Juan Cole: June 8, 2005

33 Dead in Tuesday Attacks, over 70 Wounded

At least 33 persons died in guerrilla attacks or from friendly fire on Tuesday. The Australian Broadcasting Co. reports, ' Nine people were killed in the northern city of Mosul, including four peshmerga militiamen reportedly shot dead by police after they were mistaken for insurgents and three students killed when unknown gunmen burst into their apartment. ' This in addition to the car bombings in the morning at Hawija, and later a mortar attack at Fallujah and drive-by shootings and ambushes north of Baghdad and elsewhere.