8 Iraqis Killed, 2 US Vehicle Destroyed with Casualties, According to June 19, 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."

Yaqen.net reported that an oil pipe was set on fire by a bomb near Beiji.

- A US vehicle was destroyed by a roadside bomb in Al-Shurqat, resulting in casualties.

- A US Hummer vehicle was destroyed by a roadside bomb in Al-Waiziriyah, north of Baghdad, resulting in casualties.

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Gunmen kill woman, wound her husband in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 19 /06 /2008 Time 11:16:42
Ninewa, Jun 19, (VOI) –

Unknown gunmen on Thursday killed a woman and wounded her husband, in northern Mosul, a security source from the city's police said.
"Unidentified armed men, driving a modern car, opened fire on a woman and her husband when the couple was leaving their house in al-Rasheed neighborhood, northern Mosul," the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

"The woman was instantly killed, while her husband was wounded," he said.
"The woman's corpse was admitted to the city's morgue, and her injured husband was admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment," he added.
Mosul, capital city of Ninewa province, is 405 km north of Baghdad.
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Family killed in accident with U.S. vehicle south of Hilla

Babel - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 19 /06 /2008 Time 11:16:42
Hilla, Jun 19, (VOI) -

Five people and a child from the same family were killed on Thursday when their civilian car collided with a U.S. military convoy south of Hilla, a police source said.

"A U.S. convoy's vehicle collided with a civilian car in al-Daraat region in Hashemiya district, south of Hilla," the source, who wished to remain anonymous, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

"A man, three women, a child, and the driver were killed in the accident," he also said, noting that the convoy did not stop.

No word was immediately available from the U.S. side on the incident.
Hilla, the capital of Babel, is 100 km south of Baghdad.

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2 killed, 57 arrested in violent acts until Thursday afternoon

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 19 /06 /2008 Time 11:16:42
Baghdad, Jun 19, (VOI) -

A total of two people were killed and 57 others were arrested in the acts of violence that took place in Iraq from 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday until 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, security sources said.
In Baghdad, Coalition forces arrested 21 gunmen during security operations in north of Baghdad.
A police source said an explosive charge went off on Thursday morning near al-Mustansiriya University in eastern Baghdad without leaving casualties.

In Ninewa, an Iraqi army source said a leader from the Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq armed group was arrested on Thursday by Iraqi army forces in west of Mosul.

In Kirkuk, Brig. Sarhad Qader said that security forces on Thursday arrested eight suspected gunmen during a crackdown operation in three villages in southwest of Kirkuk.

In Missan, the director of al-Sadr's office in Missan said security forces on Thursday arrested the mayor of Amara city who is also the deputy governor of Missan province, one of the prominent figures in the Sadrist bloc.

Major General Muhammad al-Askari, the official spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, Missan's security operation Bashaer al-Salam was launched at the early of Thursday morning, during which six wanted men were arrested and amounts of weapons and ammunitions were seized.

In Basra, a police source said that policemen arrested 20 wanted men, seized amounts of ammunitions and explosives and defused seven bombs during security raids in the city on Wednesday.

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Missan security operation launched

Missan - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 19 /06 /2008 Time 11:16:42
Baghdad, Jun 19, (VOI) –

Missan's security operation Bashaer al-Salam was launched at the early of Thursday morning, an official spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Defense said.

"The security operation, which was launched by the Iraqi forces at 05:00 a.m. today, aims at tracking down gunmen in the province," Major General Muhammad al-Askari, who is currently present in Missan province, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

Meanwhile, an official source from Amara police told VOI that the city has been divided into four sectors: al-Majidiya, Abu Rummana, Hay al-Muallimeen al-Jadeed, and Hay al-Muallimeen al-Qadeem.
"These areas have been cordoned off to pursue gunmen," the source noted.

Last Thursday, large numbers of police and army personnel arrived in Missan province and were stationed at al-Batira Airport and Missan's playground in preparation for the operation, according to security sources.

On Saturday, Iraq's Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Nouri al-Maliki announced that Missan is a disarmed province as of Sunday, giving gunmen four days to hand over their weapons.

Amara, the capital city of Missan province, lies 390 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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