US Soldier, a Palestinian, 59 Iraqis Killed, 30 More Bodies Found in Mass Grave, According to April 14, 2008 News Reports

US Soldier, a Palestinian, 59 Iraqis Killed, 30 More Bodies Found in Mass Grave, According to April 14, 2008 News Reports

Editor's Note:

Only God knows how many Iraqis are killed everyday. The following is a summary of what the Iraqi news agency, Voices of Iraq (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 that sectarian militiamen killed a Palestinian man called Rami Ahmed Jaber Al-Asa'ad, as he was returning to his home in Al-Tobji area, west of Baghdad.

Amsi.org reported that the number of deaths of US soldiers, private soldiers (contractors), and foreign-recruited soldiers reached 38,000. Only deaths US citizen-soldiers in the regular US forces are announced.

IED kills U.S. soldier in Salahuddin

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 14 /04 /2008 Time 11:17:20
Baghdad, Apr 14, (VOI)-

The U.S. army said one U.S. soldier was killed on Monday in a bomb explosion in Salahuddin province.

“A Coalition force soldier was killed in an improvised explosive device attack in the Salahuddin Province on April 14,” the army said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
The death brings the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the beginning of military operations in March 2003 to 4035.

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Casualties from northern town suicide bombing rise to 33

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 14 /04 /2008 Time 11:17:20
Ninewa, Apr 14, (VOI)-

The casualties toll from the northern town of Talafar bombing on Monday rose to 33 individuals, a Ninewa medical source said.

“The toll from the Talafar bombing rose to four deaths and 29 injuries including a number of serious cases,” Dr. Saleh Qado, director of Talafar hospital, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
Earlier, the same source said, “The Talafar hospital received this afternoon three bodies and 19 wounded in a blast targeting funeral mourners in al-Wehda neighborhood in Talafar district, west of Mosul.”

While the city’s Mayor Abdullah Nijm pointed out “the blast took place when a suicide bomber blew up an explosive belt strapped to his body amongst funeral mourners.”
Four car bombs jolted Mosul earlier in the day, leaving over 17 dead and 37 wounded, according to security sources.

Talafar is 60 km west of Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, which lies 405 km north of Baghdad.
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Fifth car bomb explosion strikes Peshmerga in Ninewa

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 14 /04 /2008 Time 11:17:20
Ninewa, Apr 14, (VOI) -

12 members of the Kurdish Peshmerga guards were killed in a car bomb explosion, the fifth of its type, in the volatile northern province of Ninewa on Monday, a police source said.

“A car bomb went off against a carrier vehicle of Kurdistan region Peshmerga guards, near the border town of Rabia, west Mosul, leaving 12 Peshmerga guards killed and two others wounded,” a Ninewa police source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).
Rabia border town is the main gateway to the Iraqi northern province and Kurdistan region to Syria. It is also a town linking between Arab- predominated villages and the self-autonomous Kurdish region.
Earlier, Ninewa has seen a spate of four car bombs, leaving over five civilians killed and 37 others wounded according to security and medic sources.
Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north Baghdad.
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22 casualties as 4th explosion rattles Ninewa

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 14 /04 /2008 Time 11:17:20
Mosul, Apr 14, (VOI) -

At least three civilians were killed and 19 more were wounded on Monday in a suicide bombing attack in central Talafar, the fourth in Ninewa today, medical and governmental sources said.

“The Talafar hospital received this afternoon three bodies and 19 wounded in a blast targeting funeral mourners in al-Wehda neighborhood in Talafar district, west of Mosul,” Dr. Saleh Qado, director of Talafar hospital, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

“Three civilians are in critical condition,” he added.

The city’s Mayor Abdullah Nijm told VOI “the blast took place when a suicide bomber blew up an explosive belt strapped to his body inside funeral mourners.”
Three car bombs jolted Mosul earlier in the day, leaving two dead and 18 wounded, according to security sources.

Talafar is 60 km west of Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, which lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

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17 civilians wounded in armed attack in Balad

Salah al-Din - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 14 /04 /2008 Time 11:17:20
Balad, Apr 14, (VOI) –

Seventeen civilians were injured on Monday in an armed attack in Balad city, while eyewitnesses said that the attack left four gunmen dead, a police source said.

A group of 20-30 gunmen attacked Tal al-Thahab village in Yatrhreb district in Balad,” the source, who asked for anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

“17 civilians, including women and children, were injured in the attack,” he added.
Local residents told VOI that residents clashed with the gunmen, killing four of them, including a local leader.

Balad, Salah al-Din province, is 80 km north of Baghdad.

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Toll from Mosul bombing rises to 18

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 14 /04 /2008 Time 11:17:20
Ninewa, Apr 14, (VOI) -

The injury toll from three car bombings in Mosul rose to 18 civilians, a Ninewa security spokesman said on Monday.

“The injury toll from the three car bombs that struck Mosul rose to 18,” Brig. Khalid Abdel Sattar, spokesman for Ninewa security operations command, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).
The spokesman did not provide further details.

Earlier, a police source told VOI “three car bombs went off on Monday afternoon in different parts of Mosul, leaving two civilians dead and ten others wounded, including fire brigade fighters.”

The source pointed out “the first car bomb went off in al-Ghezlani region, southern Mosul, without causing casualties as the police had sealed off the area prior to detonating the bomb.”

