| June 2006 in Iraq |
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June 3rd 2006 Ð Central Basra was rocked by a bomb blast in a market. The bomber killed 27 people and wounded another 67. |
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June 4th- Gunmen set up a fake checkpoint North of Baghdad. They stopped two mini-buses and killed 20 passengers. Among those killed were students on their way to exams |
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June 7th The leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed by an American bombing of the house that he was in. American intelligence was able to locate Zaraqawi and call in an air strike to kill him |
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June 13th. A series of bombing went off across Kirkurk. The bombs killed two dozens Iraqis during rush hour. Included in the dead were leading police officials and security personnel. |
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June 16th Ð An American checkpoint near the city of Yusifya was attacked. One American was killed and two more were listed as missing. On the same day 11 Iraqis Shittes were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up amidst a crowd of worshipers at a mosque. All together 16 Iraqis were killed around the country. |
| June 21st Ð A group of 40 to 50 gunmen arrived at a factory in Northwestern Baghdad and rounded up all of their employees and their familily members. They were then forced to board buses and taken to a farm. There woman and children were released. The gunmen then divided up the Sunni from the Shites letting the Sunnis go free |
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June 23rd 12 Worshipers were killed when a bomb went off after Friday prayers at a Mosque in Hibhib. Hibib is the same town that Abu Muab Al-Zarqawi was killed in. |
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