15 Iraqis Killed in a January 2, 2007 Initial Report, Death Toll From Yesterday's Funeral Attack Increases to 36, 6 Executed by Death Squads

3 gunmen killed, 28 suspects arrested in 48 hours

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 02 /01 /2008 Time 3:46:42

Baghdad, Jan 2, (VOI) –

Security forces killed three gunmen and arrested 28 wanted persons and suspects over the past 48 hours in different parts of the Iraqi capital, a senior security source said on Wednesday.

"Iraqi security forces arrested seven wanted persons and three suspects in Baghdad's northern area of al-Kadhimya and defused an explosive charge in Baghdad's western area of al-Mansour," an official spokesman for the Baghdad Fard al-Qanoun (The Enforcement of the Rule of Law) security plan, Brigadier Qasim Ata, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) by phone.

"Four other wanted men were captured in areas in eastern and western al-Rasheed, southern Baghdad," Ata noted.

"An individual wanted by the security apparatus was arrested in Baghdad's northern neighborhood of al-Adhamiya, while two others were arrested in the capital's eastern area of al-Karada.

In Baghdad's suburbs, police forces killed three gunmen, arrested 10 suspects and defused six improvised explosive devices in al-Mahmoudiya district.

"In al-Madaen district, a wanted person was captured and an explosive device was defused," Ata added.
Three security personnel were killed and two others were wounded during the operations, Ata concluded.

In cooperation with the Multi-National Force (MNF), the Iraqi government has launched a wide-scale security operation since mid-February 2007 with the aim of weeding out armed groups from the Iraqi capital.

3 cops wounded in 2 attacks in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 02 /01 /2008 Time 3:46:42

Ninewa, Jan 2, (VOI) –

A policeman was wounded in an explosion in eastern Mosul, while two others were injured in an armed attack on Wednesday, a senior police source said.

"An improvised explosive device went off on Wednesday near a patrol vehicle belonging to Ninewa police's 5th squad in Mosul's eastern neighborhood of al-Baath, wounding a policeman," the source, who preferred to remain unnamed, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"Two other police personnel were injured when unknown gunmen opened fire on their patrol car in al-Nour neighborhood, eastern Mosul," the source added.
The policemen were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 402 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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8 killed, 16 wounded in Ba'aquba bombing attack

Diala - Voices of Iraq Wednesday , 02 /01 /2008 Time 3:46:42

Ba'aquba, Jan 2, (VOI)-

At least eight persons, including two policemen, were killed and 16 others, including awakening council fighters, were injured on Wednesday when a suicide bomber blew herself up near the travel and nationality department in central Ba'aquba, a security source said.

"A suicide bomber blew up an explosive belt strapped to her body on Wednesday afternoon near the travel and nationality department in Ba'aquba al-Jadida region in central Ba'aquba, killing eight, including two policemen, and injuring 16, including awakening council fighters," the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). Chief of the Diala police department Gneneral Ghanem al-Qureshi had said earlier that a suicide bomber blew up an explosive belt strapped to her body near the travel and nationality department in Ba'aquba al-Jadida region at the center of the city, leaving unspecified number of casualties. Ba'aquba, the capital of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

Suicide attack leaves casualties in Ba'aquba

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 02 /01 /2008 Time 3:46:42

Ba'aquba, Jan 2, (VOI)-

A suicide bomber blew herself up on Wednesday afternoon near the travel and nationality department in central Ba'aquba, the chief of the Diala police department said.

"A suicide bomber blew up an explosive belt strapped to her body near the travel and nationality department in Ba'aquba al-Jadida region at the center of the city, leaving unspecified number of casualties," Gneneral Ghanem al-Qureshi told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The general did not add more details.

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

Two brothers killed in Wassit

Wassit - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 02 /01 /2008 Time 3:46:42

Kut, Jan 2, (VOI)- Two brothers were killed on Wednesday morning by unknown gunmen south of Kut city, a police source said.

"Unidentified gunmen blew up a house in Mahelat al-Arab in al-Hay town, south of Kut, killing two brothers instantly," then source, who preferred to be unnamed, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"One of the two brothers was a policeman and the other was an army soldier," he noted.

"Iraqi police opened an investigation into the incident," the source also said.
Kut, the capital of Wassit, is 180 southeast of Baghdad.

