59 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 36 Executed by Death Squads, According to April 11, 2008 News Reports

59 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 36 Executed by Death Squads, According to April 11, 2008 News Reports

Editor's Note:

Only God knows how many Iraqis are killed everyday. The following is a summary of what the government news agency, VOI, publishes daily. Readers also may find few headlines of attacks reported by few independent news agencies. What's certain is that the number of Iraqis killed everyday exceeds what's reported.

Yaqen.net reported today that 3 people were killed, 7 were injured by a rocket attack on Palestine Hotel in Baghdad.

The Iraq News Agnecy (INA) reported that two US-recruited Sahwa fighters were killed, seven were injured in a suicide car attack, north of Beiji.

Amsi.org reported that US air strikes killed six Iraqis in Basra and six more in Sadr City today.

Iraqi army kills 4 gunmen in Ninewa

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 11 /04 /2008 Time 11:05:15
Ninewa-Voices of Iraq
Ninewa, April11, (VOI)-

Four gunmen were killed and five others wounded in clashes with Iraqi army forces in Mosul on Friday, A Ninewa security spokesman said.

"Iraqi army forces clashed with gunmen bilieved to be al-Qaeda network fighters in Al-Baaj district, 130 Kmwestern Mosul,killing four fighters and wounding fiver others", Brig. Khalid Abdel Sattar, spokesman for Ninewa security operations, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq(VOI).

The spokesman noted "three Iraqi army servicemen were variablly woundes in the clashes".
He did not provide further details, but said "clashes are ongoing".
Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north Baghdad.
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6 gunmen killed in MNF airstrike

Basra - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 11 /04 /2008 Time 11:05:15
Basra, Apr 11,(VOI)-

A number of gunmen, believed to be six, were killed on Friday morning in an airstrike by a Multi-National Force (MNF) warplane in western Basra, the media spokesman for the MNF in southern Iraq said.
“A MNF warplane shelled a group of armed men in al-Hussein neighborhood in western Basra, killing six gunmen,” Captain Ford told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The British forces had announced last week that they supported the Iraqi forces during military operations in Basra against Shi'i Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s al-Mahdi army fighters.
British soldiers were stationed in one base - the Basra International Airport - after handing over the former presidential palaces, which they took as a military base, to the Iraqi forces.
The British forces keep 4,100 troops within the MNF in Iraq.

Britain was the United States' prime ally in the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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4 killed, 19 wounded in acts of violence over 24 hours

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 11 /04 /2008 Time 11:05:15
Baghdad, Apr 11, (VOI)-

Four persons were killed, 19 wounded and 33 bodies were found in acts of violence that took place at different places of Iraq during the last 24 hours, security sources said.

In Baghdad, the U.S. army said that Iraqi forces found a mass grave contains more than 30 bodies in al-Mahmoudiya region.

Meanwhile, Abdul-Sattar al-Berqdar, official spokesman for the Supreme Judicial Council, said 28242 detainees have been released since the implementation of the General Amnesty Law in February 2008 until Thursday.

Eyewitnesses from Sadr City in eastern Baghdad said that a missile fired by a helicopter, believed to be American, on a residential building on Thursday, left unspecified number of casualties.

In Najaf, Hayder al-Jabiri, from Sadr's office in Najaf, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI) over the phone that Riadh al-Nouri, one of the key assistants of Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr, was shot in front of his home in al-Furat neighborhood, northern Najaf, while returning from the Friday prayers.
"Unidentified gunmen in a car that carried no number plate opened fire at Nouri, who received a bullet in the head," Jabiri said.

Ahmed Deibal, the official spokesman for the civil administration in Najaf, 180 km southwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, said a curfew was imposed as of Friday afternoon until further notice over the slain leading Sadrist bloc member.

"Najaf will be under an indefinite curfew as of Friday afternoon for security reasons," Deibal told VOI.
In Mosul, a police source said that three unknown bodies were found on Thursday, while a civilian was gunned down by unidentified gunmen.

A security source said gunmen opened fire against a civilian while driving his private car in al-Zeraai neighborhood, killing him instantly.

The official spokesman for the Ninewa operations command, Brigadier Khaled Abdul Sattar, said “unknown gunmen opened fire against two civilians near a fuel station in west of Mosul, killing one and injuring the other.”

Meanwhile, the spokesman noted "a roadside bomb went off in al-Islah al-Zirai district, west Mosul, wounding a passing woman".

He also said at least 11 civilians were wounded on Thursday in an attack with mortar rounds in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

"On Thursday's afternoon, eight mortar shells hit al-Simood neighborhood, near 'Dorat Baghdad,' southern Mosul, wounding 11 civilians," Brigadier Khaled Abdel-Sattar told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).

Five civilians were wounded in a shootout followed by a bomb explosion,” he added.

In Diwaniya, Ismail Kadhim, Afak mayor, said police forces of Afak town, 30 km west Diwaniya, uncovered a cache of weapons containing 26 improvised explosive devices(IED), a 27-Km range rocket and a Chlor bottle used by gunmen in explosion attacks.

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289 killed, 1448 injured in two weeks in Sadr City – medic

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 11 /04 /2008 Time 11:05:15
Baghdad, Apr 11, (VOI)-

More than 289 persons have been killed and 1448 others wounded since the beginning of armed clashes in Sadr City on March 25, an official source in the health ministry said on Friday.
“The death toll of the clashes and bombarding operations in Sadr City which started on March 25 rose to 289 dead and 1448 wounded,” the source, who asked for anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).

Baghdad and a number of southern provinces have witnessed armed confrontations between security forces and Shi'i Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi army fighters on March 25, hours after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced the launch of Operation Saulet al-Foursan (Knights' Assault), which aims at eliminating armed groups in Basra.

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