56 Iraqis Killed, Including 9 Executed by Death Squads, According to September 25, 2007 Report

Basra bombing leaves two policemen dead, 17 wounded

Basra - Voices of Iraq Tuesday , 25 /09 /2007 Time 9:37:01

Basra, Sept 25, (VOI)-

At least two policemen were killed and 17 others were wounded on Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated a car rigged with explosives near a police station in southern Iraq, a police source said.

"A suicide attacker detonated this morning a car rigged with explosives near al-Ashar police station, killing two policemen and wounding 17 more," the source, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The source added, "the explosion occurred when policemen were gathering for a morning call-in."

Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad.

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Leaders of armed movements among Diala mosque bombing casualties

Diala - Voices of Iraq Tuesday , 25 /09 /2007 Time 9:37:01

Diala, Sept 25, (VOI) –

A key member of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Iraq) was among the dead in Monday evening's bombing of a Shiite mosque in Diala province, while prominent members of the 1920 Revolution Brigades and Jaysh al-Mujahideen were wounded, a security source said on Tuesday.

The three were "members of the Diala Salvation Council, which fights al-Qaeda Organization in coordination with the Iraqi forces and the Multi-National Forces (MNF) and were gathering for an iftar (fast-breaking) banquet that brought senior officials together," the source, who preferred not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

Among the dead were also "several chieftains and notables of Diala, like Sheikh Ibrahim al-Hassan, the head of Zubayd tribe," said the source, adding Sheikh Kanaan Musarhid al-Majamie, a chief of a Sufi group in Diala, was also wounded. "The brother of Diala's governor, Capt. Saad al-Tamimi, and the governor's escort Raed al-Rubaie were killed in the explosion," the source also said. Many local residents in Diala expressed astonishment at Monday's bombing in view of the heavily-intensified security precautions taken by Iraqi forces in the area where three security checkpoints were set up for the occasion.

At least 26 people were killed and 50 others were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body inside a mosque where local officials and tribal chiefs were gathered in a village near Ba'aquba city on Monday evening. "Among the dead were Diala police chief Brig. Ali Deliyan and operation room director Brig. Najib al-Taie," a security source had told VOI on Monday. The source had also noted that Diala's mayor and provincial council chairman, who were present at the iftaa, survived unscathed. Baaquba, the capital of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

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Iraqi army soldiers kill 6 gunmen near Talafar

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq Tuesday , 25 /09 /2007 Time 9:37:01

Ninewa, Sept 25, (VOI) – A force from the Iraqi army killed six gunmen in clashes near Talafar district, western Mosul, a security source said on Tuesday.

"A force from the Iraqi army's 3rd Division's 2nd Brigade engaged with gunmen in al-Wadi area, southern Talafar, killing six persons wanted by security authorities on Tuesday morning," the source, who did not want his name mentioned, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The force acted on tips about the presence of gunmen in the area, the source added, noting the Iraqi soldiers also managed to seize six explosive devices and an amount of TNT in the gunmen's possession. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. On Monday six people, including two policemen and one army soldier, were killed and 17 others were wounded when a truck bomb went off near a checkpoint in Talafar district. Talafar, a district in Ninewa province, lies 60 km west of Mosul.

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U.S. forces kill 3, wound 2, arrest 8 north of Hilla

Babel - Voices of Iraq Tuesday , 25 /09 /2007 Time 9:37:01

Babel, Sept 25, (VOI) – Three people were killed, two wounded and eight others were arrested in a landing raid conducted on Tuesday by U.S. forces north of Hilla in search of an explosive vehicle, a source from Babel police said.

"A U.S. force landed by chopper at al-Bu Mustafa, (10 km) north of Hilla, in search of an explosive vehicle. Three persons were killed, two wounded and eight others were arrested in the attack," the source, who refused to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The source did not say why there were casualties in the raid or the reasons for the arrests. No comments or explanations were given by the U.S. on the incident. The U.S. force did not find the car bomb, the source said. Hilla, the capital of Babel province, lies 70 km south of Baghdad.

