Georgian Soldier, US Soldier Killed, 21 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 12 Executed by Death Squads, According to June 5, 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. They are now 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.

Yaqen.net reported that the US has $50 billion of Iraqi money, used as a bargaining chip to force Iraqis to approve an agreement that allows US forces to keep permanent military bases in Iraq.

- 12 bodies of Iraqis executed by death squads were found yesterday in a water well in Al-Kamaliya, in east Baghdad. The execution was estimated to have happened two years ago.

- Iraqi fighters mortared a base housing Peshmerga Kurdish fighters and Mossad agents in Tikrit. The base is headquartered by the house of Khairullah Tulfah, uncle of the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussain. Many houses of former Iraqi officials have been confiscated and used by Peshmerga Kurdish fighters and Mossad agents.

- A police force killed one person and arrested two in Falloujah.

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Georgian soldier killed in central Iraq

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Friday , 06 /06 /2008 Time 3:10:34

Baghdad, Jun 5, (VOI)-

The Georgian Ministry of Defense on Thursday said one its troops was killed in central Iraq. A "Georgian military serviceman died when enemy forces attacked the checkpoints(….)in 8-10 km away from the Base CLEAR in Diala," the ministry said in a statement on its official website.

The statement added "the checkpoint known as “Sons of Iraq” was attacked on June 4th at 21:00." Five Georgian soldiers were killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. SK

U.S. soldier killed in Iraq

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Friday , 06 /06 /2008 Time 3:10:34

Baghdad, Jun 5, (VOI)-

The U.S. army on Thursday said a service man was killed as he was attacked during a patrol in south of Baghdad. “A Coalition force Soldier was killed by small arms fire June 4 during a patrol south of Baghdad,” the U.S. army said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).

The death brings the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the U.S.-invasion of Iraq in March 2003 to 4091. SK

10 Iraqis killed, arrested in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 06 /06 /2008 Time 3:10:34
Diala, Jun 5, (VOI) –

A joint security force killed five gunmen and arrested five others (referred to as al-Qaeda gunmen for government propaganda purposes) during a raid in eastern Ba'aqouba city, an Iraqi army source said on Thursday.

"In cooperation with the Multi-National Force (MNF), a joint force from the Iraqi army's 5th division and Diala police carried out a raid in al-Makheeta village, Abu Saida district, with the aim of tracking down (Iraqi fighters)," the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq- (VOI).

Ba'aqouba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

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Mortar rounds injure 3 civilians in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 06 /06 /2008 Time 3:10:34
Ba'aqouba, Jun 5, (VOI)-

Three civilians were injured on Thursday by mortar shells in northeast of Ba'aqouba, a police source said.
"Five mortar shells hit al-Khadra neighborhood in Jalawlaa, Khaniqeen district, northeast of Ba'aqouba, wounding three civilians," Lieutenant Nehad Ali told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq (VOI).
"Security forces cordoned off the area and rushed the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment," he added.

Iraqi man killed in Ba'aqouba after being released from a US prison

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 06 /06 /2008 Time 3:10:34
Ba'aqouba, Jun 5, (VOI)-

An Iraqi man was killed on Thursday by unknown armed in the city of Ba'aqouba, said a police source.

"Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Houbi Khalil Ismail, in al-Tahrir neighborhood in Ba'aqouba," the source, who wished to be unnamed, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The victim was a detainee in the Bucca detention center in Basra and was released last week, he added (US-recruited Sahwa fighters have been killing Iraqis released from US detention camps).

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IED injures 3 civilians south of Ba'aqouba

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 06 /06 /2008 Time 3:10:34
Ba'aqouba, Jun 5, (VOI)-

Three civilians were wounded on Thursday in an improvised explosive device blast targeting a civilian car in south of Ba'aqouba, a police source said.

"An improvised explosive device, planted on the road in al-Nahr al-Kabier village in Bahraz district, south of Ba'aqouba, went off this morning, injuring three civilians," the source, who asked to be unnamed, Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq (VOI).
He did not give further details.
Baaquba, the capital of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

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Eastern Baghdad car bomb casualties up to 21

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 06 /06 /2008 Time 3:10:34
Baghdad, Jun 5, (VOI)-

The casualties from the car bomb attack in Karrada area in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday rose to 21 casualties, a police source said on Thursday.

"The casualties from the blast that rattled Karada region in eastern Baghdad rose to 10 dead and 11 wounded, including three policemen," the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

A security source had told the VOI yesterday that the primary toll from the bombing in a Baghdad neighborhood was three individuals killed and six others wounded, including three policemen.
"A car bomb parking near Hassani ice-cream shop went off targeting a checkpoint in Karada," a police source, who requested anonymity, told the VOI.

The source noted "the police sealed off the area and denied access to civilians."
Karada is an upscale neighborhood housing a number of political parties offices and commercial thoroughfares.

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Iraq War Report for events of Thursday, 5 June 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Thursday, 5 June 2008.

·        US admits soldier killed on patrol south of Baghdad Wednesday.

·        Georgia announces death of soldier in Diyala Province.

·        Woman member of parliament representing Sadr Movement, prevented from leaving Madinat as-Sadr by government police.

·        Iranian artillery pounds base areas of US-backed Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.

Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Fallujah.

Iraqi army carries out operation north of al-Fallujah killing one, capturing two.

