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IPFS News Link • Iraq

Coordinated Bombings in Baghdad; 75 Killed, 112 Wounded Across Iraq

• http://original.antiwar.com, by Margaret Griffis
 Overall, at least 75 people were killed and 112 more were wounded across Iraq. Also, the United Nations is estimating that about 400,000 people were displaced due to fighting in Anbar province.

Anbar:

In Falluja, security forces killed five militants, including an al-Qaeda leader.

Air strikes killed 13 militants at a camp on the Syrian border near Qaim.

In al-Efhailat, six militants were killed in a security operation.

Gunmen killed two soldiers and wounded four more in Garma.

Elsewhere:

In Baghdad, a car bomb killed 12 people and wounded 28 more in Adhamiya. A few minutes later a bomb nearby killed seven more and wounded another 27 people. In Amiriya, four people were killed by a bomb left on a commercial street, and 14 more were wounded . Shortly after that, four people were killed and 14 more were killed in a fourth blast that took place in Saidiya. Four militants were killed.


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