US Soldier, 31 Iraqis Killed, Including 9 Executed by Death Squads in a September 28, 2007 Report

The Iraq News Agency, INA, reported the following news, not mentioned by the VOI reports below.

- 13 were killed, 11 were injured by US helicopters in air attacks on Al-Dourah. Two of the killed were women and four were children.

- 11 Beshmerga fighters were killed, 13 were injured in an Iraqi fighters' attack on them in Al-Sa'adiyah. VOI reported only four deaths below.

Sotaliraq newspaper reported the death of 10 people in Al-Doura (eight below by VOI.

- 6 Iraqis were killed in Diala (four below).

- 13 were killed, including two women and four children, in a US helicopter raid in Baghdad, 10 were injured.

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Five unknown bodies found in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Friday , 28 /09 /2007 Time 10:09:41

Baghdad, Sept 28, (VOI)-

Five unidentified bodies were found in different areas of the Iraqi capital Baghdad during the past 24 hours, the interior ministry said on Friday. "Police patrols found on Friday 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). "Three corpses were found in different neighborhoods of al-Karkh: one in al-Doura, one in al-Aamel, and one in al-Bayya," he explained. "Two more bodies were found in Rasafa, eastern side of Baghdad, one in al-Shaab neighborhood and one near Muaskar al-Rashid" the source also said. "Most of the found bodies bore signs of gunshot wounds in different parts of the body, mainly to the head," he noted. SK

20 civilians wounded as tanker bomb explodes in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq Friday , 28 /09 /2007 Time 10:09:41

Mosul, Sept 28, (VOI)-

A total of 20 civilians were injured in a tanker bomb explosion near a bridge in western Mosul, while police patrols found another booby-trapped car in the same area, a police source said.

“Twenty civilians were injured, including children and women when a tanker rigged with explosives went off under al-Seha bridge in western Mosul,” the Director of the Ninewa police department Brigadier Abdul Karim al-Juburi told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). “The attack destroyed the bridge completely and caused some material damage to nearby vehicles and houses,” he also said. “Police patrols found another car bomb parked on the main street near the same bridge and detonated it remotely,” he added. “The car bomb was targeting security forces heading for the blast scene,” the Brigadier explained. The bridge is located at the western outlet of Mosul and links the main street to the road that lead to Sinjar and Talafar, west of Mosul. Mosul, capital city of Ninewa province, is 402 km north of Baghdad.

Kidnapped policeman found dead in Diwaniya

Diwaniya - Voices of Iraq Friday , 28 /09 /2007 Time 10:09:41

Diwaniya, Sept 28, (VOI)-

A kidnapped policeman was found dead in the western section of the city of Diwaniya on Friday, a police source said.

"An armed group kidnapped a policeman, called Nouras, from the Diwaniya police department while on his way back home in al-Nahda neighborhood and took him to unknown place," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) on condition of anonymity. "After 30 minutes his body was found in a room in al-Askari neighborhood in western Diwaniya," he added. "The body bore signs of gunshot wounds," the source explained. Diwaniya is located 180 km south of Baghdad.

U.S. airstrike leaves 15 casualties in southern Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Friday , 28 /09 /2007 Time 10:09:41

Baghdad, Sept 28, (VOI)-

At least eight civilians were killed and seven others were injured on Friday when U.S. choppers pounded a residential area in al-Doura neighborhood in southern Baghdad, a police source said.

"Armed groups clashed with U.S. patrol in al-Seha region near Steen street in al-Doura neighborhood in southern Baghdad. U.S. choppers immediately shelled some targets in the region, killing eight and injuring seven," the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The source provided no more details, while eyewitnesses asserted that the shelling left ten persons dead and ten others injured. "The shelling started at 1:00 am and continued till dawn," an eyewitness told the (VOI). No work was immediately available from the U.S. army on the incident.

13 civilians killed, wounded in attack in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq Friday , 28 /09 /2007 Time 10:09:41

Diala, Sept 28, (VOI) –

Four civilians were killed and nine others were wounded in an attack by gunmen clad in Iraqi army uniform on a café in central al-Saadiya district, Diala province, an official security source from Ba'aquba said on Friday.

"A group of armed men in three modern vehicles opened fire during a late hour on Thursday at a coffee shop in al-Sa'adiya, killing four civilians and injuring nine others," the source, who declined to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). Sa'adiya, 35 km southwest of Khanaqin district, houses a mix of Arabs, Kurds and Turkomans. Khanaqin lies 165 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The gunmen then escaped to an unknown place, the source added. Ba'aquba, capital of Diala, is 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

Four unidentified bodies found in Khalis

Diala - Voices of Iraq Friday , 28 /09 /2007 Time 10:09:41

Diala, Sept 28, (VOI) –

Security forces found four unidentified bodies in al-Khalis district on Friday morning, an official security source from Diala said.

"The four bodies, which were found in the neighborhood of Abu Tamr, al-Khalis district, (15 km) north of Ba'aquba, showed signs of having been shot in the head and other parts," the source, who declined to have his name mentioned, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). Meanwhile, the same source said the Iraqi army's 5th Division forces managed to defuse an explosive charge planted on the main road leading to al-Salam district, central Khalis. Ba'aquba, the capital of Diala, is 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

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U.S. army says soldier killed in Anbar

Anbar - Voices of Iraq Friday , 28 /09 /2007 Time 10:09:41

Anbar, Sept 28, (VOI) –

A U.S. Marine was killed in a "non-combat-related incident" in the western Iraq province of Anbar, increasing to 3,802 the number of U.S. soldiers killed since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003.

"A Marine assigned to Multi-National Force-West died Sept. 15 in a non-combat-related incident in al-Anbar province," read a U.S. army statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The incident is currently under investigation, the statement added, giving no further details. Sixty U.S. soldiers have been killed this month, while August witnessed 84 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.

British base in Basra comes under Katyusha attack

Basra - Voices of Iraq Friday , 28 /09 /2007 Time 10:09:41

Basra, Sept 28, (VOI) –

The British base at Basra International Airport, 25 km northwest of the city, came under an attack with Katyusha rockets during the early hours of Friday, eyewitnesses said.

"More than 10 Katyushas were fired in the direction of the British base at dawn on Friday," a witness from a residential compound in the airport environs told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "Sirens wailed more than once at the British base," he said. The British side could not be contacted immediately to learn whether there were casualties in the attack, the first of its kind after British forces left the former presidential palaces in central Basra last month. British soldiers are stationed in one base now – the Basra International Airport – after handing over the former presidential palaces, which they took as a military base, to the Iraqi forces. The British forces in Basra, 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, keep 5,500 troops within the Multi-National Forces in Iraq after withdrawing 1,600 soldiers during the past few months. Britain was the United States' prime ally in the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.

U.S. Helicopter comes under gunmen fire in southern Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Friday , 28 /09 /2007 Time 10:09:41

Baghdad, Sept 28, (VOI) –

A U.S. Apache helicopter came under "enemy" fire that forced the aircraft to land near a military base in southern Baghdad, the U.S. army said.

"A Task Force Marne AH-64 Apache helicopter hit by small arms landed at a nearby Coalition base Sept. 26 south of Baghdad," the U.S. army said in a statement on Thursday received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "A team of two Apaches were responding to ground troops in contact with enemy forces when one was hit and conducted a hard landing after disrupting the attack," the statement read. "The aircraft landed safely and no one was injured in the incident," added the statement, giving no further details.

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