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Blast destroys natural gas pipeline near Kirkuk

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq Tuesday , 25 /09 /2007 Time 9:37:01

Kirkuk, Sept 25, (VOI) –

An explosive charge attack destroyed a natural gas pipeline near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, while firefighters rushed to the scene to extinguish the massive blaze, an official source from Kirkuk police said on Tuesday.

"An explosive device planted under the main natural gas pipeline linking Kirkuk fields to al-Dibs power station in western Kirkuk went off on Tuesday morning," a source from Kirkuk police operations room told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The explosion, which occurred near al-Dibs city's al-Kiq village, has leaked large amounts of natural gas, prompting residents to leave their houses for fear of suffocation, he added. Meanwhile, a source from the Northern Oil Company told VOI that firefighters are currently struggling to control the blaze and fix the leak. Al-Dibs lies 35 km west of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, 250 km northeast of Baghdad, and has a natural gas-fueled power station.

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Hawija municipal council chairman survives 5th assassination attempt

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq Tuesday , 25 /09 /2007 Time 9:37:01

Kirkuk, Sept 25, (VOI) –

Chairman of the municipal council in Hawija district survived a fifth attempt on his life that wounded him, along with one of his bodyguards and a civilian, in southwestern Kirkuk, a local security source said on Tuesday.

"A Kia-modeled car bomb driven by a suicide bomber was detonated near the convoy of the chairman of the Hawija municipal council, Hussein Ali Saleh, on Tuesday afternoon," a source from Kirkuk police joint operations room, who requested his name not be mentioned, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"The bombing injured the chairman of the council, one of his bodyguards and a civilian who was at the scene," the source indicated, adding that the wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital. Kirkuk, a mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, is located 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

U.S. patrol kills three relatives of tribal chief

Salah al-Din - Voices of Iraq Tuesday , 25 /09 /2007 Time 9:37:01

Salah al-Din, Sept 25, (VOI) –

U.S. forces killed three relatives of a tribal chief in eastern Tikrit, a source from the Joint Coordination Center in the city, said on Tuesday. "A U.S. patrol shot dead three individuals in a car while it was crossing a main street in al-Aith area in eastern Tikrit," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The individuals killed are Aayed Rahil al-Shamri, 90, and his two sons, the source indicated, noting that they are relatives of Sheikh Sabah al-Shamri, the chairman of Salah al-Din Support Council. Several support councils have been set up in a number of Iraqi provinces with the aim of building a pan-tribal alliance against al-Qaeda. The councils are usually chaired by tribal leaders who have forged an alliance with the Iraqi security apparatus and U.S. forces. No comment was available from the Multi-National Force (MNF) on the incident. Tikrit, the capital city of Salah al-Din province, is located 175 km north of Baghdad.

Suicide bombing wounds police chief in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq Tuesday , 25 /09 /2007 Time 9:37:01

Mosul, Sept 25, (VOI)-

Ninewa local police on Tuesday said a police chief was wounded as a suicide bomber blew himself up near him in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. "Chief of Abo Tamam police station, Lt. Colonel Abd Tobiyah, sustained injuries, today afternoon, when a suicide attacker detonated an explosives belt near him," Brigadier Abdul Karim al-Juburi, head of Ninewa police operations room, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The source added "Tobiyah was supervising cars queuing in front of a petrol station in northern Mosul when the blast occurred." "The attack also left nine persons, including a judge, wounded," said the source declining to name the wounded judge. Mosul, capital city of Ninewa province, is 405 km north of Baghdad. SK

Blast kills policeman in Falluja

Anbar - Voices of Iraq Tuesday , 25 /09 /2007 Time 9:37:01

Falluja, Sept 25, (VOI)-

A policeman was killed on Tuesday when a bomb exploded in the western Iraqi city of Falluja, a police source said. "A roadside bomb detonated, today shortly before noon, near a police vehicle patrol in southern Falluja, killing a policeman," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The source added "the blast also damaged a police vehicle." Falluja is 45 km west of Baghdad. SK

