US Soldier, 3 Iraqi Women, 5 Iraqi Fighters Killed, Attack on Police Convoy in Samarra Resulting in Many Casualties, an October 19, 2007 Initial Report

Attack on policemen leaves several victims northwest of Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Friday , 19 /10 /2007 Time 4:05:49

Baghdad, Oct 19, (VOI) –

An attack with three explosive devices on a convoy of Iraqi policemen followed by clashes with machine guns on Friday morning left a large number of casualties, a security source said.

"A convoy of policemen were returning from Samarra, Salahuddin province, toward Baghdad came under attack with three explosive charges followed by heavy machine gun fire by unidentified gunmen in al-Dalouiya, northwest of the capital," the source, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The attack left a large number of casualties among the convoy that asked for air backup, the source said, adding U.S. helicopters hunted down the gunmen inside orchards in the area. The number of casualties could not be known immediately.

Police chief in Kirkuk survives attempt on his life

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq Friday , 19 /10 /2007 Time 4:05:49

Kirkuk, Oct 19, (VOI) –

Kirkuk's al-Riad district police chief survived an assassination attempt that wounded two of his bodyguards, a source in Kirkuk police said on Friday. "Gunmen attacked the motorcade of Capt. Abdullah al-Juburi, al-Riad police district chief, (60 km) southwest of Kirkuk, on Friday morning while heading for his work but he survived unscathed," a security source, who asked not to have his name mentioned, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "Juburi's bodyguards were wounded in clashes with the gunmen, who later escaped," the source added. Kirkuk lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

5 al-Qaeda members killed, 2 arrested in separate operations

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Friday , 19 /10 /2007 Time 4:05:49

Baghdad, Oct 19, (VOI) –

The Multi-National Force (MNF) said its troops killed five members of al-Qaeda Organization in Iraq and arrested two others in operations they waged on Friday in different areas in Iraq. "During an operation that targeted al-Qaeda in southern al-Tarimiyah, four members of al-Qaeda specialized in preparing explosive vehicles were killed," the MNF said in a statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). Al-Tarimiyah lies 50 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Another operation in southern Baaquba resulted in the killing of a member of al-Qaeda said to be a "judge" and arrested another, according to the statement. Another member of al-Qaeda was arrested in northern Baiji, 200 km north of Baghdad, added the statement. Baaquba, the capital of Diala province, is 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

3 women killed in mortar attack north of Hilla

Babel - Voices of Iraq Friday , 19 /10 /2007 Time 4:05:49

Babel, Oct 19, (VOI) –

Three women were killed when three mortar shells fell on a residential area in the district of al-Musayyab, 45 km north of Hilla, on Friday, police said. "Three mortar shells fell on a residential section in al-Musayyab, killing three women, and causing material losses in nearby houses," a security source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) on condition of anonymity. The source did not name the organization behind the attack. Hilla, the capital of Babel province, is 100 km southwest of Baghdad.

Oil pipeline near Kirkuk detonated

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq Friday , 19 /10 /2007 Time 4:05:49

Kirkuk, Oct 19, (VOI) –

Unidentified gunmen blew up a branch oil pipeline southwest of Kirkuk which is carrying crude oil to a refinery in the city, a source from Kirkuk police said on Friday. "The explosion caused a fire and a black cloud was seen overhead while fire engines rushed to the scene," the source, who preferred not to have his name mentioned, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

A source from the North Oil Company told VOI that maintenance teams were trying to control the situation, expecting the firefighters to put out the blaze during the next few hours. Iraq's oil exports from the northern fields in Kirkuk are occasionally stalled due to armed groups' detonation of oil pipelines, which costs the war-troubled country great losses. The last time Iraqi oil exports stopped was on Sunday because oil reservoirs in the Turkish port of Ceyhan, which receives 300,000 barrels per day from Kirkuk fields, were full. Kirkuk lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

U.S. soldier killed, 3 wounded in explosive device attack in Salah al-Din

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Friday , 19 /10 /2007 Time 4:05:49

Baghdad, Oct 19, (VOI) –

One U.S. soldier was killed and three others wounded when an explosive charge went off near their vehicle in the province of Salah al-Din, the U.S. army said on Friday.

"A U.S. soldier of the Task Force Lightning force was killed during a mission in Salah al-Din when an explosion occurred near his vehicle on Wednesday," according to a U.S. army statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "Three other soldiers were wounded in the incident and rushed to a medical facility of the coalition forces," the statement read, not giving further details.

The death raises to 3,831 the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the March 2003 invasion, including 24 killed in October 2007. From this number 66 U.S. soldiers were killed last month, the lowest death toll for the U.S. army in a month since August 2006, when 65 soldiers were killed. November 2004, when fierce clashes erupted between U.S. forces and armed groups in Falluja, in the Sunni province of al-Anbar, is still the month with the highest U.S. casualties – 137. February 2004 is the month with the lowest U.S. fatalities in Iraq with only 20 soldiers.

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