21 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, 200 Iraqi Law Suits Against Rumsfeld in Private Security Companies for Torturing Iraqi Detainees, According to December 15, 2008 News Reports

21 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, 200 Iraqi Law Suits Against Rumsfeld in Private Security Companies for Torturing Iraqi Detainees

According to December 15, 2008 News Reports

Editor's Note (Below)

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Yaqen.net reported the following Tuesday news:

- A female suicide bomber killed one of the leaders of the US-recruited Sahwa fighters in front of his house in Al-Tarimiya, Baghdad.

- 3 people were killed in a car suicide bombing in Abu Gharib, Baghdad.

- A body of a man killed by fire was found north of the Babel Province, another was found tied to an electric post in Al-Hillah, two more were found in the Tigris River in Baghdad.

- Demonstrations broke out in Sadr City, Al-Falloujah, A-Najaf, and several other Iraqi cities demanding the release of the Iraqi journalist, Montadhar Al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at President Bush. Similar demonstrations broke out in Arab cities. Iraqi and Arab organizations issued statements of support for Al-Zaidi, demanding his release.

- The former Iraqi army general command announced rocketing a US military base in Samarra.

Amsi.org reported that a US patrol was attacked in Al-Ameen neighborhood, east of Baghdad.

- Iraqi attorneys filed 200 law suits against former US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, and private security companies, which operated prisons in Iraq, charging them of systematic torture of Iraqi detainees. US federal courts accepted 30 law suits so far in Virginia, Michigan, and Maryland.

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Iraqi detainee dies in Croper jail in Baghdad

December 15, 2008 - 03:20:50

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

An Iraqi detainee died after suffering a heart attack inside the Croper jail near the Baghdad International Airport, an official source said on Monday.

“A 25-year-old Iraqi man died late Sunday from a heart attack after moving him to a special hospital for detainees inside the Croper jail near the airport,” Kriek al-Sayab, the advisor of the public affairs office on detainees affairs, told Aswat al-Iraq.

“He was not suffering from any heart disease and he went to a doctor two weeks ago for a certain indisposition, the matter that forced the authorities to autopsy his body to know the reason of his death,” he explained.

“He has been detained since June 2007 for being suspected in threatening Iraqi and U.S. troops,” he added.

He did not give further details.

SH (P)/SR

Civilian killed by U.S. fire in Mosul

December 15, 2008 - 09:21:16

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

An Iraqi civilian was shot down by U.S. forces inside his house in eastern Mosul city, a local police source said on Monday.

“At a late hour on Sunday night, U.S. forces killed a civilian during a raid on his house in al-Muthanna neighborhood, eastern Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq. The reasons behind the killing remain unknown, the source added. No comment was immediately available from the U.S. side.

SS (P)/SR

Gunmen shoot down 7 Yazidis in Sinjar

December 15, 2008 - 07:36:07

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

Seven members of a Yazidi family were killed by unidentified gunmen who attacked their house in the district of Sinjar, northwest of Mosul city, a police source in Ninewa said on Monday.

“Unidentified gunmen stormed the house of a Yazidi family in al-Yarmuk compound, Sinjar, at a late hour on Sunday night and opened fire at the people inside, killing three women and four men,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

AmR (S)

Officer killed, policeman wounded in attack north of Kut

December 14, 2008 - 12:01:22

WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq:

An officer was killed and a policeman wounded in an armed attack by unidentified gunmen on the house of a government official north of al-Kut city on Sunday, a security source in Wassit said.

“An armed group today attacked the house of Eng. Na’em Ali, the head of the municipal council in al-Wihda district, (150 km) north of Kut. Clashes erupted between the police and the gunmen, which left Lt. Salah Saleh killed, a policeman wounded and the arrest of nine gunmen,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The gunmen were inside three vehicles during the time of the attack,” he said, adding death threats by gunmen had been received by Ali’s house earlier.

“The gunmen are now under investigative custody and will be referred to the prosecution,” he said.

Kut, the capital city of Wassit province, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad.

AmR (P)/SR

Gunmen kill 2 civilians in Tikrit

December 13, 2008 - 06:31:19

SALAH AL-DIN / Aswat al-Iraq:

Unknown gunmen killed two civilians and wounded two others in an area near Balad suburb, south of Tikrit city, a source from Salah al-Din province’s operations command said on Saturday. “The incident took place 3 km to the south of Balad (100 km south of Tikrit city), on the highway that links Baghdad to Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq. “The gunmen were driving an OPEL brand car,” he said.

“The victims were returning to Balad from Baghdad,” he added. “A child was among the two civilians who were seriously injured,” he noted. “The gunmen were able to escape after they conducted the operation,” he asserted. Tikrit, the capital city of Salah al-Din province, lies 175 km north of Baghdad.

MH (P)/SR

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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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