News, July , 2007
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101 Iraqis, 7 US Soldiers Killed on July 6, 2007, Including 31 Executed by Death Squads
Iraq News Agency (INA):
The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported that Iraqis and a US soldier were killed on July , 2007.
- 26 bodies of Iraqis executed by death squads were found in Baghdad and Mahmoudiyah.
- The US Consulate in Hillah was attacked with 18 mortars.
- 17 Iraqi civilians were killed in an explosion in Jalawla, Diyala.
- Seven members of an Iraqi family were killed when a mortar rocket hit their home in Al-Fadhl neighborhood, in Baghdad.
- 5 policemen were killed, 20 were injured during clashes between Iraqi police and Al-Mahdi Army militia in Al-Samawah.
- A roadside bomb in Al-Za'afaraniyah destroyed a US Hummer military vehicle, leading also to killing an Iraqi civilian.
- 5 Iraqi soldiers were killed, 8 were injured in an attack in Balad.
- Two bank guards were killed in Al-Sidiyah.
- Two Iraqi soldiers were killed. four were injured in Al-Yousufiyah.
- One civilian was killed and three were injured when a roadside bomb exploded in Kirkuk.
- Five bodies executed by death squads were found in Falloujah.
- Four people were killed by fire from US helicopters in Sadr City.
Associated Press (AP):
The (US) Associated Press news agency (AP) reported on only one attack which killed 26 Iraqis. It also reported on seven US deaths on July 6, 2007.
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press Writer
Jul 7, 2007, 12:34 AM EDT
BAGHDAD (AP) --
A suicide car bomber struck outside a cafe in a tiny Kurdish village near the Iranian border Friday, killing 26 people in a remote part of a province where U.S. forces are waging an offensive against Iraqi fighters, police said.
The blast ripped through the coffee shop near a market of Iranian goods in the village of Ahmad Maref, 87 miles northeast of Baghdad, said an official at the joint security coordination committee of Diyala province. At least 33 people were wounded, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The village lies in the remote end of Diyala, a province where U.S. forces have been waging two offensives since mid-June, one focusing on Ba'aqouba, Diyala's capital northeast of Baghdad, the other on Salman Pak, a region southeast of the capital.
The U.S. military announced the deaths of seven more American service members. Three were killed Friday in two separate Baghdad explosions, along with an Iraqi interpreter.
A U.S. soldier died of wounds sustained in combat operations in western Baghdad on Thursday. Three other service members were killed Thursday - two Marines in western Anbar province and a soldier in Baghdad.
With their deaths, at least 3,598 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians.
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