43 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 15 in US Air Raids on Sadr City, According to April 21, 2008 News Reports

Yaqen.net reported that 15 Mahdi Army militiamen were killed in two US air raids on Sadr City. Seven were killed in the first raid and eight in the second, according to US forces.

amsi.org reported that an Iraqi family of five were killed in a US air raid on their house in Al-Ameen neighborhood, in Baghdad, including a couple and three children.

U.S. drone goes down north of Hilla

Babel - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 21 /04 /2008 Time 10:42:23
Hilla, Apr 21, (VOI)-

A U.S. drone went down at 6 pm on Monday in north of Hilla, a police source said.
“The residents of al-Jelawiya region in al-Askandariya district, north of Hilla, told the police that a U.S. aircraft went down,” the source, who asked to remain unnamed, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

“The U.S. forces rushed to the area and lifted the wreck,” he added.
He did not give more details.
Hilla, the capital of Babel, lies 100 km south of Baghdad.

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Civilian killed, 2 cops injured, body found in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 21 /04 /2008 Time 10:42:23
Mosul, Apr 21, (VOI) -

One civilian was killed by gunmen, two policemen were injured and a driver’s body was found in separate incidents in Mosul, said a police source on Monday.

“Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a civilian in al-Islah al-Zeraei region in western Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile, the spokesman for the Ninewa operations, Brigadier Khaled Abdul Sattar, told VOI that an improvised explosive device went off targeting a police vehicle patrol in al-Jamea'a neighborhood in northern Mosul, wounding two policemen.

“Policemen found a driver’s body after hours of being kidnapped,” the brigadier added.
“The forces found the body of a driver from Ninewa’s water department in al-Haramat region in western Mosul,” he explained.

“Gunmen kidnapped him in 17 Tamouz region in western Mosul this morning and took him to unknown place,” Abdul Sattar highlighted.

Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad.

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Body found, two civilians wounded in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 21 /04 /2008 Time 10:42:23
Mosul, Apr 21, (VOI) -

Security forces on Monday found a body in eastern Mosul, while two civilians were injured in a bomb explosion in the northern part of the city, the official spokesman for the Ninewa operations command said.

“Police forces found a body of a civilian young man in al-Gazaer (Note: Egyptian translator's dialect for Al-Jazaer) neighborhood in eastern Mosul,” Brig. Khaled Abdul Sattar Sa'adon told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

“The body belongs to a 16 year-old young man and bore signs of shot wounds to the head,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the brigadier said that “Iraqi army forces managed to detonate an explosive charge, planted by unknown gunmen on the main road in al-Rashidiya region in northern Mosul.”
“The explosion injured two passing civilians,” he added.

Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

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14 people killed, 55 wounded in Sadr city clashes

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 21 /04 /2008 Time 10:42:23
Baghdad, Apr 21, (VOI) –

14 people were killed, 55 others were wounded in the clashes that took place in Sadr city, eastern Baghdad, during the past 24 hours, a police source said on Monday.

"14 people were killed, 55 others were wounded, in the armed operations that took place in Sadr city, from Sunday morning until Monday morning," the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
He explained that those statistics "were deduced from the hospitals of Imam Ali and Martyr al-Sadr inside Sadr city."

The source did not identify the number of civilians, gunmen, and security forces members among the statistics.

Over the past two days, Sadr city has witnessed armed clashes between Iraqi-U.S. forces that have surrounded the city for three weeks, and the Sadr movement's Mahdi Army fighters, as the city is considered one of their most important strongholds in Baghdad.
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3 US-recruited fighters killed, 4 wounded in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 21 /04 /2008 Time 10:42:23
Diala, Apr 21, (VOI) –

Three members of the (US-recruited) Popular Committees were killed and four others wounded when a female suicide bomber attacked a Committees HQ in central Ba'aqouba on Monday, police said.

"A female bomber detonated her explosive belt near a Committees headquarters in al-Mafraq neighborhood, central Ba'aqouba, killing three members and wounding four others," a police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

The source did not give further details.

The Committees, comprising 8-10,000 fighters, are armed factions that work with Iraqi and U.S. forces in the fight against al-Qaeda as part of Operation Arrowhead Ripper, launched in June 2007.
Ba'aqouba, the capital of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

The suicide bombing attack is the second to take place in Diala today.

Earlier on Monday a security source said a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest near a joint checkpoint of Iraqi and U.S. forces in the district of Kana'an, Ba'aqouba, during the early hours of Monday but left no casualties.

"A suicide bomber with an explosive belt blew himself up a few meters away from a joint Iraqi-U.S. checkpoint in central Kana'an district," the source, who requested anonymity, told VOI.
"The attack left no casualties among Iraqi or U.S. forces' ranks," the source said.

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Gunmen kill officer near Touz Khormato

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 21 /04 /2008 Time 10:42:23
Kirkuk, Apr 21, (VOI) –

A police officer in the rank of captain was killed by unidentified gunmen in Amirli area, Touz Khormato district, on Monday, a police source said.

"Unknown gunmen opened a volley of fire at Cap. Saed Ibrahim al-Bayyati in front of his home in Soliman Pek village, (15 km) south of Touz Khormato, killing him instantly," the source, who declined to have his name revealed, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"The gunmen then escaped to an unknown place, the source added.
Touz Khormato lies 85 km southwest of Kirkuk.

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Suicide blast targets joint checkpoint in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 21 /04 /2008 Time 10:42:23
Diala, Apr 21, (VOI) –

A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest near a joint checkpoint of Iraqi and U.S. forces in the district of Kana'an, Ba'aqouba, during the early hours of Monday but left no casualties, a security source said.

"The attack left no casualties among Iraqi or U.S. forces' ranks," the source said.
Ba'aqouba, the capital of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

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Kurdish official, 4 escorts wounded in Kirkuk blast

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 21 /04 /2008 Time 10:42:23
Kirkuk, Apr 21, (VOI) –

A Kurdish official and four of his escorts were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near their vehicle in central Kirkuk on Monday, an official police source said.

"An IED targeted the vehicle of Jabbar al-Hadj Jalal, the official in charge of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) relations department, when he was heading to his work in Sahat al-Tayaran area in central Kirkuk, wounding him and four of his escorts," the source, who refused to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"The blast also caused severe damage to the vehicle," the source said, adding the wounded were rushed to the Kirkuk hospital for treatment.

The PUK is one of the main components in the Kurdistan Coalition (KC), the second largest bloc in the Iraqi parliament with 55 out of a total 275 seats.

Kirkuk, an oil-rich city of mixed population of ethnic and religious groups, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

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