US Soldier, 24 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to August 4-5, 2008 News Reports

US Soldier, 24 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to August 7, 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:

- An Iraqi civilian man was killed in Al-Haqlaniyah by the Haditha US-recruited Sahwa fighters.

- Three members of one family were killed by US soldiers in Al-Shurqat while they were driving their car. These were the attorney Fareed Ibrahim Al-Jubouri, his wife, and his cousin Saleh Ismail Atiyah.

- Shaikh Mahmoud Younus of the Islamic Party was assassinated near his house in Mosul.

- US State Department made a report showing that the Israeli intelligence agents of Mossad killed 350 Iraqi nuclear scientists and about 300 Iraqi university professors since 2003, with help from the Kurdish Peshmerga and Kurdish leaders.

- An Iraqi soldier was killed in Al-Ghazaliya.

- One person was killed, ten were injured in a Mosul explosion.

- Three people were killed, 14 were injured in yesterday's Mosul explosion.

INA reported that three Sahwa fighters were killed north of Baghdad.

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News Summary

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 07 /08 /2008 Time 10:13:16
BAGHDAD, Aug. 7 (VOI) –

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

* Politics & Security:

NINEWA, Three policemen on Thursday were wounded when a car bomb went off inside al-Baaj suburb's police directorate's garage, said a source from Ninewa police.

THI-QAR, Dhi-Qar police directorate plotted a new security plan to protect Shi'i pilgrims who will celebrate the Sha'abaniya occasion, roughly ten days from now, with the participation of the Iraqi army 3rd brigade, said the relations and media director of the province's police directorate.

BAGHDAD, The U.S. military on Thursday said its troops arrested 25 suspects including a key al-Qaeda commander during raid operations conducted in central and northern Iraq.

WASSIT, Police patrols on Thursday defused a roadside bomb planted near a transmission station of a TV channel in Wassit, a security source said.

BAGHDAD, The Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD) on Thursday announced that it would set up committees at all Iraqi army divisions to receive former Iraqi army's personnel who want to be integrated into the new military troops.

NINEWA, Eight policemen were wounded by a suicide car bomb in the volatile city of Mosul on Thursday, a Ninewa security source said.

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News Summary

National - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 07 /08 /2008 Time 10:13:16
BAGHDAD, Aug. 7 (VOI) -

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

* Politics & Security:

BAGHDAD, A total of 1005 displaced families returned to their homes last week, while security forces arrested nine persons in Diala, an official source said on Thursday.

DHI-QAR, Eight persons, from the same family, were killed and another was injured on Thursday by a missile explosion in the south of Nassiriya, the director of the media of the Dhi-Qar police said.

BAGHDAD, The U.S. Department of Defense announced the death of a soldier in non-combat incident in Balad city, raising the U.S. fatalities in August to 5 soldiers.

NINEWA, Three policemen were killed on Thursday in a cart bomb explosion in western Mosul, a police source said.

MISSAN, A new plan was mapped out by the Iraqi army in Missan to track down wanted men, disarm weapons and to deploy forces on the Iraqi-Iranian borders to limit smuggling and to prevent infiltration, said the commander of the 2nd batch of the 38th brigade of the 10th division of the Iraqi army.

BAGHDAD, Two gunmen believed to belong to Special Groups were arrested during a raid in Baghdad's al-Karkh area, the U.S. army said on Thursday.

News Summary

National - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 07 /08 /2008 Time 10:13:16
BAGHDAD, Aug. 6 (VOI) -

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

* Politics & Security:

NINEWA, Eleven persons were killed or wounded in a car bomb attack that targeted an Iraqi army patrol vehicle in Mosul city, a police source said on Wednesday.

MISSAN, Police patrols found quantities of weapons and ammunitions during search operations conducted in Missan, the police chief said.

MISSAN, Police patrols on Wednesday arrested four key wanted individuals in Missan, the police chief said.

BAGHDAD, A lawmaker from the Shiite bloc on Wednesday said his group approved the postponement for the provincial elections law to ensure a unanimous vote on it key issue.

BASRA, One civilian was wounded in a roadside bombing in Basra on Wednesday, a police source said.

BASRA, Security forces on Wednesday arrested five individuals on a wanted list and seized ammunition in search operations conducted in Basra.

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News Summary

National - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 07 /08 /2008 Time 10:13:16
BAGHDAD, Aug. 6 (VOI) - Following is a summary of news reports posted until 04:00 p.m. Baghdad local time Wednesday:

* Politics & Security:

BASRA, British forces in southern Iraq on Wednesday denied any agreement with Shi'i cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's al-Mahdi army, which prevented them from entering Basra during the Saulat al-Foursan security operation, according to a U.S. paper.

BAGHDAD, Iraqi security forces have arrested 483 wanted men since the beginning of Operation Bashaer al-Kheir (Promise of Good) in different areas of Diala province, an official source said on Wednesday.

NINEWA, An Iraqi army force on Wednesday arrested a woman, suspected of having links to what is called al-Qaeda's the Islamic State in Iraq, in western Mosul, the official spokesman for the Ninewa operations command said.

