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21 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, 142 Corpses Found in Miqdadiya, Baghdad Markets Death Toll Increased to 99, According to February 2, 2008 News Reports Editor's Note: The semi-official Voices of Iraq news agency refers to Iraqi fighters who oppose US forces as Al-Qaeda members, justify the usage of the term on mere suspicion, as in the February 2, 2008 news report. The truth is that there are many organizations, other than Al-Qaeda in Iraq, fighting against US forces and US-led Iraqis forces. Yaqen.net news agency reported that: - US forces shell parts of the city of Al-Miqdadiya with artillery. - US-recruited Sahwa fighters kill an Iraqi man in Shirqat. - Mahdi Army militiamen, using government vehicle and receiving assistance from the police, assassinated Imam of Al-Furqan Mosque, Hatem Muhammed, in Ba'aqouba. - US base in Al-Tharthar was attacked with four mortars today. The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported that: - A convoy of the Deputy Dean of Baghdad University Medical College was attacked today, which resulted in killing two of his guards. The Dean was killed earlier. - 22 Iraqis were tortured then killed by British soldiers in Amara, four years ago. Their relatives are suing soldiers in a London court. Iraq amsi reported that 142 corpses were found in Al-Miqdadiya belonging to Iraqis who were executed by death squads last year. *** 13 al-Qaeda members killed,
captured in central, northern Iraq – U.S. army U.S. army soldiers killed and captured 13 suspected members of al-Qaeda in military operations on Friday and Saturday that targeted the armed network in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. army said. "U.S. soldiers captured a gunman and destroyed his vehicle in an operation northeast of Samarra city on Friday and killed one gunman and captured two others after clashes with members of al-Qaeda who were in an underground hideout outside Samarra," the U.S. army said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI). "On Saturday one al-Qaeda member and another gunman suspected of involvement in smuggling weapons from outside Iraq were arrested west of al-Mahmoudiya, southern Baghdad," the statement read. Seven suspected gunmen were also captured in an operation north of al-Tarimiya while targeting a key leader of al-Qaeda in the city, the statement added. "Another alleged member of an armed propaganda
cell with al-Qaeda was captured in the district of Baiji, near Samarra.
The man, according, intelligence reports, is involved in providing
propaganda and media material." Police forces killed four gunmen of Arab
nationalities and arrested a senior al-Qaeda leader during clashes in
northeastern Samarra, a local police source said on Saturday. "At an early hour on Saturday morning, an emergency force from Samarra police raided an al-Qaeda hideout in al-Jalam area and engaged in violent clashes with the gunmen there," the source explained. A large amount of arms and several vehicles were
seized during the raid, the source added. 3 gunmen
killed, 3 arrested in Talafar clashes Policemen killed three gunmen, including a leader, and arrested three others in clashes north of the district of Talafar, Ninewa province, during the early hours of Saturday, police said. "A Talafar police force clashed on Saturday
morning with gunmen of al-Qaeda network, killing three of them and
arresting three others in Tolabashi village, north of Talafar," Brig.
Ibrahim al-Juburi, the Talafar police chief, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices
of Iraq – (VOI). Blast kills four
Sahwa fighters, wounds nine in Shirqat At least four (US-recruited) government-backed-Sahwa fighters were killed and nine others wounded on Saturday when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle patrol in Shirqat, north of Baghdad, a police source said. "A roadside bomb detonated, this morning, near a Sahwa fighters' vehicle patrol in Tal Mohammed quarter in al-Shirqat district, killing four Sahwa fighters and wounding nine," the source, who asked to be unnamed, told Aswat al-Iraq –Voices of Iraq- (VOI). The source added "the explosion also damaged
some of the patrol vehicles." Police kills 3
suspected
al-Qaeda operatives in Salah al-Din Security forces on Friday killed three gunmen believed to be al-Qaeda network operatives following clashes in Samarra, the city police said. “police patrols clashed with a group of gunmen believed to be al-Qaeda network operatives in al-Sikak neighbourhood, central Samarra, killing three gunmen and capturing a fourth”, A Samarra police source ,who preferred to be anonymous, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq(VOI). He added “police seized a number of BKC guns, a
sniper and set a gunmen’s vehicle ablaze”. Three unidentified
bodies found in Baghdad Baghdad, Feb 1, (VOI)- Iraqi police patrols found three unidentified bodies
dumped in different parts of the Iraqi capital Baghdad during the last
24 hours, an interior ministry source said on Friday. Casualties from Baghdad's
market blasts reach 99 dead, 145 wounded
Casualties from the bombings that ripped through two pet markets in central and southern Baghdad on Friday have reached 99 dead and 145 wounded, Iraqi police said. "The toll from the explosion that targeted a large gathering of civilians in downtown Baghdad's al-Ghazal market has reached 62 dead and 88 wounded," a police source told Aswat al-Iraq, Voices of Iraq, (VOI). "Meanwhile, casualties from the blast that tore through Baghdad al-Jadida pet markets in southern Baghdad have risen to 37 dead and 57 wounded," the source added, attributing the increase in casualties to the severity of the injuries. On Friday, the Iraqi Ministry of Health said
that the toll from the two bombings that ripped through the Iraqi
capital's pet markets of al-Ghazal and Baghdad al-Jadida reached 59 dead
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