At least three people were killed, and seven were wounded
in the latest violence:
In Baghdad, rocket fire targeting the Green Zone
killed a
girl and wounded five other civilians. Two
security personnel were wounded near the US Embassy, and several
militiamen may have been injured as well. The attack came after the U.S.
government announced
the drawdown of U.S. troops in Iraq.
A police
official was shot dead at a checkpoint in Abu Siraj.
Turkish forces killed
a member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (P.K.K.) during an
operation near Sinjar.