34 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, US-Backed Iraqi Forces Move on Mosul After Sadr City, According to May 13, 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.

Iraqi defense minister arrives in Mosul to supervise operation

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Tuesday , 13 /05 /2008 Time 10:26:56
Ninewa, May 13, (VOI) –

US-Backed Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul-Qader al-Ubaydi and other senior officials arrived on Tuesday in the city of Mosul to supervise the course of Operation Za'eer al-Assad (Lion's Roar), launched on Saturday to track down (Iraqi fighters resisting US forces and the US-backed government), an official police source said.

"Ubaydi, the ministry's official spokesman Muhammad al-Aaskari and Ground Forces Commander Lt. General Muhammad Ghidan arrived in Mosul on Tuesday to supervise the security operation," the source, who refused to have his name revealed, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

On Friday, an indefinite curfew all over the province of Ninewa was announced one day before Operation Za'eer al-Assad was commenced.
Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

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Kurdistan supports Operation Lion’s Roar in Mosul

Arbil - Voices of Iraq
Tuesday , 13 /05 /2008 Time 10:26:56
Arbil, May 13, (VOI) -

Iraqi Kurdistan region announced on Tuesday its support to the Operation Lion’s Roar being implemented in the city of Mosul by Iraqi security forces since Saturday, noting the region’s Peshmerga fighters do not participate in it.

“We in the Kurdish government support any plan by the federal government and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to stabilize the country and to realize peace and security,” a statement posted on the Kurdish government’s official website quoted the official Spokesman Jamal Abdullah as saying.

He denied the participation of Peshmerga forces in the operation, explaining that “the federal government did not ask for Peshmerga participation.

Ninewa province was placed under curfew until further notice last Friday in preparations of the large-scale military campaign.

On Saturday, the commander of Ninewa operations, Staff Lieutenant General Riyadh Jalal, announced the commencement of Operation Lion's Roar with the aim of tracking down al-Qaeda operatives, following the arrival of "substantial" military reinforcements from Baghdad.

Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
“Iraq’s Kurdistan region is part of the Iraqi institutions and a main partner and it supports the Iraqi government in Baghdad and outside it,” Abdullah noted.

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U.S. army kills 3 IED placers in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Tuesday , 13 /05 /2008 Time 10:26:56
Baghdad, May 13, (VOI) -

U.S. forces killed three gunmen in two separate operations in northwestern and in southern Baghdad, the U.S. army said on Tuesday.
“At approximately 5:30 p.m., aerial surveillance witnessed two men initiate an improvised explosive device in northwestern Baghdad. An aerial weapons team then engaged the criminals, who were fleeing the scene on a motorcycle, with a Hellfire missile and killed them both,” the U.S. army said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

“At approximately 10 p.m., Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, killed one criminal after observing him emplace an IED in New Baghdad,” the army added.

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8 gunmen killed, 16 wanted, suspects arrested in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Tuesday , 13 /05 /2008 Time 10:26:56
Baghdad, May 13, (VOI) –

Iraqi security forces killed eight gunmen, and arrested 16 wanted and suspects throughout Baghdad's two sectors, Karkh and Rasafa, during the last 24 hours, the official spokesperson of Baghdad operations command said on Tuesday.

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5 killed, 9 wounded in violent acts in Iraq

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Tuesday , 13 /05 /2008 Time 10:26:56
Baghdad, May 13, (VOI) -

Five persons were killed, nine more were injured and 24 people were arrested in acts of violence throughout Iraq from 9:00 p.m. on Monday until 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, security sources said.

In Mosul, the U.S. army said five Iraqi soldiers were killed and four others wounded on Tuesday when an improvised explosive device went off near them in Ninewa province.

"After the bombing, the Iraqi soldiers searched houses near the blast scene and arrested a man who confessed to having detonated the IED," the army added in a statement.

Meanwhile, police sources said an Iraqi army soldier was wounded in southwestern Mosul, while security forces defused a car bomb in the same place. Four children were wounded in a bomb explosion and a shootout in two separate incidents in southeastern and western Mosul.

In Basra, a police source said on Tuesday security forces conducted search raids in different areas of Basra province, capturing 17 wanted men and suspects on charges of involvement in acts of violence.

In Diala, a security source said that unknown gunmen set up a fake checkpoint on Monday and kidnapped three Diala University students in Baaquba.

In Karbala, three persons suspected of having planted an explosive charge in a souk (market) in central Karbala were arrested on Tuesday, the province's police and operations chief said.

