13 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to Initial May 15, 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.

Yaqen.net reported today that 26 Iraqis were killed or injured as a result of the fighting between Mahdi Army militiamen and Iraqi forces in Sadr City on Wednesday night.

Amsi.org reported that six Iraqis were killed, eleven were injured in the Sadr City fighting last night. It also reported that US forces killed two Iraqis and arrested six in Abu Gharib area, in Baghdad.

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Bomb kills, injures 5 soldiers in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 15 /05 /2008 Time 8:38:22
Baghdad, May 15, (VOI) -

An Iraqi army soldier was killed and four more were wounded in a bomb blast that targeted a joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol in western Baghdad on Thursday, a police source said.

“An improvised explosive device went off targeting a joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol in Nafaq al-Shurta region in western Baghdad, killing an Iraqi soldier and wounding four,” the source, who asked to be anonymous, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

“The blast set an Iraqi Hummer on fire,” he noted.
Meanwhile, the same source said that “another bomb went off targeting a U.S. vehicle patrol on al-Qanat road in eastern Baghdad, damaging a U.S. Hummer.”

No word was immediately available from the U.S. side on the incident.
Baghdad witnessed three bombs explosions; the first one took place when a roadside bomb targeted the motorcade of Baghdad's mayor Hussein al-Tahan on Thursday while passing through central Baghdad, killing one escort and wounding six others, including four escorts.

SH/SR

2 civilians killed, 6 cops injured in two attacks in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 15 /05 /2008 Time 8:38:22
Baaquba, May 15, (VOI) -

Two civilians were killed and six policemen were wounded in two explosions in Diala province, a police source said on Thursday.

“An explosive charge went off targeting a civilian vehicle in south of Baladruz region, killing two civilians,” the source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

“Another bomb exploded near a police vehicle patrols near Kashkoul village on the main road between Qura Taba and Jalawla in Khaneqeen district, northeast of Ba'aquba, injuring six cops, including an officer,” another police source said.

Diala witnessed three bomb explosions in less than two hours; as a roadside bomb was detonated earlier targeting a police vehicle patrol, killing two civilians and wounding four others.
Jalawla, a mixed city of Arabs, Kurds, and Turkmen, lies some 200 km northeast of Baghdad and is administratively run by Diala province.
Ba'aquba, the capital of Diala, is 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

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Blast targets Baghdad mayor’s motorcade, leaves 7 casualties

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 15 /05 /2008 Time 8:38:22
Baghdad, May 15, (VOI) -

Iraqi police said a roadside bomb targeted the motorcade of Baghdad's mayor on Thursday while passing through central Baghdad, killing one escort and wounding seven others, noting that the mayor was not on-board at the time.

“An explosive charge exploded near Baghdad Mayor Hussein al-Tahan’s motorcade while passing through al-Naser square, central Baghdad, this morning,” a police source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

The source added that the blast killed one escort and wounded seven people, including 4 escorts.
Al-Tahan was not on-board when the explosion took place.
SK/SR

Two policemen killed, four wounded in Jalawla blast

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 15 /05 /2008 Time 8:38:22
Jalawla, May 15, (VOI)-

At least two policemen were killed and four more wounded on Thursday as a roadside bomb exploded in Jalawla district, 200 km northeast of Baghdad, a local police source said.

“An explosive charge went off, this morning, near a police vehicle on the main road linking Jalawla to al-Husseini village, killing two policemen and wounding four,” Colonel Ahmed Khalifa al-Qassab told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).

Jalawla, a mixed city of Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen, lies some 200 km northeast of Baghdad and is administratively run by Diala province.
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Iraq War Report for events of Wednesday, 14 May 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

·        Belt bomber attacks funeral of murdered school principal in Abu Ghurayb, killing 30.

·        Seven dead, 31 wounded in continued US offensive against Jaysh al-Mahdi in Baghdad.

·        Bomb kills US soldier in northwestern Baghdad late Tuesday afternoon.

Al-Anbar Province.
Abu Ghurayb.

Belt bomber attacks funeral of murdered school principal in Abu Ghurayb, killing 30.

In a dispatch posted at 9:54pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded at a funeral meeting in the village of az-Zaydan near Abu Ghurayb, 30km west of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that by preliminary count, 30 people had been killed and another 20 more wounded. At the time of reporting, ambulances had begun to evacuate victims.

