2 US Soldiers, 42 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 19 in Babil Bombing, 12 Executed by Death Squads, According to August 14-15, 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:

- US forces announced that a US soldier died of a traffic accident in Baghdad.

- Another US soldier was killed by gunmen fire east of Falloujah.

- 2 policemen were killed, 3 were injured in a roadside bomb in Salman Bek, south of Baghdad.

- One Iraqi was killed, 11 were injured in a bomb explosion in Al-Ghadeer area, east of Baghdad.

- The 1920s Brigades announced downing a US unmanned surveillance plane in Kirkuk Province.

- 19 people were killed, 99 were injured by a female suicide bomber north of Babil, Thursday night.

- US soldiers killed an Iraqi man in Al-Amiriya neighborhood on Thursday.

- 12 bodies of unknown murdered Iraqis were given to Tikrit Hospital. All bodies were executed on Thursday.

- An Iraqi soldier was killed by booby-trapped wagon north of Mosul.

- 2 Iraqis were killed, five were injured in Al-Karrada bombing on Thursday.

- A policeman and a soldier were killed in two attacks in Mosul.

- 2 policemen were killed, six were injured in an attack in Ba'aqouba on Thursday.

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