BAGHDAD, March 13.—At least 18 civilians have died as a result of U.S. helicopter attacks in the north and northeast of Baghdad, reported EFE.

Meanwhile, PL reported that Baghdad’s Attorney General Omar Abdul was shot dead on Tuesday by unknown gunmen.

The U.S. Air Force also bombed people it believed to be insurgents on a highway bordering Iran and leading to the northern city of Mosul.

Likewise, the United States has added another 700 soldiers to the 3,500 who are active in the province of Diyala, participating in a vast operation against the resistance. AP reports that the troops were transferred in a convoy of armed vehicles that entered the city of Bakuba beneath a deafening artillery attack.

According to figures from the aggressor’s military command, direct attacks against the occupiers in Diyala have increased by 70% since the middle of last year.

Meanwhile, EFE reported that more than two million Iraqis have been forced to leave the country because of the conflict unleashed by the United States, a figure to which should be added the 1.8 million refugees living within Iraqi borders.

Predictions from the UN make the situation even more dramatic, given that it is feared that a further million could leave their homes this year. Syria has received the largest number of displaced Iraqis, with one million, followed by Jordan with 750,000.