10 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, US Casualties in Attacks on US Forces, According to Initial June 12, 2008 News Reports

Editorial Note: The following news reports are summaries from original sources. They may also include corrections of Arabic names and political terminology. Comments are in parentheses.

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 leader pointed to Mahdi Army and Badr militiamen as the perpetrators. Now, these 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."

Yaqen.net reported three attacks on US military convoys in Salahuddin Province, destroying two Humvees and a mine sweeping vehicle. It added that there was a number of casualties among US soldiers who were in these vehicles.

- Al-Rashideen Army fighters destroyed a US Hummer vehicle in East Baghdad, killing and injuring its crew soldiers.

amsi.org reported that three Peshmerga Kurdish militiamen were killed, three were injured by a roadside bomb in Jalawla.

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Car bombing leaves 18 casualties in central Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 12 /06 /2008 Time 10:16:47
Baghdad, Jun 12, (VOI) -

Three persons, including one police element were killed, and 15 others were wounded in a car bombing that targeted a police patrol in central Baghdad on Thursday, a security source said.

"A car bomb parked on al-Muthana airport road near al-Alawi district, central Baghdad, detonated leaving three persons including a police element dead and 15 others, including 12 policemen, wounded," a police source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

Earlier, 26 security members and civilians were wounded in a number of violent acts across Baghdad.
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26 persons injured in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 12 /06 /2008 Time 3:39:12
Baghdad, Jun 12, (VOI) -

A total of 26 persons, most of them security elements, were wounded on Thursday in separate attacks in Baghdad, a security source said.

"Nine Interior Ministry's forces were wounded in a bomb blast in Palestine street in eastern Baghdad," the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

"Six people, including three civilians, were injured when an explosive charge went off targeting the motorcade of General Samir al-Waeli, senior officer in the interior ministry, in Sahet Beirut in eastern Baghdad," he added.

"Six army soldiers were also injured in an attack by an armed group in al-Sefarat street in western Baghdad," the source noted.

"Five people, including two civilians, were wounded in an explosion targeting the mayor of al-Shaab region in eastern Baghdad," the source also said.

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4 gunmen killed in failed attack in Salah el-Din

Salah al-Din - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 12 /06 /2008 Time 3:39:12
Tikrit, Jun 12, (VOI) -

Four gunmen were killed in a failed attack on a (US-recruited) Sahwa (Awakening) fighters' center in Salah al-Din province, said a police source on Thursday.

"Sahwa fighters and police forces on Wednesday night foiled an attack by gunmen on the Sahwa center in al-Ishaqi region in al-Kasara village in north of Baghdad," the source, who asked to remain unnamed, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

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3 civilians injured by explosion in Wassit

Wassit - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 12 /06 /2008 Time 3:39:12
Kut, Jun 12, (VOI) -

Three civilians were wounded on Thursday by a roadside bomb explosion targeting a security care company convoy in Wassit, a police source said.

"An explosive device, planted on the road (Kut-Missan), went off near a convoy of the security care company (AGS)," the source, who preferred to remain anonymous, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

"Three civilians were wounded in the blast and were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment," he added.

"One of the convoy's vehicles was damaged in the attack," he noted.
"Security forces sealed off the scene and prevented pedestrians and vehicles from entering the area," the source added.

Kut, the capital of Wassit, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad.

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Gunmen blow up Islamic party's headquarters in Falluja

Anbar - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 12 /06 /2008 Time 3:39:12
Falluja, Jun 12, (VOI)-

The headquarters of the Islamic party in Falluja was detonated by an explosive charge on Thursday, said a police source.

"An explosive device, planted by unidentified gunmen inside the headquarters of the Islamic party in al-Jumhouriya neighborhood in central Falluja, was detonated, causing several material damage to the building," the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq (VOI) on condition of anonymity.
The source did not give more details.

Falluja, Anbar province, is 45 km west of Baghdad.

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 11 June 2008. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Wednesday, 11 June 2008.

·        US announces death of American soldier in “non-combat incident” in Baghdad Wednesday.

·        Offensive against anti-occupation Baghdad district reported to be imminent.

·        Five killed as bomb explodes by bus in Shi‘i district in Baghdad Wednesday.

Baghdad.

US announces death of American soldier in “non-combat incident” in Baghdad Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 9:24pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq (AMSI) reported that the US military had announced that one of its soldiers had been killed in a “non-combat” incident in Baghdad.

Offensive against anti-occupation Baghdad district reported to be imminent.

In a dispatch posted at 12:50pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi regime troops in Baghdad have distributed leaflets warning residents of the Shi‘i Baghdad district of ash-Shu‘lah that an offensive against their neighborhoods is imminent. Ash-Shu‘lah is a stronghold of support for the anti-occupation Sadr Movement and its armed wing the Jaysh al-Mahdi.

Since March, the US-backed Iraqi regime has been actively engaged in an offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in Iraq, in what is believed to be preparation for an eventual American attack on Iran.

