US Soldier, 38 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 30 in Jalawla Suicide Bombing, According to August 26, 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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amsi.org reported that an Iraqi judge announced that there are thousands of underage Iraqi prisoners, including even under ten years old prisoners. These are used as bargaining chips between the government and their families, who pay a lot of money just to see them.

These children prisoners have been subjected to torture, mistreatment, and sexual assaults by guards and soldiers. Iraqi judges are helpless as nobody is listening to them or obeys their orders to release these children from prisons. The is the NEW, DEMOCRATIC Iraq.

- Iraqi tribes of Najaf and middle Euphrates demonstrated in protest against the Kurdish attempts to annex Kirkuk to the autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region. They threatened using force to prevent such annexation.

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5 family members killed, wounded in Diala bomb

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Tuesday , 26 /08 /2008 Time 10:11:09
DIALA, Aug. 26 (VOI) –

Five members of one family were killed or wounded when an explosive charge went off in southwestern Ba'aqouba city, Iraqi authorities said.

"Today, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated on a main road in al-Hajj Youssef area, Balad Roz district (45 km southwest of Ba'aqouba) while a civilian vehicle was passing the location, killing four members of one family and wounding another," a security source, who preferred to remain unnamed, told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).
The source did not provide further details.

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14 killed, wounded in downtown Tikrit blast

Salah al-Din - Voices of Iraq
Tuesday , 26 /08 /2008 Time 10:11:09
SALAH AL-DIN, Aug. 26 (VOI) –

Fourteen individuals were killed or wounded in a car bomb explosion that ripped through central Tikrit city, a security source said on Tuesday.

"Today, a car rigged with explosives targeted a police patrol near Salah al-Din's health department in downtown Kirkuk city, killing two civilians and wounding 12, including four police personnel," Major Abdullah Qahtan told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).

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Jalawla suicide blast casualties up to 76

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Tuesday , 26 /08 /2008 Time 10:11:09
DIALA, Aug. 26 (VOI) -

Casualties from Tuesday's earlier suicide blast that took place in Jalawla jumped to 30 deaths and 46 others wounded, a security source in Diala said.

“The death toll of the suicide attack that took place today near al-Najda police station in al-Shuhada neighborhood in northeastern Jalawla, raised to 30 dead and 46 injured,” Fourhad Refaat, the director of the criminal investigation department, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).

“A full medical team arrived this afternoon coming from Sulaimaniya to treat the wounded,” he noted.
The district administrator had said earlier twenty-five people were killed and 45 others wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vehicle in northeastern Jalawlaa, Diala province, on Tuesday.

"The car bomb, which blew up near a police station in al-Shohadaa neighborhood, northeastern Jalawlaa, left 25 dead and 45 others injured," Ahmed Khalifa al-Qassab told (VOI).

Qassab expected the number of casualties to go up, not giving more details.

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News Summary

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Tuesday , 26 /08 /2008 Time 10:11:09
BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 (VOI) –

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

*Politics & Security:

BAGHDAD, A U.S. soldier died of wounds he sustained from light arms attack in northern Baghdad on Monday, increasing the number of U.S. troops killed this month to 19, according to a U.S. army statement.

KIRKUK, Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a civilian man in al-Wasiti neighborhood, southwest of Kirkuk city, on Tuesday, a security source in the Kirkuk police department said.

SALAH AL-DIN, Fourteen individuals were killed or wounded in a car bomb explosion that ripped through central Tikrit city, a security source said on Tuesday.

KIRKUK, Four police personnel were wounded on Tuesday in an explosive charge attack that targeted their patrol in southwestern Kirkuk, a police source said.

DIALA, Five members of one family were killed or wounded when an explosive charge went off in southwestern Ba'aqouba city, Iraqi authorities said.

DIALA, Twenty-five people were killed and 45 others wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vehicle in northeastern Jalawlaa, Diala province, on Tuesday, the district administrator said.

BAGHDAD, Four persons, including two policemen, were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) targeted a police patrol near the Maysaloun square in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, an Iraqi police source said.

NINEWA, Unidentified gunmen wounded a policeman in central Mosul on Tuesday while policemen killed a gunman and wounded another, the official spokesman for the Ninewa Operations Command (NOC) said.

DIALA, The Iraqi forces withdrew from the district of Khanaqin after local residents staged a demonstration demanding their pullout on Tuesday, the district mayor Mulla Muhammad Hassan said.

WASSIT, Two policemen were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near their patrol in the district of al-Aziziya, north of Kut city, on Tuesday, police said.

BAGHDAD, Thirty-one people were killed and 67 others wounded in acts of violence in different areas of Iraq between 09:00 p.m. Monday until Tuesday afternoon, according to security sources.

WASSIT, Personnel from the Tiger Force on Tuesday arrested four wanted men with weapons, some of them Iran-made, in their possession during a search raid in southern Wassit province, the force commander said.

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