Fourteen people were killed in Iraq Monday, mostly policemen, after a three-day bombing frenzy as a top US military official warned of increased violence in the days ahead. Against the backdrop of violence, a donors' meeting in Jordan began with calls from Iraq for the international community to play a greater role in rebuilding the country still plagued by a lack of basic utilities.
Attacks continued Monday, with at least fourteen people killed in separate incidents across the war-torn country, including two car bombs against US military convoys. Seven of the victims were police, a key insurgent target.
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Richard Myers warned of more bloodshed as Iraq prepares for elections later this year.
Myers, speaking in Berlin where he was meeting with German military officials, said that such attacks were difficult to explain. "Clearly, there is going to be more violence ahead because there are people who don't want progress to happen," he said.
In a Monday interview with British television, firebrand Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr justified resistance against foreign troops in Iraq.
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