News, June , 2007
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Editorial Note: The following news reports are summaries from original sources. They may also include corrections of Arabic names. |
80 Iraqis, US Soldier Killed, Including 24 by Death Squads, on June 9, 2007
Iraq News Agency (INA):
The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported that 80 Iraqis and a US soldier were killed on June , 2007.
- A US patrol was attacked in southeastern Baghdad, a vehicle was destroyed.
- 24 bodies were found in Baghdad, including the body of a senior army officer.
- 11 civilians were kidnapped south of Al-Khalis city.
- A US soldier was killed in an attack in Diyali.
- 12 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 30 were injured, in an attack on their patrol in Al-Iskandariyah, south of Baghdad.
- Six Iraqi inmates were killed in an attack on the US detention camp of Buca.
- US and Iraqi forces killed 5 Iraqis in Falluja, during a search for weapons in the city.
- US forces also killed an Iraqi man in Al-Sadr city, during house searches in the city.
- Two Iraqis were killed, 6 were injured, in a car bomb attack on their patrol, in northeastern Baghdad.
- A policeman was killed and another was injured in the Sha'ab area, northeastern Baghdad.
- Three people were injured in an attack on a police patrol, in Za'afaraniya.
- Five members of one family were killed in an ambush, in Ba'aqouba.
- Three people were killed and seven were injured, in a mortar attack, in Samarra.
- Four people were killed and seven were injured in a bus attack in Baladiyat, east of Baghdad.
- Two policemen were killed, eight were injured in a car bomb attack, in Al-Sha'ab area.
Associated Press (AP):
The (US) Associated Press news agency (AP) reported that 27 Iraqis and a US soldier were killed on June 9, 2007. The AP reported the following different news.
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By SINAN SALAHEDDIN Associated Press Writer
Jun 9, 2007, 1:41 PM EDT
BAGHDAD (AP) --
A suicide bomber driving a tanker truck struck an Iraqi army checkpoint outside the capital on Saturday, killing at least 13 soldiers.
In southern Iraq, an apparent rocket attack at the U.S.-run Camp Bucca detention facility killed at least six detainees and wounded 50, the military said. No American casualties were reported.
The U.S. military oversees some 21,000 inmates at Camp Bucca in southern Iraq and Camp Cropper, near the Baghdad airport. Military officials refuse to give a breakdown of how many prisoners are at each facility but say the majority are at Camp Bucca.
An American soldier was killed Saturday by small-arms fire in Diyala province, north of Baghdad, the military said. The death raised to at least 3,502 members of the U.S. military who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
The explosion that killed the Iraqi soldiers happened near the gate of the army unit's headquarters in Iskandariyah, 30 miles south of the capital, provincial police spokesman Capt. Muthanna Khalid said, adding that 30 other people were wounded.
In Baghdad, a parked car bomb struck a convoy of Iraqi police commandos, killing one of them and a pedestrian and wounding seven other people, and gunmen elsewhere killed one policeman and wounded another while they were on a foot patrol.
A roadside bomb that apparently targeted a police patrol in eastern Baghdad instead struck a minibus, killing at least five people.
In Ba'aqouba, the provincial capital of Diyala, two suicide bombers on foot blew themselves up at a police checkpoint, killing a policeman.
In Baghdad, sporadic clashes erupted for nearly two hours in Amil.
The official said four civilians were wounded and the situation was brought under control.
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