18 Iraqis Killed, Including 5 Executed by Death Squads, in a September 29, 2007 Report

The Voices of Iraq, VOI, news agency reported the deaths of 16 Iraqis today, including five bodies of Iraqis executed by death squads.

Two police commandos soldiers killed in Samarra

Salah al-Din - Voices of Iraq Saturday , 29 /09 /2007 Time 5:51:09

Samarra, Sept 29, (VOI)-

At least two Interior Ministry's commandos soldiers were killed on Saturday in clashes with unknown gunmen in Samarra, north of Baghdad, a police source said. "Clashes erupted on Saturday between unknown gunmen and forces from Interior Ministry's commandos in neighborhoods of al-Armoushiyah, al-Dhubbat and al-Muatasem in Samarra, leaving two commandos soldiers dead," the source, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The source added "small and medium-sized arms, RPGs and mortars were used during the clashes that lasted nearly two hours." Samarra is 120 km north of Baghdad. SK

MNF's Echo base rocketed in Diwaniya

Diwaniya - Voices of Iraq Saturday , 29 /09 /2007 Time 5:51:09

Diwaniya, Sept 29, (VOI)-

The Multi-National Forces' Echo base was rocketed in the predominantly Shiite city of Diwaniya, a police source said on Saturday. "The Polish forces' Echo base was attacked, today at dawn, with 12 Katyusha rockets," the source, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The source who could not say if there were casualties among the Polish soldiers added "Polish forces' helicopters flew over the area following the attack." This is the second attack on the base in as many days. Diwaniya is 180 km south of Baghdad. SK

Mosul blast casualties rise to four dead, 16 wounded

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq Saturday , 29 /09 /2007 Time 5:51:09

Mosul, Sept 29, (VOI)-

The death toll of the car bomb blast that ripped through al-Hamdaniyah district of Ninewa province in northern Iraq on Saturday afternoon rose up to four dead and 16 wounded, a police source said.

"The casualties of the car bomb explosion that occurred in the predominantly Christian district of Hamdaniyah reached four dead and 16 wounded," Brigadier Mohammed al-Wagaa told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The source added "the dead were policemen while most of the injured were civilians." Earlier on Saturday, Brigadier al-Wagaa told VOI that three policemen were killed as a car bomb exploded in al-Hamdaniyah district, 20 northeast of Mosul, and expected a rise in the primary death toll. Mosul is 405 km north of Baghdad. SK

3 policemen killed by car bomb near Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq Saturday , 29 /09 /2007 Time 5:51:09

Ninewa, Sept 29, (VOI) –

Three policemen were killed in an initial count of casualties from a car bomb that ripped through the district of al-Hamdaniya, northeastern Mosul, on Saturday, police said.

"A vehicle rigged with explosives went off on Saturday noon near a police patrol in the predominantly Christian al-Hamdaniya, killing three policement," Brig. Muhammad al-Wakkaa, deputy chief of Ninewa police, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). Wakkaa did not give further details. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa province, is 402 km north of Baghdad.

U.S. army says waged air strike in southern Baghdad's al-Dora

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Saturday , 29 /09 /2007 Time 5:51:09

Baghdad, Sept 29, (VOI) –

The U.S. army said it waged an air strike on the neighborhood of al-Dora, southern Baghdad, on Friday to target gunmen who were " firing mortars at coalition and Iraqi forces."

The Iraqi police had said on Friday that at least eight civilians were killed and seven others wounded as a result of U.S. helicopters' fire on a residential area in al-Dora during the early hours of the day after clashes between a U.S. patrol and gunmen. A U.S. army statement, however, argued that the coalition forces had no reports proving the raid in al-Dora targeted civilians. "On the evening of September 27, coalition forces surveillance elements observed a group of men setting up and firing mortars in Dora. After they fired the mortars, the men hid the mortar tube nearby. The criminals were also observed firing their weapons toward their neighbors to the north earlier in the evening. Responding to this hostile action, Coalition forces called for air support and engaged the terrorists," according to a U.S. army statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). The U.S. statement did not set a number of the gunmen.

MNF-I kills prominent leader of Iraqi resistance in southern Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Saturday , 29 /09 /2007 Time 5:51:09

Baghdad, Sept 29, (VOI) –

An amir, or leader, of an Iraqi resistance organization who is in charge of foreign recruits and fighters in Iraq was killed in an air raid in southern Baghdad, the Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I) said on Saturday.

Journalist killed by mortar shell in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq Saturday , 29 /09 /2007 Time 5:51:09

Ninewa, Sept 29, (VOI) –

A journalist was killed by a mortar shell that fell in the city of Mosul, police said on Saturday.

"Journalist Abdul-Khaliq Nasser was killed during a late hour on Friday evening when a mortar shell fell in the area of Bab al-Bayd, western Mosul. Nasser was at his brother's home when shell hit it," Brig. Abdul-Kareem al-Juburi told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). Nasser, a member of the Iraqi press syndicate, was a reporter for the official Iraqi newspapers al-Qadissiya and al-Jumhuriya, which both stopped after the U.S. forces invaded Iraq in 2003. He then worked for several local newspapers in Mosul, 405 km north of Baghdad. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa province, has been witnessing escalated armed operations since the beginning of the fasting month of Ramadan. The governor of Ninewa has recently warned that the al-Qaeda Organization was taking positions in Mosul after escaping the provinces of al-Anbar and Diala. Some 230 Iraqi journalists were killed until June 2007 directly or indirectly since the Iraq war broke out in 2003.

Five unknown bodies found in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Saturday , 29 /09 /2007 Time 5:51:09

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

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AP Headline: 18 Killed in Sectarian Violence in Iraq; Army Sniper Sentenced to 5 Months in Iraqi Deaths

By KIM CURTIS Associated Press Writer

Sep 29, 2007, 9:57 AM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) --

Iraq (war attacks) claimed 18 more lives on Saturday, including six people killed when a suicide truck bomber detonated his explosive payload near a Humvee filled with Iraqi soldiers, officials said.

A military panel, meanwhile, sentenced an Army sniper to five months in prison, a reduction in rank and forfeiture of pay for planting evidence in connection with the deaths of two Iraqi civilians.

Spc. Jorge G. Sandoval, 22, was acquitted of murder charges in the April and May deaths of two unidentified men. The panel decided he was guilty of a lesser charges of placing detonation wire on one of the bodies to make it look as if the man was an insurgent.

On Saturday, Iraqi soldiers acting on a tip tried to intercept the suicide driver as his pickup truck headed toward Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad. As the Iraqi Humvee neared the truck, the driver detonated his explosive payload, according to the officer who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. Three soldiers and three civilians were killed, the official said.

Late Friday, police officials said Iraqi Interior Ministry commandos handed over nine decomposing bodies to a hospital in Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad. The officials requested anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.

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