85 Iraqis, British Soldier, Killed on July 21, 2007, Including 23 Killed in a US Air Strike, 28 Executed by Death Squads

The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported the following news regarding attacks on Saturday, July 21, 2007.

- A British soldier was killed in a mortar attack on his base in Basra.

- 23 Iraqis were killed in the US air strike on Hussainiyah.

- 22 Iraqi gunmen were killed by US-led forces.

- Five people were killed in an explosion in the Baladiyat area, east of Baghdad.

- Three Iraqis were killed in Ammarah and Kirkuk.

- Six policemen were killed in Mosul, and 11 bodies of Iraqis executed by death squads were found in the city.

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

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AP Headline: US Troops Detain 2 Suspected Weapons Smugglers in Iraq

By BUSHRA JUHI Associated Press Writer

Jul 22, 2007, 6:53 AM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) --

A top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani was stabbed to death on Saturday in the holy city of Najaf. Police and al-Sistani's office declined to comment on the killing of Shaikh Abdullah Falak al-Basrawi and it was uncertain if it was a product of rising internal rivalries between followers of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and police who are loyal to al-Sistani, a personal grievance or a broader threat.

Separately, the U.S. military confirmed that Tariq Aziz, Iraq's deputy prime minister under Saddam Hussein, had been admitted to a U.S. military hospital after "suffering a fall while walking" at the U.S. detention facility where he is being held.

Aziz, 71, was transported to the military hospital at Balad as a precaution and underwent a CAT scan and other exams, according to a statement. He was found to be in normal condition and was returned to Camp Cropper on Thursday, the military said.

In other violence Sunday, according to police speaking on condition of anonymity due to security concerns:

- A senior officer working with the Interior Ministry was shot to death as he was driving his car in northeastern Baghdad.

- An Iraqi interpreter working for Americans in Kut, 100 miles southeast of Baghdad, was killed by gunmen.

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Associated Press writer Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad contributed to this report.

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