BAGHDAD, Two civilians were injured on Wednesday in a bomb explosion in central Baghdad, a police source said.

BABEL, Joint U.S.-Iraqi forces on Wednesday arrested 23 wanted men, including al-Qaeda leader and his two aides, during a military operation launched in different areas of Babel, a police source said.

BAGHDAD, Iraqi forces detained two female suicide bombers and 15 wanted men in different areas of Diala as part of Operation Bashaer al-Kheir (Promise of Good) currently conducted in the volatile province, an official source said on Wednesday.

BAGHDAD, British and Iraqi commanders wanted to rid the city of Basra, but Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rejected the plan and demanded the U.S. marines, The Times newspaper said on Wednesday.

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 6 August 2008. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Wednesday, 6 August 2008.

· Bomb targets mercenary convoy in Baghdad before noon Wednesday.

Baghdad.

Gunmen open fire on Iraqi National Guard troops in Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 3:55pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that gunmen had opened fire with machineguns on members of the Iraqi National Guard in the Baghdad district of al-Ghazzaliyah.

Yaqen reported witnesses as saying that the attackers shot at a group of National Guards on al-Baddalah Street in al-Ghazzaliyah, wounding a number of them. Afterwards, the Natioanl Guards launched a campaign of raids and arrests of dozens of local residents in an attempt to find the attackers.

In a dispatch posted at 7pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, Yaqen News Agency reported that one of the National Guardsmen wounded in the attack died of his injuries in hospital hours later.

Bomb reportedly explodes by US patrol on Baghdad bridge Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 2:55pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a US military patrol near the al-Ghazzaliyah area of Baghdad on Wednesday.

Yaqen reported witnesses as saying that the bomb went off on the bridge linking the Baghdad districts of al-Ghazzaliyah and al-‘Amiriyah, and that an American patrol vehicle was badly damaged in the blast. Witnesses said they were unable to determine whether the explosion had caused any casualties, because US forces quickly closed off the area.

Government announces death of two gunmen, capture of 96 “suspects” in security operations in previous 24 hours.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 6:34pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (1:34pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that the Iraqi Defense Ministry had announced that its forces had killed two gunmen and arrested 96 “suspects” in operations they carried out in the previous 24 hours.

Xinhua reported a communiqué issued by the Ministry on Wednesday as saying that the government troops also disarmed four bombs and seized quantities of various types of weapons, materiel, and explosive materials.

Xinhua noted that at the present time the Iraqi regime, with US backing, is conducting operations against the pro-Iranian Jaysh al-Mahdi Shi‘i-sectarian militia in al-Basrah Province and the city of al-‘Amarah in southern Iraq, and separate operations against the Sunni-sectarian fundamentalist al-Qa‘idah organization in Ninwa and Diyala Provinces.

Bomb targets mercenary convoy in Baghdad before noon Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:17pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (11:17am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a convoy of foreign mercenary security company vehicles in downtown Baghdad before noon Wednesday.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi police as saying that the bomb went off in the al-‘Alawiyah area of Baghdad, wounding two mercenaries and two Iraqi civilians who happened to be in the area. The explosion also inflicted heavy damage on one of the cars in the mercenaries’ convoy and on a number of nearby buildings.

Since 2003, the United States has made up for a shortage of occupation troops in Iraq by hiring tens of thousands of highly priced mercenaries, employees of what are known as Private Security Companies (PSCs) who guard American facilities, visiting US dignitaries, and some Iraq regime officials. A media report issued in June 2007 estimated the number of mercenary employees of PSCs in Iraq at around 30,000, making it larger than every official military contingent in the occupation coalition, other than that of the United States.

Diyala Province.
Ba‘qubah.

Iraqi Defense Ministry arrests 483 in eight-day anti-al-Qa‘idah sweep in Diyala Province.

In a dispatch posted at 11:50am Baghdad time Wednesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the Iraqi Defense Ministry had announced that its forces had arrested a total of 483 people in Diyala Province in the course of its offensive there against the Sunni fundamentalist al-Qa‘idah organization – an offensive launched on Tuesday, 29 July.

Yaqen reported Muhammad al-‘Askari, spokesman for the Defense Ministry, as making the announcement.

Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.

Car bomber kills person in al-Mawsil Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 4:35pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a car bomber attacked an Iraqi army patrol in the middle of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, on Wednesday.

Yaqen reported that the attack took place in the Dawwasah area outside the western part of al-Mawsil and that one person was killed and 10 more injured in the explosion. One of the casualties was a soldier in the patrol. The blast also inflicted damage on a number of restaurants in the area.

Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.

Bomb in western al-Basrah wounds one.

In a dispatch posted at 9:22pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported thata bomb exploded to the west of al-Basrah in southern Iraq on Wednesday.

Yaqen reported a source in the local police as saying that the bomb had been planted in the Shiqaq al-Muwaffaqiyah area to the west of the city. Its explosion wounded one person who was later taken to hospital for treatment.

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