78 Iraqis Massacred in Various Cities, According to a January 18, 2008 Report

13 gunmen killed by U.S. forces in northern Iraq

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 18 /01 /2008 Time 8:20:28

Baghdad, Jan 18, (VOI)-

The U.S. army said on Friday that its forces killed 13 armed men and detained three suspected gunmen during military operations in northern Iraq.

"As Coalition forces arrived in the target area, they were engaged by small-arms fire and rocket propelled grenades. The ground force returned fire in self-defense and called for supporting aircraft," it also said.

"Due to the hostile environment, the ground force pulled back and called for supporting aircraft to engage the buildings to destroy any remaining explosives. The ground force assessed that a total of nine (Iraqi fighters) were killed during the engagement."
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Armed clashes leave 110 casualties in Nassiriya

Thi-Qar - Voices of Iraq Friday , 18 /01 /2008 Time 8:20:28

Nassiriya, Jan 18, (VOI)

At least 50 persons were killed and 60 more, including security officers, were injured during armed clashes that flared up on Friday afternoon n the city of Nassiriya with gunmen, believed to be members of the self-styled Ansar Ahmad al-Yamani group, a police source said.

"Clashes broke out this afternoon between security forces and gunmen believed to be members of Ansar Ahmad al-Yamani armed group, killing 50 persons and wounding 60," the source told Asawt al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"A number of senior security officers, including Colonel Nagi Rustom, chief of the emergency police force in the city, and Colonel Zamel Khaza'al Badr, deputy chief of the criminal intelligence, were killed in the clashes," he added. A police source had said earlier that Police forces managed to kill the leader of the self-styled Soldiers of Heaven organization and detained dozens of his group during clashes broke out in central Basra. Nassiriya, the capital of Dhi Qar province, is 390 km south of Baghdad.

54 gunmen killed, arrested south of Ba'aquba

Diala - Voices of Iraq Friday , 18 /01 /2008 Time 8:20:28

Baaquba, Jan 18, (VOI)-

Joint US-Iraqi forces killed a gunman and arrested 53 others in a military operation conducted south of Ba'aquba, a security source said. “A joint Iraqi army-police forces, backed by U.S troops, managed to implement a military operation waged on Jan 14 in regions of Bahraz district, south of Baaquba," the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq (VOI).

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7 gunmen killed near Ba'aquba

Diala - Voices of Iraq Friday , 18 /01 /2008 Time 8:20:28

Diala, Jan 18, (VOI) –

Government forces, in cooperation with tribesmen, foiled an attack north of Ba'aquba and killed seven members of the organization while a member of a local council was wounded in the attack, an official police source in Diala said on Friday.

IED attack leaves woman, child killed, 3 wounded

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Friday , 18 /01 /2008 Time 8:43:01

Baghdad, Jan 18, (VOI) –

A woman and a girl child were killed and three others wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near a U.S. patrol in the neighborhood of Ur, eastern Baghdad, on Friday, police said.

5 gunmen killed, 17 arrested in northern Iraq – U.S. army

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Friday , 18 /01 /2008 Time 8:43:01

Baghdad, Jan 18, (VOI) –

The U.S. army in Iraq said its forces killed five gunmen and captured 17 others in operations targeting al-Qaeda network in northern Iraq. "In Bi’aj, Coalition forces conducted an operation targeting an Iraqi leader for the network in the western region of Mosul.

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Iraqi Troops Clash With Iraqi fighters in Southern Iraq

By KIM GAMEL Associated Press Writer

Jan 18, 2008, 11:29 AM EST

BAGHDAD (AP) --

Iraqi fighters attacked police prompting fierce clashes that left at least 15 people dead a year after the group plotted a similar attack, authorities said.

Carrying yellow flags or wearing yellow headbands to show their allegiance to the Soldiers of Heaven Iraqi organization, the gunmen attacked in Basra and Nassiriyah. Last year, U.S. and Iraqi troops battled followers of this organization in fields outside the city of Najaf after determining that its members planned to disguise themselves as pilgrims and kill leading clerics.

Most of those killed and wounded in Friday's clashes were police in Nassiriyah city some 200 miles southeast of Baghdad.

Street battles also broke out in Basra, another city 340 miles southeast of Baghdad.

Police said two officers died and four others were wounded in the fighting, which started after armed men attacked police. A mosque belonging to the group also was burned by police after they were fired upon by people hiding inside, authorities said.

Basra police chief, Maj. Gen. Abdul-Jalil Khalaf, said later that the leader of the group in Basra, whom he identified as Abu Mustafa al-Ansari, was killed along with two other attackers.

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Associated Press writer Sameer N. Yacoub contributed to this report.

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