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5 Iraqi soldiers killed, 4 wounded in Ninewa blast

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Tuesday , 13 /05 /2008 Time 10:26:56
Ninewa, May 13, (VOI) –

Five Iraqi soldiers were killed and four others wounded on Tuesday when an improvised explosive device went off near them in Ninewa province, the U.S. army in Iraq said.

"An IED went off on Tuesday in the northern Iraq province of Ninewa, killing five Iraqi soldiers and injuring four others, who were rushed to the Mosul public hospital for treatment," the U.S. army said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"After the bombing, the Iraqi soldiers searched houses near the blast scene and arrested a man who confessed to having detonated the IED," the statement read.
Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km northeast of Baghdad.

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Car bomb leaves 10 wounded in Kirkuk

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq
Tuesday , 13 /05 /2008 Time 10:26:56
Kirkuk, May 13, (VOI) -

A car bomb explosion targeting a crowded market in Kirkuk on Tuesday, left ten civilians wounded, a Kirkuk police source said.
“A car bomb parked near al-Haseer market on the road to al-Iskan neighborhood, central Kirkuk, exploded leaving ten civilians wounded in a primary toll,” a source from Kirkuk police command, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).
“The explosion caused material damage to a nearby building,” the source added.
Kirkuk, the capital city of Kirkuk, lies 250 km north of Baghdad.
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13 killed, injured in acts of violence until Tuesday night

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Tuesday , 13 /05 /2008 Time 10:26:56
Baghdad, May 13, (VOI) -

Three individuals were killed and ten others were wounded in acts of violence in Iraq from 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, security sources said.

In Baghdad, a fire broke out in Jamila market in Sadr City on Tuesday, while a military helicopter shelled gunmen inside the city in eastern Baghdad.

The U.S. army says its forces killed three gunmen in two separate operations in northwestern and in southern Baghdad, the U.S. army said on Tuesday.

For his part, Iraqi military spokesman Brig General Qassem Atta on Tuesday denied reports that Iraqi security forces raided al-Sadr office in western Baghdad, noting troops were responding to attacks in the area.

In Kirkuk, a police source said a car bomb explosion targeting a crowded market in Kirkuk on Tuesday, left ten civilians wounded.

In Makhmour, the spokesman for the Iraqi army said that two al-Qaeda leaders were arrested in the city of Mosul.

In Diala, a security source said a three-man kidnapping gang was arrested on Tuesday in Khalis district.

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Iraq War Report for events of Monday, 12 May 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

·        US troops use copy of Qur’an for target practice in Baghdad.

·        US troops kill three Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters despite ceasefire.

·        American military says wall around Madinat as-Sadr 80-percent complete.

·        US admits soldier killed in western Iraq Sunday evening.

·        American aircraft kills four family members near ash-Sahurqat Sunday

Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Fallujah.

Aid to local “Awakening” commander killed near al-Fallujah Monday evening.

In a dispatch posted at 8:15pm Baghdad time Monday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that an aide to the commander of the “Awakening” tribal police in the al-Karmah area near al-Fallujah was killed in a bomb attack on his car on Monday evening.

Ar-Rutbah.

Bomber killed while planting explosive device.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 3:38pam Monday afternoon Beijing time (11:38am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a gunman was killed while trying to plant a bomb on a street in ar-Rutbah near the Jordanian border in western Iraq on Sunday.

Baghdad.

US troops use copy of Qur’an for target practice in Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 10:45pm Baghdad time Monday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US troops engaged in target practice using a copy of the Islamic holy book the Qur’an for a target in the ar-Ridwaniyah district of Baghdad on Sunday.

Yaqen reported eyewitnesses as saying that three US armored vehicles accompanied by Humvee drove to the shooting range near the Police Support Center in ar-Ridwaniyah and put a copy of the Qur’an on a stake. They then proceeded to shoot at it. After leaving obvious holes in the book, they wrote a filthy English expression on it, left it there, and went away. The American troops carried out their act of desecration in front of the guards of the Police Support Center, where the damaged and defaced book is being kept.

US troops kill three Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters despite ceasefire.

In a dispatch posted at 6:31pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military announced that it had killed three members of the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in the Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad on Monday in the course of a clash there.

Yaqen reported the American attack comes one day after the announcement of a cease fire reached between the Iraqi regime and the Sadr Movement that was supposed to put a halt to the offensive that the US has been leading against the opposition group since March.

US says wall around Madinat as-Sadr 80-percent complete.

In a dispatch posted at 6:01pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military had announced that the Americans had completed construction of 80 percent of a cement wall around the impoverished Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad, a stronghold of support for the anti-occupation Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr.

