Sunday, May 9, 2004

36 Die in Bloody Sunday



AFP reports that 36 Iraqis were killed in violence in that country on Sunday.



Guerrillas detonated a bomb in a crowded market in the Bayaa district of southern Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 6 and wounding 13.



In Mosul, guerrillas fired mortar rounds at a US base, killing one US soldier and wounding another.



Young guerrillas assassinated a senior police official in Baquba, Col. Ali al-Azzawi.



AFP adds,' Elsewhere, a roadside bomb wounded three British soldiers in Basra, a British military spokesman said. A British patrol was caught in "a large explosion" in the city centre, he said, without giving further details. Witnesses said at least one Iraqi civilian was also wounded. '



Guerrillas also sabotaged a southern oil pipeline, setting it ablaze 60 km south of Basra.

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