More Iraq Violence

December 11, 2011

Tags: Baghdad, Diyala, Kirkuk, Mosul
Posted in: Democracy, Iraq, Military

A nice, steady drumbeat of violence marking the end of the US military’s time in Iraq continues with nine killed Saturday.

— In Kirkuk, a Shiite Turkman chemicals specialist for the state-owned North Oil Company was killed by a magnetic “sticky bomb” attached to his car.

— Also in Kirkuk, a civilian was killed in a gun attack.

— In Baghdad, a Sunni Sahwa member was killed and a policeman was wounded by a gun attack on a checkpoint in Saidiyah.

— In Babil province a civilian was killed by gunmen.

— In a separate incident in Babil, three people were wounded by two katyusha rockets that had been intended for a nearby US military base.

— Two men were also killed in Diyala.

— In Mosul, police said a taxi driver was killed by gunmen.

— Also, in Mosul, a lawyer was gunned down as he left the courthouse.

— A cop was killed in the same city, with witnesses stating that the deceased “had many shots in his body, which was thrown on the side of the street.”

— Four Water Resources Department employees were kidnapped in Samarra.

Otherwise, all full speed ahead towards democracy.

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