32 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 19 Executed by Death Squads, in a September 20, 2007 Report

The Iraq News Agency, INA, reported the deaths of 19 Iraqis in war attacks today, as follows.

- Khaled Al-Bayati was assassinated today between Tuz and Tikrit. He was the only Arab among Kurds in the Tuz District Council.

- 3 Iraqis were killed, 11 were injured in a car bomb explosion, in Habiba, east of Baghdad.

- 7 bodies of Iraqis executed by death squads were found in Baghdad and 8 were found in Ba'aqouba.

- Kurdish militia, known as Beshmerga, kidnapped 23 Iraqi Arabs in Kirkuk.

- Seven Iraqis were kidnapped by gunmen wearing government uniform near Al-Muqdadiya.

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The Iraqi newspaper, Sotaliraq, reported the deaths of 5 Iraqis in war attacks (not mentioned above) today, as follows.

- 3 bodies were found in Mosul for a man and two women, a mother and her daughter who were kidnapped a day before.

- A policeman was killed, three were injured when a roadside bomb exploded under their vehicle in Rasafa, Baghdad.

- A body of an Iraqi executed by death squads was found in Kirkuk.

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The US news agency, AP, reported the deaths of 8 Iraqis in war attacks today (not mentioned above), as follows.

AP Headline: U.S. commander: Violence down in Baghdad

By KATARINA KRATOVAC Associated Press Writer

Sep 20, 2007, 12:04 PM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) --

The No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq said Thursday that a seven-month-old security operation has cut violence in Baghdad by half, but he acknowledged that civilians were still dying at too high a rate.

In Al-Anbar province west of Baghdad, meanwhile, a U.S. soldier died Wednesday in a non-combat incident, the military said, adding that the incident was under investigation.

A car bombing at an Iraqi checkpoint in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood killed two Iraqi soldiers and a civilian, and wounded seven others. A roadside bomb struck an Iraqi police patrol near a stadium in eastern Baghdad, killing one officer and wounding five people.

Also Thursday, the chief judge of the Karrada district court and his driver were shot by masked gunmen in eastern Baghdad. Both died of their wounds later in a hospital, police said.

In the northern city of Mosul, gunmen broke into the office of a chieftain of an alliance of Iraqi tribes, Sheik Farhan Birjis Adel al-Sindi, and fatally shot him, police said.

Meanwhile, the U.S. military said seven (Iraqis) were detained following a pre-dawn raid by Iraqi special forces and U.S. troops in Sadr City. Residents claimed a civilian and a 5-year-old boy were killed in the raid.

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Associated Press writers Hamid Ahmed and Bushra Juhi contributed to this report.

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