15 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 7 Executed by Death Squads, Fighting All Over Iraq, According to Initial July 12, 2008 News Reports

15 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 7 Executed by Death Squads, Fighting All Over Iraq, According to July 12, 2008 News Reports

Editor's Note:

Only God knows how many Iraqis are killed everyday. The following represents part of the reporting but readers are advised that the actual number of deaths should very much exceed what's reported.

Concerning deaths of US soldiers, only those US citizens who die in Iraq are included in the statistics. There are no published statistics about US soldiers who die of their injuries after that. There are no published statistics about the deaths or injuries of the private army soldiers (security contractors), or about those without US citizenship.

It is noteworthy that May 20, 2008 news reports showed that death squads which execute Iraqis on daily basis are no longer hiding themselves. Previously, Sunni leaders pointed to Mahdi Army and Badr militiamen as the perpetrators. Now, death squads are composed of the US-recruited Sahwa fighters and policemen (which is an opportunity for US forces command to sever relations with these fighters).

Despite the fact that there are scores of organizations involved in the Iraq war, the Iraqi government officials prefer to refer to them as Alqaeda gunmen for propaganda purposes, as mentioned in the June 4, 2008 news report. For accuracy purposes, the term "Alqaeda gunmen" may be replaced with "Iraqi fighters."

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One civilian killed in central Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 13 /07 /2008 Time 2:21:48

NINEWA, July 12 (VOI) –

One civilian on Saturday was killed in a roadside bomb attack, central Mosul, said a source from Ninewa police.
"One civilian was killed when a roadside bomb went off on the road in Ain-Shams neighborhood, central Mosul," the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
The source did not mention further details, but noted, "The victim was at the location of the attack by coincidence."
Mosul, capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Iraq.
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One policeman killed in Tal-Afar

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 13 /07 /2008 Time 2:21:48

NINEWA, July 12 (VOI) – One policeman on Saturday was killed in a roadside bomb attack aint Tal-Afar suburb, said a source from Ninewa police.
"One policeman was killed when a roadside bomb went off at the road in al-Aiadhiya area of Tal-Afar suburb (western Mosul)," the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
The source did not mention further details.
Tal-Afar suburb is 60 km to the west of Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province that lies 405 km north of Iraq.

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Two policemen killed, one wounded in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 13 /07 /2008 Time 2:21:48

NINEWA, July 12 (VOI) –

Two policemen were killed in a gunmen's trap, central Mosul, while a traffic policemen who was nearby was wounded by coincidence, a source from Ninewa police said on Saturday.
"Two policemen were killed on Saturday, and a traffic policeman was wounded by unknown gunmen's trap in al-Jameaa tunnel, al-Majmoa al-Thaqafiya neighborhood (central Mosul)," the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
"The two policemen who were killed were patrolling near the tunnel, after they received a misleading phone call from an unknown source," he said.
"The traffic policeman who was wounded was coincidentally nearby," he added.
The source did not mention further details, but noted "the wounded traffic policeman was admitted to hospital."
Mosul, capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Iraq.
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2 killed, 5 wounded in Iraq violence until Saturday afternoon

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 13 /07 /2008 Time 2:21:48

BAGHDAD, July 12 (VOI) –

Two people were killed and five others wounded in acts of violence in different areas of Iraq during the period from Friday evening until Saturday afternoon, according to security sources.

