40 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 15 Killed in Suicide Bombing Targeting US-Recruited Sahwa fighters, According to August 16-17, 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:

- Sa'aduddin Othman, Imam of Al-Ziwaniy Mosque in Mosul was assassinated.

- A civilian was killed west of Mosul.

- 6 Iraqis were killed, 11 were injured by a car bomb in the Ur neighborhood, in Baghdad, on Saturday.

- 3 people were killed, 9 were injured in a Baghdad car bomb, on Saturday.

- 9 Iraqis were killed, 40 were injured in a car bomb explosion in Balad, in Salahuddin Province.

amsi.org reported that Al-'Adhamiya suicide bombing resulted in killing 15 (6 of them were US-recruited Sahwa fighters) and injuring 29.

- A policeman was killed, another was injured in an attack south of Al-Falloujah.

- 3 farming women were killed by a roadside bomb in Al-Muqdadiya, northeast of Ba'aqouba.

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News Summary

National - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 17 /08 /2008 Time 10:08:01
BAGHDAD, Aug. 17 (VOI) –

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

*Politics and Security:

KARBALA, Security forces arrested 99 wanted individuals and seized a roadside bomb manufacturing factory in Karbala, the police chief said on Sunday.

NINEWA, A policeman was killed and another wounded by unidentified gunmen in western Mosul city on Sunday, a security source in Ninewa province said.

ARBIL, Turkish warplanes pounded positions of the Kurdistan Workers Party in northern Iraq but the attacks left no casualties, a leading PKK member said on Sunday.

BAGHDAD, Iraqi government spokesman on Sunday his country is not bound by a timeline to sign the long-term security agreement with the U.S.

BAGHDAD, Security forces arrested 29 wanted suspects and defused 24 roadside bombs in Baghdad through the past 24 hours, Iraqi military said.

BAGHDAD, Iraqi army forces on Sunday freed a kidnapped girl from her captors in Baghdad, a military spokesman said.

BAGHDAD, A car bomb on Sunday detonated near a main Sunni mosque in Baghdad, leaving a number of casualties, a security source said.

BAGHDAD, A military spokesman on Sunday said a female suicide bomber blew herself up near a Sahwa council checkpoints in Baghdad’s stronghold of Al-'Adhamiya, leaving twelve individuals killed and 24 others wounded.

AM(I)

News Summary

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 17 /08 /2008 Time 10:08:01
BAGHDAD, Aug. 17 (VOI) –

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

*Politics and Security:

DIALA, Three women on Sunday were critically wounded in an explosive charge attack that occurred near an orchard northeast of Baaquba city, a security source said.

BAGHDAD, A spokesperson for the Iraqi government revealed the reasons behind the decisions made by the Iraqi cabinet during its 34th session, held on August 12, pertaining to the conclusion of an Iraqi-Syrian agreement on customs cooperation.

ARBIL, A hospital in Arbil province on Sunday received four wounded men and a body eyewitnesses said had protested lack of services, a medic in the city said.

BAGHDAD, Iraq's Presidential Board ratified on Sunday a law on joining an agreement against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment after it was approved by the Iraqi Parliament in mid-July, 2008, according to a presidential press release.

BAGHDAD, The Iraqi Presidential Board on Sunday approved amendments to the law on civil service and the Iraqi-Italian friendship agreement.

AmR (R)/SR

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