| July 2005 in Iraq |
US Casualties
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July 14th-Ê A sports utility vehicle was driven by a suicide bomber into a crowd of children who had surrounded a US patrol.Ê A total of 27 Iraqis most of them children. A suicde bomber blew himself up in the Northern City of Kirkurk.Ê The bombing took place in frot of the Rafiddain Bank where a crowd of retirees were waiting to cash their pension checks.Ê A total of 22 peole were killed and 80 were wounded.
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July 15th- The Muslim Sabbath was shattered by a series of eight suicide bombers.Ê The first attack occurred at 8AM and the lasted until 8PM.Ê A total of 22 people were killed in this wave of attacks
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| July 17th- In one of the most horrific suicide bombings of the Iraqi conflic a suicide bomber blew himself up underÊ a fuel tanker in the Musayyib a poor town south of Baghdad.Ê In the ensuing fire storm 71 people died and 156 were wounded.Ê The horrific nature of the bombing- prompted the Iraqis Shite spiritual leader to ask the Iraqi government to 'to defend this country against the mass annihilationÓ. |
July 17th- In one of the most horrific suicide bombings of the Iraqi conflict a suicide bomber blew himself up underÊ a fuel tanker in the Musayyib a poor town south of Baghdad.Ê In the ensuing fire storm 71 people died and 156 were wounded.Ê The horrific nature of the bombing- prompted the Iraqis Shite spiritual leader to ask the Iraqi government to 'to defend this country against the mass annihilationÓ.
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| July 24th- Nine American soldiers werre killed in two seperate attacks on US troops. |
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July 25th- On the same day that Sunni leaders agreed to resume talks on a new constitution a suicide bomber drove an explosive laden truck into a police station.Ê A total of 25 people were killed and another 33 wounded.
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