Gunmen blow up policeman's house, body found in Kut

Wassit - Voices of Iraq Tuesday , 25 /09 /2007 Time 9:37:01

Kut, Sept 25, (VOI)-

Unidentified gunmen blew up a policeman's house in al-Kut al-Gharbiya district, while police forces discovered an unknown body in southern Kut, a police source said on Tuesday. "Unknown armed men blew up a policeman's house in Dour al-Shoaoon region in al-Kut al-Gharbiya district using high-explosive materials," the source, who refused to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"The house was empty, but the blast injured one passing by and damaged three houses," he also said. "The police opened investigation into the incident," the source noted. Meanwhile, the same source said that "police patrols found an unidentified body south of Kut and sent it to the forensic medicine department." "The body belongs to a man wearing civilian clothes and bore signs of gunshot wounds to different parts of the body," the source added. Kut, capital city of Wassit province, lies 180 km southeast Baghdad.

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8 unknown bodies discovered in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Tuesday , 25 /09 /2007 Time 9:37:01

Baghdad, Sept 25, (VOI) - Over the past 24 hours police patrols found eight unidentified bodies dumped in different parts of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a security source said on Tuesday. "Police patrols found over the past 24 hours eight unidentified bodies in different areas of Baghdad, most of them were found in Baghdad's western side (al-Karkh)," a source from the Interior Ministry told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"Six corpses were found in different neighborhoods of al-Karkh: two in al-Aamel and one in each al-Horiya, al-Sidiya, al-Jameaa, and al-Jihad," he explained. "Two more bodies were found in Rasafa, eastern side of Baghdad, one in Palestine Street and the other in Sadr City," 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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Two car bombs leave 17 casualties in Baghdad's Zayyouna area

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Tuesday , 25 /09 /2007 Time 9:37:01

Baghdad, Sept 25, (VOI) –

Two successive car bombs went off in Zayyouna neighborhood, eastern Baghdad, on Tuesday morning, leaving at least five people dead and 12 others wounded, Iraqi police said.

"The first car bomb, parked in al-Rubaie Street, went off at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, followed five minutes later by a second parked near a cell phone store," an Iraqi police source, who did not want his name mentioned, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The Iraqi police sealed off the area and denied access to civilians, while the wounded were rushed to nearby hospitals, the source added. Eyewitnesses said the two explosions set several vehicles on fire and severely damaged many stores on both sides of the road.

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Car Bombs Hit Basra, Baghdad As More Violence Shakes Iraq

By SINAN SALAHUDDIN Associated Press Writer

Sep 25, 2007, 9:29 AM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) --

A suicide car bomber struck the police headquarters in Basra on Tuesday, killing at least three officers and wounding 20 people amid fears over the southern city's deteriorating security situation.

In Baghdad, meanwhile, at least seven people were killed - six in a car bombing on a shopping street in an eastern neighborhood near a line of pensioners outside a bank, the police said. Another person died in a roadside bomb.

Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad, had been relatively peaceful for much of the war but has seen tensions rise as Shi'i militias battle for control of the oil-rich area.

Maj. Gen. Abdul-Jalil Khalaf, Basra's police chief, said one of the suicide bomber's legs had been found tied to the steering wheel.

Security concerns also rose after the British military last month pulled back its troops out of the city to a nearby airport to allow Iraqi security forces to take over - a move being closely watched by the U.S. military as it anticipates the eventual withdrawal of American forces in other areas of Iraq.

Northeast of Baghdad, a suicide attacker struck a meeting of about 800 people in Ba'aqouba, killing at least 24, including the city's police chief and other top officials. The U.S. military said 37 people were wounded.

Two American soldiers were also wounded in Monday's blast at a mosque in Ba'aqouba.

Witnesses and officials said the bomber struck when most of the victims were in the mosque courtyard cleaning their hands or drinking tea during Iftar, the daily meal in which Muslims break their before the sunrise to sunset fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

Police Maj. Salah al-Jurani said he believed Diyala Governor, Ra'ad Rashid al-Tamimi, was the intended target. The dead included the governor's driver, and Ba'aqouba's police chief, Brig. Gen. Ali Dalyan, and the Diyala provincial operations chief, Brig. Gen. Najib al-Taie.

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Associated Press writers Katarina Kratovac and Hamid Ahmed in Baghdad and Yahya Barzanji in Sulaimaniyah contributed to this report.

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