39 Iraqis, 5 US Soldiers Killed on June 2, 2007, Islamic Party Says 350 Iraqis Killed in US Air Strikes in Ba'aqouba

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

- Four US soldiers and one marine were killed in Iraq on Sunday but the announcement of their deaths was delayed to Monday.

- The body of Jassem Muziyed, chief police protectors of banks, was found two days after kidnapping him in Basra.

- Jassem Sharif Muhammed, commander of protecting Naft Khana, was killed together with another army officer by a roadside bomb in the Naft Khana-Khanaqin road.

- 13 Iraqis were killed and 30 were injured during fighting between Iraqi fighters and US-led forces in Al-Diwaniyah. The fighting followed a mortar attack on a US military base in the city.

- Najdat Sulaiman Muhammed, Imam of Al-Saliheen Mosque in Kirkuk was assassinated by gunmen who left in their car.

- The body of Colonel Nasser Ali, police chief of detainees affairs, was found in Basra, two days after kidnapping him.

- Mustafa Jassem Abbas, deputy of the city council of Yathreb, in Salahuddin Province, was kidnapped.

- A bomb exploded in the house of Dr. Tawfiq Al-Zaydi, in Al-Nassiriyah, injuring him and other members of his family.

- The Islamic Party reported that US forces destroyed 150 houses in Ba'aqouba by air strikes, killing about 350 people, most of whom are still buried under the rubbles of their homes.

- A suicide bomber killed himself and five policemen in Al-Ramadi yesterday.

- Seven policemen were injured, two in critical condition, in Al-Saddah, south of Baghdad, in an attack on their checkpoint.

The (US) Associated Press news agency (AP) and the British Reuters news agency reported no Iraqi deaths but both reported five US soldier deaths on July 2, 2007. Both hinted that Iran was involved in attacks on US forces in Iraq. The AP reported the following news.

U.S. General Says Iran's Quds Force Helped Carry Out Attack in Iraq That Killed 5 Americans

Iran's elite Quds force helped out in a January attack in Karbala that killed five Americans, a U.S. general said Monday. U.S. military spokesman Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner.

On Monday, the U.S. military reported the deaths of five U.S. service members killed in fighting a day earlier, including two soldiers killed in attacks in Baghdad and two soldiers and a Marine who died in fighting in western Anbar province. The deaths brought to 3,582 the number of members of the U.S. military who have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003.

Reuters news agency was also almost identical to the AP in its Iraq war report. I mentioned the death of five US soldiers but linked it to an accusation of Iran as may be standing behind it. This gives the evidence that both news agencies belong to the same entity.

Senior Iranian leaders know about the operations of Iran's Qods Force in fomenting violence in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Monday, in some of the most direct accusations yet against Tehran over the chaos in Iraq.

In fresh violence, the U.S. military said four U.S. soldiers and one Marine were killed in various attacks in Iraq on Sunday, marking a bloody start to the month for American forces.

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