US Soldier, 12 Iraqis Killed, Including 5 Executed by Death Squads, According to an October 18, 2007 Report

The Iraq News Agency, INA, reported that 17 Iraqis were killed, 16 were injured yesterday, October 17, 2007.

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Five unidentified bodies found in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 18 /10 /2007 Time 8:22:17

Baghdad, Oct 18, (VOI)-

Five unidentified bodies were found in different areas of the Iraqi capital Baghdad over the past 24 hours, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. "Police patrols found on Thursday 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).

"Four corpses were found in different neighborhoods of al-Karkh: one in each of al-Doura, al-Aamel, al-Saidiyah and al-Iskan," he explained. "One more body was found in Sulaikh neighborhood in Rasafa, eastern side of Baghdad," the source also said. "Most of the bodies found bore signs of gunshot wounds to different parts of the body, mainly to the head," he noted. SK

Seven casualties as three charges explode in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 18 /10 /2007 Time 8:22:17

Baghdad, Oct 18, (VOI)-

At least one Iraqi soldier was killed and six people were wounded on Thursday afternoon as three explosive charges exploded in two different parts of Baghdad, a police source said. "Two explosive devices simultaneously detonated, this afternoon, near a police commandos vehicle patrol in central Baghdad, wounding three people, including a policeman," the source, who requested anonymity, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The same source also said that a roadside bomb went off near an Iraqi army vehicle patrol in Arab Jubur area in southern Baghdad, killing a soldier and wounding three more. The wounded in both incidents were rushed to nearby hospitals, the source added. SK

Three civilians, including two women, wounded in security firm shooting in Kirkuk

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 18 /10 /2007 Time 8:22:17

Kirkuk, Oct 18, (VOI) –

Three civilians, including two women, were wounded in a shooting by a foreign security firm in northeastern Kirkuk, a local official security source said on Thursday. "Three civilians were injured when security company personnel opened fire on their vehicle in northeastern Kirkuk," the source, who requested anonymity, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, the source explained, providing no further information about the firm's name or the circumstances surrounding the incident. This comes one month after a similar shooting by the U.S. security firm Blackwater that killed 17 Iraqis in al-Nosour square in Baghdad. Kirkuk, a mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians, and Arabs, is located 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

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Booby-trapped car injures seven in Kirkuk

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 18 /10 /2007 Time 8:22:17

Kirkuk, Oct 18, (VOI) -

At least seven individuals were injured on Thursday in a car bomb explosion in western Kirkuk, a police source said. "A car rigged with explosives went off targeting an Iraqi army vehicle in al-Howaiyja district in western Kirkuk, injuring seven people, including two soldiers," Director of districts and neighborhoods in Kirkuk Brigadier Sarhad Qader told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"The wounded were rushed to nearby hospitals," he added. The source provided no further details. Meanwhile, the brigadier said that another car bomb exploded a few minutes after the first explosion in southern Kirkuk, without causing any casualties," he also added. Kirkuk lies 250 northeast of Baghdad.

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Three al-Qaeda members killed, 10 arrested near Falluja

Anbar - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 18 /10 /2007 Time 8:22:17

Falluja, Oct 18, (VOI) -

Three al-Qaeda elements were killed and ten more were injured on Thursday morning in an armed attack, north of Falluja, a police source said. "Police forces launched an armed attack targeting al-Qaeda elements in Zeraa Degla region, north of Falluja, killing three and arresting ten," the source, who preferred to remain unnamed, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "The operation lasted for one hour and ended without casualties among police forces," he noted. Falluja, Anbar province, is 45 km west of Baghdad.

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15 people killed, injured as bomb explodes in central Basra

Basra - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 18 /10 /2007 Time 8:22:17

Basra, Oct 18, (VOI)-

One person was killed and 14 others were injured, most of them students, on Thursday morning when an explosive device went off in front of a school in central Basra, a source from the Basra health department's operations room said.

"An explosive device was detonated near al-Faraheedy high school in Kut al-Hajaj region in central Basra, killing one person and wounding 14," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq under condition of anonymity. "Most of the wounded were students from the same school," he added, noting that the death toll is expected to rise as many of the wounded were in critical condition. Basra is located 590 km south of Baghdad.

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Bomb blast kills two policemen, civilian in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 18 /10 /2007 Time 8:22:17

Mosul, Oct 18, (VOI)-

At least three persons, including two policemen, were killed in a bomb explosion on Thursday morning in northeastern Mosul, a police source said.

"An explosive charge went off this morning targeting a police vehicle patrol in Dawrat al-Mahrouq region in northeastern Mosul, killing two policemen and a passing by civilian," the Director of the Ninewa police department's operations room Brigadier Abdul Karim al-Juburi told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "The three bodies were sent to the forensic medicine department," he also said, adding no more details. Mosul, capital city of Ninewa province, is 402 km north of Baghdad.

U.S. army says soldier killed in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 18 /10 /2007 Time 8:22:17

Baghdad, Oct 17, (VOI) –

A U.S. soldier was killed during a raid in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the U.S. army said on Wednesday. "One Multi-National Division-Center Soldier was killed by small-arms fire while conducting a raid south of Baghdad Oct. 14," the U.S. army said in a statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The death increases the number of U.S. soldiers killed since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 to 3,831. 24 U.S. soldiers have been killed this month, while September witnessed 66 U.S. deaths. November 2004, which saw fierce battles between U.S. forces and armed groups in Fallujah, Anbar province, still has the highest death toll with 137, followed by April 2004 with 135, and May 2007 with 126. SK/SR

Turkish parliament gives go-ahead mandate on Iraq incursion

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 18 /10 /2007 Time 8:22:17

Baghdad, Oct 17, (VOI) -

The Turkish parliament on Wednesday gave a go-ahead mandate for the Turkish government to pursue the Turkish banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) inside Iraqi territories.

Only 19 lawmakers out of the 555 parliament members voted against the bill, which permitted any Turkish incursion into northern Iraq to chase fighters allegedly using mountain areas in northern Iraq as a base to attack Turkish targets. The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the parliamentary session.

The motion came at a time that both Iraq and U.S. urged Turkey to show self-restraint and to seek a peaceful means of resolving the crisis. Last week, the Turkish government sought a mandate from the parliament to chase the PKK's fighters inside the Iraqi territories after 13 Turkish soldiers were ambushed by PKK in southeastern Turkey. Erdogan however, said that the mandate did not mean an imminent incursion into northern Iraq, expressing hope that "the military action be avoided."

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