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1,378 Iraqis Killed in March including 52 Children

Good morning,

Bloodshed continues. In the last 5 days aprox. 187 Iraqi's have been killed.
This march (2008) 1,378 total civilians have been killed of which
52 of them were children and 80 killed by US/British forces. Think about it. Here are the most recent body count statistics for the last 5 days:

Saturday 5 April: 36 dead
Baghdad: 3 die in bus explosion; gunmen kill priest, Karrada; mortar kills 1, Jurf al Naddaf; gunmen kill policeman, Zayuna; 7 bodies.

Ninewa
Mosul: civilian is killed in drive-by shooting; 3 bodies.

Diyala
Khanaqin: gunmen kill 4 policemen; 4 decapitated bodies found.

Wassit
Kut: engineer's body found.

Babil
Iskandariya: 2 bodies.

Salahuddin
Samarra: 7 Sahwa killed in clashes.


Friday 4 April: 45 dead
Baghdad: gunmen kill policeman, Mahmudiya; 2 bodies.

Diyala
Himreen: policeman is killed; suicide bomber kills 20 at policeman's funeral.
Muqdadiya: 2 bodies.

Babil
Mussayab: roadside bomb kills 3 policemen.
Hilla: roadside bomb kills 4 policemen; body found.

Salahuddin
Samarra: 1 Sahwa member killed by gunman.
Tribal leader and 6 of his bodyguards killed at security station.

Ninewa
Mosul: policeman is killed by bomb; 2 bodies.




Thursday 3 April: 18 dead
Baghdad: car bomb kills 3, Harthiya; 1 Sahwa killed by roadside bomb, Mahmudiya; 2 bodies.

Salahuddin
Samarra: roadside bomb kills 5 policemen.

Babil
Jurf al-Sakhar: 1 killed in bomb explosion.
Hilla: US air strike kills 5.

Ninewa
Mosul: roadside bomb kills policeman.


Wednesday 2 April: 54 dead
Baghdad: gunmen kill 2 women riding in a car; roadside bomb kills 3, Talbiya; mortar kills 2 children and their grandmother, Sadr City; 2 bodies.

Salahuddin
Kubeiba: gunmen kill policeman.
Dhuluiya: gunmen kill 4 at fake checkpoint.

Diyala
Mandli: roadside bomb kills 3.
Sadiya: roadside bomb kills woman.
Muqdadiya: roadside bomb kills 8 policemen; bomb kills interpreter working with US forces; policeman's body found.
Wajihiya: roadside bomb kills 2 policemen.

Ninewa
Mosul: suicide truck bomber kills 7; car bomb kills woman; 2 bodies.
Baaj: gunmen kill 3.

Kirkuk
Kirkuk: policeman is killed in drive-by shooting; body found.

Basra
Basra: 2 bodyguards killed in bomb attack against Defence Ministry official; US air strike kills 6.


Tuesday 1 April: 34 dead
Baghdad: US air strike kills 3, Sadr City; teacher is killed in drive-by shooting, Mahmudiya; 2 bodies.

Ninewa
Shirqat: roadside bomb kills 8 Sahwa; gunmen kill 6 Sahwa at checkpoint; suicide car bomber kills 1 Sahwa.
Mosul: gunmen kill lawyer; 2 students' bodies found.

Salahuddin
Samarra: gunmen kill 6 Sahwa at checkpoint.

Kirkuk
Kirkuk: suicide bomber kills 1.

Thi Qar
Nassiriya: 3 policemen killed in clashes.

Monday 31 March: 30 dead
Baghdad: 3 bodies.

Anbar
Falluja: bicycle bomb kills 1.

Diyala
Balad Ruz: roadside bomb kills lorry driver.
Isamla: 4 Sahwa members killed by gunmen.
Muqdadiya: 2 of governor's bodyguards killed by roadside bomb.

Ninewa
Mosul: mortar kills 1; gunmen kill 1; roadside bomb kills 3; 2 bodies found.

Wassit
Suwayra: 5 bodies found.

Babil
Latifiya: 6 bodies.
Mahaweel: 1 body.

MARCH TOTAL: 1,378 civilians killed
52 of them children
80 killed by US/British forces

Sunday 30 March: 62 dead
Baghdad: mortars kill 7, Karrada; 2 policemen killed in clashes, Abu Dsheer; roadside bomb kills 3 policemen; 5 bodies.

Basra
Basra: air strike kills 3; security advisor to PM is killed.

Diyala
Wajihiya: US air strike kills 1.
Kanaan: civilian dies in clashes.
Saadiya: 2 bodyguards of Head of Diyala Council killed by roadside bomb.

Salahuddin
Bishkan: 6 policemen killed by gunmen.
Baiji: suicide car bomb kills 10 at Sahwa checkpoint.
Dhuluiya: gunmen attack patrol, kill 5 policemen.
Tikrit: suicide car bomber kills policeman.

Ninewa
Mosul: 2 policemen die in clashes; 3 policemen are killed at checkpoint; suicide car bomber kills civilian; 1 beheaded body is found.

Thi Qar
Nassiriya: mortars kill 5.

© Iraq Body Count 2003-2007


Have a nice day.

posted by Wink @ 11:52 AM