Yaqen reported eyewitnesses in ash-Shu‘lah as saying that Iraqi regime National Guards distributed leaflets on Wendesday morning, saying that an offensive was going to begin shortly and demanding that residents to go to government checkpoints and report names and locations of “wanted persons and people who have been engaged in violence.” The government would not confirm the reports.

Five killed as bomb explodes by bus in Shi‘i district in Baghdad Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 12:25pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded in the Shi‘i Baghdad district of al-Kazimiyah on Wednesday, killing five people and wounding 10 more.

Yaqen reported a source in the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior as saying that the bomb had been planted by the side of a road in al-Kazimiyah and went of as a bus carrying travellers drove past. Initial reports had said that the bomb had been aboard the bus and that four people had been injured.

Diyala Province.
As-Sa‘diyah.

Car bomb found; Imam, four members of local mosque arrested near as-Sa‘diyah Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 8:30pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi regime troops arrested five worshippers at a mosque in the village of Rabi‘ah near as-Sa‘diyah, 120km northeast of Baghdad, in the course of raids and searches Wednesday.

Gunmen blow up home of army officer in as-Sa‘diyah.

In a dispatch posted at 1:06pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that armed men blew up the house of a major in the Iraqi regime army in the town of as-Sa ‘diyah, 120km northeast of Baghdad, early Wednesday morning.

At-Ta’mim/Kirkuk Province.
Kirkuk.

Kirkuk bomb wounds four policemen.

In a dispatch posted at 12:33pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb went off by an Emergency Police patrol to the west of Kirkuk, 250km north of Baghdad.

Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.

Resistance group claims credit for bomb attack on US vehicle in al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted at 5:44pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the Brigades of the Ennabling, a member organization in the Jihad and Change Front, had issued a communiqué claiming credit for an attack on a US column in the city of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad.

Raids, searches underway in neighborhood in al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted at 3:19pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi regime troops, US forces, Kurdish separatist Peshmergah miltiamen, and tribal “Awakening” police carried out joint raids searches and arrests in the at-Tahrir neighborhood of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad on Wednesday.

Yaqen reported witnesses as saying that military vehicles surrounded the neighborhood early Wednesday morning, imposed a ban on motor traffic, and prevented people from entering or leaving the neighborhood. The military then began house-to-house raids and searches.

Local residents complained that the raids were taking place as final exams in schools and colleges were underway, preventing students and school pupils from taking their tests.

In early May the US-backed regime announced an offensive in al-Mawsil targeting the al-Qa‘idah organization.

Karbala’ Province.
Karbala’.

Iraqi police arrest 18 members of anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi in Karbala’.

In a dispatch posted at 1:20pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi regime police arrested 18 individuals, three of them commanders of the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia, at a checkpoint to the east of Karbala’, 110km south of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported the men were arrested as they were attempting to enter the Shi‘i holy city of Karbala’. A source in the Karbala’ government police said that the men were recognized as members of the Jaysh al-Mahdi from photographs on computers set up for that purpose at the checkpoint.

Since March, the US-backed Iraqi regime has been actively engaged in an offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in Iraq, in what is believed to be preparation for an eventual American attack on Iran.

Wasit Province.
An-Nu‘maniyah.

US announces capture of alleged Iranian-trained explosives expert in an-Nu‘maniyah Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 10:30pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military had announced the arrest on Wednesday of an Iranian-trained explosives expert and militia commander in the town of an-Nu‘maniyah, 150km southeast of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a US communiqué as announcing that the Americans had captured an Iranian-trained commander of a “Special Group” – an expression that the US forces use for the Jaysh al-Mahdi and other anti-occupation groups backed by Iran. The communiqué alleged that the man had traveled to Iran on several occasions to receive training in explosives.

Since March, the US-backed Iraqi regime has been actively engaged in an offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in Iraq, in what is believed to be preparation for an eventual American attack on Iran.

Al-Kut.

Two Iraqi policemen killed in bomb blast in al-Kut Wednesday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 10:01pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq (AMSI) reported that a bomb had exploded by a patrol of Iraqi government police in the middle of al-Kut, 180km southeast of Baghdad on Wednesday morning.

The AMSI reported a source in the police who refused to be identified as saying that the bomb killed two policemen – one of whom was initially wounded and later died. Three other soldiers were injured in the blast and their condition was listed as stable after being transported to the US military hospital at Camp Delta. Earlier it had been announced that the casualties had been taken to az-Zahra’ Hospital.

Bomb blast kills seven Iraqi regime Rapid Deployment troops northwest of al-Kut.

In a dispatch posted at 4:33pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of Iraqi regime Rapid Deployment Troops on the road northwest of al-Kut, which is 180km southeast of Baghdad, on the road to the Iraqi capital.

Yaqen reported a source in the al-Kut police who asked to remain anonymous as saying that a homemade bomb went off near the 32nd Brigade of the Iraqi government forces, killing seven of them and wounding two more. Earlier it had been reported that one soldier had been killed and four more wounded in a bombing in the middle of al-Kut.

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