Bomb Attacks

In Baqqouba, Iraq, a bomb when off in front of a police station, killing 28, and wounded another 50. Car bombs went off in Mosul, where a dozen people died on Tuesday.

Three other bombs in Mosul wounded 15 people, including 11 police and soldiers, Iraqi authorities.
 

A Major Offensive Was Imminent

The bombing proceeding an imminent military offensive, inflaming the situation, a standard Israeli type provocation.

Four Sheppard's Shot Near Israeli Training Base

Israelis are training at the nearby Al-Sad air base, and it's suspected they used these Arabs as target practice on a flight.

 

An Angry Nouri al-Maliki

Major General  Khalaf said the Diyala operation had been handed to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who promised them another Fallujah.