Juan Cole: June 4, 2005

At Least 19 Dead in Guerrilla Violence

Guerrillas detonated bombs near Balad, and in Samarra. Mortar rounds fell in Baghdad and there was a car bombing in the capital. A firefight took place in Tikrit. There were assassinations of important figures in Kirkuk, Baghdad and Basra.

The Washington Post has some more details on the bombing of the Sufi center near Balad north of Baghdad.