38 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 28 in Ba'aqouba Suicide Bombing, According to Initial July 15, 2008

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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Yaqen.net reported that Ya'aqoub Al-Mahdawi, a leader of the US-recruited Sahwa fighters was killed today.

- US military base in Al-Taji was attacked with four rockets by Ansar Al-Islam fighters.

- US Anaconda military base in Yathreb, in Salahuddin Province, was attacked with 15 rounds of mortar.

The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported that the total number of deaths from the Ba'aqouba suicide bombing is 28, not 22 as announced before.

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Fourth car bomb explosion in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq

Tuesday , 15 /07 /2008 Time 6:11:14

NINEWA, July 15 (VOI) –

Police forces managed to detonate a car bomb in Mosul, the fourth today, without causing any casualties, the official spokesman for the Ninewa operations command said on Tuesday.

“Explosive experts managed to detonate a booby-trapped car in Garage Baghdad region in southern Mosul, the fourth today, without leaving any casualties,” Brigadier Khaled Abdul Sattar told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

“The car was parked on the main street and police forces cordoned off the region and prevented civilians from approaching it before detonating it,” he explained.

Mosul witnessed three car bombs explosions; the first went off in the area of 17 Tammuz in western Baghdad, injuring six civilians, including two cops, while the second one too place when a suicide bomber was trying to ram his explosive vehicle into an Iraqi police checkpoint in al-Nour neighborhood, eastern Mosul, when security personnel opened fire on him before he could reach the point. One of the policemen was killed in the explosion. The third car bomb was detonated by a suicide bomber in al-Arabi neighborhood in northern Mosul, without casualties.

SH/SR

Bomber kills 4 civilians, injures 5 in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq

Tuesday , 15 /07 /2008 Time 6:11:14

NINEWA, July 15 (VOI) –

Four civilians were killed and five more were wounded in a suicide bombing attack targeting a checkpoint in western Mosul, the chief of the Ninewa police said on Tuesday.

“Unidentified gunmen pushed a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt toward a police checkpoint after they clashed with the police forces in al-Boursa region in western Mosul,” General Khaled Hussein al-Hamadani told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

Ba'aqouba suicide blast casualties up to 77

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Tuesday , 15 /07 /2008 Time 6:33:37

DIALA, July 15 (VOI) –

Casualties from Tuesday's earlier suicide blast amidst a group of Iraqi army recruits jumped to 22 deaths and 55 others wounded, a security source in Diala said.

"A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest detonated himself near a gathering of recruits for the Iraqi army inside the Sa'ad camp in central Ba'aqouba district, killing 22 and wounding 55 others," the source, who declined to have his name revealed, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

Earlier in the day the source said four people were killed and 40 others wounded in the attack.
The source had said that the number of casualties was most likely to rise.

AE
News Summary

National - Voices of Iraq
Tuesday , 15 /07 /2008 Time 6:11:14
BAGHDAD, July 15 (VOI) –

Following is a summary of news reports posted until 4:00 p.m. Baghdad local time Tuesday:

* Politics & Security:

DIALA, Casualties from Tuesday's earlier suicide blast amidst a group of Iraqi army recruits jumped to 22 deaths and 55 others wounded, a security source in Diala said.

KIRKUK, Three Quick Intervention Force personnel were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near their patrol in central Kirkuk on Tuesday, a police source in the city said.
BAGHDAD, Three bodyguards of Electricity Minister Kareem Waheed and two civilians were wounded when his motorcade came under an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

NINEWA, Two Iraqi women were killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in eastern Mosul city on Tuesday, a security source in Ninewa province said.

WASSIT, Three gunmen who attacked the house of a senior officer of al-Numaniya district police, northern Wassit, were captured on Tuesday, a security source in the province said.

BAGHDAD, Iraq's National Security Council on Tuesday said that the security responsibilities in the province of al-Diwaniya will be transferred on Wednesday from the Multi-National Force to the Iraqi forces, according to the semi-official al-Iraqiya TV.

BAGHDAD, The Sadrists, or Iraqis loyal to Shiite Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, will not vote on candidates for vacant ministerial portfolios if they are chosen on partisan basis, a Sadrist parliamentarian said on Tuesday.

BAGHDAD, U.S. forces in Iraq on Tuesday captured an Iran-trained explosives cell leader with links to Hezbollah group, according to a statement by the U.S. army.

