US Soldier, 23 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to August 10, 2008 News Reports

Editor's Note:

Only God knows how many Iraqis are killed everyday. The following represents part of the reporting but readers are advised that the actual number of deaths should very much exceed what's reported.

Concerning deaths of US soldiers, only those US citizens who die in Iraq are included in the statistics. There are no published statistics about US soldiers who die of their injuries after that. There are no published statistics about the deaths or injuries of the private army soldiers (security contractors), or about those without US citizenship.

It is noteworthy that May 20, 2008 news reports showed that death squads which execute Iraqis on daily basis are no longer hiding themselves. Previously, Sunni leaders pointed to Mahdi Army and Badr militiamen as the perpetrators. Now, death squads are composed of the US-recruited Sahwa fighters and policemen (which is an opportunity for US forces command to sever relations with these fighters).

Despite the fact that there are scores of organizations involved in the Iraq war, the Iraqi government officials prefer to refer to them as Alqaeda gunmen for propaganda purposes, as mentioned in the June 4, 2008 news report. For accuracy purposes, the term "Alqaeda gunmen" may be replaced with "Iraqi fighters."

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Yaqen.net reported the following news:

- Three bodies of unknown Iraqis were found in Baghdad yesterday (not reported before).

- Four people were killed, 30 were arrested by Iraqi forces yesterday (not reported before).

- One Iraqi army officer was killed, four soldiers were injured in the village of Ibrahim, Buhruz.

amsi.org reported that three people were killed, 23 were injured in the Khaniqin explosion. Three more were killed and 17 were injured in Baghdad explosions.

- INA reported that five Kurdish Peshmerga fihgters were killed, 23 were injured in the Khaniqin explosion.

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News Summary

National - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 10 /08 /2008 Time 10:02:44
BAGHDAD, Aug. 10 (VOI) –

Following is a summary of news reports posted until 10:00 p.m. Baghdad local time Sunday:

* Politics & Security:

DIALA, A police force captured four al-Qaeda network operatives during a raid operation conducted in Diala, a security source said.

BAGHDAD, Georgian troops' withdrawal from Iraq came upon the request of the Georgian government, according to a spokesman for the Multi-National Force (MNF) in Iraq on Sunday.

BAGHDAD, An Iraqi soldier was killed and another injured when a car bomb went off in the eastern part of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday, a spokesman for the Baghdad Operations Command said.

DIALA, Security forces on Sunday arrested ten wanted individuals and defused ten roadside bombs in raid operation conducted in Diala, a military spokesman said.

AM(R)

News Summary

National - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 10 /08 /2008 Time 10:02:44
BAGHDAD, Aug. 10 (VOI) –

Following is a summary of news reports posted until 04:00 p.m. Baghdad local time Sunday:

* Politics & Security:

BAGHDAD, A U.S. serviceman was killed and two others were wounded in an explosive charge attack that targeted their patrol vehicle in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the U.S. army said on Sunday.

BAGHDAD, A total of 17 were killed or wounded in two separate blasts that rocked the east of the Iraqi capital, Iraqi authorities said on Sunday.

"Today, an improvised explosive charge (IED) detonated near a gathering of civilians in Baghdad's eastern area of al-Kamaliya, killing three civilians and wounding 10 others," the source, who preferred to remain unnamed, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

BAGHDAD, Six persons, including three Iraqi servicemen, were wounded in two separate blasts that occurred in the north and east of the capital Baghdad, Iraqi police said on Sunday.

BAGHDAD, One civilian died and three others were hurt when an explosives-rigged car went off in southern Baghdad, the fifth blast to rock the capital today, Iraqi police said.

BAGHDAD, Two civilians were wounded on Sunday in an explosive charge attack that occurred in downtown Baghdad, the sixth bombing to take place in the capital today, Iraqi police said.

DIALA, Casualties from the suicide car bomb attack that ripped through downtown al-Khanaqin district earlier today have reached 23, mostly civilians, a security source said.

DIALA, An Iraqi policeman was killed by unidentified gunmen in central al-Saadiya district, Diala province, on Sunday while heading for his work, the district chief said.

KIRKUK, A Sahwa (Awakening) tribal fighter was wounded when an improvised explosive device went off on Sunday in the area of Salman Beg, south of Kirkuk, a police source in the province said.

BAGHDAD, A civilian man was killed in an improvised explosive device attack that targeted an Iraqi central bank money transport vehicle in the area of al-Bab al-Sharqi, central Baghdad, thus becoming the seventh blast to rock the Iraqi capital on Sunday, the Baghdad Operations Command said.

