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77 More Iraqis Die In Last 3-12 thru 3-14-2008

Good morning,

Americans read a snip here and a snip there about how, because of the surge, there has been virtually no violence, and now violence is beginning to re-emerge. If you have taken the time to read Iraq Body Count, you would see that *every day* Iraqi's have been killed. More and MORE and NOW.. they are approaching the same levels as before the so called surge. Here are the death counts of the last few days. At least 77 more Iraqis have been killed:


Friday 14 March: 14 dead
Baghdad: football coach is shot dead, Al-Yarmuk; 2 bodies.

Wassit
Kut: 2 policemen are killed in clashes; motorcycle bomb kills 1; chieftain's son is killed in clashes; bomb strikes minibus, kills 2.

Babil
Hilla: rockets kill 4.

Ninewa
Rabiya: suicide bomber kills interpreter at Syrian border.

Thursday 13 March: 39 dead
Baghdad: car bomb kills 18, Bab al-Sharki; gunmen kill journalist; 3 bodies.

Diyala
Baquba: civilian killed by gunman.

Salahuddin
Al-Hajaj: 3 Sahwa killed by gunmen.
Tikrit: gunmen kill policeman.
Baiji: gunmen kill 2 at checkpoint.
Samarra: 15-year-old girl is shot dead by police who open fire on family car at checkpoint.

Najaf
Najaf: policeman killed in drive-by shooting.

Kirkuk
Al Zab: suicide bomber kills 3.
Kirkuk-Rashad highway: car bomb kills 1.

Wassit
Kut: 2 killed by rockets during clashes.

Ninewa
Daybaka: 1 body found.
Mosul: abducted Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho is found dead.

Wednesday 12 March: 24 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 2, Amin; 4 bodies.

Diyala
Bazaiz Buhrz: US forces fire warning shot and kill 10-year-old girl.
Benizad: 5 Sahwa shot and beheaded at checkpoint.
Dali Abass: 1 body.
Kanaan-Balad Ruz: 1 body.
Imam Habash: 2 bodies.
Muqdadiya: 2 bodies.

Salahuddin
Baiji: policeman is shot dead.
Samarra: 3 fuel truck drivers killed by roadside bomb.

Basra
Basra: gunmen kill ex-Baath member; gunmen kill Sadrist.


Have a nice day.

posted by Wink @ 10:31 AM