At least 15 killed, 22 injured in Iraq violence (Roundup)

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Jul 6, 2008, 14:36 GMT

Baghdad - At least 15 people were killed Sunday, including two children, and 22 injured, one of them a Kurdish politician, in separate attacks in Iraq, security sources said. U.S soldiers secure the site of a car bomb attack in al-Shaab district in Baghdad, Iraq, 06 July 2008. EPA/SHEHAB AHMED

U.S soldiers secure the site of a car bomb attack in al-Shaab district in Baghdad, Iraq, 06 July 2008. EPA/SHEHAB AHMEDIn north-east Baghdad, a car bomb rocked the Shiite Shaab district, killing six people and injuring 14, police said. The explosion, in front of the mortuary of the city's main al- Yarmuk hospital, came as the Iraqi capital has been enjoying a lull in violence. In the restive Diyala province, an official from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Mohamed Ramadan, survived a bomb blast, which killed his wife, two of his children and three bodyguards. Ramadan, his son and two others were injured in the blast, which targeting his motorcade, a statement posted on the party's website said. Elsewhere in Diyala, north-east of Baghdad, an Iraqi army soldier was killed and four others were injured when a bomb went off while they were on patrol in Baquba, a security source told the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency. In the south, gunmen shot dead an Iraqi merchant after attacking his house in Kut, 170 kilometers south-east Baghdad, security sources told VOI. Samir Mohamed Jafaar was a US citizen whose garment-importing business from China is Iraq's largest. He arrived in Iraq from abroad 10 days ago, the sources added. Gunmen riding in a car kidnapped two female students north of Mosul, 400 kilometers north of Baghdad, VOI reported. The women were from Talkif, a predominantly Christian safe area in northern Nineveh province. Separately, a US soldier died Saturday of non-combat causes, which makes him the first US soldier to die in July. A US military statement released Sunday did not give the cause of the death.

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lanceJul 6th, 2008 - 22:31:21

HEADLINE: 50 people murdered in the United States today and everyday of the year. And those are just the reported murders.

Is the high murder rate in the U.S. justification for Iraq occupying the United States?

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Franklin D. FaghornJul 7th, 2008 - 07:35:13

We should send in more troops. The soldiers should do more tours for the country. We should also invest more in Iraq.

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