The source told Yaqen that an individual wearing an explosive belt blew himself up at the memorial meeting for Taha Sulayman az-Zawbi‘i, the Director of the Abu Ghurayb Industrial Preparatory School. The school director was murdered in front of his school on Tuesday morning by unknown gunmen on a motorcycle.

Al-Qa‘idah is known for its use of bombers wearing explosive belts in attacks on individuals unwilling to accept control by the organization’s operatives.

Al-Hadithah.

Armed clash near oilfield in al-Hadithah reported.

In a dispatch posted at 8:53pm Baghdad time Wednesday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that fierce fighting erupted between armed men and Iraqi government police in the residential complex attached to the al-Hadithah oil refinery in the al-Haqlaniyah area near the city of al-Hadithah, 270km northwest of Baghdad.

Baghdad.

Bomb attacks target pro-American Sunni politicians in Baghdad Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:32pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (1:32pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by the motorcade of ‘Abd al-Karim as-Samarra’i, a member of the Iraqi parliament from the Sunni sectarian pro-American Iraqi Islamic Party.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that the bomb went off near the top-security “Green Zone” area in Baghdad where the American occupation has its headquarters. It was not immediately known whether as-Samarra’i was actually in the motorcade at the time of the attack, but three of his bodyguards were killed in the blast.

The source said that two cars in the motorcade were damaged in the attack, the second such assault on members of the Islamic Party Wednesday.

On Wednesday morning, a car bomb exploded near the main headquarters of the Sunni collaborationist party in the al-Yarmuk area, killing or wounding 17 people, many of them party members.

Seven dead, 31 wounded in continued US offensive against Jaysh al-Mahdi in Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:03pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (1:03pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that seven people were killed and 31 more wounded in the continued US-offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in eastern Baghdad’s Madinat as-Sadr district and the ash-Shu‘lah area.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi regime security forces as saying that fighting between the Jaysh al-Mahdi and Iraqi regime troops backed by US forces left five dead and 25 wounded, among those women and children. Several houses were also destroyed.

The source said that fighting also raged between the Jaysh al-Mahdi on the one side and US and Iraqi regime forces on the other in the ash-Shu‘lah area. US aircraft blasted the area as well, killing two people and wounding six more.

Since late March the US has been pressing forward an offensive against the Sadr Movement and its Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in what is regarded as an attempt to prepare the way for an eventual US attack on Iran.

Bomb kills US soldier in northwestern Baghdad late Tuesday afternoon.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 6:45am Wednesday morning Beijing time (2:45am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that the US military announced that a bomb had exploded by a US vehicle in northwestern Baghdad, killing one American soldier.

Salah ad-Din Province.
Ash-Sharuqat.

Resistance group claims destruction of US Humvee on Monday.

In a dispatch posted at 10am Baghdad time Wednesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the Iraqi resistance group known as the Iraqi Army General Command of the Armed Forces had detonated a bomb by a US column in Salah ad-Din Province.

Yaqen reported a communiqué issued by the group on Monday, 12 May as saying that its fighters blew up a Humvee, killing personnel inside near the az-Zawiyah Junction. The communiqué described the attack as a form of support for fighters engaged in combating the offensive against al-Qa‘idah in al-Mawsil that was announced by the Iraqi Regime on Saturday, 10 May.

Diyala Province.
Al-Mada’in.

Tribal leader gunned down in al-Mada’in area Wednesday evening.

In a dispatch posted at 11:11pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that unknown armed men shot and killed the Shaykh of the al-Juhayshat tribe in the city of al-Mada’in, 25km southeast of Baghdad.

At-Ta’mim/Kirkuk Province.
Kirkuk.

Iraqi Prime Minister decrees name-change for at-Ta’mim Province.

In a dispatch posted at 10:45pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US-backed Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki issued decrees abolishing the official name of at-Ta’mim Province, and replacing it with the name of the region’s capital city, Kirkuk.

Yaqen reported that the move was in response to demands to Kurdish separatists in the province and was linked to reports of support by the Kurdish separatist Peshmergah militia for the regime’s offensive in the northwestern city of al-Mawsil.

The name of the province, originally Kirkuk Province, had been changed to at-Ta’mim (meaning “nationalization”) in 1976. US-backed Kurdish separatists, who are seeking to annex the oil-rich city of Kirkuk (where the largest population bloc is Arab) to their northern Iraqi enclave, have unofficially referred to the province as Kirkuk since 2006.

Yaqen noted that according to the constitution imposed on Iraq following the US occupation, changes of provincial names are the responsibility of the Iraqi parliament, not the Prime Minister.

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