Mad Social Scientist

From the BBC

Officials said at least 34 children were among 41 or more people killed when bombs were detonated near a water treatment plant as US troops passed by.

At least 130 others were injured, many among crowds gathered for the opening ceremony at the plant who had gone up to collect sweets from the soldiers.

It was the most number of children to die in one incident since the war, on a day that saw fatal attacks across Iraq.

The casualties include:


Two Iraqi policemen and a US soldier killed in the Abu Ghraib district of Baghdad by a car bomb that also left dozens injured

A US soldier killed by a rocket fired at a US base near Baghdad

A senior policeman shot dead in the northern city of Mosul

Also in the north, the Kirkuk mayor's chief bodyguard shot dead

Four people killed in a car bombing in Talafar that also injured about 16 others

At least four children among six or seven people killed in Falluja after US forces allegedly fired on their car

At least three civilians killed in a US air strike on Falluja overnight.

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