100 Iraqis Killed in One Explosion in Tuz Khurmato, 8 US Soldiers, British Soldier Killed in Two Days

The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported in an initial news report about 100 Iraqis were killed in one explosion in Tuz Khurmato on July 7, 2007.

- 100 Iraqis were dead, 120 were injured by a truck explosion in Tuz Khurmato, a Turkmen Iraqi city.

- Six were killed, 18 were injured, most soldiers, in Al-Rubai'i street in Baghdad.

Suicide bombings killed nearly 50 people and wounded dozens in two villages north of Baghdad, including a large truck explosion Saturday that ripped through an outdoor market and buried victims in rubble, officials said.

Separately, eight American troops and a British soldier were killed in fighting over two days.

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed vehicle near an Iraqi army patrol in an eastern district of the capital, and there were reports of casualties, but the Interior Ministry could not immediately confirm the number.

The truck bombing Saturday morning ripped through a market in the village of Armili north of Baghdad, destroying mud-brick homes and setting cars on fire. Farmers' pickup trucks took the dead and wounded to the nearest health facility, in Tuz Khormato, nearly 30 miles to the north, said Capt. Soran Ali of the Tuz Khormato police.

Police said one man fled the truck before it detonated with another man still inside.

Saleh Ali, a medic at Tuz Khormato hospital, said 25 dead and 100 wounded were brought to the facility.

The U.S. military on Saturday announced the deaths of eight U.S. servicemembers in combat, most in the Baghdad area.

Four soldiers were killed in two roadside bomb attacks on their patrols, both in the capital, the military said. A U.S. soldier and an Iraqi interpreter were killed Friday when an explosively formed penetrator exploded near their patrol in southeastern Baghdad. Explosively formed penetrators are high-tech bombs that the U.S. believes are provided by Iran, a charge denied by Tehran.

On Thursday, two Marines were killed in western Anbar province and a soldier died in Baghdad, the latest military statement said.

Another soldier died Friday of non battle-related cause and his death is under investigation, the military said without giving further details.

In the far south of Iraq, British troops came under heavy attack in Basra, killing one soldier and wounding three, the British military said Saturday.

101 Iraqis, 7 US Soldiers Killed on July 6, 2007, Including 31 Executed by Death Squads

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.

- 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.

- One civilian was killed and three were injured when a roadside bomb exploded in Kirkuk.

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.

Suicide Bomber Kills 26 in Iraqi Village; Military Announces Deaths of 7 US Soldiers

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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