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Tuesday: 12 GIs, 83 Iraqis Killed; 111 Iraqis Wounded in Bush's illegal war |
May 29, 2007
Tuesday: 12 GIs, 83 Iraqis Killed; 111 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 5:55 p.m. EDT, May 29, 2007
At least 12 new U.S. servicemember deaths were reported today, making
May the bloodiest month since 2004. So far, at least 116 Americans
were killed in Iraq in May, including 10 who were killed on Memorial
Day. Several Westerners and their bodyguards were abducted in a daring
attack in Baghdad. Also, at least 83 Iraqis were killed or found dead
and 111 were wounded in other violent events.
The U.S. military reports that six Task Force Lightning soldiers were
killed and three wounded in explosions that occurred near their
vehicles in Diyala province yesterday. Another two TFL soldiers were
killed in a helicopter crash, which is under investigation. In Baghdad
on Monday, two MND-B soldiers were killed in an IED attack. A soldier
was killed on Saturday in a roadside bomb attack near Balad. Also, a
soldier, who was wounded on May 4 in a Baghded IED attack died of his
wounds on May 24 at the Bethesda Medical Center.
In Baghdad, three German computer experts and several of their
bodyguards were kidnapped from a Finance Ministry building by gunmen
wearing police commando uniforms. Police commandos are a much hated
and feared unit, operating outside of the normal police ranks.
A bomb on a bus in Tayaran Square killed 38 people and wounded at
least 53 others. Over an hour later a truck bomb in an Amil car parts
market killed 17, injured 55, and set fire to several cars while
damaging a numbers of buildings and a Shi'ite mosque.
In Baquba, 21 dumped bodies were found in two districts.
Five bodies, two decapitated, were found in the Tigris River at
Suwayra, a common location for such discoveries.
Gunmen killed two policemen and wounded three in Shurqat.
Mahmoud Hakim Mustafa, the editor-in-chief of Hawadith weekly
newspaper was gunned down near his Kirkuk home on Monday.
Three gunmen were killed in a clash with security forces near Tal
Afar.
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