The three additional US fatalities listed at the end bring the total to 16 for the month, plus one in Afghanistan.
That continues the pace we saw in April, which was the fifth-highest since the occupation began.
It is beginning to appear I was incorrect when in earlier posts I said there was no Feb/Mar "lull" this year. There was - it is just that its low point was 3-4 time that of previous years. See chart below.
05/06/07 AP: Car Bomb in Baghdad Market Kills 30 (update)
A car bomb ripped through a wholesale food market in western Baghdad on Sunday, flattening cars and shops and killing at least 30 people in the deadliest of a wave of attacks across Iraq that killed at least 50 people.
05/06/07 Xinhua: Insurgents kill 2 security members in Baghdad
Insurgents shot dead a police officer and bombed a police commando patrol, killing a commando member in separate attacks in Baghdad on Sunday, a well-informed police source said.
05/06/07 Reuters: Gunmen attack policemen and Iraqi translator
Gunmen attacked a policeman and an Iraqi translator working in a U.S. military base, seriously wounding the pair in the city of Kut, police said.
05/06/07 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 3 in Kut
A roadside bomb exploded near the house of a former member of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party, wounding three of his sons in the city of Kut, 170 km (100 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.
05/06/07 Reuters: Major General escapes roadside bomb attack
Major General Adnan Thabit escaped a roadside bomb attack near his motorcade in Kirkuk, police said.
05/06/07 Reuters: Bodies of 3 policemen found near Falluja
Police said they found the bodies of three policemen, shot and tortured, in the town of Garma, near Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad.
05/06/07 Reuters: Car bomb kills 2, wounds 10 in western Baghdad
A car bomb killed two people and wounded 10 others in the Mansour district of western Baghdad, police said.
05/06/07 Reuters: U.S. military kills 10 militants, destroys torture room
The U.S. military said it killed up to 10 militants and destroyed a torture room during a raid in Baghdad's Sadr City targeting suspected members of a cell known for smuggling sophisticated bombs from Iran.
05/06/07 AP: Car bomb kills 12 police officers in Samarra
in the Sunni city of Samarra, militants assaulted police station with a car bomb and automatic fire, killing 12 officers and triggering a bloody street battle with US forces
05/06/07 AP: Baghdad car bombing leaves 27 dead
A car bomb ripped through a wholesale food market in western Baghdad on Sunday, flattening cars and shops and killing at least 27 people in one of the deadliest attacks in the capital in recent days.
05/06/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 2)
Spc. Kelly B. Grothe, 21, of Spokane, Wash...assigned to Company B, 321st Engineer Battalion of the U.S. Army Reserve, Hayden Lake, Idaho...died May 3 in Ar Ramadi...armored personnel carrier was struck by an improvised explosive device
05/06/07 DoD Identifies Army Casualties (part 1)
Staff Sgt. Coby G. Schwab, 25, of Puyallup, Wash...assigned to Company B, 321st Engineer Battalion of the U.S. Army Reserve, Hayden Lake, Idaho...died May 3 in Ar Ramadi...armored personnel carrier was struck by an improvised explosive device
05/06/07 MNF: MNF-W forces attacked - 2 Marines killed
Two Marines assigned to Multi National Force-West were killed May 5 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province.
05/06/07 MNF: MND-B patrol targeted by roadside bomb - 1 killed, 4 wounded
A MND-B Soldier was killed and four others were wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated in a western section of the Iraqi capital May 4.
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