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.

On September 6, 2008, news reports mentioned the killing of nine Iraqis who were arrested by Al-Muthanna Brigade of the Iraqi Army stationed in the city of Al-Falloujah. There corpses were found with bullets shot on their heads and chests. This incident is evidence that the sectarian-based Iraqi forces have been functioning also as death squads, which killed Iraqis for suspicion of belonging to resistance organizations, without any legal procedures or trials.

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."

IED wounds 5 persons in Baghdad

October 14, 2008 - 07:04:14
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Five persons were injured on Tuesday night in when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in southern Baghdad, a police source said.

“The bomb exploded in Kamb Sara region in southern Baghdad targeting a police vehicle patrol, injuring five persons, including three policemen,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.
He gave no further details.

SH (P)/SR

U.S. army kills 2 Iraqis, nabs 13 in central, northern Iraq

October 14, 2008 - 06:27:40
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

The U.S. army announced its forces killed two gunmen and arrested 13 Iraqis in central and northern Iraq.

AM (S)/SR

Mortar rounds strike U.S. base in Salah al-Din-police

October 14, 2008 - 05:15:27
SALAH AL-DIN / Aswat al-Iraq:

Iraqi police said eight mortar rounds landed in the U.S. base Anaconda in Salah al-Din.
“Eight mortar rounds coming from an unknown location fell into U.S. base Anaconda established at a former Iraqi army airbase in Yathrib district of Balad town,” a Salah al-Din police source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“Bellows of fire were seen spiralling from the base while U.S. copters were hovering around the base perimeters.”
Yithrib dirtict, east Balad town, lies 110 km north of Baghdad.
AM (P)/SR

2 bodies found in Kut

October 14, 2008 - 04:20:53
WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq:

Police forces found two bodies, one male one female, in the city of Kut, a security source said.
“The two bodies bore signs of gun shot wounds,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq, noting that the two corpses were sent to the morgue in al-Zahraa hospital in Kut.

SH (P)/SR

4 civilians wounded in IED blast in Touz

October 14, 2008 - 08:19:33
SALAH AL-DIN / Aswat al-Iraq:

Four civilians were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) blast targeted a billiards hall in Touz Khormato, the district mayor said on Tuesday.

 “The IED ripped through a billiards hall on the Baghdad-Touz highway in Salah al-Din province last night, leaving at least four civilians wounded and causing damage to the hall,” Muhammad Rasheed told Aswat al-Iraq. “The wounded were taken to a hospital in Touz Khormato district, (100 km) east of the city of Tikrit,” the source added.

AmR (S)