US Soldier, 35 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to a November 15, 2007 Report

A police officer kills two Iraqis in Basra

Iraq News Agency, November 15, 2007

A former police officer killed two Iraqis who were arrested for suspicion that they were the killers of his brother, Al-Darraji, who was a senior police officer in the city in 2005.

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U.S. soldier killed, four wounded north of Baghdad-army

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 15 /11 /2007 Time 8:14:01

Baghdad, Nov 15, (VOI)-

The U.S. army said on Thursday that a service member was killed and four others were wounded north of Baghdad. "North Soldier was killed as a result of an explosion while conducting operations in Diala Province, Nov. 14," the U.S. army said in a statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The statement added "four additional MND-N Soldiers were wounded in the blast and evacuated to a coalition hospital." The death brings the number of U.S. service members killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion of the country in March 2003 to 3,865. So far 21 soldiers were killed in November. Of this number, 39 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. SK

Four Iraqi policemen wounded as U.S. base mortared in Hilla

Babel - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 15 /11 /2007 Time 8:14:01

Hilla, Nov 15, (VOI)-

Babel police said on Thursday four Iraqi policemen manning a checkpoint leading to a U.S. base in Hilla were injured when mortars fell onto the base. "Four mortars fell onto a U.S. base in central Hilla today , wounding four Iraqi policemen manning a checkpoint leading to the base," a source from Babel police told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The source, who requested anonymity, could not say if there were casualties among the U.S. personnel. Hilla, capital city of Babel province, is 100 km southwest of Baghdad. SK

IED injures six Iraqi soldiers near Kirkuk

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 15 /11 /2007 Time 8:14:01

Kirkuk, Nov 15, (VOI) -

Six Iraqi soldiers were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off on Thursday afternoon targeting their vehicle patrol on the main road that links Baghdad to Kirkuk, a police source said.
"An explosive charge was detonated targeting an Iraqi army vehicle patrol on the main road between Baghdad and Kirkuk, leaving six soldiers wounded.

"The wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital," he added.
Kirkuk lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad.

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46 gunmen killed, arrested in northern Baghdad - U.S. army

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 15 /11 /2007 Time 8:14:01

Baghdad, Nov 15, (VOI) -

The U.S. military said on Thursday that 25 gunmen were killed and 21 others were arrested during operations targeting senior al-Qaeda leaders in Tarmiyah region in northern Baghdad.

"Coalition forces killed 25 suspected gunmen and detained 21 suspects, four of whom were wounded, late Tuesday and early Wednesday during operations targeting senior leaders in central Iraq," the U.S. army said in a statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"During a series of coordinated operations west of Tarmiyah, Coalition forces targeted associates of senior al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders believed to be in the area," it added.

"Coalition forces observed several armed men in the target area and, perceiving hostile intent, called for supporting aircraft to engage," the statement noted.

"The supporting aircraft fired on the target, but intelligence reports indicated the men unloaded an anti-aircraft weapon from the target and moved to a secondary location."

"The ground force engaged the armed men, killing one, wounding another, and detaining one suspect," the U.S. army statement continued.

"Upon securing the area, the ground force found a weapons cache, to include anti-aircraft weapons and artillery," it said.

"As Coalition forces approached the target areas, they were engaged by enemy fire from both locations," the statement said.
"Responding in self-defense, ground forces called for supporting aircraft to engage, killing 24 and wounding three," it added.

"As the ground forces secured the areas, they found two substantially large weapons caches, which were safely destroyed by supporting aircraft to prevent further use by terrorists."

"The caches included numerous anti-aircraft machine guns, surface-to-surface missiles, rifles, pistols, grenades, mortar rounds, and artillery shells," it noted.

"Coalition forces also found a large quantity of ammunition and components used to manufacture improvised explosive devices," the statement also said.

"Coalition forces also detained 16 suspects at the two locations," the army asserted.

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Gunmen kill school principal in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 15 /11 /2007 Time 8:14:01

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Unidentified gunmen on Thursday morning killed a principal of a girls’ high school in Kadhimiya region in northern Baghdad, a police source said. "Unknown armed men opened fire on Suaad Kokez Wali, principal of al-Amal high school for girls, killing her on the spot," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "She was leaving her house in al-Hebna region in Kadhimiya region to head for work," he added. Scores of school teachers and university professors were killed in armed attacks throughout Iraq and many of them were forced to leave Iraq for fear of armed attacks.

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Failed attack on Kirkuk police chief leaves 27 casualties

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 15 /11 /2007 Time 8:14:01

Kirkuk, Nov 15, (VOI)-

The chief of the Kirkuk emergency police was slightly injured on Thursday when a suicide bomber blew up a car bomb near his motorcade in central Kirkuk, during which five of his bodyguards were killed and 22 others were wounded, an official source said.

"A suicide bomber blew up a car crammed with explosives on Thursday morning targeting the motorcade of the chief of the Kirkuk emergency police in 90 region at the center of the city, killing five bodyguards and injuring 23 others, including the police chief," the source, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "The wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment," he also said. The oil-rich Kirkuk is located 250 km northeast of Baghdad.

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AP Headline: US General Says Iran Sticking by Pledge to Stem Flow of Weapons, Explosives to Iraq

Nov 15, 4:30 PM EST

By ROBERT H. REID Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD (AP) --

Iran seems to be honoring a commitment to stem the flow of deadly weapons into Iraq, contributing to a more than 50 percent drop in the number of roadside bombs that kill and maim American troops, a U.S. general said Thursday.

In Kirkuk, a suicide bomber rammed his car into a police patrol in Kirkuk, killing six people and wounding more than 20, according to police Brig. Sarhad Qadir.

The bomber's apparent target was the six-car convoy of a senior Kurdish police officer, Brig. Gen. Khattab Omar, who heads the city police department's quick response force, Qadir said.

Many of the 21 people wounded were children who had been walking to school when the bomber struck. Associated Press Television News video from a nearby hospital showed a young girl in a school uniform, drenched in blood.

A child's shoe could be seen peeking out from under a tarp covering corpses.

Also Thursday, the U.S. military said a U.S. soldier had been killed a day earlier in an explosion in Diyala province that wounded four other soldiers. At least 3,865 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an AP count.

In Baghdad, a British commander said attacks against British and Iraqi forces have plunged by 90 percent in southern Iraq since London withdrew its troops from Basra, Iraq's second-largest city.

The presence of British forces in downtown Basra was the single largest catalyst for violence, Maj. Gen. Graham Binns told reporters Thursday on a visit to Baghdad's Green Zone.

"We thought, `If 90 percent of the violence is directed at us, what would happen if we stepped back?'" Binns said.

Britain's 5,000 troops moved out of a former President Saddam Hussain palace in Basra in early September, setting up a garrison at an airport on the city's edge. The shift was part of planned reduction in British forces in Iraq to about 2,500 by next spring.

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AP reporter Lauren Frayer contributed to this report.

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