5 US Soldiers, 23 Iraqis Killed, Including 20 Executed by Death Squads, According to February 9, 2008 News Reports

20 unidentified bodies found in Iraq on Saturday
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Saturday , 09 /02 /2008 Time 8:22:53
Baghdad, Feb 9, (VOI) –

Twenty unidentified bodies were found all over Iraq on Saturday, according to security sources

Policemen found three unidentified bodies lying on the main road linking the cities of al-Qaem and al-Rutbah in Anbar province, a police source said.
"A police patrol found three bodies showing signs of having been tortured and shot on the road between al-Qaem and al-Rutbah cities," Lt. Ahmed Salman told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

In Diala a security source said policemen found eight unidentified bodies, three of them were of women, in a village in the city of Baaquba.

"The eight bodies were found in the village of al-Hamir," the source, who declined to be named, told VOI.

Ba'aqouba, the capital of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.
In Kirkuk, five unidentified bodies were found in a pit in al-Huweija district, 70 km southwest of the city, police said.

"The Kirkuk police patrols found five unidentified bodies dumped in a pit near the village of al-Tariqiya, al-Huweija" a security source told VOI.

Kirkuk, a province of mixed Shiite, Sunni, Kurdish, Turcoman and Assyrian population, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
In the Iraqi capital an interior ministry source said four unidentified bodies were found in western and eastern Baghdad.

"Policemen found four bodies in separate areas in Baghdad on Saturday: two in al-Dora neighborhood, western Baghdad, and two in al-Waziriya neighborhood, eastern Baghdad," the source, who preferred not to be named, told VOI.
"The bodies showed signs of having been shot, mostly in the head," the source said.

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5 killed, wounded in car bomb blast in Mosul
Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Saturday , 09 /02 /2008 Time 8:22:53
Ninewa, Feb 9, (VOI) –

Iraqi army forces managed to kill a suicide bomber driving an explosive vehicle before reaching a checkpoint he targeted in northern Mosul, resulting in the slight injury of four civilians after the car was detonated, a security source said.

"Army soldiers on Saturday opened fire at a suicide bomber in his explosive vehicle before reaching a target checkpoint in al-Hadbaa neighborhood, northern Mosul, killing the bomber," Brig. Khaled Abdul-Sattar, the spokesman for the Ninewa security operations command, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"The detonation of the bomber's vehicle caused four civilians to sustain slight wounds. They were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment," said Abdul-Sattar.
The source did not give further details.

Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.
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Civilian killed, (US-recruited) fighter wounded in Kirkuk
Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq
Saturday , 09 /02 /2008 Time 8:22:53
Kirkuk, Jan 9, (VOI)-

At least a civilian was killed and a (US-recruited) Sahwa fighter was wounded in two separate attacks in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, a police source said on Saturday.

"Unknown gunmen shot dead a civilian, this morning, in al-Hawijah district, 70 km southwest of Kirkuk," the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq –Voices of Iraq- (VOI).
The same source said that unknown gunmen shot and wounded last night a Sahwa fighter in al-Sakhrah village, 30 km southwest of Kirkuk.

Sahwa fighters are tribesmen fighting on the side of the U.S. forces and government against Qaeda organization in the Sunni majority areas throughout Iraq.
Kirkuk is 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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Five U.S. soldiers killed, three wounded in Iraq-army
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Saturday , 09 /02 /2008 Time 8:22:53
Baghdad, Jan 9, (VOI)-

The U.S. army said on Saturday five service members were killed and three others wounded in two separate incidents throughout Iraq.

"Four Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers were killed when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device while the Soldiers were conducting a combat patrol northwest of Baghdad Feb. 8," the U.S. army said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq –Voices of Iraq –(VOI).

Later on Saturday, the U.S. military issued another press release saying " A Multi-National Division - North Soldier was killed as a result of injuries sustained from an explosion near the Soldier’s vehicle while conducting operations in At Tamim (Kirkuk) Province Feb. 8."
The release added "Three Soldiers were also wounded and transported to a Coalition Forces medical facility for treatment."

The deaths bring the number of the U.S. troops killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 to 3,957, according to statistics released by the U.S. army.
Of this number, 13 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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U.S. forces raid College of Dentistry in Baghdad
Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Saturday , 09 /02 /2008 Time 8:22:53
Baghdad, Feb 8, (VOI)-

A U.S. force on Friday raided the College of Dentistry, al-Mustansiriya University, in central Baghdad, the spokesman for the Iraqi ministry of higher education said.

"U.S. forces raided the Faculty of Dentistry, al-Mustansiriya University, in Sheikh Marouf street behind al-Karama hospital," Basel al-Khatib told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).
Taqi al-Musawi, president of al-Mustansiriya University, confirmed the incident.
"The forces broke the faculty's doors and destroyed its laboratories," he noted.
"They did not arrest the guards but they confiscated their weapons," the president also said.
He strongly denounced the incident, pointing out this was the second attack of its kind in less than ten days.

For his part, Abdul-Latif Rayan, Advisor at Media Operations of the coalition forces, said he has no information on the incident yet.

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Gunman killed, policeman injured in Fallouja
Anbar - Voices of Iraq
Saturday , 09 /02 /2008 Time 8:22:53
Falluja, Feb 8, (VOI)-

One gunman was killed and a policeman was injured on Friday during armed clashes between police forces and unknown gunmen in central Fallouja, a police source said.
"Fierce clashes flared up between five unknown gunmen and a police patrol in al-Muaatasem neighborhood in central Fallouja," the source, who asked anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"A gunman was killed and a policeman was seriously injured during the clashes," he added.
"The cop was rushed to the Fallouja public hospital for treatment," he also said.
Fallouja, Anbar province, is 45 km west of Baghdad.

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