Iraq is MORE unstable than it was before Sadaam was so unceremoniously removed by Bush with OUR tax dollars. Six trillion bloody dollars that wasted our economy, and resulted in thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqis killed. Mission accomplished?
"At least
62 people were killed and 148 more were wounded. Meanwhile, controversial raids on predominantly Sunni region continued.
Despite continuing
accusations from Sunni politicians that current security operations are not necessarily targeting terrorists, Prime Minister
Nouri al-Maliki has
sworn to continue them. In today’s raids in the
Hamrin Mountains,
seven suspects were killed and 116 others were
captured. Altogether, though, at least 207 were
detained in several provinces.
In
Amara, a car bomb
killed four people and
wounded about 56 others.
A bomb near a power plant in
Nasariya left
three dead and 21 wounded. A second bomb in town left
one dead and five wounded.
Six people were killed and 15 more were wounded in a double bombing in
Iskandariya.
A bomb at a café
north of Baghdad exploded,
killing five people and wounding 15 more.
In
Baquba,
five people were killed and 10 more were wounded at a café.
Eight more were killed in other attacks.
One person was killed and four more were wounded in a blast near a restaurant in
Samarra.
In
Garma,
three civilians were wounded in a blast. Gunmen
killed a civilian and wounded three family members on a road near the city.
In
Mosul, gunmen
killed a police colonel on his way home.
Two other policemen were gunned down as well. Security forces
killed two gunmen planting a bomb. A
civilian was killed in a sticky bomb blast. At least
two more policemen were killed.
Nine insurgents were killed and four more were wounded in an apparent retaliatory blast near
Rashad.
Soldiers raiding an abandoned home in
Amiriyat al-Falluja triggered a booby-trap bomb,
killing three of them and wounding two more.
In
Qayara, a bomb
killed one policeman and wounded another.
A
policeman and a civilian were wounded during a shooting in
Falluja.
Two policemen were wounded in a blast in
Jalawla.
A bomb in
Dhi Qar province
wounded five people.
Southern Iraq Bombed: 62 Killed, 146 Wounded Across Country -- Antiwar.com
The U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will cost taxpayers
$4 trillion to $6 trillion, taking into account the medical care of wounded veterans and expensive repairs to a force depleted by more than a decade of fighting, according to a new study by a Harvard researcher.
Iraq, Afghan wars will cost to $4 trillion to $6 trillion, Harvard study says - Washington Post
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