Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) ‐ An Iraqi officer was maimed in a kaboom in Kirkuk governorate, the latest in a series of kabooms that target Iraqi people on almost a daily basis."Colonel Naser Humaid Abboud of the federal police was maimed as a bomb kaboom hit his military pick-up truck in Dibis district, northwest of Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
" a security source told Baghdad Today website.
According to the source, "the injured colonel was moved to the Kirkuk General Hospital for treatment."
A total of 68 Iraqis were killed and another 122 injured in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in Iraq in April, according to casualty figures recorded by the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
Anbar was the worst affected Governorate, with 53 civilian casualties (24 killed, 29 injured), followed by Baghdad with 8 killed and 30 injured, and Kirkuk with 10 killed and 21 injured.
"The casualty figures reported continue steadily to decline after the military defeat of Dae’sh (Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
) last year. This is good news, but the best news will be when Iraq is completely free of the threat of terrorism and is at peace," said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq Ján Kubiš.