Czech Planes Arrive in Iraq; 13 Killed in Iraq

by | Mar 10, 2017 | 0 comments

The Iraqi military received two Czech-made L-159 fighter jets, bringing the number of these Czech planes to eight total.

At least 13 were killed and 11 were wounded:

In Taji, one person was killed and three more were wounded in a blast.

A teacher was shot dead on a highway between Baquba and Khalis.

In Abu Ghraib, a roadside bomb wounded two soldiers.

A bomb in Hit wounded three civilians.

In Mosul, a missile strike killed four militants.

Five militants were killed in an airstrike in Metabijh.

An airstrike on Tal Afar left a militant official dead. An unknown person threw a grenade that killed a militant and wounded three more.

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

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