“The second car went off in al-Mahta district, south Mosul, wounding four civilians including two fire brigade fighters,” the source added.

“The third car detonated in al-Muthana district, east Mosul.”
Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north Baghdad.
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5 more unknown bodies found in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 14 /04 /2008 Time 11:17:20
Diala, Apr 14, (VOI) –

A joint security force found five unidentified bodies in a village in al-Muqdadiya district, 45 km northeast of Ba'aqouba, a security source from Diala province said on Monday.

"The mass grave, found in Al-Zoar village, Muqdadiya, contained 35 bodies. Thirty were discovered on Sunday and five on Monday. All of them were decayed," the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

Earlier on Monday the U.S. army said in a statement that 30 bodies buried inside a mass grave in southern al-Muqdadiya city were uncovered.

"Multi-National Division – North Soldiers discovered between 20 – 30 bodies buried in a mass grave south of Muqdadiya, Iraq, April 13," according to the statement received VOI.

"All the bodies were badly decomposed and appear to have been at the site nearly eight months. The Coalition forces were unable to determine whether or not the bodies had been tortured at the time of death."

The remains will be moved to a nearby cemetery, the U.S. statement read.
Late last March, the U.S. army said it found a mass grave with 14 bodies in northern Muqdadiya, Diala province.

A U.S. army statement then read that some of the bodies showed signs of having been tortured and remained in that site for a period of 2-6 months. That site happened to be 100 meters north of another mass grave with 37 bodies discovered a couple of days earlier.

According to the statement, the areas where these mass graves were found have been under the al-Qaeda network's control before the U.S. forces expelled them within a security campaign launched jointly between the U.S. and Iraqi armies on November 27, 2007 in Diala with the aim of tracking down al-Qaeda operatives in the province and improving security conditions there.

Joint forces, during the period that followed the launching of Operation Fardh al-Qanoon (law imposing) on February 19, 2007, discovered many mass graves in most areas of Diala, including one in the village of al-Bu Teima, al-Khalis district, 25 km north of Ba'aqouba, in which more than 100 unidentified bodies were found.

Ba'aquba, the capital of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

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15 soldiers killed, 400 wounded since security plan launched in Basra

Basra - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 14 /04 /2008 Time 11:17:20
Basra, Apr 14, (VOI) –

Iraqi security forces lost 15 soldiers and 400 others wounded since the commencement of Operation Saulat al-Forsan (Knights' Assault) in the southern Iraq city of Basra last March, according to the interior ministry's National Command Center on Monday.

"Fifteen soldiers were killed and 400 others wounded since the launching of Saulat al-Forsan, while the losses of gunmen in different areas of Basra were 400," the center's chief Maj. General Abdul-Kareem Khalaf told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

Saulat al-Forsan, which started during the last week of March, was announced by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki with the aim of tracking down "outlaws" in the oil-rich port city of Basra. Clashes erupted between government forces and armed groups believed to belong to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militias.

Meanwhile, Khalaf said 28 convicts were executed on Sunday after being found guilty of committing murders, assassinations and kidnappings before Saulat al-Forsan was launched.

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Baghdad blast casualties up to 13

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 14 /04 /2008 Time 11:17:20
Baghdad, Apr 14, (VOI) –

Casualties from Monday's earlier central Baghdad improvised explosive device (IED) attack rose to 11 wounded in addition to the two people killed, the Baghdad Operations Command said.

"The casualties rose to two deaths and 11 wounded," Maj. General Qassem Atta, the spokesman for Operation Fardh al-Qanoon (law imposing), told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

Atta earlier said an IED planted by unidentified gunmen on the main road near Sahat al-Tayaran went off when a government vehicle was passing by, killing two civilians and wounding four others.
He did not give further details on the targeted vehicle.

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Basra intel. officer assassinated

Basra - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 14 /04 /2008 Time 11:17:20
Basra, Apr 14, (VOI) –

An intelligence officer in the rank of major was assassinated by unidentified gunmen in central Basra on Monday, a police source in the province said.

"Unidentified gunmen in a vehicle opened drive-by fire at Maj. Ali Hayder Jaber, an officer in the Basra intelligence department, in al-Djzaer area, central Basra, killing him instantly," the source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

Assassinations in Basra, 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, had nearly vanished after Operation Saulat al-Forsan (Knights' Assault) was conducted in the province and Iraqi army checkpoints were set up to control the oil-rich port city's entrances and exits.

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NGOs official assassinated in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 14 /04 /2008 Time 11:17:20
Diala, Apr 14, (VOI) –

An armed group assassinated an official NGOs official near the district of al-Wajihiya, 20 km east of Ba'aqouba city, on Monday, a security source in Diala said.

"Abdul-Kareem Saba'a was killed by unidentified gunmen fire in al-Wajihiya," the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of security concerns, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

The general commissioner for non-governmental organizations in Diala province, Hazbar Musayyar al-Azzawi, said Saba'a was gunned down while he was heading to the provincial council to attend an expanded meeting on civil society organizations.

Several civil society figures and advocates in Diala had been killed or kidnapped during the past few years.

Yahya Razzouqi, the head of an organization fighting administrative corruption n the province, was kidnapped in late 2006.

Ba'aqouba, the capital of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

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