Talabani’s Nephew Killed in Kerkuk

Elsewhere, a bomb attack on a police car and a civilian car killed nine people in Ramadi. Four of those killed were foreigners.

In the city of Beled, 80 kilometers south of Baghdad, an attack on a U.S. base killed two American soldiers and injured 21.

Meanwhile, it was announced that the U.S. Vice-Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General George Casey has been assigned as the Chief of U.S. Command in Iraq.