2 US Soldiers, 21 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Massrour Barzani Arrested in Vienna for Assassinating Kurdish Dissident Kamal Seyed Qader, According to February 21, 2008 News Reports

2 US Soldiers, 21 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Massrour Barzani Arrested in Vienna for Assassinating Kurdish Dissident Kamal Seyed Qader, According to February 21, 2008 News Reports

For the second day, the Iraqi website, http://www.iraq-amsi.org/ , which is the official site of the Iraqi Muslim Scholars Association, has been shut down.

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Yaqen.net news agency reported the following news today:

- Austrian police arrested Massrour Barzani, son of the Iraqi Kurdistan president, Massa'aoud Barzani, and five of his guards in Vienna today. Massrour is the Kurdish chief of intelligence. He was arrested on the scene of assassinating the Kurdish dissident, Dr. Kamal Seyed Qader, who is also an Austrian citizen.

Dr. Qader was tried and sentenced to 30 years in prison for his dissent and opposition of the Barzani family rule of Iraqi Kurdistan. However, international and Austrian pressure forced Barzani to set him free. Then, the Barzanis still followed him to Vienna to finish him there.

- US military camp in Tikrit was attacked with five mortars today.

- Eight Iraqi civilians were injured by five mortars landing on their village of Al-Ait, south of Ba'aqouba.

- 5 bodies of Iraqis executed by death squads were found in Baghdad.

- 5 bodies of Iraqis executed by death squads were found in Khalis.

- 10 bodies of Iraqi soldiers were also found in Khalis.

The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported the following news:

- A US soldier was killed, three others were injured when their vehicle was attacked with an anti-tank rocket in Mosul today.

- A US soldier was killed in central Iraq, Four British soldiers were injured in northwest of Basra yesterday.

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Senior police officer survives attempted assassination in Mosul
Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 21 /02 /2008 Time 10:10:17
Mosul, Feb 21, (VOI)-

A senior police officer on Thursday survived an attempted assassination in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul when a car bomb exploded near his motorcade, a police source said.

"The explosion took place this afternoon while Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed al-Wagaa's motorcade was heading to office in northern Mosul, wounding five of his escorts," the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq –(VOI).

The source added that the escorts were "seriously injured in the incident and they were rushed to a nearby hospital."

"A police vehicle was also damaged in the explosion," he said.
Mosul, capital city of Ninewa province, is 405 km north of Baghdad.
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U.S. army says detainee dies at medical facility
Thursday , 21 /02 /2008 Time 10:10:17
Baghdad, Feb 21, (VOI)-

The U.S. army said on Thursday that a detainee died at a Coalition medical facility on Wednesday.

"A detainee died at a Coalition medical facility on Feb. 20," the U.S. army said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"He was transported to the facility the afternoon of Feb. 19 for medical assistance," it added.
"The cause of death is under investigation," the statement said, adding no more details.
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Clashes between Iraqi army, armed groups in Basra
Basra - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 21 /02 /2008 Time 10:10:17
Basra, Feb 21, (VOI)-

Iraqi army troops clashed with armed groups in the early hours on Thursday throughout Basra, leaving unspecified number of casualties, a police source said.

"Fierce clashes flared up between Iraqi soldiers and armed groups throughout Basra, mainly in Hussain and al-Jama'ayat neighborhoods in western Basra," the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

"The clashes started from 2 am until 7 am," he pointed out.

"The gunmen used different kinds of weapons; mortar shells, hand grenades, RPG," he added, noting that the confrontations left unspecified number of casualties.
Basra lies 590 km south of Baghdad.
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British base in Basra rocketed
Basra - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 21 /02 /2008 Time 10:10:17
Basra, Feb 21, (VOI)-

The British base at Basra International Airport, northwest of the city, came under an attack with Katyusha rockets, Multi-National Forces spokesman said.

"The base at Basra International Airport came under Katyusha rockets attack late Wednesday," Spokesman for the Multi-National Forces in southern Iraq Captain Finn Aldrich told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"The attack did not cause casualties among the forces," he said, warning that such attacks could lead to suspend works at the airport.

British soldiers are stationed in one base now - the Basra International Airport, 25 km northeast of Basra - after handing over the former presidential palaces, which they took as a military base, to the Iraqi forces.

The British forces in Basra, 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, keep 5,250 troops within the MNF in Iraq after withdrawing 1,600 soldiers during the past few months.
Britain was the United States' prime ally in the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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U.S. soldier killed in central Iraq
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 21 /02 /2008 Time 10:10:17
Baghdad, Feb 21, (VOI)-

The U.S. army in Iraq said on Thursday that one serviceman was killed in an improvised explosive device blast in central Iraq.

"A Multi-National Division – Center soldier was killed when the soldier’s vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device Feb. 20," the army said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The statement did not provide further details.

The death brings the number of the U.S. troops killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 to 3,968, according to statistics released by the U.S. army.

Of this number, 24 U.S. soldiers have been killed so far in February 2008.

November 2004, which witnessed fierce battles between U.S. forces and armed groups in Falluja city, Anbar province, remains the month that saw the highest U.S. death toll with 137.

April 2004 comes second with 135, followed by May 2007 during which 126 U.S. soldiers were killed.
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Car bomb seriously injures civilian near Falluja
Anbar - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 21 /02 /2008 Time 10:10:17
Falluja, Feb 20, (VOI)-

At least one civilian was seriously injured on Wednesday when a car bomb exploded in a market near Falluja city, 45 km west of Baghdad, a police source said.

"The car bomb that was parked near al-Ikhaa market in Amiriyat al-Falluja exploded leaving a civilian seriously injured," the source, who asked to be unnamed, Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).

The source provided no further details.
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