Dozens of US-led Iraqis Killed by US Forces, 17 Others and 2 US Soldiers More Killed, According to a November 14, 2007 Report

Two killed, six wounded in suicide bombing north of Hilla

Babel - Voices of Iraq Wednesday , 14 /11 /2007 Time 8:22:34

Hilla, Nov 14, (VOI) -

At least two people were killed and six more wounded on Wednesday afternoon in a suicide bombing north of Hilla, a police source said. "A suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body inside a guest house belonging to Sheikh Ammar al-Gurtan, chief of Gurtan tribe, in Mouilhah region, 50 km north of Hilla," the source, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The source added "the blast killed two people and wounded six more." Hilla, capital city of Babel province, is 100 southwest of Baghdad. SK/SR

Five unknown bodies found in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Wednesday , 14 /11 /2007 Time 8:22:34

Baghdad, Nov 14, (VOI) -

Five unidentified bodies were found in different areas of the Iraqi capital Baghdad over the past 24 hours, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. "Police patrols found five unidentified bodies in different areas of Baghdad, most of them were found in Baghdad's western side (al-Karkh)," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "Three corpses were found in different neighborhoods of al-Karkh: one in each al-Doura, al-Sidiya, and al-Jamea," he explained. "Two more bodies were found in Baghdad’s al-Jididah and Jisr Diala region, Rasafa, eastern side of Baghdad," the source added. "Most of the bodies found bore signs of gunshot wounds to different parts of the body, mainly to the head," he noted. SK/SR

Eight casualties as bomb explodes in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Wednesday , 14 /11 /2007 Time 8:22:34

Baghdad, Nov 14, (VOI) -

At least eight people, including two policemen, were wounded on Wednesday when a roadside bomb went off in eastern Baghdad, a police source said. "A roadside bomb detonated near a police vehicle patrol this afternoon in al-Bounog neighborhood in eastern Baghdad," the source, who requested anonymity, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The source added "the blast wounded six civilians and two policemen." "The wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment," he said. SK/SR

U.S. security company guards wound two Iraqi civilians in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Wednesday , 14 /11 /2007 Time 8:22:34

Baghdad, Nov 14, (VOI) -

Two Iraqi civilians were seriously injured on Wednesday when the guards of a U.S. security company open fired on them in eastern Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. "Guards from a U.S. security company opened fire on two civilian passers-by in eastern Baghdad, wounding them seriously," General Abdul Karim Khalaf, director of the Interior Ministry's National Command Center, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). General Khalaf added that the wounded were members of one family and they were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

"The incident is now under investigation by the Interior Ministry and the security company," he noted. On September 16, personnel from the private U.S. security company Blackwater allegedly opened random fire after two mortar shells fell near a U.S. embassy motorcade that was passing in Sahat al-Nosur area, western Baghdad, killing 11 people and wounding 12 others. The incident drew extreme indignation on the Iraqi streets as the Iraqi parliament called for restricting the work of private security companies in Iraq and also for amending a decision by the former U.S. civil administrator of Iraq Paul Bremer that grants these firms legal immunity. SK/SR

Four casualties in mortar attack in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq Wednesday , 14 /11 /2007 Time 8:22:34

Baaquba, Nov 14, (VOI)-

One civilian was killed and three more were injured on Wednesday afternoon in a mortar attack on residential neighborhoods in Khalis, a police source said. "Four mortar shells hit a number of residential areas in Habhab district in Khalis, killing a civilian and injuring three," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) under condition of anonymity. He did not provide further details. Baaquba is 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

U.S. Hummer destroyed in Salah el-Din

Salah al-Din - Voices of Iraq Wednesday , 14 /11 /2007 Time 8:22:34

Tikrit, Nov 14, (VOI)-

An explosive charge went off on Wednesday morning targeting a U.S. vehicle patrol in al-Ishaqi district, Salah el-Din province, destroying a U.S. Hummer, a police source said. "An improvised explosive device exploded this morning targeting a U.S. vehicle patrol in al-Rawashed village, east of al-Ishaqi district, destroying a U.S. Hummer," the source, who wished to remain anonymous, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). Eyewitnesses told the VOI that "U.S. forces cordoned off the area and launched a crackdown operation to hunt down the perpetrators." No word was available from the U.S. army on the incident. Tikrit, the capital of Salah el-Din, lies 175 km north of Baghdad.

