17 Iraqis Killed in Attacks, Including 6 Executed by Death Squads, According to February 29, 2008 News Reports

17 Iraqis Killed in Attacks, Including 6 Executed by Death Squads, According to February 29, 2008 News Reports

Yaqen.net reported the following news today:

- 8 bodies of Iraqis executed by death squads were found in Baghdad, Al-Falloujah, and Al-Kut.
- US Hummer was destroyed by a roadside bomb in Mosul.

Two unidentified bodies found in Baghdad
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 29 /02 /2008 Time 10:36:32
Baghdad, Feb 29, (VOI)-

Iraqi police patrols found on Friday two unidentified bodies dumped in different parts of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, an interior ministry source said.

"Police patrols found two unknown corpses dumped in various parts of Baghdad," the source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

"The two bodies were found in western Baghdad; the first in al-Doura neighborhood, while the second was found in al-Atifiya neighborhood," the source added.

"The bodies found bore signs of gunshot wounds to different parts of the body, mainly to the head," he noted.

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Two bodies found in Wassit
Wassit - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 29 /02 /2008 Time 10:36:32
Kut, Feb 29, (VOI)-

Two bodies were salvaged from the Tigris River in north of Kut, a police source said on Friday.
"Policemen salvaged two bodies from the Tigris River," Captain Saleh al-Ubeidi told Aswat al-Iraq – voices of Iraq (VOI).
"The bodies belonging to two persons drowned last Saturday while trying to cross the river," he added.
"The police forces still searching for a third body," the captain said.
Kut, the capital of Wassit, is 180 km southeast of Baghdad.

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Police find prosecutor, lawyer bodies in Ninewa
Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 29 /02 /2008 Time 10:36:32
Ninewa, Feb 29, (VOI)-

Police found corpses of a prosecutor and a lawyer dumped in Ninewa on Friday, the spokesman for the Ninewa operations command said.
"Police patrols found two bodies of a prosecutor and a lawyer handcuffed and riddled with bullets in Al-Qahira district, northern Mosul." Brig. Khalid Abdul Sattar told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The security official identified "the prosecutor as Abd Jassim Hanash al-Janabi and the lawyer as Hamad Sultan al-Louizi".
"They were abducted by unknown gunmen near al-Maaridh area, eastern Mosul, on Friday morning", he added.
The spokesman did not provide further details, but said the bodies were handed to the forensic medicine in Mosul.
Mosul, the capital of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north Baghdad

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Gunmen abduct bishop, kill 3 escorts in Ninewa
Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 29 /02 /2008 Time 10:36:32
Mosul, Feb 29, (VOI)-

Gunmen on Friday kidnapped a bishop and killed three of his escorts in Mosul, spokesman for the Ninewa operations command said.
"Gunmen abducted Bishop Faraj Rahou and killed three of his bodyguards in al-Nour district, eastern Mosul" Brig. Khalid Abdul Sattar told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq (VOI).
He pointed out "bishop Rahou, the chief of Catholic Chaldeans in Mosul, was stopped by gunmen while leaving the district church."
"The gunmen opened fire against his escorts, killing three and taking the bishop into an unknown place," he added.
Mosul, the capital of a multi-ethnic and multi-religious province of Ninewa, saw a string of attacks against churches late last year. It also branded by Iraqi and U.S. security official as the last hub for al-Qaeda network operatives.

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Roadside bomb kills man, son in Mosul
Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 29 /02 /2008 Time 10:36:32
Ninewa, Feb 29, (VOI)-

A man and his son were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Mosul on Friday, the official spokesman for the Ninewa operations said.
"An improvised explosive device went off targeting a U.S. vehicle patrol near al-Dhubat district, eastern Mosul, killing a passing man and his 11-year-old son," Brig. Khalid Abdul Sattar told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq (VOI).
Mosul, the capital of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north Baghdad

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Turkish troops withdraw from northern Iraq
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 29 /02 /2008 Time 10:36:32
Baghdad, Feb 29, (VOI)-

Turkish troops withdrew from the northern territories in Iraq's Kurdistan region on early Friday, the official spokesman for the Iraqi government said.

"There is an organized withdrawal of the Turkish troops which puts an end to the Turkish military operations in northern Iraq," Ali al-Dabagh told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).
"The Iraqi government welcomes the Turkish withdrawal," the spokesman added, highlighting the government's understanding to the Turkish interests and its desire to fight terrorism.
He voiced hope over the continuation of negotiations between Ankara and Baghdad.
The Turkish envoy declined on Wednesday to give Baghdad a timetable for the withdrawal of troops fighting Turkish guerrillas in northern Iraq.

Thousands of Turkish troops crossed the border on Thursday to root out the Kurdistan Workers Party PKK fighters. The PKK has ensconced in remote mountainous northern Iraq as a base for their fight since the 1990s for self-rule in the mainly Kurdish southeast of Turkey.
The United States and the European Union have expressed concern over the incursion.

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