In Baghdad, the Iraqi police said an improvised explosive device went of in the southern Baghdad area of al-Dora, leaving two civilians wounded. A short while later a second IED blast ripped through the area of Ras al-Hawash, in al-Adhamiya town, targeting a U.S. patrol, but the casualties could not be known.
In Mosul, 405 km north of Baghdad, an official Iraqi army source said unidentified gunmen in a vehicle opened fire on Friday evening at a civilian near his home in Aden neighborhood, eastern Mosul, killing him instantly before escaping to an unknown place.
In Kirkuk, 250 km northeast of Baghdad, a police source in the city said an IED went off in the area of Taseen, southwestern Kirkuk, near the vehicle of a police chief, Col. Ahmed Shmirani, wounding him and a Lt. Colonel in his company.
"The explosion, however, killed a woman and wounded another who were happened to be nearby the blast scene," the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
In Diwaniya, Ghassan Muhammad, the commander of the Diwaniya Emergency Force, told VOI that five men were arrested from inside the Imam Ali mosque in the city during the Friday prayers.
In Diala, Maj. General Ghanim al-Qurayshi said a joint Iraqi-U.S. force on Saturday captured 10 members of al-Qaeda network, including three leading operatives of the self-styled Islamic State of Iraq group in an airdrop operation in southern Baaquba.
"A Diala police force, backed by U.S. troops, conducted an airdrop operation that targeted the strongholds of al-Qaeda in the area of Bazayez, Buhrez district, (5 km) southern Baaquba, arresting 10 al-Qaeda members," Qurayshi told VOI.
"Three amirs (leaders) and a man called Majid Hamid al-Jemeili, the agriculture minister in the so-called Islamic State of Iraq, were among the captured gunmen," he added.
In Basra, 590 km south of the Iraqi capital, the interior ministry said in a statement on Saturday that security forces in the district of al-Zubair captured two wanted men, defused three IEDs and seized an amount of arms and munitions.

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Kirkuk police chief escapes assassination attempt

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 13 /07 /2008 Time 2:21:48

KIRKUK, July 12 (VOI) –

Kirkuk's emergency police chief on Saturday survived the second attempt on his life in two months when an explosive charge targeted his motorcade in southwestern Kirkuk city, a security source said.

"Today an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in Hay al-Tiseen area, southwestern Kirkuk, targeting a vehicle carrying Colonel Ahmed Shamirani, wounding him along with a lieutenant colonel, who was in his company," the source, who preferred to remain unnamed, told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).
"The explosion killed a woman and wounded another, who were close to the scene at the time of the attack," the source noted.
On April 30, Shamirani survived a similar assassination attempt when an explosive device targeted his vehicle near the old building of Kirkuk Police Academy and al-Asdiqaa gas station in al-Wassit neighborhood, southwestern Kirkuk. The blast wounded four civilians.

Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians, and Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

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Southern Baghdad blast wounds 2 civilians

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 13 /07 /2008 Time 2:21:48

BAGHDAD, July 12 (VOI) – Two civilians were wounded when an explosive charge detonated in Baghdad's southern area of al-Doura, Iraqi authorities said on Saturday.

"Another improvised explosive device (IED) went off shortly after the first explosion in Raas al-Hawash area, Adhamiya City, targeting a U.S. army patrol vehicle, but no casualties have been reported thus far," a police source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).

No comment was immediately available from the U.S. army.

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Iraq War Report for events of Saturday, 12 July 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Saturday, 12 July 2008.

·        US-backed “Awakening” police in al-Qa’im arrest 30 people recently released from prison by American forces in open campaign to kill all former prisoners.

·        Bomb explodes by US column in northwest Baghdad at dawn Saturday.

·        US, Iraqi regime forces capture al-Qa‘idah “Minister” in Diyala Province.

·        Shabak minority leader assassinated east of al-Mawsil.

·        In continued preparations for American attack on Iran, Iraqi regime police arrest nine anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen in raids, searches in al-Basrah.

Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Qa’im.

US-backed “Awakening” police arrest 30 people recently released from prison by American forces in open campaign to kill all former prisoners.

In a dispatch posted at 3:50pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US-backed tribal “Awakening” police in the city of al-Qa’im, near the Syrian border, had been carrying out raids and arrests in which they captured individuals who had recently returned home after being released from US prison camps in the country. It is the largest such operation by the “Awakening” tribal police, known for murdering people released by US forces.

Yaqen reported witnesses as saying that more than 30 former prisoners had been captured by the tribal police and taken to unknown destinations. All had been released from US camps in recent days.