Five al-Qaeda members killed in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq Wednesday , 14 /11 /2007 Time 8:22:34

Khalis, Nov 14, (VOI)-

Five al-Qaeda members were killed and one civilian was injured in armed clashes between Iraqi army forces and elements al-Qaeda group in Khalis, a police source said. "Armed clashes erupted on Wednesday morning between Iraqi army forces and citizens from one side and al-Qaeda gunmen from the other in al-Bu Hussein al-Jassem village in al-Salam district in Khalis, north of Baaquba," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) under condition of anonymity. "Five al-Qaeda gunmen killed and one civilian was injured in the clashes," he added. "The wounded was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment," he also said. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, is 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

Attack on British base in Basra

Basra - Voices of Iraq Wednesday , 14 /11 /2007 Time 8:22:34

Basra, Nov 14, (VOI)-

The British base at Basra International Airport, 25 km northwest of the city, came under an attack with a Katyusha rocket on Wednesday, while a mortar round landed on a house in southern Basra, causing material damage, a police source said. "A Katyusha rocket, launched from Karmat Ali region in northern Basra, hit the British base at Basra International Airport," the source, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"British forces fired back at the source with six rockets," he added. "One mortar shell landed on a house in Bab Midan region in southern Basra," the same source said. "The attack caused no casualties, but some material damage in the house," he noted. British soldiers are now stationed in one base - the Basra International Airport - after handing over to the Iraqi forces other military bases in former presidential palaces. The British forces in Basra, 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, keep 5,250 troops within MNF personnel in Iraq after withdrawing 1,850 soldiers during the past few months. Britain was the United States' prime ally in the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Bomb blast leaves 3 casualties in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Wednesday , 14 /11 /2007 Time 8:22:34

Baghdad, Nov 14, (VOI)-

An improvised explosive device went off on Wednesday morning in central Baghdad targeting a U.S. vehicle patrol, killing one civilian, injuring two others and damaging a U.S. armored vehicle, a police source said.

"The bomb, planted on the road in al-Saleheiya region near the foreign ministry's building, exploded this morning targeting a U.S. vehicle patrol," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "The explosion killed a civilian and injured two more," he also said, noting that a U.S. armored vehicle was damaged in the attack. An eyewitness said that the blast occurred near the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad. "U.S. troops sealed off the area and banned anyone from approaching," he added. No word was available from the U.S. army on the incident.

U.S. soldier killed near Mosul

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Wednesday , 14 /11 /2007 Time 8:22:34

Baghdad, Nov 14, (VOI)-

The U.S. army said on Wednesday that a service member was killed during combat operations near the city of Mosul.

"A Multi-National Corps - Iraq soldier was killed today during military operations near the city of Mosul," the U.S. army said in a statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "The soldier was mortally wounded by gunfire while providing security to a Police Transitional Team training mission near an Iraqi Police Station," the statement added. It did not provide further details. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

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AP Headline: Iraqi Forces Seize Headquarters of Powerful Sunni Group; Huge Blast Rocks Central Baghdad

Nov 14, 2007, 5:04 PM EST

By ROBERT H. REID Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD (AP) --

Iraqi authorities seized the headquarters of the country's most influential Sunni clerical group Wednesday, sealing off its west Baghdad compound and accusing the organization of supporting al-Qaida in Iraq.

The group, the Association of Muslim Scholars, has long opposed the U.S. military presence in Iraq.

The timing of the move coincided with a powerful blast that hit a U.S. patrol in the center of Baghdad.

The roadside bombing - near the Green Zone in the tightly controlled heart of the city - killed one American soldier and wounded five others, according to the U.S. military. Police said two Iraqi civilians also died.

The blast near the Green Zone was the biggest in central Baghdad in weeks and raised questions how a bomb could have been planted in such a heavily guarded area, which includes a police station and the Foreign Ministry.

Hours later, a car bomb exploded in northeastern Baghdad, killing one civilian and wounding seven others, police said.

In one of the latest attacks, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest inside the guest house of an anti-al-Qaida sheik, Amad al-Gartani, near Iskandiriyah, 30 miles south of Baghdad - killing the sheik and two other people, according to provincial police and al-Gartani's colleagues on the North Babil Awakening Council.

Late Wednesday, a leader of one of the awakening councils on the northern outskirts of Baghdad told Al-Jazeera television that U.S. soldiers killed dozens of his fighters during a 12-hour battle that began the night before.

U.S. spokesmen in Baghdad said they had no details of the attack, which allegedly occurred near Taji about 12 miles north of Baghdad.

"The raids continued for more than 12 hours ... despite the fact that, right from the first attack last night, we have continuously been contacting American commanders that they are hitting us, their friends," said Mansour Abid Salim of the Taji Awakening Council.

"The scene was horrible with corpses dotting the area, bodies cut into pieces by shelling," he said.

Elsewhere, fighting between al-Qaida and local defense groups erupted Wednesday in two villages east of Baqouba, Diyala's provincial capital.

Five people were killed - two civilians and three al-Qaida members - and six others wounded in the fighting, police said.

All police officers spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.

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