2 US Soldiers, 8 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 4 Executed by Death Squads, According to August 13, 2008 News Reports

Amsi.org reported the following news:

- A US soldier was killed in a gunfire attack in Al-Anbar Province, three days ago but his death was announced today, in addition to another who was killed yesterday north of Baghdad..

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News Summary

National - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 13 /08 /2008 Time 10:28:22
BAGHDAD, Aug. 13 (VOI) -

Following is a summary of news reports posted until 10:00 p.m. Baghdad local time Wednesday:

*Politics:

BAGHDAD, The Iraqi deputy prime minister on Wednesday arrived in Tehran leading an official delegation on a few day visit to the neighboring country, an informed source said.

NINEWA, Two people on Wednesday were killed, including an Iraqi soldier, and 16 others were wounded in a suicide car bomb attack that targeted a combined Iraqi army-police checkpoint in western Mosul, said a source from Ninewa police.

DIALA, U.S troops on Wednesday released the chief of an Iraqi non-governmental organization (NGO) in Diala, a security source said.

BASRA, A combined Iraqi army-police force on Wednesday arrested seven people, while a quantity of arms and ammunition were seized, all in raid operations in three different areas, in southern Basra, said the Iraqi army's spokesperson in the province.

BAGHDAD, Iraqi police forces on Wednesday arrested two individuals while they were attempting to plant a roadside bomb near a mosque in Baghdad, a security source said.

Karbala, A military spokesman on Wednesday said twelve security battalions came to Karbala in security measures taken ahead of religious ceremonies in the holy Shi'i city.

BAGHDAD, A media advisor for the Multi-National Forces in Iraq on Wednesday said the attack that targeted a U.S army patrol in Baghdad caused casualties.

NINEWA, The casualty toll from the bombing in Ninewa rose to two dead and seven wounded, a police source said on Wednesday.

KIRKUK, Four unknown bodies were buried in the cemetery for the unknown, southern Kirkuk, a source from the province's provincial council said on Wednesday.

BAGHDAD, Two believed to belong to Kata'ib Hezbollah, or Hezbollah Brigades, were arrested on Wednesday, the U.S. army said.

NINEWA, Aug. 13 (VOI) - Security forces on Wednesday arrested three gunmen and seized a weapons cache in Ninewa, a military spokesman said.

BAGHDAD, A U.S. soldier and an Iraqi Interpreter were killed by a roadside bombing in Baghdad on Wednesday, a military statement said.

BAGHDAD, The spokesperson for the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights said that the Ministry on Wednesday issued its annual report about prisons in Iraq in 2007, which embraced revealing how a number of prisoners were killed under different circumstances, in addition to torture claims against the two ministries of defense and human rights.

KIRKUK, One civilian was wounded when a mortar shell hit his house in downtown Kirkuk city, a police source said on Wednesday.

BAGHDAD, Iraq's deputy foreign minister on Wednesday said the U.S.-Iraq long term agreement is in its final stages after overcoming a number of controversial issues.

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News Summary

National - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 13 /08 /2008 Time 10:28:22
BAGHDAD, Aug. 13 (VOI) -

Following is a summary of news reports posted until 04:00 p.m. Baghdad local time Wednesday:

*Politics:

KIRKUK, Director of al-Multaqa district, west of Kirkuk, and Sahwa leader survived an attempt on his life on Wednesday when a suicide bomber blew up a car bomb targeting his motorcade in the district, the chief of local police said.

NINEWA, A civilian was killed and seven more were wounded on Wednesday in a car bomb explosion in south of Mosul city, a police source said.

KUWAIT, Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on Wednesday expressed hope that Kuwait would release the rest of Iraqi prisoners kept in its jails.

BAGHDAD, The U.S. army headquarters in northern Baghdad came under mortar shells attack, the U.S. forces' media advisor said on Wednesday.

BAGHDAD, Deputy Prime Minister Burham Saleh on Wednesday left Baghdad heading for Tehran leading a governmental delegation on a three-day visit to Iran, the media spokesman for the deputy premier said.

DIALA, A police officer was injured on Wednesday when an improvised explosive device went off in the south of Ba'aqouba, a police source said.

DIALA, Iraqi security forces on Wednesday arrested 12 persons and defused a bomb within the wide-scale security operation Bashaer al-Kheir in Diala, the Interior Ministry said.

NINEWA, Iraqi army forces arrested three al-Qaeda's gunmen during a security raid in north of Mosul, an Iraqi army source said on Wednesday.

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Iraq War Report for events of Tuesday, 12 August 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Tuesday, 12 August 2008.

· US forces arrest nine gunmen linked to Iran.

· Al-Qa‘idah belt bomber kills three in Ba‘qubah Tuesday morning.

Baghdad.

US forces arrest nine gunmen linked to Iran.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 10:10pm Tuesday night Beijing time (5:10pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that the US military had announced that its troops had arrested nine gunmen who belong to the Hizballah Brigades, an armed organization with ties to Iran. The arrests took place in the Sunni Baghdad district of al-A‘zamiyah, the US announcement said.

Xinhua reported the American communiqué as saying that the arrests were the result of operations carried out in al-A‘zamiyah on Monday evening and Tuesday morning. The American forces announced that the Hizballah Brigades receive financial and logistical support as well as funds and weapons – including bombs, rockets, and mortar rounds – from Iran and receive guidance from the Iranian al-Quds Brigades, which, in turn, are subordinated to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

Diyala Province.
Ba‘qubah.

Belt bomber targets motorcade in Ba‘aqoubah Tuesday morning.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 6:35pm Tuesday afternoon Beijing time (1:35pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a man wearing an explosive belt blew himself up by the motorcade of Ra‘d Mullah Jawad, Governor of Diyala Province, as he was coming out of the provincial government building in Ba‘aqoubah, 65km northeast of Baghdad before noon on Tuesday.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi police as saying that three people were killed and three others wounded in the suicide bombing. Several cars in the motorcade were damaged, but Governor Jawad was not hurt.

Following the attack, Iraqi authorities imposed a curfew on the city of Ba‘aqubah, just a day after the regime declared the end of its two-week operation against al-Qa‘idah.

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