11 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to June 30, 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 a US Hummer vehicle was destroyed by a roadside bomb in Mosul.

- Two Iraqis were killed, three were injured as a result of an explosion targeting a US convoy near Al-Kadhemiyah.

INA reported that one policeman was killed, 11 others were injured together with eight more civilians in an explosion in Mandali, Diala Province

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Car bomb explosion leaves 14 casualties in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 30 /06 /2008 Time 9:49:46
Mosul, Jun 30, (VOI) -

One civilian was killed and 13 more were wounded in a booby-trapped car explosion in northern Mosul, an official police source said on Monday.

“A car crammed with explosives went off in al-Majmoua'a al-Thaqafiya region in northern Mosul, killing a civilian and injuring 13,” the source, who preferred to remain anonymous, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

“The car detonated shortly after a police vehicle patrol passed in the region, without leaving casualties among the police forces,” he also said.

Iraqi security forces have been launching a large-scale military campaign since May 10. The operation, codenamed Za'eer al-Assad (Lion's Roar), aims at tracking down gunmen in Ninewa province. Five days later, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced the operation's second stage under the name Umm al-Rabiain (Mother of Two Springs).

Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.
SH/SR

Iraqi soldier found dead in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 30 /06 /2008 Time 9:49:46
Mosul, Jun 30, (VOI) -

Police forces on Monday found a body of an Iraqi soldier in western Mosul," a security source said.
"Police patrols found this afternoon a body of an Iraqi soldier in al-Shefaa neighborhood in western Mosul," the source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).
"The body bore signs of gunshot wounds to the head and chest," he added.
"The forces found an ID with the body proves he is a soldier of the second division of the Iraqi army stationing in Mosul," he added.
The same source had earlier said that two Iraqi soldiers were killed by unidentified gunmen in al-Islah al-Zeraei region in western Mosul.
Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.
There are different communities in Mosul like Christians, Shiites, and Kurds along with a Sunni majority.

SH/SR

IED kills, injures 4 civilians in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 30 /06 /2008 Time 9:49:46
Baghdad, Jun 30, (VOI) -

One civilian was killed and three others were wounded on Monday when an improvised explosive device went off in northern Baghdad, said a police source.

"A civilian was killed and three more were injured in a roadside bomb blast, planted by unknown gunmen on a street in al-Kazemiya in northern Baghdad," the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI) on condition of anonymity.
"The bomb was targeting a U.S. vehicle patrol was passing near Salah al-Din square near al-Kazemiya city," he explained.
"U.S. forces sealed off the area, preventing civilians from approaching," the source also said, giving no more details.
SH/S

10 killed, injured in acts of violence in 24 hours

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 30 /06 /2008 Time 9:49:46
Baghdad, Jun 30, (VOI) -

Five people were killed and five more were wounded in acts of violence that took place in separate areas in Iraq over the past 24 hours, a security source said.

In Baghdad, a court source said two Iraqi judges of Baghdad al-Rasafa Court of Appeals were wounded in two separate improvised explosive device attacks in the eastern part of the Iraqi capital on Monday.

Two gunmen were killed and 21 suspects and wanted persons were arrested over the past 24 hours in different parts of the Iraqi capital, an official spokesman for Baghdad's operations command said on Monday, noting that a large amount of arms and ammunition were seized during the operations.

In Ninewa, a police source said two Iraqi soldiers were killed in an armed attack by unidentified gunmen targeting their patrol in western Mosul on Monday.

Meanwhile, another police source said police forces found the body of am unidentified 25-year-old man in al-Shefaa neighborhood in Mosul.

The same source said that an explosive charge went off targeting an Iraqi army vehicle patrol in 17 Tamouz region in Mosul, wounding three army soldiers.
An official military source said that an army force on Sunday arrested two gunmen of what is called the Islamic State in Iraq in eastern Mosul.

Karbala's police & operations chief said six wanted people were arrested on Monday for entering Karbala with fake IDs and papers fomenting crises in the holy Shi'i city in their possession.
Four gunmen were captured and two arms caches seized in the city of Rawa on Monday, an Iraqi police source said.

SH/SR

5 judges attacked in Baghdad – Judiciary source

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 30 /06 /2008 Time 9:49:46
Baghdad, Jun 30, (VOI) – Five judges from the Rusafa (eastern side of Baghdad) Court of Appeals' head committee were subjected to assassination attempts at different times today, the Supreme Judicial Council's spokesperson said on Monday.

