followed harmed no one. Two more insurgents died while trying to directly attack the police station.
In Mosul, gunmen killed a soldier. Police killed a suicide bomber. An army unit liberated a kidnap victim.
In Baghdad, a roadside bomb exploded in Amil, wounding four people.
Two gunmen in women’s clothing stormed a Samarra pharmacy and killed the owner.
