120 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 50 in an Al-Iskandariya Blast, 62 Executed by Death Squads in Diala, According to February 24, 2008 News Reports

120 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 50 in an Al-Iskandariya Blast, 62 Executed by Death Squads in Diala, According to February 24, 2008 News Reports

Aljazeera tv reported at 11:00 am ET that Al-Iskandariya blast resulted in killing 50 Iraqis, not 25 as officials indicated.

Yaqen.net reported the following news today:

- 25 people were killed (VOI reported 20 below), 43 were injured by a suicide bombing in Al-Ikandariya.

- 3 Iraqis were killed (VOI reported one below), 36 were injured when they were attacked by gunmen in Al-Dora, south of Baghdad.

- 2 Iraqi women were found killed in their home, and two Syrian-Iraqi abducted girls were released in Basra.

- One US-recruited Sahwa fighter was killed, nine others were injured by a car bomb targeting their patrol in Huwaija.

- A US Hummer vehicle was destroyed and its crew was killed or injured in the city of Rawa, in Al-Anbar Province.

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1 killed, 46 wounded in southern Baghdad attacks
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 24 /02 /2008 Time 5:54:06
Baghdad, Feb 24, (VOI) –

Al-Yarmuk hospital received the body of one man and 46 others wounded as casualties from attacks in al-Dora area, southern Baghdad, a medic said on Sunday.
"Among the wounded were three women, three policemen and two army soldiers," the medic told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile, a security source said a number of people were wounded when gunmen opened fire on a gathering of civilians in al-Dora.
"Gunmen using hand grenades and automatic rifles attacked civilians heading for Karbala to perform the rituals of the Arbaeen pilgrimage in al-Dora, southern Baghdad," the source told VOI, declining to give counts of casualties.

The Arba'een, to take place on Thursday, is a religious occasion marking the 40th day after the death of Imam al-Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson and the third holiest figure for Shiite Muslims, in the battle of Taf in Karbala in the Hegira year 61 (680 in the Gregorian calendar).
Karbala, said to be housing the tombs of Imam al-Hussein and his brother Imam al-Abbas, lies 130 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

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20 killed, 40 wounded in Babel blast
Babel - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 24 /02 /2008 Time 5:54:06
Babel, Feb 24, (VOI) –

Twenty people were killed and 40 others wounded in a suicide blast north of Hilla on Sunday, a police source said.

"A suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt amongst a group of Shi'i pilgrims heading from Baghdad to Karbala in the Hettin residential compound in al-Iskandariya district, (60 km) north of Hilla, leaving 20 people killed and 40 others wounded," the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

A security source from the Babel police had told VOI that a suicide blast north of Hilla killed an unidentified number of civilians on Sunday.
Hilla, the capital of Babel, lies 100 km south of Baghdad.

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Kirkuk bombing claims 11 casualties
Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 24 /02 /2008 Time 5:54:06
Kirkuk, Feb 24, (VOI) -

The toll from the al-Hawija car bombing rose to one individual killed and ten others wounded, including the chief of anti-al-Qaeda Sahwa (Awakening) Council and his aide, a medical source said on Sunday.

"The toll from the car bomb that went off targeting Sahwa Council patrol in the central al-Hawija district, 70 km south-west of Kirkuk, rose to one individual killed and ten others wounded, including Hussein Khalaf al-Juburi, the chief of the district’s Awakening Council, and his aide Sami Bakir," a medical source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq -Voices of Iraq - (VOI).
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IED leaves 5 casualties in Mosul
Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 24 /02 /2008 Time 5:54:06
Ninewa, Feb 25, (VOI) –

Two electricity employees in the province of Ninewa were killed and three others wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near their bus in eastern Mosul on Sunday, a security official said.

"An IED went off near a mini-bus in al-Quds neighborhood, eastern Mosul, killing two employees and wounding three others," Brig. Khaled Abdul-Sattar, the official spokesman for the Ninewa operations command, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"The blast caused severe damage to the vehicle," Abdul-Sattar said, adding "the two bodies were taken to the city morgue and the wounded to a hospital for treatment."
Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

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37 unidentified bodies buried in Diala
Diala - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 24 /02 /2008 Time 5:54:06
Diala, Feb 24, (VOI) –

The health authorities in Diala buried 37 unidentified bodies in a cemetery in the district of Ba'aqouba, upping the total number of unknown bodies buried during the past couple of days to 62, an official security source said.

"The forensics in the Ba'aqouba public hospital sanctioned the burial of 37 unidentified bodies in the Abu Idris cemetery in al-Tahrir neighborhood, Ba'aqouba," the source, who asked not to have his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"All bodies found in the past few days in different areas in the province of Diala showed signs of having been shot in the head and other parts," the source said.

The Ba'aqouba forensics licensed the burial of 25 unidentified bodies on Saturday in the same cemetery.

Ba'aqouba, the capital of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

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Car bomb defused south of Karbala
Karbala - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 24 /02 /2008 Time 5:54:06
Karbala, Feb 24, (VOI) –

A car bomb parked near stores in al-Hai al-Sinai neighborhood, 3 km south of Karbala, was defused on Sunday, an official security source said.

"The bomb squad, sealing off the area, dismantled the explosive vehicle that contained a number of improvised explosive devices, a bottle of oxygen, and artillery shells," Maj. General Raed Shakir Jawdat, the Karbala police and operations chief, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

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