2 US Soldiers, 29 Iraqis Killed, Including 8 Executed by Death Squads, According to February 7, 2008 News Reports

2 US Soldiers, 29 Iraqis Killed, Including 8 Executed by Death Squads, According to February 7, 2008 News Reports

Yaqen.net news agency reported the following today:

- Gunmen attacked the house of a senior police officer in Rutba, resulting in the injury of four family memebers.

- Gunmen attacked a US forces patrol in Beiji with two hand grenades, without injuries.

- Gunmen in two cars in Tikrit attacked a third car, killing four people inside, including Salem Jabbar Matar, brother of the municipal council chairman, Aref Matar.

- US forces detained a 40-year-old Iraqi woman and her 13-year-old son, west of Mosul.

The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported the following:

- US forces announced that 2 US soldiers and 15 Iraqis were killed today during fighting in Khalis.

Iraq amsi reported that the 3 members of the US-recruited Sahwa guards were killed when gunmen attacked the house of Jamil Dawood Al-Zaidi in Al-Muradiyah, south of Ba'agouba. They first allowed women and children to leave, then they killed the three men and destroyed the house with explosives before leaving.

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Car bomb explosion leaves 10 casualties in Baghdad
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 07 /02 /2008 Time 9:59:27
Baghdad, Feb 7, (VOI)-

A car bomb explosion left three (US-recruited) fighters killed and seven others wounded in Madain, south of Baghdad, on Thursday, police said.

“Group of (US-recruited) awakening (al-Sahwa) council members conducted a search-and-raid campaign to a house believed to host gunmen when a bus rigged with bombs parking in front of the house detonated”, a police source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq(VOI).

The source added “the explosion left three Sahwa members killed and seven others wounded”.

Al-Madain is Baghdad ’s southern suburb and key farmland town linking Baghdad to Wassit and Diala provinces.
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Five unknown bodies found in Baghdad
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 07 /02 /2008 Time 9:59:27
Baghdad, Feb 7 (VOI)-

Iraqi police patrols found on Thursday five unidentified bodies dumped in different parts of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, an interior ministry source said.
"Police patrols found five unknown corpses dumped in various parts of Baghdad," the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq -Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

"Three bodies were found in Karrada, al-Shaab and Palestine street neighborhoods in Baghdad 's eastern side of Rasafa, while the fourth and fifth bodies were found in al-Hurriya and al-Ghazaliya neighborhoods, western Baghdad," 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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U.S. soldier killed in western Baghdad
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 07 /02 /2008 Time 9:59:27
Baghdad, Feb 7, (VOI)-

A U.S. serviceman was killed when an improvised device went off against his vehicle in western Baghdad, U.S. military said on Thursday.

“A Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldier was killed when the soldier’s vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in western Baghdad Feb. 6”, the U.S. army said in a press release received by Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The death of the soldier raises the number of the U.S. killed soldiers to 3,950 since the commencement of military operations against Iraq in March 2003 as officially reported by the U.S. army.

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Joint forces besiege two regions in central Diwaniya
Diwaniya - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 07 /02 /2008 Time 9:59:27
Diwaniya, Feb 7, (VOI)-

A joint forces of Iraqi police and army personnel, backed by Polish forces, besieged two regions in central Diwaniya searching for wanted men, a police source said.

"Joint police and army forces, backed by Polish troops, besieged al-Aourouba and Nissan region in central Diwaniya, in search of wanted men," Colonel Ghassan Mohammad told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

"A tip-off indicated the presence of wanted men in these two areas," he explained.
"A wide-scale searching operation was launched in the two regions within the Operation Lions' Leap," the officer said.

Hundreds of Iraqi police and army forces have been involved since November 16 in the security plan in al-Diwaniya codenamed Lion's Leap with the aim of hunting down and disarming gunmen in the province.
Diwaniya is located 180 km south of Baghdad.

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Gunmen set eight communication towers ablaze in Mosul
Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 07 /02 /2008 Time 9:59:27
Mosul, Feb 7, (VOI)-

Unidentified gunmen set eight communication towers ablaze in the city of Mosul, a police source said on Thursday.

"Unknown gunmen set fire to six communication towers in al-Ghufran, Karama, Mithaq, al-Nour, al-Qadissiya al-Thaniya neighborhoods in eastern Mosul and al-Sedeeq neighborhood in the northern section of the city," the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

"They burned also two more towers in 17 Tamouz and Senaat Wadi Ekab regions in western Mosul, he added.

"The burnt towers belong to AsiaCell, Fanous, Iraqna mobile companies," the source explained, adding no further details.
Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad.

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4 children wounded as bomb goes off in Diala
Diala - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 07 /02 /2008 Time 9:59:27
Ba'aqouba, Feb 7, (VOI)- Four children were injured on Thursday morning in a bomb blast in the city of Ba'aqouba, a security source said.

"An explosive charge went off in al-Muradiya village in Ba'aqouba, injuring four children," the source, who asked anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

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

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Explosion wounds four in Diala
Diala - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 07 /02 /2008 Time 9:59:27
Ba'aqouba, Feb 6, (VOI)-

Four people were wounded on Wednesday when a roadside bomb went off targeting a civilian car in Khalis, Diala province, said a police source.
"An improvised explosive device exploded targeting a civilian car near al-Hashimiyat village in Khalis, injuring four people, including three women," the source, who asked to be unnamed, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).
Ba'aqouba, the capital of Diala, is 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

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