US Soldier, 23 Iraqis Killed, Including 5 Executed by Death Squads, According to an October 22, 2007

Three army soldiers killed, injured in bomb blast in western Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Monday , 22 /10 /2007 Time 10:46:50

Baghdad, Oct 22, (VOI) -

An explosive charge went off on Monday afternoon in western Baghdad, killing one Iraqi army soldier and injuring two others, a police source said. "One Iraqi army soldier was killed and two more were injured in a bomb explosion in al-Jaameaa neighborhood in western Baghdad," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) under condition of anonymity. "Police forces cordoned off the area and banned citizens and vehicles from approaching," he added.

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Five unidentified corpses found in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Monday , 22 /10 /2007 Time 10:46:50

Baghdad, Oct 22, (VOI) -

Five unidentified bodies were found in different areas of the Iraqi capital Baghdad over the past 24 hours, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. "Police patrols found 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-Aamel, al-Mansour, al-Sidiya, and al-Doura," he explained. "One body was found in Baghdad al-Jadida area, 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.

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Kurdish leader: PKK stops activities in response to Erdogan's call

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Monday , 22 /10 /2007 Time 10:46:50

Baghdad, Oct 22, (VOI) –

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said it will cease its military activities starting Monday evening in compliance with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's call to renounce violence and adopt a peaceful approach to the crisis, a Kurdistan Coalition (KC) member said. "Kurdish officials made considerable efforts to find a peaceful solution to the PKK's problem and convince it to give up arms and start dialogue," Mahmoud Uthman told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "Since yesterday we have been involved in dialogue with PKK officials to sway them away from violence," he indicated.

"Turkish Kurds are seeking their simplest rights," Uthman noted, denying their desire for independence or a federal system as in the case of Kurdish Iraqis. Uthman told VOI earlier today that the Kurdish side had asked the PKK to cease all military operations against the Turkish army as it considered them futile. "Iraq's Kurdistan believes that the PKK has to cease all military operations against the Turkish army and use dialogue to resolve all problems with the Turkish side. It further believes that Turkey has to make constitutional reforms and recognize the Kurdish rights," Uthman added.

He held Turkey responsibility for the PKK's presence in the Iraqi territories because of what he termed as "state terrorism" and the use of violence against Turkish Kurds. "It would be best if Turkey issues a general pardon for the PKK," he affirmed. "A large number of Turkey's Kurds are now in Makhmour camp in Kurdistan, supervised by the U.N., who escaped from the Turkish army's attacks," the MP added. On Sunday, the Turkish army said 12 soldiers were killed and 15 others were wounded during clashes with Kurdistan Workers Party's (PKK) fighters. Meanwhile, a PKK foreign relations official claimed that the Turkish army "lost more than it announced" during the clashes that occurred on Saturday evening along the Iraqi-Turkish borders.

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Iraqi Contractor kidnapped in southeast Hilla

Babel - Voices of Iraq Monday , 22 /10 /2007 Time 10:46:50

Babel, Oct 22, (VOI) –

Unidentified gunmen abducted a contractor in southeastern Hilla and took him to an unknown destination, a local police source said on Monday.

"Gunmen stopped Gamal Ghalib al-Doghari, a contractor, in al-Shoumli district in southeastern Hilla, while he was on his way to work and took him to an unknown destination under the threat of arms," the source, who requested that his name remain unmentioned, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). No further information was provided by the source about the motivations behind the abduction. The source did not indicate whether the contractor was working for the local government or the coalition forces.

Hilla, the capital city of Babel province, is located 70 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

U.S. soldier killed, four wounded in Anbar armed attack- source

Anbar - Voices of Iraq Monday , 22 /10 /2007 Time 10:46:50

Anbar, Oct 22, (VOI) –

A U.S. soldier was killed and four others were wounded in an armed attacked that targeted their patrol vehicle in Anbar's al-Rutba city at an early hour on Monday morning, an official police source said.

"Two explosive charges were detonated and several missiles were fired at a U.S. patrol in northern al-Rutba city in Anbar province, killing one U.S. serviceman and injuring four others," the source, who requested anonymity, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "Two U.S. Hummer vehicles were destroyed in the attack," the source added, noting that U.S. forces cordoned off the scene and arrested five suspects. No comment was available from the U.S. side on the incident. During the past few weeks al-Rutba city witnessed several armed attacks against U.S. patrols, which caused several casualties to the U.S. army. Al-Rutba, a northern city in the Sunni Anbar province, lies 500 km from the Iraqi-Jordanian borders.

Renewed clashes in Karbala leave 10 casualties

Karbala - Voices of Iraq Monday , 22 /10 /2007 Time 10:46:50

Karbala, Oct 22, (VOI) –

Seven people were killed and three others wounded in renewed clashes in Karbala on Sunday night, a medic in the holy Shiite city said on Monday. "The al-Hussein Hospital and the morgue in Karbala received seven bodies and three wounded," the medic, who declined to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). A policeman and a brother of Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army member arrested a couple of months ago in a raid by the U.S. forces on his home were among the deaths, the source added.

