Winks Blog

33 Iraqis Killed, 8 Corpses Found , 63 Wounded

Good morning.

Today thirty Iraqi's were killed by a martyr bomber at a checkpoint just outside an army recruiting center in Tal Afar. This is the second time in as many days major insurgent attacks have occured in that town located next to Syria. The martyr attacker wore explosives under his clothing and detonated himself among a group of men who were waiting to sign up for army jobs. Thirty-five were also wounded in that attack.

In other killings, 3 martyr car bombers blew themselves up, and two roadside blasts killed 3 and wounded 28 others in Baghdad and Baquoba.

An apparent "Breakthrough" was reached yesterday among Sunni, Shiite, and Kurdish powerbrokers which revived hope that would win over the Sunni approval of the upcoming vote on the national referendum. The ammendment to the referendum includes a provision which would allow the *possibility* of the addition of other ammendments to the constitution after the installment of a new parliment (Which will occur whether or not there is an approved constitution). There is no guarantee, however, that Sunnis will be able to make the changes they seek. They are likely to have a stronger representation in the next parliament but still would face a strong Shiite and Kurdish majority that likely would oppose major changes. Instead the changes will likely split the Sunni vote enough to prevent them from defeating the draft constitution.

In the last 17 days attacks have raised the death toll to 431 Iraqis.

Beginning Thursday, a 4 day national security curfew begins. We'll see how secure things are during this time. I will continue to report the deaths as they are reported by AP news.

Have a nice day.

posted by Wink @ 9:09 AM