A bloody Friday in Iraq

Friday was considered a bloody day in Iraq as the attacks which took place in several Iraqi cities especially in Baghdad and Musil resulted in killing 43 Iraqis while the American forces lost two soldiers and other five were injured in two separate attacks in the north of Baghdad and near Karkouk.

Some 16 Iraqi police men were killed yesterday in an attack launched by gunmen against a police center at al-Amel quarters in Baghdad during which the attackers were able to release 35 prisoners and confiscated a large amount of weapons before they had fled.

In a separate incident, some 14 Iraqis were killed and other 19 injured in a booby trapped car explosion near a mosque for the Shiite in al-Azameyah quarters. A police center was attacked in the same quarters but no casualties were reported. Al-Jihad Qaida In Mesopotamia group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the two attacks.

In Musil, to the north of Iraq, some 13 persons were killed including 11 gunmen and other 17 injured in two attacks on Friday, one of them targeted the building of Ninwa governorate and the second one American patrol.