The wave of captures is the latest in a campaign being waged for several months by the commander of the al-Anbar tribal “Awakening” police, ‘Ali Hatim as-Sulayman, in which people released by the US forces have been kidnapped and murdered. ‘Ali Hatim appeared on various satellite TV channels several months ago to call for the killing of all those released from prison and the confiscation of their homes and property.

Baghdad.

Resistance group claims attack on US Humvee.

In a dispatch posted at 12:17pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that an Iraqi resistance group calling itself the Jaysh as-Sabirin, a constituent member organization of the Baath-dominated Jihad and Liberation Front, had claimed that its fighters had set off a bomb that destroyed a US Humvee somewhere in Salah ad-Din Province.

Bomb wounds two civilians in southern Baghdad Saturday.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:55pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time (11:55am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded amidst a group of civilians near the as-Salam Bridge in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah on Saturday.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that the blast wounded two civilians who were taken to hospital afterwards.

Bomb explodes by US column in northwest Baghdad at dawn Saturday.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:55pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time (11:55am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a US patrol in northern Baghdad’s Sunni district of al-A‘zamiyah at about 4am local time Saturday morning.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that the Americans rushed to close off the area after the blast and therefore no information on the nature or extent of US casualties, if any, was available.

Salah ad-Din Province.
Ash-Sharuqat.

Bomb explodes by bus taking villagers to market in al-Sharuqat Saturday afternoon, wounding five.

In a dispatch posted at 8:55pm Baghdad time Saturday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a civilian vehicle in the city of al-Sharuqat, 250km north of Baghdad, on Saturday afternoon.

Yaqen reported a source in the regional government as saying that a vehicle that was taking villagers to a market was the target of a bomb attack that wounded all five people aboard.

The source said that some of the victims suffered serious injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment. The vehicle was heavily damaged.

Diyala Province.
Buhriz.

US, Iraqi regime forces capture al-Qa‘idah “Minister” in Diyala Province.

In a dispatch posted at 1:41pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US occupation forces and Iraqi regime police had carried out an air borne landing in the Bazayiz area near Buhriz, 60km northeast of Baghdad, as a result of which 10 members of the al-Qa‘idah organization were captured, including three commanders and the “Minister of Agriculture” in the so-called “Islamic State of Iraq” – an al-Qa‘idah front organization.

Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that the Saturday raid had targeted a stronghold of al-Qa‘idah where the organization’s “Agriculture Minister” for Diyala Province, Majid Hamid al-Jumayli had been arrested.

Al-Qa‘idah announced the formation of its so-called “Islamic State of Iraq” in October 2006. The “Islamic State” brings together six small Islamist groupings under the control of al-Qa‘idah. Al-Jumayli was appointed to his post three days ago, following the arrest of the previous “Minister,” Muthanna ad-Dulaymi.

At-Ta’mim/Kirkuk Province.
Kirkuk.

Woman killed in bomb attack targeted on police officer in Kirkuk Saturday morning.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 6:32pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time (1:23pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb that exploded near a high-ranking Iraqi military officer killed a woman in the city of Kirkuk, 250km north of Baghdad, on Saturday.

Xinhua reported Brigadier General Burhan Wasif of the Kirkuk police command as saying that the bomb exploded near Colonel Ahmad Shumayrani, the Administrator of the provincial rescue police as he was walking through the al-Khadra’ neighborhood of central Kirkuk Saturday morning.

Wasif said that Shumayrani and two other officers in the police who were with him were slightly wounded in the explosion, but a woman who just happened to be on the scene at the time was killed in the blast. The three officers were taken to hospitalized, received treatment, and were then released, their injuries being relatively slight.

It was the second time that Colonel Shumayrani has survived an assassination attempt; he was the target of an earlier attack on 30 April this year.

Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.