"Five judges from the Rusafa Court of Appeals' head committee were subjected to terrorist aggressions in different locations throughout the eastern side of Baghdad," Judge Abdul-Sattar al-Berqdar told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"The attacks caused no injuries among the judges, however one of the judges' wives was wounded, in addition to damage caused to the judges' cars," he said.
"The aggressions occurred using roadside bombs that targeted the five judges while they were en-route to work," he explained.

"Chief Justice Medhat al-Mahmod, head of the Supreme Judiciary Council, sent messages to Premier Nouri al-Maliki, the ministers of defense and interior, and Baghdad Operations' commander, urging that security be provided for judges," he noted.

Earlier today, a court source said that two Iraqi judges of Baghdad al-Rasafa Court of Appeals were wounded in two separate improvised explosive device attacks in the eastern part of the Iraqi capital on Monday.

"An IED planted near the house of Judge Suleiman Abdullah on Falastine street, eastern Baghdad, went off today, wounding the judge, his wife, and one of his sons," the source, who wished not to be named, told VOI.

"Also in eastern Baghdad, a sticky IED was planted inside Judge Ali al-Allaq's vehicle, wounding him," the source added.

Judges have recently been targets for attacks in Baghdad. Judge Kamil Abdul-Majid al-Shuweili, the president of the Rasafa Court of Appeals, was assassinated by unidentified gunmen on Thursday while on his way home in eastern Baghdad.

Iraq's Human Rights Ministry, citing the data of the health and interior ministries, said that 21 judges were killed in attacks between the year 2004 and 2006.
MH/SR

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Iraq War Report for events of Sunday, 29 June 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Sunday, 29 June 2008.

·        Chief of Intelligence Operations in al-Basrah shot dead in Baghdad attack Saturday evening.

·        US takes responsibility for attack on car near Baghdad International Airport that reportedly left three Iraqi bank employees dead.

·        Bomb targets US patrol in al-Mawsil on Sunday.

Baghdad.

Chief of Intelligence Operations in al-Basrah shot dead in Baghdad attack Saturday evening.

In a dispatch posted at 2:45pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that armed men shot and killed the Director of Intelligence Operations for the southern city of al-Basrah as was off duty and on leave in Baghdad on Saturday evening.

Yaqen reported a source in the al-Basrah provincial government as saying that armed men unleashed a hail of gunfire on the car carrying the al-Basrah Intelligence Operations Director, Brigadier General ‘Abd al-Jabbar Munshid, in the an-Nu‘ayriyah area of eastern Baghdad, where he was on vacation. Munshid died on the spot.

US takes responsibility for attack on car near Baghdad International Airport that reportedly left three Iraqi bank employees dead.

In a dispatch posted at 2:12pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military had taken responsibility for a shooting incident near Baghdad International Airport in which a civilian car carrying a man and two women, employees of the Iraqi state-owned ar-Rafidayn Bank, was shot up and its occupants killed. Earlier reports had placed responsibility for the shooting deaths on a British mercenary security company.

Yaqen reported the US military as announcing that the published version of event as related by ‘Ali as-Saffar, the Director of the Control Unit at Baghdad Airport, had been “incorrect.” As-Saffar had reported that security men in armored vehicles opened fire on the car from a distance of approximately 200 meters and then watched as the vehicle burst into flame and burn itself out, reducing the bodies of the three bank employees to ashes.

The US statement declared that people in an unmarked car that was parked by the side of Airport Road had opened fire on a patrol of US occupation troops. The troops returned fire, the American announcement claimed, killing the gunmen inside the vehicle.

On Friday, ‘Ali as-Saffar, the Director of the Control Unit at Baghdad International Airport, had said that a car carrying Tariq Abu Ziyad and two women who worked with him in the Accounts section of the airport bank, had gone off the road to avoid a hole or obstacle. Their movement appeared to security men as erratic driving and they responded by pouring gunfire into the car from their position more than 200 meters away.

As-Saffar said that the security guards were in no danger, since everyone coming into the facility would have to go through checkpoints with scanners and trained dogs. He said that the security guards then just sat and watched as the stricken car burst into flames as a result of their gunfire. They remained on the scene, watching until the fire in the stricken vehicle had burned itself out. Then they moved away.

As-Saffar said, “we continued to observe the burning vehicle – a red Opel – from close up, but could do nothing. After the security company guards finally left, I headed over to the car along with other employees in order to extract the bodies, but they were completely charred.”