KIRKUK, The Kirkuk districts' police force on Sunday captured four gunmen belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq group in a security operation southwest of the city, the force chief said.

DIALA, Iraqi security forces seized on Sunday a booby-trapped chicken coop containing a factory for home-made improvised explosive devices, toxic materials and highly explosive substances during a search raid in the area of al-Mulla Abboud, Diala province, according to a statement by the Iraqi Defense Ministry.

BAGHDAD, A Baghdad-based newspaper on Sunday warned of disputes and struggles over internal border problems, most prominently the controversy over borders between the provinces of Karbala and Anbar.

DIALA, The Khanaqin public hospital on Sunday received two bodies and 26 wounded people the victims of a suicide car bomb attack that targeted the Khanaqin mayoralty building in the central part of the district, a hospital medic said.

AmR (R)/SR

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Saturday, 9 August 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Saturday, 9 August 2008.

·        US sets free notorious local collaborator in al-Hadithah.

·        US announces deaths of two American Marines near al-Fallujah on Thursday.

·        US-backed Georgian regime secures US support to withdraw all its occupation troops from Iraq in order to pursue war of aggression in Caucasus.

Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Hadithah.

US sets free notorious local collaborator in al-Hadithah.

In a dispatch posted at 2:40pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US forces stormed into a prison run by the Iraqi security forces in al-Hadithah and freed Ayman ‘Abd al-Hakim al-Jaghifi, the son of the former governor of al-Hadithah, a close associate of the US occupation forces, and a man whom the local authorities had charged with murder, rape, and robbery.

Yaqen reported that local residents were taken aback by the American move, inasmuch as al-Jaghifi was known for his violations of the rights of local residents.

On Thursday, 7 August 2008, Yaqen reported witnesses as saying that after arresting al-Jaghifi, that day, the local police drove him around the streets and lanes of the city showing off their prisoner.

Ayaman al-Jaghifi used to travel around the western parts of the province of al-Anbar doing virtually anything he liked in the cities of al-Hadithah, al-Haqlaniyah, al-Baghdadi, Hit, ‘Anah, Rawah, and al-Qa’im, taking advantage of people with impunity, according to Yaqen. A friend of the US occupation forces and son of the governor, he was able to get away with anything because of the protection his associations afforded.

Once his father resigned his post, however, Yaqen noted, the police director Faruq al-Jaghifi realized that his time to take revenge had arrived and he moved in on Ayman al-Jaghifi after the latter threatened to turn the Americans against the police director if the latter attempted to take action against him.

Al-Fallujah.

US announces deaths of two American Marines in al-Karmah on Thursday.

In a dispatch posted at 9:55am Baghdad time Saturday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military announced that two of its Marines had been killed in a non-combat incident in the area of al-Karmah, a town located 7km east of al-Fallujah (which is some 60km west of Baghdad) on Thursday.

Yaqen noted that the announced casualties brought the official American death toll in Iraq to nine men killed since the beginning of August.

Baghdad.

Bomb wounds four civilians in central Baghdad Saturday.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 8:58pm Saturday night Beijing time (3:58pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a police patrol in the Bab al-Mu‘azzam area of central Baghdad on Saturday.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi police as saying that the blast wounded four civilians and damaged one of the patrol vehicles.

Two civilians wounded when bomb explodes in east Baghdad apartment.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 8:58pm Saturday night Beijing time (3:58pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded in a residential apartment in the Zuyunah area of eastern Baghdad.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi police as sayingthat the blast inflicted heavy damage to the apartment and several neighboring apartments, in addition to wounding two civilians.

US forces detonate car bomb in Baghdad district, destroying 150 motorcycles and 10 private cars.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 8:58pm Saturday night Beijing time (3:58pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that US troops detonated a car bomb that they had discovered parked in ‘Antar Square in the Sunni al-A‘dhamiyah district of Baghdad.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi police as saying that the American forces blew up the car bomb, but in the process burned up more than 150 private motorcycles and 10 private cars that were parked in the area. Dozens of shops and nearby buildings were also damaged, the source said.

US-backed Georgian regime secures US support to withdraw all its occupation troops from Iraq in order to pursue war of aggression in Caucasus.

In a dispatch posted at 10:55am Baghdad time Saturday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the government of the pro-American regime in the former Soviet republic of Georgia had announced that it was withdrawing all of its occupation forces – the third largest in Iraq – from the American-led coalition.

