U.S. SOLDIER KILLED IN BAGHDAD. 40 SHIITE PILGRIMS KILLED BY SUICIDE BOMBER NEAR BAGHDAD

A U.S. soldier was killed in Baghdad on Sunday and attacks were reported all across Iraq as the waves of violence escalate in the war torn country.

The mainstream media in the United States continues to ignore the mounting violence in Iraq which is both an injustice to the American public but an insult to the 160,000 U.S. troops deployed to Iraq.

In a BREAKING NEWS story 40 pilgrims were killed by a suicide bomber.

Suicide bomber kills 40 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq
by Abbas al-Ani1 hour, 1 minute ago

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A suicide bomber blew himself up amid a crowd of Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 40 people, police and medical officials told AFP.

At least 60 people were also wounded in the blast in the town of Iskandiriyah, said Karim Al-Tamimi, a police lieutenant from the province of Babil.

"At around 3:00 pm, when pilgrims were eating their lunch inside the tent, a bomber blew himself up amid the crowd," said Tamimi.

Mohammed Al-Zaidi, of Babil province state health office, gave the same toll and said that at least 25 of those wounded were seriously injured.

A US military official confirmed the attack, but put the initial death toll at 25.

"The suicide bomber was wearing an explosives vest who detonated his explosives outside the Hateen Apartments, which is outside of Iskandiriyah," the official added.

The apartments are located on the route between the towns of Iskandiriyah and Musayyib in the region known as the "triangle of death."

The attack took place on a two-lane highway, the official said, adding that the casualties did not include any US military personnel.


U.S. SOLDIER KILLED BY ROADSIDE BOMB IN BAGHDAD

BaghdadOne U.S. soldier killed, three injured, in a roadside bombing in northern Baghdad. One civilian also injured. No further details at this time.Roadside bomb targeting a U.S. patrol injures five civilians in Hurriya.

Roadside bomb and gun attack on Shiite pilgrims kills 3, injures 36. McClatchy gives the total injured as 45, and apparently referring to the same attack, VoI gives the toll of injured as 46 but the confirmed death toll as only 1.

Two civilians injured by IED in Zafaraniyah, southeast Baghdad.Three bodies found dumped in various places.

IskandiriyahA suicide bomber struck a group of pilgrims on the highway to Karbala. AP, and other news services, give the death toll as 25. However, AFP gives the death toll as 40, with 60 injured, and says this number comes from both a local police lieutenant and the provincial health office.al-Hawija (south of Kirkuk)Car bomb attacking "Awakening Council" (Sahwa) members kills one, injures 10. The injured include Hussein Khalaf al-Juburi, the chief of the district’s Awakening Council, and his aide Sami Bakir.MosulIED attack on a bus kills two employees of the electricity ministry and injures three.A child is killed in the crossfire between U.S. forces and suspected "al Qaeda" gunmen, according to an Iraqi military spokesman.One killed, one wounded in a drive-by shooting. No info on the identity of the victims.