2 US Soldiers, 34 Iraqis Killed, Including 18 in Samarra, in an October 14, 2007 Report

The Iraq News Agency, INA, reported that:

- 18 Iraqis were Killed, 30 were injured in the Sammarra suicide bombing. (The AP reported the deaths of only 8 people).

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13 casualties as car bomb explodes northern Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Sunday , 14 /10 /2007 Time 4:52:33

Baghdad, Oct 14, (VOI)-

At least four people were killed and nine others wounded on Sunday as a car bomb exploded near the Shiite sacred city of Kadhemiyah, northern Baghdad, a police source said.

"A car bomb detonated, today afternoon, in Aden square, an outlet to the city of Kadhemiyah, killing four civilians and wounding nine," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). Iraqi Muslims have been celebrating the three-day-long Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The source added "the death toll is primary and is expected to rise." SK

Oil facilities guard killed, another wounded in clashes with gunmen in Basra

Basra - Voices of Iraq Sunday , 14 /10 /2007 Time 4:52:33

Basra, Oct 14, (VOI) –

One of the guards protecting oil facilities in Basra was killed and another wounded in clashes with gunmen who were planting an explosive device near a main oil pipeline in the western part of the city on Sunday, a security source said. "The clashes occurred during the early hours of Sunday in the district of al-Zubair and near the al-Jamei mosque, (25 km) western Basra, when gunmen were trying to plant an explosive charge beneath Pipeline 14, which carries oil derivatives to most Iraqi refineries," the source, who asked not to have his name mentioned, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The source did not reveal whether there were casualties among the gunmen. The oil-rich province of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

Four civilians killed, 17 suspects detained north of Hilla

Babel - Voices of Iraq Sunday , 14 /10 /2007 Time 4:52:33

Hilla, Oct 14, (VOI)-

At least four civilians were killed on Sunday by cross-fire in north Hilla clashes, while 17 suspected gunmen captured thereafter, a police source said.

"Iraqi police and army forces clashed with gunmen during a campaign of search and detention launched today at dawn in al-Qariyah al-Asriyah village, 50 km north of Hilla," the source, who requested anonymity, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "Four civilians were killed in the cross-fire during the fight, while the combined forces managed to capture 17 suspected gunmen," he added. The source said that the village was placed under indefinite curfew following the clashes. Hilla, capital city of Babel province, is 100 km south of Baghdad. SK

Two US soldiers killed, five wounded near Baghdad- U.S. army

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Sunday , 14 /10 /2007 Time 4:52:33

Baghdad, Oct 13, (VOI) –

Two U.S. servicemen were killed and five others wounded in a mortar attack near Baghdad, the U.S. army said on Saturday.

"Two 15th Sustainment Brigade Soldiers were killed and five others were wounded during a mortar attack in the vicinity of Baghdad Oct. 10," read a U.S. army statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"The wounded service members were transported to a nearby military medical facility for emergency treatment and further evaluation. The incident is under investigation," the statement added, providing no further details.

The deaths bring to 3,823 the number of U.S. soldiers killed since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 as officially reported by the U.S. army. From this number 16 soldiers have been killed since the beginning of October 2007.

Sixty-six were killed last month. November 2004 is still the one with the highest number of U.S. fatalities as 137 U.S. troops were killed in violent clashes with armed groups in Fallujah, Anbar province.

Some 135 U.S. soldiers were killed in April 2004, the second highest month of U.S. casualties, followed by May 2007, when 126 soldiers were killed in the war-stricken country. February 2004, during which only 20 U.S. troops were killed, is still the lowest month for U.S. casualties.

65 families displaced by threats of violence in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq Sunday , 14 /10 /2007 Time 4:52:33

Diala, Oct 13, (VOI) -

A total of 65 families had to flee their homes in Diala province during the past two days following repeated death threats from armed groups, a local official security source said on Saturday. "Sixty-five families from the tribes of al-Jouraniyya, Bani Tamim and al-Izzat dwelling in Sheikh Tamim River villages in Diala were forced to leave their homes on Friday and Saturday following death threats from extremist groups," the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). Meanwhile, an official spokesman for the Diala Salvation Council, Sheikh Sabah Shukr al-Shamri, noted that the families received threats signed by a leader of an extremist group called Jassim al-Kahly, in which he demanded all residents of the Sheikh Tamim River villages to leave in a period of no more than three days. Since June 17, 2007, the threatened villages, 25 km east of Baaquba, have been witnessing frequent clashes between security forces and al-Qaeda militants that left dozens of people killed or injured on both sides. The most severe of these clashes was on August 23 when 25 fatalities were reported following an al-Qaeda attack on the villages.

Ba'aquba, the capital city of Diala province, is located 57 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

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20 Iraqis Killed in Sunday War Attacks

AP Headline: Bomb Targets Iraqis Heading to Shrine

By BUSHRA JUHI Associated Press Writer

Oct 14, 2007, 9:55 AM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) --

A car bomb exploded in Baghdad on Sunday next to a parked minibus waiting for worshippers to board and travel to a Shi'i shrine (in order to perpetuate Sunni-Shi'i sectarian violence) in the Iraqi capital, a police officer said. The blast killed nine people, including two boys, 9 and 14 years old.

After the blast, police banned cars from the area surrounding the shrine in Al-Kadhimiyah district until further notice, the officer said.

Earlier Sunday, police found a parked booby-trapped minibus in the same area and detonated it without casualties, added the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to release the information.

Separately, police on Sunday reported that a suicide truck bomber followed by dozens of gunmen in a swarm of vehicles launched a coordinated attack on a regional police station north of Baghdad, killing eight Iraqi civilians.

Police fatally shot the suicide bomber but his explosives-laden fuel tanker blew up near police headquarters in Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, killing the eight and wounding four other civilians in the late Saturday attack.

Immediately after the blast, about 20 vehicles with at least 60 gunmen drove up to the site and fought with police, said a police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to media.

At least three police officers were wounded in the ensuing fighting, which ended after U.S. military helicopters flew overhead.

In (Iraq war attacks) Sunday, an Iraqi soldier was killed and four others were wounded when a roadside bomb targeted their patrol in Khan Bani Sa'ad, just northeast of Baghdad in the volatile Diyala province. Near the southern town of Hilla, a police officer was fatally shot by gunmen in a speeding car.

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