51 Iraqis, US Soldier Killed in Initial July 11, 2007 Report, Including 26 Executed by Death Squads

The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported that Iraqis and a US soldier were killed on July , 2007.

- Abboud Humaid Saleh, Qa'em Maqam (ruler) of Samarra was assassinated today.

The (US) Associated Press news agency (AP) reported 20 Iraqi and one US deaths, in war news today July 11, 2007.

Kurds Speak Out Against Key Oil Law, Casting Doubt on Political Progress in Iraq

Kurdish leaders spoke out against a key oil law Wednesday, casting new doubt on progress toward a political benchmark seen as crucial to the U.S. strategy in Iraq.

The U.S.-Iraqi forces killed 20 Iraqi gunmen and captured 20 others in the battle overnight, the U.S. military said.

Lt. Col. Fred Johnson said the attackers had fled Ba'aqouba, focus of the U.S. offensive north of the capital, and had attacked Sherween 35 miles to the northeast in an attempt to "raise the morale" of their fighters.

In the city of Samarra - a region 60 miles north of Baghdad that has seen frequent insurgent attacks - U.S. troops uncovered 12 bodies this week, according to Iraqi police and AP Television News footage of the bodies. The bodies were partially decomposed, and it was not known who killed them or when.

Also Wednesday, a U.S. soldier died of an unspecified "non-battle related cause," the U.S. military said without elaborating.

Germany's foreign minister said a German woman who was kidnapped in Iraq has been released after 155 days in captivity, but her son is still being held hostage, Hannelore Krause, 62, and her adult son, Sinan, disappeared in Iraq on Feb. 6.

AP correspondents Yahya Barzanji in Kirkuk and Talal Mohammed in Baqouba contributed to this report.

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