9 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, 14 Bodies Found in Samarra, According to July 2-3, 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 that the British military base in Basrah airport was attacked with rockets today.

- A US reconnaissance plane, Preddator, was found by an Iraqi police patrol south of Al-Nassiriyah.

- US forces rocketed Al-Amel neighborhood, in Baghdad, with six rockets.

- Two bodies were found in Tigress, on Wednesday.

- A policeman was killed, three were injured in Mosul, Wednesday.

- A Baghdad municipality employee was killed in Al-Kadhemiyah, Wednesday.

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Clashes in Ninewa leaves 3 persons killed

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 03 /07 /2008 Time 9:24:23
NINEWA, July3 (VOI) -

Three persons were killed, including a policeman in armed clashes that took place in Mosul on Thursday, a Ninewa security source said.

“Unknown gunmen driving two vehicles opened fire on security forces manning checkpoint near al-Rimah bank in Bab Sinjar district, west Mosul, leaving one policeman killed and another wounded”a Ninewa security source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq(VOI).
The source noted “policemen killed two attacking gunmen".

U.S. and Iraqi authorities view Mosul, the provincial capital of Ninawa, as one of the last remaining al-Qaida strongholds in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered a military crackdown in the northern city in May.

Ninawa officials said the gains from these operations, however, have disintegrated as militant groups re-entered the city there due to an insufficient number of Iraqi troops to maintain security following operations in May.
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U.S. forces find 14 decayed bodies near Samarra

Salah al-Din - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 03 /07 /2008 Time 9:24:23
SAMARRA, July 3 (VOI) -

U.S. forces found 14 decayed bodies of unknown civilians in a mass grave east of Samarra, a police source said on Thursday.
"U.S. forces found 14 decayed bodies in al-Jalam region, east of Samarra. The bodies bore signs of gunshot wounds," the source, who asked for anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI), noting that the corpses were sent to the Samarra public hospital.

"The hospital took pictures of the bodies in order for their relatives to identify them," he added.
An Iraqi army source had said that army forces found last Sunday a mass grave contains more than 50 decayed bodies in west of Samarra.

Samarra, Salah el-Din, lies 120 km north of Baghdad.
Salah al-Din has an area of 24,751 square kilometers (9,556.4 sq mi). The estimated population for 2003 was 2,146,500 people.

The provincial capital is Tikrit, 175 km north of Baghdad. The province also contains the significantly larger city of Samarra.

Before 1976 the province was part of the governorate of Baghdad.
It is named after Salahuddin, an ethnic Kurd and hero of the 12th century, who ruled Egypt and Syria but most known as the liberator of Jerusalem.

Salahuddin province is a variant version of the province's name.

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One policeman killed, 3 wounded in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 03 /07 /2008 Time 9:55:20
NINEWA, July 2 (VOI) -

One policeman was killed and three wounded by violence acts in Mosul, a Ninewa police source said.
"One policeman was killed and one civilian wounded in clashes between a police patrol and unknown gunmen in al-Sinai (Industrial) area, east Mosul," a Ninewa police source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

Meanwhile, the same source noted "a roadside bomb went off targeting a police patrol in Shaikh Fat'hi district, west Mosul."
The source did not elaborate on the details about the two accidents.
U.S. and Iraqi authorities view Mosul, the provincial capital of Ninawa, as one of the last remaining al-Qaeda strongholds in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered a military crackdown in the northern city in May.

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