Yaqen reported a US general as saying that the construction of the wall around the district was begun in April. He said that the presence of the wall, even partially built, had helped the United States in its offensive against the Jaysh al-Mahdi, but he denied claims by residents of the district and by the Sadr Movement that the Americans had blockaded the district or in any way restricted their movement. The Americans claimed that the wall was intended to prevent the launching of mortars and rockets targeting the “Green Zone” area.

Iraq regime general assassinated in western Baghdad Monday afternoon.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:53pm Monday evening Beijing time (3:53pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that armed men assassinated a high ranking officer in the Iraqi regime’s Defense Ministry in western Baghdad Monday afternoon.

Xinhua reported a source in the police as saying that the attack took place between an-Nusur Square and Qahtan Plaza in the al-Yarmuk area of western Baghdad. Men armed with light weapons opened fire on the car carrying Brigadier General Nibras Fadil ‘Abbas, the Director of Military Movements in the Defense Ministry, spraying him with a hail of small arms fire and killing him on the spot. The attackers then fled the scene.

The attack followed a reduction of tension between the regime and the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia following the signing of a cease fire between the two sides.

US troops kill three Iraqis during raids in northwestern Baghdad Monday.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:53pm Monday afternoon Beijing time (12:53 pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that US forces killed three Iraqis and arrested seven more in the al-Hurriyah area of northwestern Baghdad on Monday, a day a US patrol came under attack in that same area.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi security forces as saying that US troops, engaged in raids and searches in the al-Hurriyah area killed three people and arrested seven more, four of them members of one family.

The source said that the raids came after a bomb exploded by a US patrol in the area on Sunday evening.

US admits soldier killed in western Iraq Sunday evening.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:53pm Monday afternoon Beijing time (12:53pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that the US had announced that one of its soldiers had been killed in a bomb attack in western Baghdad.

Bomb explodes by US patrol in eastern Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 3:38pm Monday afternoon Beijing time (11:38am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a US patrol in the Zuyunah area of eastern Baghdad.

Xinhua reported a source in the Baghdad security police as saying that the blast, on ar-Rabi‘i Street in Baghdad, prompted the Americans to close off the area, preventing leakage of any information regarding the nature or extent of casualties.

Salah ad-Din Province.
Ash-Sharuqat.

US aircraft kills four family members near ash-Sahurqat.

In a dispatch posted at 10:45am Baghdad time Monday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a family of four was killed when a US aircraft blasted their car in the area around ash-Sharuqat, 250km north of Baghdad, on Sunday evening.

At-Ta’mim Province.
Kirkuk.

Kurdish separatist militia arrests 18 Arab Iraqis in Kirkuk area.

In a dispatch posted at 1:36am Baghdad time Tuesday morning, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq (AMSI) reported that the pro-American Kurdish separatist Peshmergah militia arrested 18 Arab Iraqis in the Kirkuk area, claiming that they were “suspects.”

The AMSI reported a Kurdish source as confirming the arrest and describing the arrested Arabs as “terrorists” who had been arrested on Sunday night in the course of raids in the Dumiz neighborhood of Kirkuk, 250km north of Baghdad.

The city of oil-rich city of Kirkuk, whose largest population block consists of Sunni Arabs, is the target of a Kurdish-separatist drive to seize the city and annex it to the Kurdish separatist enclave set up by the US in northern Iraq.

US arrests six in raids southwest of Kirkuk.

In a dispatch posted at 12:43pm Baghdad time midday Monday, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US troops accompanied by Iraqi regime security police carried out raids and searches in the Sirkalan area southwest of Kirkuk, 250km north of Baghdad, on Monday.

Yaqen reported a source in the Kirkuk police as saying that the Americans and their allies arrested six people and seized one car and four motorcycles in their raids.

One Iraqi army soldier killed, two more wounded in bomb attack west of Kirkuk.

In a dispatch posted at 11:40am Baghdad time Monday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded near an Iraqi army vehicle that was engaged in a security operation to the southwest of Kirkuk, 250km north of Baghdad.

Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.

Iraqi regime troops arrest 200 in al-Mawsil offensive Monday.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:26pm Monday evening Beijing time (3:26pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that the Iraqi Defense Ministry announced that the regime’s forces, in the course of their joint offensive together with US troops, had arrested about 200 people in the city of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad.

Xinhua reported the ministry as announcing that 78 people had been arrested who were listed as “wanted” and another 119 were arrested as “suspects.”

US and Iraqi regime troops announced the launch of an offensive against al-Qa‘idah in al-Mawsil on Saturday.

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