52 Iraqis, a US Soldier Killed on July 15, 2007, Including 21 Executed by Death Squads, 78 Iraqis, 2 US Soldiers Killed on July 14, 2007

The Iraq news agency (INA) reported the death of Iraqis on Sunday, July 15, 2007.

- 10 civilians were killed, 25 were injured in a car explosion in Al-Hyrriyah Square, in downtown Baghdada.

- Two Australian security contractors were killed and a third was injured in a southeast Baghdad area.

- 7 were killed, 15 were injured in a car bomb explosion in a gas station in Karradah.

- A person was killed, four were injured in an explosion in a building south of Baghdad.

- Three people were killed, four were injured as a result of clashes between the Mahdi Army militia and the US forces in Kut.

- 21 bodies of Iraqis executed by death squads were found in Baghdad.

- Six Iraqis were killed in Diyali by US air raids.

- A US soldier was killed, three were injured by roadside bombs in Baghdad.

- Ahmed Chalabi, chairman of the Iraqi National Council, survived an assassination attempt on his life in the city of Mada'in. This was the second assassination attempt on his life in a month. Chalabi was a major Iraqi exile who participated in selling the US invasion of Iraq to the American people, repeating the false reasons in the corporate US media.

- An attorney and a butcher were killed by gunmen in Mosul.

- Yesterday, 39 Iraqi civilians, 6 gunmen, US soldiers were killed, and 29 bodies were found.

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The US news agency, Associated Press (AP) reported the death of 28 people on Sunday, July 15, 2007.

AP Headline: Car Bomb in Baghdad Square Kills 10

By HAMID AHMED Associated Press Writer

Jul 15, 2007, 2:11 PM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) --

A car bomb packed with explosives detonated Sunday in a central Baghdad square, killing 10 people and wounding 25, the deadliest attack on a violent day that claimed the lives of at least 18 others.

The car bomb attack came in central Hussain Square, which has several kebab stalls and other take-out stands, said a police official. The afternoon blast ripped through stalls and shops, killing 10 and wounding 25, according to officials at the two hospitals where the victims were taken.

The dead included two women, and three women and five children were among those injured, said the hospital officials. All the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press. The area is near the offices of the country's largest Shi'i party, the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq.

In northern Iraq, gunmen ambushed a convoy of border guards, killing six of them along with a civilian, a border guard commander said. When reinforcements pulled in, another guard died in the clash, which took place in the Kani Khal area, 160 miles northeast of Baghdad.

Elsewhere, shootings in the northern cities of Mosul and Kirkuk and several areas south of Baghdad killed eight people, according to police officers in the areas. Among them were the wife and son of a city council chief, slain outside their home.

In the first 14 days of July, 301 bodies were found in Baghdad, or an average of nearly 22 a day, compared to 19 a day in June, when 563 bodies were found, according to AP figures, gathered from daily reports by Iraqi police.

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