51 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 12 Executed and Burned by Death Squads, According to December 1, 2008 News Reports

Editor's Note (Below)

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Yaqen.net reported the following Tuesday news:

- The 1920s Brigades announced an attack resulting in the destruction of a US Hummer vehicle, with US forces casualties, in the area of Al-Ess.

- In another attack in Huzairan neighborhood, Abu Gharib area, a US Hummer was destroyed, two US soldiers were killed.

INA reported the killing of three people and the injury of General Madhar Al-Mawla, in an assassination attempt on his life in Baghdad.

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Ninewa explosion casualties up to 54

December 1, 2008 - 06:17:44

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

The death toll from the car bomb explosion in Mosul rose to 17 deaths, while 37 were wounded, a police source said.

“The suicide bomb attack that targeted a police vehicle patrol in Mosul al-Jadieda region in western Mosul rose to 17 deaths and 37 wounded including three policemen,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The first car bomb explosion was followed by another booby-trapped car explosion near the first explosion targeting civilians who gathered in the area,” he explained.

A police source had said earlier casualties from the car bomb explosions that ripped through western Mosul city earlier today have reached 52.

Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

SH (P)/SR

Two IIP members assassinated in Mosul

December 1, 2008 - 04:55:36

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

Unknown gunmen assassinated two members of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) in two separate incidents in Mosul, said a source from Ninewa province’s police.

“Principle of the Islamic Studies High School and member of the IIP, Marwan Nazar, was killed southwestern Mosul while he was on his way to work,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“Teacher at the same school and also a member of the IIP, Abdul Jabbar Mohammed, was killed while he was driving western Mosul,” he added.

He did not mention further details, but the IIP – Ninewa branch issued a release of condolences for losing two of its members.

Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

MH (P)/SR

12 corpses found in Kirkuk

December 1, 2008 - 02:16:29

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq:

Police forces found 12 unknown corpses in a village in southern Kirkuk, the commander of the province’s suburbs and districts police said on Monday.

“The corpses were found in Qara-Hassan village, 25 km south of Kirkuk city,” Brigadier Sarhad Qadir told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The corpses were burnt, and bore signs of gunshots that were estimated to have been inflicted four days ago,” he said.

Kirkuk city, the capital of Kirkuk province, lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad.

MH (P)/SR

Baghdad’s double bombing attack leaves 60 casualties

December 1, 2008 - 11:44:05

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

The death toll of Monday’s double bombing attack near the Police Academy in eastern Baghdad rose to 15 and the wounded to 45, police said.

“A suicide bomber with an explosive belt blew himself up near the gates of the Police Academy from the Falastine street direction in eastern Baghdad, followed by another explosion of a car bomb that was parked close to the gates, leaving 15 killed and 45 others wounded,” an Iraqi police source told Aswat al-Iraq.

Earlier, a security source said four people were killed and eight others wounded when two car bombs went off near the Police Academy.

AmR (P)

Senior officer escapes attempt

December 1, 2008 - 09:34:50

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

The official in charge of the sahwa (awakening) tribal forces’ affairs in the Iraqi cabinet survived an assassination attempt on Monday when an improvised explosive device went off near his motorcade, a senior security official said.

“The blast left one person killed and six others wounded,” the official spokesman for the Baghdad Operations Command (BOC), Maj. General Qassem Atta, told Aswat al-Iraq.

AmR (P)

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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.

On September 6, 2008, news reports mentioned the killing of nine Iraqis who were arrested by Al-Muthanna Brigade of the Iraqi Army stationed in the city of Al-Falloujah. There corpses were found with bullets shot on their heads and chests. This incident is evidence that the sectarian-based Iraqi forces have been functioning also as death squads, which killed Iraqis for suspicion of belonging to resistance organizations, without any legal procedures or trials.

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."

Finally, on daily basis, US-led forces arrest scores of Iraqis in an attempt to pre-empt them from resistance. Tens of thousands of Iraqis are still there in US detention camps and in the prisons of the US-backed Iraqi government. Daily records of these arrests can be obtained from the following three Iraqi sources of news: yaqen.net, amsi.org, and Voices of Iraq.

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