US Soldier, 38 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 6 Executed by Death Squads, According to April 13, 2008 News Reports

US Soldier, 38 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 6 Executed by Death Squads, According to April 13, 2008 News 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 the following news today:

- Mahdi Army militiamen killed a man, injured his wife and son in Khalis.

- A policeman was killed, 2 bodies of Iraqis executed by death squads were found in Basra.

- 3 people were killed in Mosul, including a policeman.

- 7 US-recruited Sahwa fighters were killed in samarra.

Amsi.org reported the following news today:

- US forces killed an Iraqi man in front of his home in Al-Amiriya area.

- US forces mistakenly hit a US vehicle with a rocket in the New Baghdad area. Several homes were damaged as a result.

- 2 Iraqi civilians were killed, three were injured by a roadside bomb explosion in Or area.

- 210 Israeli companies are doing business in Iraq, particularly in the oil industry and real estates.

- A Sahwa fighter was killed in Huaijah, Kirkuk.

- A US soldier was killed in a roadside bomb northwest of Baghdad on Satuday.

Gunmen kill civilian, wound his wife, son in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 13 /04 /2008 Time 10:41:26
Diala, Apr. 13, (VOI) –

Gunmen killed a civilian on Sunday and wounded his wife and son, in an attack that took place at al-Khalis suburb, near Baaquba city, an authorized security source in the province said.
"An armed group attacked a family in its house at Abu-Nakhal area of al-Khalis suburb, 15 km north of Baaquba," a source from the joint coordination center told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
He added "Gunmen opened fire on the family, killing a civilian man, and wounding his wife and son who were admitted to hospital."
The source did not reveal any further information.
Baaquba, capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

Policeman killed, 2 corpses found in Basra

Basra - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 13 /04 /2008 Time 10:41:26
Basra, Apr. 13, (VOI) –

A policeman was killed on Sunday's evening by gunmen, and two civilian corpses were found in two separate parts of the southern Iraqi city of Basra, a local police source said.
"Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a policeman at 'Manawi Pasha' neighborhood, central Basra, killing him immediately," the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

He added "The gunmen escaped to unknown place."
From his side, a source at Basra city morgue said "The morgue received on Sunday two civilian corpses that were found at al-Tarbiya street, 8 km western Basra, with signs of gunshots on them."
The source did not reveal any further details, but he asserted that police forces found the two corpses on Sunday's dawn.
Basra lies 590 km south of Baghdad.
MH/SK

3 gunmen killed, 14 suspects arrested in Baghdad in 24 hours

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 13 /04 /2008 Time 10:41:26
Baghdad, Apr 13, (VOI) –

Iraqi security forces killed three gunmen, arrested 14 wanted suspects, and defused 16 roadside bombs, while one Iraqi military personnel was killed, and five others wounded in combat operations in Baghdad during the last 24 hours, the official spokesperson for Baghdad operations command said on Sunday.

"Many security operations were conducted in Baghdad during the last 24 hours, according to Fardh al-Qanoon (Law Imposing) plan," Major General Qassim Atta told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
He explained that in al-Karkh operations sector (western part of Baghdad), "Security forces arrested one wanted suspect and defused a roadside bomb in al-Mansoor neighborhood, western Baghdad, arrested two wanted suspects, and defused a roadside bomb in al-Rasheed area, southern Baghdad."
At al-Rusaffa operations sector, Atta clarified that security forces "arrested three wanted suspects in Sadr city, eastern Baghdad, killed three gunmen in Baghdad al-Jididah neighborhood, and defused a roadside bomb in al-Karada, at the center of Baghdad."

He noted that in the capital's suburbs, "Security forces arrested seven wanted suspects at al-Mahmoudiya suburb, south of Baghdad."
Atta did not specify where the last suspect was arrested, but he said, "One Iraqi military personnel was killed, and five others were wounded in combat operations."
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Blast kills (US-recruited) fighter in Hawija

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 13 /04 /2008 Time 10:41:26
Hawija, Apr 13, (VOI)-

At least one (US-recruited) Sahwa fighter was killed on Sunday when a roadside bomb exploded near his patrol vehicle in Hawija, north of Baghdad, a local police source said.

“The bomb exploded, this morning, as a Sahwa vehicle patrol was passing the main road linking Zab area with Hawija district, killing a Sahwa fighter,” the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).

