3 US Soldiers, 40 Iraqis Killed, Including 6 Executed by Death Squads, According to a November 1, 2007 Report

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While the VOI reported the death of only 2 US soldiers and 15 Iraqis, the AP reported the deaths of 3 US soldiers and 40 Iraqis today.

Diala bombing leaves 23 casualties

Diala - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 01 /11 /2007 Time 7:00:48

Ba'aquba, Nov 1, (VOI) -

At least five persons were killed and 18 more were injured in the truck bomb explosion in central al-Sa'adiya district, Diala province, on Thursday afternoon, while the two other blasts left no causalities, a police source said.

"Five persons, including three Iraqi army soldiers, were killed and 18 others were injured when a truck rigged with explosives went off targeting an Iraqi army vehicle patrol in central al-Saadiya district in Diala province," the source, who asked to remain unnamed, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"The other two explosions which took place in the same area of a suicide bomber and an explosive charge left no casualties," he explained. A police source had said earlier that three synchronized blasts jolted al-Sa'adiya district, Diala, and left unspecified number of casualties. "A truck bomb, a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt strapped to his body, and an explosive charge went off this morning in central al-Saadiya district in Diala, leaving an unspecified number of casualties," the source, who refused to be named, told the VOI. Ba'aquba, capital of Diala, is 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

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U.S. military says four soldiers killed, injured in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 01 /11 /2007 Time 7:00:48

Mosul, Nov 1, (VOI) -

The U.S. army said on Thursday that two of his troops were killed and two others were injured in a bombing attack targeting their vehicle patrol in Mosul. "Two Task Force Iron soldiers were killed by an explosion near their vehicle while conducting operations in Ninewa province on Oct. 31," the U.S. army said in a statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"Additionally, two soldiers were wounded and transported to a Coalition medical facility for treatment," it added. The deaths bring the number of the U.S. service members killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion of the country in March 2003 to 3,844. Of this number, 38 U.S. troops were killed in October, the smallest number of U.S. fatalities since March 2006. 66 servicemen were killed last September. November 2004, which witnessed fierce battles between U.S. forces and armed groups in Falluja city, Anbar province, remains the month that saw the highest U.S. death toll with 137. April 2004 comes second with 135, followed by May 2007 during which 126 U.S. soldiers were killed.

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Attack on police chief kills 6, injures 8 in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 01 /11 /2007 Time 7:00:48

Baaquba, Nov 1, (VOI) -

The chief of Balad Rouz police department survived an attempt on his life on Thursday afternoon, when an explosive charge exploded targeting his motorcade, while six of his bodyguards were killed and eight were injured in the attack, an official source said.

"An explosive device was detonated this afternoon targeting the motorcade of Colonel Fares al-Umeri, chief of the Balad Rouz police department in Diala, killing six and injuring eight of his bodyguards," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) under condition of anonymity, adding no more details. Balad Rouz district lies 45 km southeast of Baaquba, capital city of Diala, which is 57 km north of Baghdad.

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Security forces kill suicide bomber in Talafar

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 01 /11 /2007 Time 7:00:48

Mosul, Nov 1, (VOI) -

Security forces on Thursday morning killed a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt near the Talafar hospital, the city's mayor said. "A joint Iraqi police-army force killed a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt before blowing himself up near the Talafar hospital at the center of the city," Brigadier Nijm Abdullah told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "The forces opened fire on the attacker, killing him on the spot," he explained. Talafar is located 60 km west of Mosul, capital city of Ninewa, which lies 402 km north of Baghdad.

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Eight casualties in bomb explosion in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 01 /11 /2007 Time 7:00:48

Baghdad, Nov 1, (VOI) -

At least three government-backed awakening council fighters were killed and five others were injured in a bomb explosion near their vehicle patrol in eastern Baghdad, a police source said on Thursday. "A roadside bomb, placed on a road in al-Bunouk neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, went off on Thursday, killing three fighters from the awakening council and wounding four more, as well as one passing civilian," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "The blast destroyed a patrol's vehicle and security forces sealed off the area after the explosion," he also said.

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AP Headline: Bombings and Shootings Kill 21 Iraqis; 3 US Soldiers Dead

By LAUREN FRAYER Associated Press Writer

Nov 1, 2007, 2:58 PM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) --

Bombs and drive-by shootings killed at least 21 people across Baghdad and its northern belts Thursday, and the U.S. military announced the deaths of three more soldiers killed in combat in the country's north.

Five corpses were found in the capital - one body was found farther north and near the Iranian border, morgue officials said.

Iraqi forces killed 13 suspects, police said, Thursday near Khalis, a town in Diyala province.

On Thursday, the U.S. military announced the deaths of three American soldiers killed a day earlier. Two died in an explosion near their vehicle in Iraq's northern Ninevah province, the third was killed by a roadside bomb in Salahuddin province, also north of Baghdad. Two other soldiers were wounded in the Ninevah blast and evacuated to a U.S. combat hospital.

At least 3,845 of U.S. military personnel have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians.

Among those killed in Baghdad violence Thursday were five people lining up outside a shelter used by the Interior Ministry as a police recruiting center. Six other people were wounded in the roadside bombing, police said, including the mayor of nearby Azamiyah who said he believed his passing convoy had been targeted.

In Balad Ruz, an ethnically mixed city 45 miles northeast of the capital, another roadside bomb exploded near a convoy carrying the local police chief, Col. Faris al-Amirie. Six of al-Amirie's guards were killed and eight others were hurt, but the chief escaped injury, police said.

And in Sadiyah, 60 miles north of Baghdad, police said a cluster of three attacks took place about 10:40 a.m., killing five people and wounding 18 others.

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