2 US Soldiers, 51 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 28 Executed by Death Squads, According to December 4, 2008 News Reports

Editor's Note (Below)

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Yaqen.net reported the following Tuesday news:

- US forces announced the death of two soldiers as a result of a suicide car attack on their convoy south of Mosul today. Thus, the number of US soldiers who have been killed in Iraq reached 4209.

- 3 Iraqis were killed, 24 were injured during clashes between gunmen and police forces in Al-Falloujah.

- A US Hummer vehicle was destroyed on the road between Rawa and 'Anna in Al-Anbar Province today.

amsi.org reported that there are 11 Iraqi female political prisoners in US prisoners, and 436 in the Iraqi government prisons.

- 13 bodies of Iraqis executed by death squads were found yesterday in a mass grave in Ba'aqouba.

INA reported that the death toll in the Fallouja two suicide attacks targeting police stations reached 13, in addition to 127 injuries.

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3 soldiers, policeman wounded in Mosul

December 4, 2008 - 06:29:35

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

Three Iraqi army soldiers and a policeman were wounded in two separate incidents in the city of Mosul on Thursday, a security source in Ninewa said.

“An improvised explosive device (IED) went off near an Iraqi army patrol in al-Hay al-Araby, northern Mosul, wounding three patrolmen wounded,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“They were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment,” the source added, not giving more information.

In another incident, the same source said, a policeman on a leave was wounded when gunmen opened fire at him inside a restaurant in al-Majmouaa al-Thaqafiya area, also in northern Mosul.

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

AmR (P)

Falluja blasts’ casualties up to 42

December 4, 2008 - 03:20:01

ANBAR / Aswat al-Iraq:

The death toll from Thursday’s earlier two blasts in Falluja city rose to seven and the wounded to 35, a medic said.

“The deaths rose to seven after a police captain died of the wounds he had sustained while the number of wounded persons rose to 35,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The Anbar police chief, Maj. General Tareq Youssef, visited hospitals in the city to check on the people wounded in the explosions,” he added.

Earlier, eyewitnesses said two successive blasts rocked the city of Falluja, leaving a number of casualties, adding security authorities imposed a curfew amidst extensive deployment of security forces.

AmR (P)

Police official escapes attempt

December 4, 2008 - 02:42:40

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

A senior police official in the Iraqi capital Baghdad survived an assassination attempt in al-Karada area, in the central part of the city, on Thursday, a security source said.

“The Baghdad rescue police commander, Maj. General Ali al-Yasseri, escaped an assassination attempt with an improvised explosive device (IED) that went off near a vehicle he was boarding in al-Karada,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“Yasseri was slightly wounded and taken to a nearby hospital,” he added.

AmR (P)

Police officer killed in Mosul

December 4, 2008 - 02:33:55

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

A police officer was killed by unidentified gunmen fire in central Mosul city on Thursday, a security source in Ninewa said.

“Unidentified gunmen opened fire on Thursday at an Iraqi police officer in the rank of captain while heading from his patrol to a store in the area of al-Burj Khana, central Mosul, killing him instantly,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The gunmen then escaped to an unknown place,” the source added, not revealing more details.

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

AmR (P)

3 wounded in IED blast in central Baghdad

December 4, 2008 - 02:14:52

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Three people were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near a vehicle of the Iraqi communications ministry in al-Nidal street, central Baghdad, police said.

“An IED blast targeted a vehicle of the communications ministry, leaving three ministry employees on board injured,” a security source told Aswat al-Iraq.

An Iraqi police source said the central Baghdad area of al-Karada had witnessed an IED bombing attack near the passports department earlier in the day, leaving three people wounded.

AmR (P)

8 wounded in suicide blast in Mosul

December 4, 2008 - 02:19:29

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

Eight people, including two policemen, were wounded in a suicide car bomb attack that targeted a U.S. patrol in southern Mosul city on Thursday, police said.

AmR (P)

25 bodies found in mass graves in Khalis

December 4, 2008 - 11:15:29

DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq:

Seven mass graves containing 25 unknown bodies were found on Thursday in al-Salam district, the chief of the local police said.

“The bodies were found in Albu Teama village in al-Salam district in Khalis, north of Baaquba,” Brigadier Ibrahim Salim told Aswat al-Iraq.

“Some of the bodies were wearing civilian clothes others found with police and military uniform,” he added.

SH (P)/SR

Bicycle bomb kills 3, wounds 9 in Diala

December 4, 2008 - 11:07:12

DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq:

Three persons were killed and nine others were wounded on Thursday in a bicycle explosion in central Ba'aqouba, the chief of the Diala police said.

“A bicycle left on the road in Khan al-Loualoua region in central Baaquba, went off, killing three and injuring nine,” General Abdul Hussein al-Shimri told Aswat al-Iraq.

IED injures 3 in Baghdad

December 4, 2008 - 11:01:59

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Three people were wounded on Thursday in a bomb explosion in central Baghdad, a police source said.

“An improvised explosive device went off near the passports department in al-Karada region in central Baghdad, injuring three persons, including a cop,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

He gave no more details.

SH (P)/SR

Wassit morgue receives 3 bodies

December 4, 2008 - 10:21:10

WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq:

The morgue of al-Zahraa hospital in Wassit received on Thursday three unknown bodies, a source from the forensic medicine department in Wassit said.

“The bodies were fished out from a river in north of al-Suwairah district, north of Kut,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq, noting that the corpses are decayed.

“Their legs were bound and they bore signs of gunshot wounds and torture,” he also said.

“One of the bodies wears the military uniform,” he said.

SH (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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