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752 Iraqi Civilians killed in May 2008

Good morning.
As bloodshed continues, this man named Mr. McCain, has declared that his "change" in us Strategy "Aka, the Surge", has been "successful" in quelling violence in Iraq. What Mr. McCain has not told people is that 752 CIVILIANS KILLED, INCLUDING 41 CHILDREN, 63 BY US FORCES.

Here is the Iraqi death tally to date:

Tuesday 3 June: 9 dead
Baghdad: gunmen kill 1, Arasat al-Hindiyah; 3 bodies.
Kirkuk
Tuz Khurmato: gunmen kill 2 PUK members.
Diyala
Baquba: gunmen shoot dead child leaving school; body of 5-year-old boy (previously kidnapped) is found.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 1.
Monday 2 June: 24 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 1, Bab al-Muadham; 3 bodies.
Ninewa
Mosul: suicide car bomber kills 13 (inc. 2 children) outside police station; academic is blown up by bomb planted in his car; roadside bomb kills woman.
Kirkuk
Kirkuk: gunmen kill policeman.
Babil
Mahaweel: 2 bodies.
Diyala
Baquba: 2 policemen killed in clashes.
Sunday 1 June: 19 dead
Baghdad: car bomb kills 2, Salhiya; bomb under policeman's car kills his bodyguard; 3 bodies.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 1; car bomb kills 3; 2 bodies.
Diyala
Jalawla: roadside bomb kills woman and 2 children.
Al-Mafraq: child is killed during clashes.
Gatoon: roadside bomb kills woman.
Anbar
Falluja: gunmen kill policeman.
Kirkuk
Kirkuk: bomb kills 1.

Saturday 31 May: 23 dead
Baghdad: 2 bodies.
Anbar
Hit: suicide bomber kills 13.
Diyala
Al Sada: gunmen kill Head of Diyala morgue.
Baquba: roadside bomb kills 3 -one of them a child; mortars kill woman.
Ninewa
Mosul: roadside bomb kills 1; police find car bomb, detonate it, kill 1.
Basra
Basra: gunmen kill policeman.
MAY TOTAL: 752 CIVILIANS KILLED, INCLUDING 41 CHILDREN, 63 BY US FORCES
Friday 30 May: 15 dead
Baghdad: US forces kill 2, New Baghdad.
Diyala
Jalawla: mortars hit residential area, kill 3 women.
Buhriz: roadside bomb kills 1.
Hibhib: gunmen kill Sahwa member.
Baquba: child is killed by bomb; bomb kills another civilian in separate inident.
Khalis: roadside bomb kills 1.
Balad Ruz: woman is killed by mortar.
Salahuddin
Tarmiya: US forces shoot dead man walking towards their patrol.
Basra
Al-Deir: gunmen kill policeman.
Ninewa
Mosul: 2 bodies.
Thursday 29 May: 23 dead
Baghdad: 2 bodies.
Ninewa
Mosul: bomb explosion kills 1.
Ghabat: suicide car bomber kills 3 at police patrol.
Sinjar: suicide bomber kills 17 (2 of them policemen) as he detonates among crowd of men applying for police posts.
Wednesday 28 May: 78 dead
Baghdad: 3 die during clashes; 8 bodies.
Diyala
Qara Taba: roadside bomb blows up car, kills father and son.
Al Khwelis: roadside bomb kills 1.
Anbar
Garma: 1 Sahwa member stabbed to death.
Ninewa
Mosul: 3 killed during clashes.
Basra
Az Zubayr: 60 bodies found in mass grave.

posted by Wink @ 10:15 AM