Eyewitnesses in Karbala had said clashes broke out on Sunday night between unidentified gunmen and policemen in different neighborhoods in the city but nothing was said about casualties. U.S. forces were also hovering in the city and five powerful blasts were heard during the clashes, local residents said. Karbala, which is said to house the tomb of Imam al-Hussein Ibn Ali, the prophet Muhammad's grandson and the 2nd holiest figure for Shiite Muslims after Imam Ali, lies 108 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

Two civilians killed, eight wounded in Baghdad explosive charge attack

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Monday , 22 /10 /2007 Time 10:46:50

Baghdad, Oct 22, (VOI) –

Two civilians were killed and eight others wounded when two explosive charges went off successively in southeastern Baghdad on Monday morning, Iraqi authorities said.

"Two roadside explosive devices were successively detonated on a main road in al-Zafarana neighborhood in southeastern Baghdad, killing two civilians and injuring eight others," a security source, who requested anonymity, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The explosion caused damage to a nearby civilian vehicle, the source added, noting that security forces cordoned off the scene and took the wounded to a nearby by hospital for treatment. The attack is the second of its kind in the Iraqi capital Baghdad today. A source from the Iraqi police told VOI earlier today that two civilians were killed and 13 others wounded in an explosive charge attack in central Baghdad's al-Karada area.

Two civilians killed, eight wounded in Baghdad explosive charge attack

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Monday , 22 /10 /2007 Time 10:46:50

Baghdad, Oct 22, (VOI) –

Two civilians were killed and eight others wounded when two explosive charges went off successively in southeastern Baghdad on Monday morning, Iraqi authorities said.

Political advisor to head of Iraqi People's Congress killed in western Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Monday , 22 /10 /2007 Time 10:46:50

Baghdad, Oct 22, (VOI) –

Political advisor to the head of the Iraqi People's Congress was killed by unknown gunmen in Baghdad's western area of al-Aamiriya while on his way to Anbar province four days ago, according to a statement released by the congress. "Sheikh Ahmed Khalil al-Mashhadani, an advisor to the head of the Iraqi People's Congress, Adnan al-Duleimi, a member of its political bureau and the head of al-Rahma (Mercy) Association for Orphans' Care, was killed last Thursday," read the statement that was received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"The Iraqi People's Congress bids farewell to one of its heroes and regards the murder as an attempt to serve the interests of our enemy and another link in the chain of assassinations targeting Sunni symbols," the statement indicated. The Iraqi People's Congress is one of the three main components of the Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), led by al-Duleimi, which also includes the Iraqi Islamic Party, led by Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, and the Iraqi National Dialogue Council, led by Sheikh Khalaf al-Alyan.

The IAF, the third largest bloc in the Iraqi parliament, holds 44 seats in the 275-member parliament. Meanwhile, a statement released by the Sunni Waqf (Endowment) Diwan said al-Mashhadani was a member of the diwan and also served as the head of Sheikh Maaroof al-Karkhi's school, a well-known religious school in Baghdad that teaches Islamic Sharia. The diwan blamed the security apparatus for the assassination, saying "it has a responsibility to protect God's houses, scholars and worshippers."

"The government should work hard to stop these acts," read the statement. Dozens of residents of Baghdad's western neighborhood of al-Adl, where al-Duleimi's office is located, took part in the funeral procession. Speaking to VOI Shakir Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, a relative of the assassinated Sheikh, said, "Sheikh al-Mashhadani was on his way back home in Anbar's al-Khalidiya town. A young man opened fire on him before he took the bus in al-Aamiriya in western Baghdad, killing him on the spot." Al-Khalidiya town is located 80 km west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

Explosive device in central Baghdad kills 2, wounds 13

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Monday , 22 /10 /2007 Time 10:46:50

Baghdad, Oct 22, (VOI) –

Two civilians were killed and 13 others wounded in an explosive device attack in the central Baghdad area of al-Karrada on Monday morning, an Iraqi police source said.

"The roadside charge, which exploded near a bus carrying several people, killed two passengers and wounded 13 others," the source, who refused to have his name mentioned, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). Eyewitnesses near the scene told VOI that the device, which caused severe damage to the bus, went off a short time after a U.S. patrol passed by.

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Bombs Target Baghdad Areas, Killing 7; US Airstrike Reported to Wound Woman and Child

By BUSHRA JUHI Associated Press Writer

Oct 22, 2007, 12:29 PM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) --

(US) Bombs targeted neighborhoods in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding two dozen, while Iraqi police reported that a woman and her daughter were wounded in an American airstrike against the Sadr City.

The airstrike leveled a small shop selling engine oil, wounding a woman and her daughter who were in their house nearby, a police officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information. The U.S. military said it was checking on the report.

On Monday, a bomb exploded in a square frequented by municipal workers from a nearby building in the neighborhood of Za'afaraniyah in southeastern Baghdad. Within minutes, another blast struck police arriving to help with rescue efforts.

In all, three civilians were killed and 11 people wounded, police said.

A roadside bomb struck a minibus in Karradah neighborhood in central Baghdad, killing four people and wounding 12, police said.

Police also announced that gunmen killed Ahmed al-Mashhadani, an adviser to the leader of the largest Sunni Arab bloc in parliament, Adnan al-Dulaimi.

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Associated Press writer Hamid Ahmed contributed to this report.

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