The American statement issued on Sunday asserted that it was American troops rather than Global Security mercenary guards who had attacked the car.

Diyala Province.
Al-Wajihiyah.

Woman belt bomber blows up near municipal building, severely wounding civilian.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:29pm Sunday afternoon Beijing time (1:29pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that Iraqi government police killed a woman wearing an explosive belt who tried to get through security barriers around the Municipal Council building in al-Wajihiyah, 80km northeast of Baghdad.

Xinhua reported a source in the Diyala Province security forces as saying that policemen were suspicious of the actions of the woman when she refused to comply with their commands to halt and continued to approach the building. The police then opened fire directly at her, setting off the explosives she was wearing. The woman blew up near the security barrier, inflicting severe injuries on one civilian. None of the policemen was wounded.

Police in Diyala Province have received reports of the presence of numerous women suicide bombers working for the al-Qa‘idah organization and that there have already been some 20 attacks by such women in Diyala. Last week, US-backed Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced plans to launch a massive security operation in Diyala Province, like those that the regime has implemented in Ninwa, with the intention of targeting al-Qa‘idah.

Salah ad-Din Province.
Ad-Dulu‘iyah.

Seven policemen killed in suspected al-Qa‘idah car bomb blast near ad-Dulu‘iyah Sunday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 2:44pm Sunday afternoon Beijing time (10:44am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a car bomb that had been parked by the side of a road in a village east of ad-Dulu‘iyah, 97km north of Baghdad, exploded by a police patrol at 7:30am, local time, Sunday morning.

Xinhua reported a source in the city police as saying that the blast in the village of Mas‘ad, 15km east of ad-Dulu‘iyah, killed six policemen and wounded four others. Then one of the wounded men died upon arrival in hospital. The source said that two of the dead were officers in the force.

Police and Iraqi army troops hurried to the scene immediately after the explosion and began searching the area. The source said that the police had just arrived on Saturday to search for gunmen in the Mas‘ad area, known as a stronghold of al-Qa‘idah which is on the banks of the Tigris River and is overgrown with thick groves of trees.

At-Ta’mim/Kirkuk Province.
Kirkuk.

Bomb targets car belonging to chief of Rescue Police in Kirkuk.

In a dispatch posted at 4:35pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by the car belonging to the Director of the Rescue Police in Kirkuk, 250km north of Baghdad on Sunday.

Yaqen reported a source in the Rescue Police Directorate as saying that the bomb went off by the car of Colonel Ahmad Shumayrani near the old Police Academy building and the al-Asdiqa’ fuel station in the al-Wasiti neighborhood of southwestern Kikruk. Six people who happened to be near the scene were wounded in the attack. Sumayrani was not in his car at the time and was, therefore, not hurt, the source said. Sumayrani’s car was, however, damaged.

Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.

Bomb wounds three Iraqi army troops in al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted at 10:25pm Baghdad time Sunday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of Iraqi army troops in al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, on Sunday.

Bomb targets US patrol in al-Mawsil on Sunday.

In a dispatch posted at 8:10pm Baghdad time Sunday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a US patrol in the al-Hudaba’ area of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad on Sunday.

On 10 May the US and its Iraqi regime allies launched a security campaign against al-Qa‘idah in al-Mawsil and surrounding Ninwa Province.

US forces conduct raids searches in an-Nabi Yunus Market area of al-Mawsil Saturday night.

In a dispatch posted at 10:15am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US occupation forces conducted raids and searches in the Suq an-Nabi Yunus area of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, late Saturday night.

Yaqen reported a witness as saying that the Americans raided the area, searching the shops in them market area. The reason for the raid was unknown, though since 10 May, US and Iraqi regime forces have been engaged in an offensive against al-Qa‘idah in al-Mawsil.

The witnesses said that the Americans conducted their searches in their usual, violent way, closing off the area with concrete barriers and using percussion grenades to blow down doors of shops. The an-Nabi Yunus Market area is relatively small, consisting of of a kilometer-long stretch of road on the sides of which are shops.

Policeman on leave killed near his home in al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted at 9:50am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that gunmen shot and killed an Iraqi government policeman near his home in the al-Faruq area of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, before dawn Sunday.

Yaqen reported a source in the provincial government as saying that the policeman was on leave at the time of the attack, which killed him on the spot.

Ambush wounds policeman, civilian.

In a dispatch posted at 9:50am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that gunmen ambushed a police patrol in the Dawrat al-Hammam area of eastern al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, before dawn Sunday.

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