US Soldier, 3 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, No Agreement With Bush Administration on Troops This Year, According to August 27, 2008 News Reports

US Soldier, 3 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, No Agreement With Bush Administration on Troops This Year

According to August 27, 2008 News Reports

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:

- Al-Maliki sacked the foreign ministry delegation which negotiates with the US government over an agreement regarding presence of US forces in Iraq. He replaced them with another delegation headed by his security advisor, Al-Rubai'i.

Iraqi sources said that Al-Maliki government is not interested in signing an agreement with the Bush administration, preferring to do that with the Obama administration, particularly both of them agree on a timetable for US forces withdrawal while Bush wants an open-ended presence.

- A US patrol was attacked with a car bomb in Mosul damaging a vehicle and causing US casualties. Five Iraqi civilians were injured in the street as a result of the blast.

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News Summary

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 27 /08 /2008 Time 10:05:52
BAGHDAD, Aug. 27 (VOI) –

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

*Politics & Security:

ANBAR, A U.S. congressional delegation on Wednesday arrived in Falluja to meet with several officials over local issues, the head of the city's local council said.

BAGHDAD, The Iraqi premier Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday said that his cabinet is working on restoring emigrated authors by offering them opportunities, calling on Iraqi intellectuals in exile to return to the country.

NINEWA, Five civilians, including two women, were wounded in a suicide car bombing that targeted a U.S. army patrol in eastern Mosul, a source from Ninewa police said on Wednesday.

BAGHDAD, U.S troops on Wednesday captured a key special groups commander at Baghdad airport, a media advisor said.

NINEWA, Two civilians were wounded in a suicide car bombing that occurred in a residential neighborhood in western Talafar, the suburb's mayor said on Wednesday.

NINEWA, Iraqi joint security forces on Wednesday arrested al-Qaeda-linked group operatives in the northern province of Ninewa, a military source said.

NINEWA, Fourteen civilians in Ninewa were wounded in the third suicide car bombing today, which took place in a southern Talafar suburb, a source from the Iraqi army said on Wednesday.

BAGHDAD, The spokesperson for Baghdad Operations Command (BOC), General Qassim Atta, on Wednesday said that violence in the Iraqi capital has been reduced by 89 percent, in comparison to the past two years.

BAGHDAD, Iraqi journalist group on Wednesday said bodyguards of Minister of Technology attacked a correspondent for local satellite TV channel in Baghdad while covering an annual conference for the ministry.

SS (I)

News Summary

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 27 /08 /2008 Time 10:05:52
BAGHDAD, Aug. 27 (VOI) –

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

*Politics & Security:

BAGHDAD, Police patrols found unknown body in southeastern Baghdad, a police source said on Wednesday.

BAGHDAD, Three U.S. officers killed four Iraqi detainees, believed of having links to al-Mahdi army, in western Baghdad, the New York Times said on Wednesday.

BAGHDAD, Anti-bomb squad defused five bombs in two separate regions of Baghdad, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.

KIRKUK, Police forces on Wednesday arrested a gunman while attempting to plant a bomb in south of Kirkuk, the chief of local police said.

BAGHDAD, Two civilians were killed and 20 others were injured in three separate explosions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Wednesday, a police source said.

U.S. soldier dies in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 27 /08 /2008 Time 10:05:52
BAGHDAD, Aug. 27 (VOI) -

The U.S. army said on Wednesday that one of its soldiers died of wounds sustained following a bombing attack in northeastern Baghdad.

"A Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldier died at a Coalition forces medical facility in Baghdad today as a result of wounds sustained following an IED attack Aug. 26," the U.S. army said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The death brings to 20 U.S. soldiers killed during this August and to 4,148 the number killed since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003.

SH (I)

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