6 US Soldiers, 30 Iraqis Killed, Including 7 Executed by Death Squads, Cholera Spreads in Sulaimaniya, According to a September 5, 2007 Report

ccun.org, September 5, 2007. 2:30 am ET.

Sotaliraq newspaper reported the following news on September 5, 2007.

- 6 bodies of Iraqis wearing military uniform were found executed by death squads in Mosul.

- Seven policemen were injured by a roadside bomb targeting their car in Kirkuk.

- A body of an Iraqi executed by a death squad was found in Mosul.

- A policeman was killed by fire from gunmen in Mosul.

- Al-Sadr City explosion killed 15, injured 23 people.

- A policeman was killed, two civilians were injured in a suicide car bomb attack south of Mosul.

- Nadhem Al-Khazraji was found killed in Al-Miqdadiya, accused of being member of the resistance.

- Iraqi forces killed four Iraqi fighters in Mosul.

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AP Headline: 6 U.S. Troops, 13 Civilians Killed in Attacks Around Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi Officials Say

By DAVID RISING Associated Press Writer

Sep 5, 2007, 12:48 PM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) --

Three separate attacks in Baghdad killed six U.S. soldiers, and at least 13 Iraqi civilians died when a roadside bomb exploded Wednesday next to buses used by morning commuters, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.

Three of the soldiers were killed and two were wounded after their Humvee was hit with an explosively formed penetrator.

AP Television News video of the bombing Tuesday in the Mashtal neighborhood of eastern Baghdad showed the twisted wreckage of the Humvee burning wildly as soldiers hosed it down with water.

Two soldiers were killed and another wounded in an eastern section of Baghdad on Wednesday during combat operations, the military said.

Another soldier was killed and two were wounded during combat Tuesday in the west of the capital, the U.S. command said.

The roadside bomb that killed the 13 civilians also wounded at least 25 when it rocked an eastern Baghdad neighborhood, police and hospital officials said.

The bombing just before 8 a.m. in Baladiyat left blood, broken glass and shoes on the ground around a small crater, APTN video showed.

"We heard a big explosion and I saw many people get injured - I was one of them," a man who identified himself only as Amjed told APTN from his hospital bed, his right shoulder bandaged and left arm in a sling. He said he had ventured out early to try to find work to support his family.

"We're poor people, we're already suffering enough from the hardships of life and now this," he said. "I'm fed up with those who plant bombs and target people."

The blast came on the fringes of Sadr City, the neighborhood dominated by cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who ordered a six-month suspension of operations by his Mahdi Army militia last week after clashes in the holy city of Karbala between Mahdi Army forces and a rival Badr militia. U.S. officials believe mainstream Mahdi forces have generally stuck by the order but breakaway factions of the militia are continuing attacks.

In the north, a suicide truck bomb exploded at a police checkpoint in Mosul, killing one policeman and wounding 26 people, including 24 civilians, police Brig. Saeed Ahmed al-Jubouri said.

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