Friday: 6 GIs, 34 Iraqis Killed; 38 Iraqis Wounded

[Purveyor]

Updated at 7:05 p.m. EDT, May 25, 2007

The U.S. military reported that six more U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq yesterday. This brings the monthly tally up to at least 93 dead. At least 34 Iraqis were killed and 38 wounded in other events throughout Iraq. Fridays are usually less violent in comparision due to weekly prayers and curfews.

A MNC-I Soldier was killed by an IED this morning in Muqdadiyah, while a Marine died in a non-hostile related incident. A soldier was killed an another wounded during a small arms attack today in Baghdad. Yesterday, a roadside bomb explosion killed two MND-B soldiers in western Baghdad. Also, a Task Force Lightning Soldier was killed during a roadside bombing in Nineveh province. A roadside bomb blasted a U.S. convoy in Baghdad's Amil district, but the number of casualties is unknown.

In Baghdad, 20 unidentifed bodies were found dumped in several locations. An overpass connecting al-Khadra and al-Jamiya districts was severely damaged in a bombing. A mortar attack in Abu Dsheer left one person dead and eight wounded. A separate mortar attack in al-Jamiya killed one person and wounded another. Two civilians were killed and seven injured during shelling in al-Mail. Also, in Doura, a roadside bomb killed one Iraqi.

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http://www.antiwar.com/updates/?articleid=11026

[malaise]

1. When will this massacre end?

These war criminals do not value life.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. wrong. NINE dead. today.

I hate this. I hate this. I hate this.

there, three more.