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| Iraq |
| 100 Murdered in Turkmen Village of Amer Li |
| 2007-07-07 |
| This appears to be a different attack than the Ahmad Maref one posted earlier (26 killed), but I'm not certain. Both are examples of the Religion of Pieces at work. Find a soft spot full of truly innocent civilians, mainly women, children and the elderly (and fluffy bunnies) and kill as many as possible, including rescuers. Then blame the US or Iraqi government for not protecting them. We need to pull out now so they will not have to continue these horrible attacks. We are the bad guys because we are forcing them to use these kinds of tactics. If we would just leave, the children could fly kites in the parks again. I am being sarcastic, but unfortunately, to a large number of Westerners, it is the 'truth.' Tikrit, Jul 7, (VOI)- The casualties from the explosion that occurred in Tuz Khurmato district on Saturday morning rose up to 100 dead and 120 wounded, said a medical source while a security source said that scores of gunmen impeded the rescue work in the city that is located 200 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. "The final death toll of the explosion that occurred in an outdoor market at Tuz Khurmato district, this morning, reached 100 dead and 120 wounded," Dr. Hassan Zain al-Abdin, director of Salah al-Din Health Department, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). Dr. Zain al-Abdin added that most of the wounded were in a critical situation and they were rushed to hospitals in Kirkuk and Tikrit. Earlier on Saturday, a police source said that a suicide bomber detonated a truck crammed with explosives in the mainly Turkmen market of Amer Li in Tuz Khurmato leaving 25 people dead and over 80 others injured, including women and children. Medics from the Tuz Khurmato hospital said that it received 20 bodies and 90 wounded people, indicating that critical cases were transferred to the Kirkuk public hospital. Sources from the Iraqi police said that the explosion caused severe damage to nearby shops and houses. Tuz Khurmato, a mainly Turkmen district within the Sunni province of Salah al-Din, lies 200 km northeast of Baghdad. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #3 Let's wait for some official word. I think the numbers are high. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2007-07-07 23:33 |
| #2 Turkey will blame it on the Kurds and use it as another excuse to invade. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-07-07 18:01 |
| #1 Last update (Debka) Death toll rises to 115, 250 injured and many missing from suicide truck bombing in N Iraqi Turkoman town of Amerli Saturday |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-07-07 17:34 |