Posted on 07/07/2008 7:48:37 PM PDT by forkinsocket
Bombs killed 11 people Monday in northern Iraq, where U.S. and Iraqi troops continue to battle al Qaeda in Iraq militants, police said.
A suicide car bomber struck an Awakening Council checkpoint south of Samarra.
Four members of the group were killed, police said, and six others were wounded, including three members of the U.S.-backed group, which has emerged as a foe of al Qaeda in Iraq.
A bomb ripped through a shop near Baquba, killing a female and wounding 15 people. Police said they believe al Qaeda in Iraq militants planted an explosives-filled plastic bag outside the store. The U.S. military said the explosion was caused by a roadside bomb and wounded 16.
The U.S. military also reported a roadside bomb attack on a convoy Monday that killed four contractors south of Mosul and wounded eight others.
In southern Baquba, two female farm workers walking to their jobs were killed by a bomb that detonated at the side of a road.
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Wow...not a peep from the MSM on Iraq in weeks until this.
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Whaddya know? Iraq news. Haven’t heard anything from there in weeks.
“A bomb ripped through a shop near Baquba, killing a female and wounding 15 people.”
Females aren’t people?
Muslim country.
...and CNN threw a party after finally being able to report some bad news from Iraq.
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