7 US Soldiers, 17 Iraqis Killed in Iraq Attacks, Including 8 Executed by Death Squads, in a September 7, 2007 Report 

ccun.org, September 7, 2007

 

Sotaliraq newspaper reported the following news today.

- 3 Iraqi civilians were killed in a car by gunmen in Kirkuk.

- 8 bodies of Iraqis executed by death squads were found in Baghdad.

- Dawood Salman, a member of the Tuz city council, was assassinated.

- A civilian was killed and four were injured when a car bomb exploded near Kirkuk.

- One person was killed, three were injured in a car, when they were attacked by gunmen in Al-Dhulou'iyah.

- A member of Al-Mahdi Army militia was killed in Al-Hurriyah area, in Baghdad.

AP Headline: 7 Americans killed in Iraq attacks

By BUSHRA JUHI Associated Press Writer

Sep 7, 2007, 7:18 AM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) -- 

Four U.S. Marines were killed in fighting in Al-Anbar province, and three soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in northern Iraq, the military said Friday.

The four Marines assigned to Multi National Force - West were killed Thursday while conducting combat operations in Al-Anbar, west of Baghdad.

Three Task Force Lightning soldiers also were killed Thursday when a bomb exploded near their vehicle in the northern Ninevah province, the military said separately.

The deaths raised to at least 3,760 members of the U.S. military who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Violence also persisted against Iraqis on Friday.

About 100 miles west of Anbar's capital city of Ramadi, (Iraqi fighters)  blew up two suspension bridges on roads leading to Jordan and Saudi Arabia, a police intelligence officer said on condition of anonymity for security reasons.

A roadside bomb struck an Iraqi army patrol near Ba'aqouba, killing one soldier and wounding two, while another roadside bomb killed one civilian and wounded four others southeast of Baghdad, police officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.

Gunmen also opened fire on worshippers in a drive-by shooting following evening prayers late Thursday in the northern city of Kirkuk, killing at least three people and wounding four, police Col. Anwar Qadir said.

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Associated Press Writer Bassem Mroue contributed to this report.

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The standard pronunciation of vowels in the following names is (ai), not (ei) as written by  some translators: Hussain, not Hussein and Hassanain, not Hassanein. This is the same long vowel pronounced in the English words "rain" and "brain."

 

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