Ten Killed in Iraq Prayer Day Attacks, Clashes

by | Jan 17, 2014 | 0 comments

Baghdad caught a break from the violence today, but attacks and clashes left at least 10 dead elsewhere. Another seven were wounded.

A suicide bomber in Ramadi attacked a tribal checkpoint where he killed five men and wounded four more.

Clashes continued in Falluja.

In Mosul, a roadside bomb injured a lieutenant colonel. A soldier was shot dead.

Gunmen killed a Sahwa leader and wounded his son in Tikrit.

A dumped body bearing gunshot wounds was found in Imam Weis.

Mortars fell at a checkpoint in al-Bihirat, where they injured on officer.

A clash in Mushahda left two gunmen dead.

A bomb exploded in an elementary school bathroom in Jurf al-Sakhar, but nobody was harmed.

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

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