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At Least 51 Across Iraq Killed Or Found Dead Monday

Good Morning,

As the US is still talking about the "Most Horrific Slaughter in US History", with 32 having been killed by a suicidal man at VA Tech University, the daily slaughter continues in Iraq.

The deputy chief of Mosul police was killed Tuesday in a drive-by shooting along with two of his guards, said police Brig. Mohammed al-Wagga. Also in Mosul, a roadside bomb apparently targeting a U.S. patrol killed one civilian instead, al-Wagga said.

The violence in Mosul, a mostly Sunni Muslim city 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, came a day after a university dean, a professor, a policeman's son and 13 soldiers died near there in attacks that bore the marks of al-Qaida.

Nationwide, at least 51 people were killed or found dead Monday. And the U.S. military reported the deaths of eight more American service members: three soldiers and two Marines on Monday and two soldiers on Saturday, as well as one Marine who died Monday in a "non-hostile incident" while on patrol in western Anbar province.

The U.S. military issued a statement Tuesday that a dump truck filled with drums of gasoline had overturned north of Baghdad en route to attack a joint U.S.-Iraqi security station.
"The driver of the vehicle told the soldiers that he was paid $30,000 to attack the JSS (Joint Security Station), which also houses the Mashahda Police Station," the military said.

Have a nice day.

posted by Wink @ 8:38 AM