The attack on the base in Mosul was claimed by the Al-Qaeda linked Army of Ansar al-Sunna group.
In anger and retaliation US forces killed six and wounded 10 civilians in a small town of Hit. ***************************************
A US air strike killed at least six people and wounded 10 villegers overnight in the town of Hit, which lies in Al-Anbar province, the head of the local hospital said. The US military confirmed it had carried out an air strike, but had no information on casualties. ****************************************
In peaceful Iraq:
TWO BODIES FOUND: The bodies of two national guardsmen were found late night near Latifiyah in an area south of Baghdad commonly referred to as the “triangle of death”, a hospital source said.
GOVT OFFICIAL SHOT DEAD: A local government official was shot dead in Baquba as attacks continued against those labeled as American collaborators. Taleb Ibrahim, a nuclear science professor and a member of Diyala province’s governing council, was killed on his way to work at the university, police said.
FIVE US SOLDIERS WOUNDED: A roadside bombing near Hawija in Kirkuk wounded five US soldiers and an Iraqi civilian while they were traveling in a vehicle, the US military said Tuesday.
OIL PIPELINE SET ABLAZE: In an apparent act of sabotage in northern Iraq, an explosion early Tuesday set aflame a grid of intersecting export and domestic oil pipelines. The huge maze of fuel lines belched black smoke and shot out bright red flames Tuesday morning in Fatha, about 200 kilometres north of Baghdad, said an AFP photographer in the area
