Old Landmines Take Toll; 15 Killed in Iraq

by | Jul 10, 2016 | 0 Comments

A group of lawmakers in the United Kingdom is considering charging former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair with contempt of Parliament for his decision to invade Iraq in 2003.

At least 15 people were killed and 14 were wounded:

Landmines in the Kurdistan region have killed eight people and wounded 14 more this year.

An engineer was shot dead at a power station near Kirkuk.

In Tabba, militants killed a soldier and an employee of the oil ministry. The four militants were later killed.

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

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