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80 Die in Weekend Violence in Iraq

HeadlineDec 06, 2004

In Iraq, more than 80 people have died over the past three days in a bloody weekend. On Sunday, 17 unarmed Iraqi contractors working for the Pentagon were shot dead in Tikrit. Another 20 were wounded. On Saturday, a suicide bomber in Mosul hit a bus killing Kurdish fighters. Also on Saturday, fighting between Shiites and Sunnis in the city of Latifiya left 20 dead.

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