Sorry to disappoint some, but these killings were not done by the coalition or US bombs. The Iraqi freedom fighting terrorists seem intent on terrorizing and murdering as many Iraqis as they can. Let’s all give them a big “HEY” :biggthumb for their efforts to free their brothers and sisters from the US occupation.
Is there an organization like iraqibodycount that keeps track of the number of Iraqi civilians killed by these thugs?
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq’s prime minister vowed to crush Baathist die-hards and foreign militants he blamed for killing more than 100 people in a day of suicide bombings and attacks meant to sabotage next week’s move toward Iraqi rule.
Hours after Iyad Allawi spoke, militants were in action again overnight, killing three Iraqi policemen in an attack with rocket-propelled grenades on a police station near the town of Baquba.
“These are isolated incidents,” said Allawi. “We are going to defeat them… We have been expecting this escalation and we are expecting more escalation in the days ahead.”
The death toll from Thursday’s massive wave of bomb and gun attacks crept to more than 100 on Friday. Iraq’s third largest city Mosul was worst hit, with four suicide bombings killing 62 people, including a U.S. soldier, and wounding 220, a senior military official said.
He said the attacks showed signs of loose coordination between groups intent on destabilizing Iraq and warned of more bloodshed before and after the June 30 handover, when U.S.-led occupation formally ends and Allawi’s government takes over.
Allawi told reporters late on Thursday he believed Ansar al-Islam, a group linked to Jordanian militant Abu Musab Zarqawi, was behind the Mosul bombings.
He blamed Baathists loyal to deposed dictator Saddam Hussein for the attacks in Ramadi and Baquba.
A group led by Zarqawi, who Washington says has links to Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda network, claimed responsibility for the attacks in a statement on an Islamist Web site.
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