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US Soldier, 22 Iraqis Killed, Including 9 Members of One Family in Aujah, According to February 14, 2008 News Reports

Yaqen.net news agency reported that two trucks carrying supplies to the US military base of Habbaniya, west of Al-Anbar Province were attacked and destroyed, the two non-Iraqi Arab drivers were killed.

Yaqen also reported that US forces killed a senior Iraqi Hamas leader in Diala and injured another one in Ba'aqouba. The Iraq news agnecy (INA) mentioned that the killing was by a mistake, as the Iraqi Hamas group is recruited by US forces to fight the Iraqi Al-Qaeda organization.

Yaqen further reported that a US soldier was killed in Sammara and three bodies of Iraqis executed by death squads were found in Baghdad today.

The Iraq news agency (INA) reported that a car bomb exploded in a Sadr City market today, killing five people and injuring 25 others.

- Former Iraqi General Majid Mahmoud Hussain was assassinated in Samarra today. He was just released at the end of 2007 from the US prison in Um Qasr, where he spent three years. The General was a division commander during the Iran-Iraq war.

- 9 members of Labib Khater family were executed by a death squad inside their home in Al-Aujah, near Tikrit, Wednesday night.

Blast leaves 30 casualties in eastern Baghdad  
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 14 /02 /2008  Time 8:35:29  
Baghdad, Feb 14, (VOI) -

At least five persons were killed and 25 more were wounded on Thursday in a booby-trapped bus explosion in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, a police source said.

“A small bus bomb, parked in al-Muredi popular market in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, went off, killing five civilians and injuring 25 others,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq - (VOI).
“Police cordoned off the area, while ambulances rushed the wounded to nearby hospitals,” he added.

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Awakening Council member killed, 11 suspects captured in Kirkuk  
Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 14 /02 /2008  Time 8:35:29  
Kirkuk, Feb 14, (VOI) –

An Awakening Council member was gunned down in an armed attack in south western Kirkuk, while 11 suspects were arrested by police forces in the center of the city, an official police source said on Thursday.

"Unknown gunmen driving a modern vehicle opened fire on an Awakening Council member in al-Huweija district, killing him on the spot," the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq, Voices of Iraq, (VOI).

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Two decayed bodies found in Baghdad  
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 14 /02 /2008  Time 8:35:29  
Baghdad, Feb 14, (VOI) -

Two decayed bodies were found buried in a house’s garden in western Baghdad, said a police source on Friday.

“Police forces found this morning two unidentified decayed corpses in a house in al-Sidiya region in western Baghdad,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq - (VOI).
“The bodies were found during a security operation launched in the region,” he explained.
“The corpses were sent to the forensic medicine department,” he added.

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2 Iraqi soldiers injured in bomb blast in Basra  
Basra - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 14 /02 /2008  Time 8:35:29
Basra, Feb 14, (VOI)-

Two Iraqi soldiers were injured on Thursday morning in a bomb explosion in northern Basra, a police source said.

“An improvised explosive device went off targeting an Iraqi vehicle patrol near al-Andalus fuel station in northern Basra,” the source, who asked anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).

“The explosion wounded two soldiers, who were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, and damaged their Hammer,” he added.
Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad.

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IED injures police officer in Ninewa
Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 14 /02 /2008  Time 8:35:29
Mosul, Feb 14, (VOI)-

The chief of police of al-Beaaj district was injured on Thursday when an improvised explosive device went off targeting his motorcade in western Mosul, the district’s mayor said.
“A roadside bomb was detonated this morning targeting Colonel Hazem al-Juburi, chief of al-Beaaj police department, at the center of the district, western Mosul,” Abdul Rahim al-Shemri told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).

“The attack injured him along with three of his bodyguards,” the mayor added.
“They were rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors asserted that they were in a stable condition,” he noted.
Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad
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Foreign security company elements wounded in eastern Baghdad  
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 14 /02 /2008  Time 8:35:29  
Baghdad, Feb 14, (VOI) –

Two elements working for a foreign security company in Iraq were wounded in an explosive charge attack, an Iraqi security source said on Thursday.

"The explosive charge went off before Thursday noon targeting a convoy belonging to a foreign security company operating in the country, wounding two of security elements," the source, who preferred to remain unnamed, told the independent news agency Aswat al-Iraq, Vioces of Iraq, (VOI).

"The improvised explosive device detonated while the convoy was passing close to the traffic department and al-Shaab al-Dawli playground in eastern Baghdad," the source indicated, refusing to reveal the nationality of the foreign company.
 
In mid-September 2007, a crisis erupted between the Iraqi and U.S. governments after elements from the private U.S. security firm, Blackwater, opened fire on Iraqi civilians in Baghdad's western al-Nosoor square, killing 17 persons and wounding 27 others.
 
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