31 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 3 Executed by Death Squads, According to Initial April 12, 2008 New Reports

31 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 3 Executed by Death Squads, According to Initial April 12, 2008 New Reports

Editor's Note:

Only God knows how many Iraqis are killed everyday. The following is a summary of what the government news agency, VOI, publishes daily. Readers also may find few headlines of attacks reported by few independent news agencies. What's certain is that the number of Iraqis killed everyday exceeds what's reported.

Yaqen.net reported that 3 bodies of Iraqis executed by death squads were found in Al-Boursa area, in Mosul today.

- 3 people were killed, 3 were injured in a roadside bomb explosion in Or, east of Baghdad.

The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported that severe fighting broke out in Sadr city yesterday following the assassination of Riadh Al-Noouri. US air raids killed many Iraqis and destroyed several buildings.

15 gunmen killed, 15 others arrested in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Saturday , 12 /04 /2008 Time 5:12:16

Baghdad, Apr 12, (VOI) –

Fifteen gunmen were killed and 15 others arrested during the past 24 hours in different areas of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the Baghdad security operations command said.

"Security forces killed 15 (gunmen), captured 15 others, defused five improvised explosive devices (IEDs), found two weapons caches and freed a kidnapped man all over Baghdad," according to a command statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI) on Saturday.

"Two soldiers were killed and six others wounded in a number of combat missions," the command statement read, adding security forces also found eight unidentified bodies." AE

2 civilians killed, 3 wounded in IED blast in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Saturday , 12 /04 /2008 Time 5:12:16

Baghdad, Apr 12, (VOI) –

Two civilians were killed and three others wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in eastern Baghdad on Saturday, an Iraqi police source said.

"A roadside IED planted by unidentified gunmen went off near Ur neighborhood, eastern Baghdad, on Saturday, killing two civilians and injuring three others," the source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"Security forces sealed off the blast area while ambulances rushed the wounded to a nearby hospital," the source added. AE

Sahwa fighter killed, 2 wounded in blast near Ba'aqouba

Diala - Voices of Iraq

Saturday , 12 /04 /2008 Time 5:12:16

Diala, Apr 12, (VOI) –

One Sahwa (Awakening) fighter was killed and two others wounded while defusing an improvised explosive device (IED) south of the city of Baaquba, an official police source in Diala said on Saturday.

"An IED went off while some Sahwa fighters were defusing it on the main street in Buhrez district, (5 km) south of Ba'aqouba, killing one of them and wounding two others," the source, who preferred not to have his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

Blockade lifted off Sadr City, 13 gunmen killed – MNF (Yesterday, only six were reported killed in the fighting).

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Saturday , 12 /04 /2008 Time 5:12:16

Baghdad, Apr 12, (VOI) –

The Baghdad Operations Command lifted on Saturday a weeklong blockade off Sadr City, eastern Baghdad, that followed clashes between security personnel and armed men last March, a media spokesman for the Multi-National Force (MNF) in Iraq said.

"The measure came in coordination with the Baghdad's al-Rasafa operations command to provide protection for Sadr City residents," Abdul-Latif Rayan told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI), adding "there was no security cordons slapped on Sadr City."

Baghdad and other southern Iraqi provinces had witnessed armed clashes between government forces and groups of Shi'i leader Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militias that broke out on March 25 hours after Maliki declared a security plan codenamed Saulat al-Forsan (Knights' Assault) which he said aimed to eliminate armed groups in the oil-rich port city of Basra, 590 km south of Baghdad.

Meanwhile, Rayan said Iraqi army forces, backed by MNF troops, killed two (Mahdi Army militiamen) snipers and two others firing missiles and hand-grenades from high buildings in eastern Baghdad.

"The joint forces also killed four Special Groups members and two (gunmen) after the forces' patrols came under attacks with light arms and improvised explosive devices from high buildings," Rayan added. "An MNF drone plane fired one missile, killing three criminals," he said.

On the joint force's losses during military operations on Saturday, Rayan said "two vehicles were destroyed but there were no critical injuries in the Iraqi and coalition forces' ranks."

The special Groups is the name given by the MNF to renegade members of cleric Sadr's Mahdi Army militias who failed to observe Sadr's orders to freeze the militias' activities. Sadr had renewed a 6-month freeze on his militias starting on February 26 and expiring on August 26.

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