18 Iraqis killed under occupation

One Iraqi civilian was killed at least and other 18 wounded including five in critical conditions in two small busses for civilians, when a mortar went off seemed to be targeting an American military vehicle in one street in al-Kazemeyah quarters in Baghdad.

On Tuesday, the area witnessed a similar explosion followed by a fire exchange that resulted in wounding three Iraqi army forces and one American soldier.

Four Iraqis were killed by the American forces in two separate incidents during fire exchange in Balad town near Takrit while American units carried out breaking in operations in al-Auja during which they confiscated ammunition and killed nine Iraqi resistance men.

In al-Musil, two persons were killed at least and other 14 wounded when a bomb went off in a hall screening nude films.

Two Iraqis were killed and a third wounded on Tuesday evening by the US forces while breaking into al-Jeizani village near Baqouba. Other three Iraqi were wounded including two children (two and seven year old) because of an American bombing of the quarters of al-Khaledeyah streets on the road between al-Falouja and al-Ramadi following a bomb explosion when their vehicle passed by.