Report : Military intelligence estimate says June most violent month on record; 178 attacks daily

Above: A boy approaches the burning wreckage of a U.S. Humvee hit by a roadside bomb in Baghdad today. 1 civilian nearby was killed in the blast. There is no word on U.S. casualties.

ABC News has learned the most recent military intelligence assessment of Iraq also shows that the overall level of violence in the country -- measured as the number of "violent incidents" -- hit its highest level in June since the war began.

According to the assessment, an average of 178 attacks a day were carried out in June. By comparison, there were only 94 attacks a day in March 2006, the month after the attack on the Golden Dome mosque in Samarra touched off a wave of sectarian violence...

The number of attacks on U.S. soldiers is way up, now accounting for 70 percent of all attacks in Iraq.

While violence has dropped dramatically in Anbar Province, the number of attacks has risen sharply in four other provinces: Baghdad, Salahaddin, Diyala and Basra.

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