2 US Soldiers Killed in Tikrit, 56 Iraqis Killed, 176 Injured by Two Female Suicide Bombers in Baghdad Pet Markets

2 US Soldiers Killed in Tikrit, 56 Iraqis Killed, 176 Injured by Two Female Suicide Bombers in Baghdad Pet Markets

February 1, 2008

Yaqen.net news agency reported today that the US Imam Ali military base in Al-Nasseriyah was attacked with four rocket. It further reported that a US patrol was targeted with a roadside bomb in Hillah.

Pet markets bombing in Baghdad leaves 230 casualties

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Friday , 01 /02 /2008 Time 7:06:45

Baghdad , Feb 1, (VOI)-

An Iraqi security spokesman on Friday said the casualty toll of two pet markets bombings in Baghdad rose to 230.

The attacks were the deadliest in the Iraqi capital since 30,000 more American troops flooded into the centre of the country last spring.

“The toll of the two bombing that targeted al-Ghazal pet market and Baghdad al-Jadida pet market rose to 54 deaths and 176 injuries”, Qassem al-Musawi, the spokesman for Baghdad’s security plan told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq(VOI). Al-Musawi noted “the two bombings were the result of a suicide attack by two female suicide bombers”.

2 U.S. soldiers killed in Tikrit, Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Friday , 01 /02 /2008 Time 7:46:31

Baghdad, Feb 1, (VOI) –

Two U.S. soldiers were killed and another wounded in Tikrit and Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. army said in a statement on Friday.

"One U.S. soldier was killed by indirect fire in an attack on his convoy in Tikrit, the capital of Salah al-Din province, on Thursday," according to the U.S. army statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"Another U.S. soldier was wounded and evacuated," the statement added. In a separate statement during a late hour of Thursday night, the U.S. army said another soldier was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in Baghdad. "The soldier was killed when the IED went off near his patrol during combat operations on Thursday," the statement read. AE

Two civilians killed by gunmen in Kut

Wassit - Voices of Iraq

Friday , 01 /02 /2008 Time 7:46:31

Kut, Feb 1, (VOI)-

Two civilians were gunned down on Friday by unknown armed men in the city of Kut, southeastern Iraq, an official security source said. “Unidentified gunmen opened fire at two civilians at a bus station in Kut, killing them instantly,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI) on the condition of anonymity.

“The gunmen were masked and fled to unknown place after the attack,” he also said. Kut, the capital of Wassit, is 180 km southwest of Baghdad.

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