US Soldier, 13 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Hans Bliks Speaks Out, December 21, 2008

13 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, US Soldier Killed in Unreported Circumstances, Mass Grave in Baghdad, According to December 20-21, 2008 News Reports

Editor's Note (Below)

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Yaqen.net reported the following Tuesday news:

- An Iraqi army officer and his guard were killed when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt in Mosul today.

- Swedish UN weapon inspector, Hans Blix, announced in an interview with Aljazeera tv that the US Vice President Dick Cheney threatened him and other UN inspectors to discredit them if they reported results different from what he wanted (Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and had links with alqaeda).

He also expressed his readiness to testify that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq despite what Cheney and other US officials were claiming to justify their invasion of Iraq.

Blix also said the real reasons behind the US invasion of Iraq was the control of the Iraqi oil reserves and the flow of oil from the Gulf region.

(It's noteworthy that Hans Blix and other UN inspectors, such as Kay and Butler, as well as El-Barade'i, did not announce their clear findings that Iraqi did not have weapons of mass destruction. Their position gave help to the Bush administration disinformation campaign the climax of which was the Colin Powel disinformation show in the UN Security Council).

- An Iraqi intelligence officer was killed north of Babil.

- A US vehicle was damaged in an attack in Mosul, on Saturday.

- An Iraqi civilian was killed in Abu Gharib by US soldiers.

- One person was killed, four were injured during clashes between gunmen and police in Mosul.

- A civilian was killed in Kut.

- An army officer was killed in Kubaisa.

- Three decaying corpses were found in Baghdad.

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Officer killed, 2 soldiers wounded in car bomb blast in Mosul

December 21, 2008 - 02:31:30

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

A car bomb went off near an Iraqi army patrol in western Mosul city on Sunday, killing an officer and wounding two soldiers, an army source said.

“A car rigged with explosives went off on Sunday near an Iraqi army patrol in al-Rifaie neighborhood, western Mosul, killing an officer and injuring two soldiers,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

He did not give further details about the blast.

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

AmR (P)/SR

Public prosecutor dies of U.S. fire injuries

December 21, 2008 - 01:09:26

BABEL / Aswat al-Iraq:

A public prosecutor working for a court in Babel’s al-Hindiya district has died of wounds sustained from a U.S. gunfire north of Hilla city.

“Hashem Rasheed died a few hours after he was shot by U.S. forces while he was driving his vehicle on the highway near Bridge 2,” a security source in Babel police told Aswat al-Iraq. Rasheed was seriously wounded in the shooting and died a few hours after he entered al-Maseeb Hospital, the source added.

SS (P)

U.S. army announces 3rd casualty in December

December 21, 2008 - 11:00:23
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

A U.S. serviceman died of non-combat related injuries (!?), bringing the number of U.S. soldiers killed this month to three, according to the U.S. army.

“The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin and official release by the Department of Defense,” the statement added.

The death brings the number of U.S. soldiers who have been (announced) killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 to 4,210.
SS (P)

We have 15 thousand detainees – U.S. commander

December 20, 2008 - 07:18:19

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

A commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq said that the forces currently have around 15 thousand detainees in Iraq, including 160 Arab citizens, explaining that releasing 100 Iraqi detainees on Saturday is the last dispatch before transferring the rest of them to the Iraqi authorities.

“The detainees’ folders will be transferred to the Iraqi authorities in a process that coincides with the implementation of the Iraqi-U.S. security pact on January 1, 2008,” the Admiral told Aswat al-Iraq.“My forces will demand that the Iraqi government release those detainees in dispatches after their cases are examined by the Iraqi side,” he said.MH (P)/SR

Four civilians of one family wounded in Kut

December 20, 2008 - 03:50:00

WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq:

Four civilians of the same family, including a woman, were wounded on Saturday when a locally-made roadside bomb went off near their house in Kut city, said a security source from Wassit province.“The bomb was planted in an empty yard near the house at al-Mashroa neighborhood, central Kut,” the source told Aswta al-Iraq.

“Two of the injuries are serious,” he said.“The explosion also caused damages to the house,” he added.He pointed out that police forces cordoned the house fearing more explosive materials nearby.Kut, the capital city of Wassit province, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad.MH (P)/SR

3 Iraqi soldiers wounded in Mandlee
December 20, 2008 - 01:48:26
DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq:

Three Iraqi soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb went off in Mandlee district, a security source from Diala province said on Saturday. “The bomb detonated targeting an Iraqi army vehicle at Neda area, 10 km to the south of the district,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The three wounded servicemen were admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment,” he said.“The vehicle was damaged due to the explosion,” he added.

Mandlee district is 55 km northeast of Ba'aqouba, which is the capital city of Diala province, and lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

MH (P)/SR

Decaying corpses, human bones found in Baghdad

December 20, 2008 - 01:37:43
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Police forces on Saturday found three decaying corpses in addition to human bones in eastern Baghdad, said a security source from the capital. “The corpses and bones were found in Ur neighborhood,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.“The operation was based on information provided by people,” he added. He did not mention further details.MH (P)/SR

Army kills senior AQI figure in Tikrit
December 20, 2008 - 01:29:59
SALAH AL-DIN / Aswat al-Iraq:

Iraqi army forces on Saturday morning killed a senior figure of Al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) Organization, eastern Tikrit, said a security source from the city. “Salih Jadallah al-Ajeeli was killed by a trap set by the Iraqi army on the road between Tikrit and Tooz, 90 km north-eastern Salah al-Din province,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq. He pointed out that the operation relied on accurate intelligence tips.

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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