Shabak minority leader assassinated east of al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted at 10:10pm Baghdad time Saturday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a member of the Political Bureau of the Shabak Democratic Coalition had been murdered by gunmen in the agricultural area near Ba‘shiqah in Ninwa Province on Saturday.

Yaqen reported a source in the provincial government as saying that gunmen shot and killed the member of the Shabak ethnic minority near the village of ‘Umar Qaji in the Ba‘shiqah area, 30km east of al-Mawsil. Yaqen noted that Ba‘shiqah is an ethnically mixed area where “Christians, Yazidis, Arabs, Kurds, and Shabak reside.”

The Shabak are a minority listed as numbering 80,000 in the official 1977 census and resident in the Ninwa area. A deputy representing the Shabak in the US-installed parliament, Hanin al-Qadu, asserts that the minority numbers between 300,000 and 400,000 persons.

The Shabak speak a language similar to Zakaki and Kurdish and many follow a religion that reportedly is similar to that of the Yazidis. Other Shabaks are Muslim and practice a version of Sufism.

Since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 American-backed Kurdish separatist parties have tried to assert control over Shabak areas with a view to annexing them to an eventual Kurdish state. The Democratic Shabak Coalition seeks separate representation for the Shabak community and its members have been the target of repression by Kurdish separatist Peshmergah gunmen on occasion.

Gunmen kill two Iraqi government policemen in al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted at 6:20pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that armed men had ambushed a police patrol in the Cultural Complex in al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a source in the Ninwa Province police as saying that two policemen were killed and a traffic policeman wounded in the ambush, which took place near the University Tunnel in the Cultural Complex area. The police patrol was in the area in response to a message from the attackers that lured them there. The traffic policeman, who was wounded in the attack, happened to be in the area at the time of the ambush on the patrol.

Since 10 May, the US and its Iraqi regime allies have been waging an offensive against the al-Qa‘idah organization in al-Mawsil and surrounding Ninwa Province.

Tall ‘Afar.

Bodies of seven kidnapped Turcomans found near Tall ‘Afar.

In a dispatch posted at 9:20pm Baghdad time Saturday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi government army troops had found the bodies of seven ethnic Turcomans who had been kidnapped near a village in the Tal ‘Afar area Friday.

Yaqen reported a source in the army as saying that the seven bodies were found dumped near the village of Rifayn near al-Mahlabiyah to the south of Tall ‘Afar. The seven Turcomans were residents of Tall ‘Afar who were kidnapped by gunmen on Friday when they were on their way to al-Mawsil on the main highway.

Since 10 May, the US and its Iraqi regime allies have been waging an offensive against the al-Qa‘idah organization in al-Mawsil and surrounding Ninwa Province.

Policeman killed in bomb attack near Tall ‘Afar Saturday.

In a dispatch posted at 7:15pm Baghdad time Saturday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb had exploded in the Tall ‘Afar area, 55km west of al-Mawsil in northwestern Iraq on Saturday.

Yaqen reported a source in the Ninwa Province police as saying that the bomb, which had been planted by the side of a road in the al-‘Ayyadiyah area, killed one policeman.

Since 10 May, the US and its Iraqi regime allies have been waging an offensive against the al-Qa‘idah organization in al-Mawsil and surrounding Ninwa Province.

Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.

In continued preparations for American attack on Iran, Iraqi regime police arrest nine anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen in raids, searches in al-Basrah.

In a dispatch posted at 6:55pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the Iraqi government police had carried out raids in various parts of al-Basrah in southern Iraq on Thursday and arrested nine more members of the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.

Yaqen reported the police as adding that they had found an Austrian rocket and five mortar shells near the an-Najibiyah Electric Power Station, 10km north of al-Basrah as well as quantities of ammunition in the course of their raids.

Since March, the US-backed Iraqi regime has been actively engaged in an offensive against the anti-occupation Sadr Movement and its armed wing, the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia, in Iraq, in what is believed to be preparation for an American attack on Iran.

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