The source added that the explosion also damaged the patrol vehicle.
Sahwa councils are U.S. and government recruited tribal men who fought Qaeda Organization in the Sunni areas.
Hawija is located 70 km southwest of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
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Beheaded corpse found in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 13 /04 /2008 Time 10:41:26
Ninewa, Apr. 12, (VOI) –

Police forces found a beheaded corpse, and seized a number of mortar shells in Mosul, the official spokesperson of Ninawa Operations Command said on Saturday.
"On Saturday evening, police forces found a beheaded corpse at 'al-Qadisiya al-Thaniya' neighborhood, eastern Mosul," Brigadier Khalid Abdul-Sattar told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
He highlighted that the corpse belongs to a man in his forties.
Abdul-Sattar added that other police forces “on Saturday seized 34 mortar shells, after a raid operation at Tal-Abta suburb, southwest of Mosul."
Mosul, capital city of Ninewa province, is 405 km north of Baghdad.
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11 gunmen killed in Baiji

Salah al-Din - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 13 /04 /2008 Time 10:41:26
Salah al-Din, Apr. 12, (VOI) –

11 gunmen were killed in a combined Iraq-U.S. operation in Baiji suburb of Salah al-Din province, a police source said on Saturday.

"Iraqi forces, supported by U.S. troops, conducted on Saturday an airborne operation in the two villages of al-Salam and al-Mashaheef, west of Baiji city – 200 km north of Baghdad," the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

"The forces engaged with armed groups that employed locations in these villages as safe houses, killing 11 gunmen, and devastating four cars that they used in their operations," he added.
The source proceeded, "One gunman, with an explosive belt, blew himself up on a group of U.S. soldiers, wounding five of them."

He explained that the combined forces seized a large quantity of weapons and ammunitions, asserting that there were no casualties among the Iraqi troops.
The U.S. side did not yet comment on this issue.
MH/SR

Casualties from Mosul explosion increase to 10

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 13 /04 /2008 Time 10:41:26
Ninewa, Apr. 12, (VOI) –

Two civilians were killed, and eight others were wounded based on new reports in casualties of the truck bomb attack that took place in Mosul on Saturday evening, said the official spokesperson of Ninawa operations command.

"Two people were killed, and eight others were wounded in the attack," Brigadier Khalid Abdul-Sattar said to Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
He explained that the truck detonated "due to an explosive device that was cohered under the truck."
"The explosion took place near an Iraqi army checkpoint, at 'al-Sina'a al-Qadema' area, western Mosul," Abdul-Sattar added.
He did not reveal any further details.

Earlier on Saturday, a police source said that a civilian was killed and eight others were wounded when a truck bomb went off near an Iraqi army checkpoint in western Mosul.
"The explosion occurred near an Iraqi army checkpoint, western Mosul, killing one child and wounding eight other civilians," the source, who refused to give his name, told VOI.
The number of casualties is likely to rise due to the powerful explosion, the source said, adding that Mosul hospitals received the wounded.
Mosul, the capital of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.
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U.S. forces erect concrete barricades in some Sadr City areas

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 13 /04 /2008 Time 10:41:26
Baghdad, Apr 13, (VOI) –

U.S. forces started placing concrete barricades on some key intersections in Sadr City, eastern Baghdad, on Sunday, local residents said, adding the city's outlets were still closed.

"The concrete blocks were laid on the main streets to curb missile fire at the Green Zone. This measure would continue indefinitely according to what the U.S. soldiers told inhabitants of Sadr City," an eyewitness told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
The central Baghdad's heavily-fortified U.S.-protected Green Zone, home to the U.S. and British embassies and some Iraqi ministries, has recently come under intensive mortar attacks that left casualties and material damage.
"Although the blockade was lifted off Sadr City on Saturday, the streets were empty of vehicles as U.S. forces are still closing the city's outlets from the direction of Sahat Muzhaffar, al-Buhayra, and al-Fallah street," another local resident told VOI.
The media adviser for the Multi-National Force (MNF) in Iraq had said that a week long ban imposed on Sadr City in the aftermath of clashes that erupted between policemen and gunmen was lifted on Saturday.
Three weeks ago armed clashes broke out in Baghdad and other southern provinces between government forces and groups of Sadr's Mahdi Army militias hours after Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced the commencement of Operation Saulat al-Forsan (Knights' Assault), which he said aimed at eliminating armed groups in the oil-rich port city of Basra, 590 km south of Baghdad.
The clashes ended when Sadr ordered his followers off the streets in Basra and other Iraqi provinces.
"The residents in some neighborhoods in Sadr City still go to their work on foot. Government services have not reached us for 17 days now, and drinking water and electricity are totally cut off," another local resident said.
VOI tried to reach the U.S. side for comments but to no avail.

AE/SR

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