Civilian killed, soldier wounded in Diala attacks

Diala - Voices of Iraq Wednesday , 02 /01 /2008 Time 3:46:42

Diala, Jan 2, (VOI)-

At least one civilian was killed and a soldier was wounded in two separate attacks in Diala province, central Iraq, a security source said on Wednesday.

"A roadside bomb detonated, late last night, in Abo Sida district, near Baaquba, killing a civilian," the source, who asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). Meanwhile, the same source reported the injury of an Iraqi soldier when "four mortars landed on Abo Sida district Tuesday evening." Baaquba, capital city of Diala province, is 57 km northeast of Baghdad. SK

3 unidentified bodies found in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 02 /01 /2008 Time 3:46:42

Baghdad, Jan 1, (VOI) –

Three unidentified bodies were found in different areas of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

"Two bodies were found in the al-Sayidiya neighborhood, western Baghdad, while the third was found in Zayouna neighborhood, in the eastern part of the city," an Iraqi interior ministry source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"The bodies showed signs of having been shot, mostly in the head," the source added.

Earlier on Tuesday a security official in Mosul said policemen found three bodies, one of them of an Iraqi soldier, in different areas of the city.
"The body of an Iraqi soldier was found in the Wadi Akkab cemetery, western Mosul, while two unidentified bodies were found near the Ninewa pharmaceuticals plant on the Talkif road, northern Mosul," Brig. Abdul-Kareem al-Juburi, the Ninewa police operations room, told VOI.

"The Iraqi soldier was kidnapped on Monday when he was visiting a relative in al-Tanak neighborhood," said Juburi, adding "the three found bodies showed signs of having been shot in the head and chest."

Meanwhile, Juburi said a police force defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unidentified gunmen under the 5th Bridge, western Mosul, without any damage or casualties.

Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 402 km north of Baghdad.

3 bodies found in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 02 /01 /2008 Time 3:46:42

Ninewa, Jan 1, (VOI) –

Policemen found three bodies, one of them of an Iraqi soldier, in different areas of Mosul city on Tuesday, a security official said.

"The body of an Iraqi soldier was found in the Wadi Akkab cemetery, western Mosul, while two unidentified bodies were found near the Ninewa pharmaceuticals plant on the Talkif road, northern Mosul," Brig. Abdul-Kareem al-Juburi, the Ninewa police operations room, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI.

Meanwhile, Juburi said a police force defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unidentified gunmen under the 5th Bridge, western Mosul, without any damage or casualties.

Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 402 km north of Baghdad.

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Suicide Bombing Kills 7 North of Baghdad; Death Toll From Funeral Attack Increases to 36

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press Writer

Jan 2, 2007, 8:09 AM EST

BAGHDAD (AP) --

A suicide bombing Wednesday in the city of Ba'aqouba killed seven people and wounded 22, police said, while authorities increased the death toll from a Baghdad suicide attack at a funeral the previous day to 36.

The bombings were a reminder of the dangers that persist despite the recent decline in violence in Iraq - and of the peril for mass gatherings in a country where the bereaved often find themselves targets.

In Wednesday's attack, the bomber detonated his explosives near a hospital in the center of the city, the capital of volatile Diyala province, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, said police Col. Raghib al-Omari.

The dead included a policeman and two members of a U.S.-backed armed volunteer group, the Brigades of 1920s Revolution, a police officer said.

The volunteer groups - predominantly Sunni tribal groups known as Awakening Councils who have turned against al-Qaida and are paid by the U.S. military to protect their areas - have been credited with contributing to an overall decline in violence by 60 percent since June.

In the capital, relatives wept outside a hospital as the remains of victims from Tuesday's bombing - the deadliest in Baghdad since August - were placed into coffins. Police increased the death toll by four to 36, and said 37 people had been wounded.

The attacker detonated his explosives amid men gathered in Baghdad's eastern Zayouna neighborhood for the funeral of Nabil Hussein Jassim, a retired Iraqi army officer who was one of 14 people killed last week in a car bombing blamed on al-Qaida in Iraq.

In the same neighborhood, a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded six people Wednesday - three police and three civilians, a police officer said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release information.

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Associated Press writers Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Diaa Hadid contributed to this report.

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