18 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 3 by Death Squads, 6 in Checkpoint Attack, According to August 20, 2008

Editor's Note:

Only God knows how many Iraqis are killed everyday. The following represents part of the reporting but readers are advised that the actual number of deaths should very much exceed what's reported.

Concerning deaths of US soldiers, only those US citizens who die in Iraq are included in the statistics. There are no published statistics about US soldiers who die of their injuries after that. There are no published statistics about the deaths or injuries of the private army soldiers (security contractors), or about those without US citizenship.

It is noteworthy that May 20, 2008 news reports showed that death squads which execute Iraqis on daily basis are no longer hiding themselves. Previously, Sunni leaders pointed to Mahdi Army and Badr militiamen as the perpetrators. Now, death squads are composed of the US-recruited Sahwa fighters and policemen (which is an opportunity for US forces command to sever relations with these fighters).

Despite the fact that there are scores of organizations involved in the Iraq war, the Iraqi government officials prefer to refer to them as Alqaeda gunmen for propaganda purposes, as mentioned in the June 4, 2008 news report. For accuracy purposes, the term "Alqaeda gunmen" may be replaced with "Iraqi fighters."

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yaqen.net reported the following news:

- One person was killed, two were injured in Tuz Khurmato by gunmen fire.

- The "new free" Iraq has 14 detention centers containing 47,445 Iraqis detained for political reasons.

amsi.org reported the following news:

- An Iraqi soldier and a civilian were killed in an attack on a checkpoint in Al-Ghazaliya neighborhood.

- The Green Zone was rocketed today.

- The 1920s Brigades announced an attack on Al-Bakr US forces base north of Baghdad.

- Two bodies were found in Al-Muqdadiy, a third was found south of Al-Hillah.

INA reported the following news:

- One person was killed, three were injured from the same family by a roadside bomb in Al-Muqdadiya.

- 6 Iraqis were killed, 9 were injured in an attack on a police checkpoint in Al-Ramadi city, in Al-Anbar Province, on Wednesday.

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News Summary

National - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 20 /08 /2008 Time 8:38:05
BAGHDAD, Aug. 20 (VOI) -

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

*Politics and Security:

NINEWA, Iraqi security forces on Wednesday arrested a gunman while planting an explosive charge in eastern Mosul, the official of the security committee in the Ninewa provincial council said.

BAGHDAD, A civilian was killed and two more were wounded on Wednesday in a bomb explosion in northeastern Baghdad, said a police source.

DIALA, Police patrols found on Wednesday three unidentified bodies in northeast of Ba'aqouba, an official security source said.

KIRKUK, Unidentified gunmen killed a man, while security forces arrested a suspected gunman in Kirkuk, local police chief said on Wednesday.

BAGHDAD, Head of the Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front Adnan al-Dulaimi on Wednesday said that the Iraqi-U.S. forces who arrested his son Muthanna yesterday aimed at hitting the IAF and the national reconciliation project and entire political process.

BAGHDAD, The Iraqi Islamic party (IIP) under Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on Wednesday condemned arresting the Head of the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF) Adnan al-Dulaimi's son, describing the operation as "provocative."

DIALA, The Diala presidency on Wednesday decided to suspend its official work for two days in protest to Iraqi forces arresting the president of the university, the media official of the university said.

BAGHDAD, The deputy president of the Parliament's Security and Defense Committee on Wednesday demanded to dissolve the counter-terrorism unit and its special forces, describing the arrest of officials in Diala as a brutal act.

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3 unknown bodies found in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 20 /08 /2008 Time 8:38:05
DIALA, Aug. 20 (VOI) -

Police patrols found on Wednesday three unidentified bodies in northeast of Ba'aqouba, an official security source said.

"Police forces found three unknown decayed corpses during a security raid in a garden inside Sinsel village in Muqdadiya, northeast of Ba'aqouba," the source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq (VOI).

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