28 Iraqis Killed, Including 4 Executed by Death Squads, According to a November 16, 2007 Report

Four unknown corpses found in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Friday , 16 /11 /2007 Time 10:14:36

Baghdad, Nov 16, (VOI) -

Four unidentified bodies were found in different areas of the Iraqi capital Baghdad over the past 24 hours, the Interior Ministry said on Friday. "Police patrols found four 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-Aamel, al-Sidiya and al-Washash," he explained. "One body was found in Sadr City in 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.

2 IEDs leave 5 casualties in central Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Friday , 16 /11 /2007 Time 10:14:36

Baghdad, Nov 16, (VOI) –

One civilian was killed and four others wounded when two improvised explosive devices ripped through an outdoor souk (market) near the al-Nahda passenger bus terminal in central Baghdad on Friday, police said.

"Unidentified gunmen planted two IEDs under al-Nahda bridge in an outdoor market in the heart of the capital, killing one and causing various wounds to four others," the source, who declined not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "All the wounded were rushed to nearby hospitals," the source said. He did not give further details about the incident that caused severe damage to citizens' property.

Police officer killed, another wounded in Amara

Missan - Voices of Iraq Friday , 16 /11 /2007 Time 10:14:36

Missan, Nov 16, (VOI) –

Unidentified gunmen killed a police officer and seriously wounded his brother right after they went out of their home in the city of al-Amara on Friday morning, a security source said.

"An armed group opened their machine-gun fire at the a police first lieutenant and his brother, a lieutenant, in front of their home in the area of al-Thawra, killing one and wounding another," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) on condition of anonymity out of security concerns.

"The killed police first lieutenant was working at the 1st Emergency Division of the Missan police command while his wounded brother is an administrative officer in the same division," the source added. He noted that the killed policeman's son had been kidnapped by an unidentified armed group and was detained for 45 days before being released without ransom. Amara, the capital of Missan province, lies 390 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

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AP Headline: US Air Assault Targets Militants Believed to Be Linked to May Kidnapping of Americans in Iraq

By KIM GAMEL Associated Press Writer

Nov 16, 2007, 11:04 PM EST

BAGHDAD (AP) --

Hundreds of American and Iraqi troops backed by helicopters descended Friday on a remote desert area southwest of Baghdad to root out (Iraqi fighters) and search for two U.S. soldiers missing after a deadly insurgent ambush six months ago.

The raids began about 4 a.m. after two Chinook helicopters and eight Black Hawks making multiple runs dropped more than 600 U.S. and Iraqi soldiers into the villages of Owesap and Betra, about 15 miles southwest of the Iraqi capital.

Other troops built a roughly 500-foot-long bridge across the river to allow the transport of materials and supplies for a patrol base, which Caraccilo said would take about a month to build.

American F-16 fighter jets dropped two 2,000 pound bombs on an island in the river that was believed to be used by (Iraqi fighters) as a staging ground for attacks.

Meanwhile, U.S. troops also killed two (Iraqi fighters) and detained 12 in raids southeast of Baghdad and in Ramadi, Mosul and Kirkuk, the military said.

Iraqi police said eight (Iraqi) fighters were killed in a separate incident in a village near Muqdadiyah, about 60 miles north of Baghdad.

But (Iraqi fighters) continued to defy stepped-up security operations, with at least 18 Iraqis killed or found dead on Friday.

Attacks included a bombing that killed a civilian outside a motorcycle store in central Baghdad and a roadside explosion that killed three police officers on a patrol in Ba'aqouba, northeast of the capital.

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