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| May 2004 in Iraq |
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| May 2nd - Nine US soldiers were killed in Iraq. The majority as a result of an attack on a US base in Western Iraq |
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May 8th- 26 year old Nick Berg of Philadelphia Pennsylvania was beheaded by Muslim extremists. They claimed in a video showing the beheading to have done it in revenge for the treatment of prisoners in Abu Gharib prison. Berg had been in Iraq for business. |
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May 17th The President of the Iraq Governing Council Izzedine Salim was killed when his convoy was attacked near a US checkpoint. He had held the presidency of the council since May 1 |
| May 21st A suicide bomber killed five people in a quiet residential area in Baghdad. The intended target was Abdul-Jabbar Youssef al-Sheikihili the deputy minister fro security, He was wounded but not killed. |
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