In a dispatch posted at 11am Baghdad time Thursday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the Iraqi regime army carried out operations north of al-Fallujah, 60km west of Baghdad.

Baghdad.

US admits soldier killed on patrol south of Baghdad Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 9:15pm Baghdad time Thursday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military announced that one of its soldiers was killed in a small arms attack on his patrol south of Baghdad on Wednesday.

Georgia announces death of soldier in Diyala Province.

In a dispatch posted at 8:06am Makkah time Thursday evening (9:06pm in Baghdad), Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Georgian Defense Ministry had announced that one Georgian soldier had been killed at a military post somewhere in Diyala Province on Wednesday.

Mafkarat al-Islam reported a spokesman for the Georgian Defense Ministry as saying that the 28-year-old soldier was killed when his position, 35km south of Baghdad, came under fire on Wednesday.

Woman member of parliament representing Sadr Movement, prevented from leaving Madinat as-Sadr by government police.

In a dispatch posted at 1:50pm Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Zaynab al-Kannani, a member of the Iraqi parliament representing the anti-occupation Muqtada as-Sadr movement, said on Thursday that Iraqi regime troops prevented her motorcade from leaving the Madinat as-Sadr area of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported al-Kannani as saying that police at a checkpoint on al-Hamzah Square in Madinat as-Sadr refused to allow her convoy out of the district that has been the target of US military sweeps since March, as America prepares for an eventual attack on Iran. Al-Kannani said that the police also detained her bodyguards without stating the reason.

Yaqen reported that the Iraqi regime’s Baghdad Operations Command claimed to have no knowledge of the incident.

Salah ad-Din Province.
At-Tarimiyah.

Bomb targets tribal “Awakening” patrol north of Baghdad, killing one.

In a dispatch posted at 9:15pm Baghdad time Thursday night, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq (AMSI) reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of Iraqi tribal “Awakening” police, killing one of the tribesmen and wounding others.

Tikrit.

Tikrit building used by Kurdish Peshmergah, Zionist Mossad shelled.

In a dispatch posted at 2:12pm Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a base jointly occupied by Kurdish separatist Peshmergah militiamen and Zionist Mossad agents in Tikrit came under a bombardment of mortars and Katyusha rockets, according to local witnesses.

Yaqen reported witnesses as telling their correspondent in the Tikrit area, 180km north of Baghdad, that mortar shells and Katyusha rockets struck the home of Khayrallah Talfah, a building used by the Zioinist Mossad and American-backed Peshmergah Kurdish militia.

The witnesses said that thick smoke poured from the building and Peshmergah ambulances rushed to the scene to evacuate the personnel. No information on the nature or extent of casualties, if any, was available.

Diyala Province.
Ba‘qubah.

Five members of al-Qa‘idah reported arrested in security sweep in Ba‘qubah area.

In a dispatch posted at 7:33pm Baghdad time Thursday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a joint force of US and Iraqi regime troops carried out operations in the al-Makhitah village area near Abu Sayda targeted on operatives of the al-Qa‘idah organization.

Yaqen reported a source in the Iraqi regime army as saying that the force arrested a total of 10 people, five of them villagers and five members of al-Qa‘idah, in the course of the operation.

Jalawla’.

Mortar shells slam into neighborhood in Jalawla’.

In a dispatch posted at 1:22pm Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that five mortar shells of unknown origin blasted into the al-Khadra’ neighborhood of Jalawla’, 120km northeast of Baghdad.

Buhriz.

Bomb wounds three in village Thursday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 11:44am Baghdad time Thursday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded in the Buhriz area, 60km northeast of Baghdad on Thursday morning.

Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.

Al-Qa‘idah car bomber attack thwarted in al-Mawsil Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 12:49pm Thursday Beijing time (8:49am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that Iraqi police had shot and killed a car bomber who was trying to blast into their patrol in al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, on Wednesday.

Xinhua reported a source in the police as saying that the police patrol saw a car driving towards them at high speed. Suspecting it to be a suicide bomber, the police first fired warning shots, and then opened fire on the driver when he failed to halt. The gunfire caused the car to blow up in an explosion that wounded three of the policemen.

Al-Mawsil has been the scene of an offensive launched by the Iraqi regime against the al-Qa‘idah organization. Car bombers are usually employed by al-Qa‘idah in the organization’s attacks.

Irbil Province.
Irbil.

Iranian artillery pounds base areas of US-backed Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.

In a dispatch posted at 6:05pm Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that heavy Iranian artillery pounded positions of the US- and Zionist-backed PJAK Kurdish separatist militants in the Hajj ‘Umran area of Irbil Province in northern Iraq on Wednesday-Thursday night. It was the third day on which the Iranian military blasted positions of the American-baked Kurdish extremists.

Yaqen reported eyewitnesses reported that the Iranian batteries opened up at about 9:45pm local time Wednesday night and continued firing until 2am Thursday morning. The Iranian cannon targeted the areas of Bardunaz, Wadi Saybarah, and the foot of Jabal Kudu mountain.

The Iranian bombardment inflicted no casualties, as the population has vacated the border area from which the PJAK guerrillas launch their cross-border raids into Iran.

The PJAK Movement, a branch of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), reportedly receives arms, training, and targeting information from the US and “Israel,” and carries out repeated attacks on Iranian territory from US-occupied Iraq. PJAK’s aim is the overthrow of the Islamic Republic in Iran and its replacement with western-style liberalism.

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