The American Associated Press (AP) on Saturday reported the number of Georgian occupation troops in Iraq as 2,000 men. The AP quoted Colonel Bondo Maisuradze, commander of the Georgian brigade in Iraq, as saying that all his troops would be leaving. A day earlier, the Secretary of the Council of National Security of Georgia, had said that Georgia only planned to withdraw 1,000 of its troops.

On 8 August, Georgia launched a war of aggression against the breakaway region of South Ossetia, a majority of whose residents are citizens of the Russian Federation. The Georgian attempt to seize the territory in a swift invasion failed, and the American-trained Georgian troops were sent reeling, compelling the regime in Tblisi to obtain permission from Washington to withdraw its contingent from Iraq in order to transfer the troops back to Georgia so that the US-backed regime can continue its war in the Caucasus.

Salah ad-Din Province.
Ash-Sharuqat.

Iraqi security forces at checkpoint kill three Iraqi civilians in “suspicious” car Friday evening.

In a dispatch posted at 11:30am Baghdad time Saturday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi army troops shot and killed three people and wounded two more in an incident at a checkpoint in ash-Sharuqat, 250km north of Baghdad on Friday evening.

Yaqen reported Captain Muhammad ‘Unqud as saying that three people, one of them a woman, were killed and two more wounded at the al-Hayjil checkpoint in ash-Sharuqat when the troops manning the position opened fire on a car they believed to be acting suspiciously. The dead and wounded were taken to ash-Sharuqat Hospital following the incident.

Tuz Khurmatu.

Iraqi government minister’s bodyguard killed in shooting incident.

In a dispatch posted at 10:35am Baghdad time Saturday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that gunmen shot and killed one of the guards working for the Minister of Sports and Youth in the area of Tuz Khurmatu, 185km north of Baghdad, on Friday night.

Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that armed men shot and killed one of the guards working for Minister of Sports and Youth, Jasim Muhammad Ja‘afar, in front of his house in the city. The attackers then fled the scene, despite the tight security measures in the area.

Diyala Province.
Ba‘aqoubah.

Bomb wounds seven Iraqi army troops near Ba‘aqoubah. Saturday.

In a dispatch posted at 7:05pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by an Iraqi army patrol in the Ba‘aqoubah. area, 65km northeast of Baghdad on Saturday.

Yaqen reported a source in the Ba‘aqoubah. police as saying that the blast wounded seven Iraqi army soldiers.

On Tuesday, 29 July, the US-backed regime launched a security offensive in Diyala Province, targeted mainly on al-Qa‘idah organization.

Buhriz.

Booby-trapped house kills Iraqi army officer Saturday.

In a dispatch posted at 3:45pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that one Iraqi army officer was killed and four more Iraqi troops were wounded near Buhriz, 60km northeast of Baghdad, Saturday, when a booby-trapped house was blown up with them inside.

Yaqen reported a spokesman in Buhriz as saying that First Lieutenant Jabbar Ahmad was killed and four other soldiers were wounded, two of them severely, when a bobby trapped house that they were searching blew up in the village of Ibrahim, 23km south of Buhriz.

The source said that at dawn on Saturday, US and Iraqi military units began their security sweep of the area as US helicopter gun ships blasted targets in the area. On Tuesday, 29 July, the US-backed regime launched a security offensive in Diyala Province, targeted mainly on the Sunni fundamentalist al-Qa‘idah organization.

Al-Khalis.

Iraqi regime forces arrest local officials in al-Khalis Friday evening.

In a dispatch posted at 11:45am Baghdad time Saturday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi regime security forces arrested the governor of al-Khalis, 57km north of Baghdad, and a commander of a Special Detachment linked with the Iranian regime’s al-Quds Brigades on Friday evening.

Yaqen reported a source in the Iraqi regime in Diyala Province as saying that regime forces arrested ‘Uday al-Harran and ‘Abd al-Ilah as-Saqi, the commander of the Special Detachments in Diyala on Friday. The arrests appeared to be part of a security sweep underway in the province, targeted on Sunni-sectarian al-Qa‘idah gunmen and pro-Iranian militias.

Wasit Province.
An-Nu‘amaniyah.

Iranian backed gunmen captured in an-Nu‘amaniyah Saturday.

In a dispatch posted at 1:30pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi police arrested seven members of Special Detachments linked with the Iranian regime’s al-Quds Brigade in the course of raids in an-Nu‘amaniyah, 140km southeast of Baghdad, on Saturday.

Yaqen reported that the police also recovered bombs, some of them of Iranian manufacture, as well as rockets and ammunition.

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