BAGHDAD, The Iraqi National List adopts the national proposal of equally dividing administration and authority in Kirkuk among the city's ethnicities, a member of the list said on Tuesday, in reference to the list's stance on the provincial council elections law.

KIRKUK, Four members of al-Qaeda network were captured in central Kirkuk city on Tuesday, police said.

NINEWA, An explosives-rigged car detonated on Tuesday in front of a security agency building in northern Mosul city, but no casualties were reported, a local security source said.

BAGHDAD, A lawmaker said the Kurdish bloc withdrew from Tuesday's session after the draft law on provincial councils was included on the agenda, despite agreements to postpone it until Thursday, terming the debate as "bone-breaking" for Kurds.

NINEWA, A policeman was killed and six others wounded when two car bombs went off separately in western and eastern Mosul city on Tuesday, according to security sources.

BAGHDAD, Monday's bomber of a bus terminal in the area of al-Allawi in Baghdad was captured, the Iraqi interior ministry said on Tuesday.

WASSIT, Security forces on Tuesday imposed a curfew on governmental vehicles after working hours and on official holidays, a police media source said.

BAGHDAD, The Iraqi Parliament postponed its Tuesday session until tomorrow following the withdrawal of the Kurdish bloc in protest of the inclusion of the draft law on provincial council elections on the agenda, a parliamentary source said, revealing a closed meeting between the Kurdistan Coalition (KC) and the Shiite Unified Iraqi Coalition (UIC).

SH/SR

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 14 July 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Monday, 14 July 2008.

·        US announces “non-combat death” of American Marine in Iraq on Sunday.

·        Three die in explosion at traffic hub in Baghdad midday Monday.

·        Police, gunmen engage in firefights in al-Mawsil Monday afternoon.

Baghdad.

US announces “non-combat death” of American Marine in Iraq on Sunday.

In a dispatch posted at 9:52pm Baghdad time Monday night, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq (AMSI) reported that the US military announced on Monday that an American Marine had died in what it called a “non-combat incident.”

The AMSI reported the American statement as saying that the death occurred on Sunday but no further details were revealed.

Three die in explosion at traffic hub in Baghdad midday Monday.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 6:50pm Monday afternoon Beijing time (1:50pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that gunmen in an Opel car tossed a hand grenade at a patrol of traffic wardens at the Damascus Junction in the al-‘Allawi district of downtown Baghdad at midday Monday.

Xinhua reported a source in the police as saying three people had been killed in the explosion, one of them a traffic warden. Another 13 people – four of those traffic wardens – were wounded in the blast.

The source said that the men in the car who hurled the grenade managed to escape after carrying out their deadly attack, which also damaged numerous private cars and one police motorcycle on the scene. Also damaged were several of the vending kiosks that line the al-‘Allawi parking area, a junction for the arrival and departure of commuters and travelers between Baghdad and outlying provinces of Iraq.

Police rushed to the scene of the blast, cordoned it off, set about evacuating the casualties to hospitals, and began an investigation.

Diyala Province.
Ba‘qubah.

Three policemen wounded in bomb attack near Ba‘qubah Monday.

In a dispatch posted at 2:31pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that three members of the US-backed tribal “Awakening” police were wounded when a bomb exploded by their car on the main road to the village of al-Mukhifah near Ba‘qubah, 65km northeast of Baghdad, on Monday.

Yaqen reported a source in the Joint Coordination Center, who asked not to be identified, as saying that the explosion wounded all four tribal policemen in varying degrees of severity.

At-Ta’mim/Kirkuk Province.
Kirkuk.

Two high-ranking Iraqi army officers kidnapped south of Kirkuk Monday.

In a dispatch posted at 11:26pm Baghdad time Monday night, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq (AMSI) reported that two high-ranking Iraqi army officers, one of them a general, had been abducted on the main road near Jabal Hamrayn south of Kirkuk (which is 250km north of Baghdad).

The AMSI reported Staff Major Shawwan Hammah Gharib as saying that gunmen abducted the two officers – one of them an adjutant to an Iraqi army intelligence officer, and the other a general – in the ar-Rashad area, 35km southwest of Kirkuk at midday Monday. Gharib indicated that the matter was the subject of an investigation but offered no further details. The Jabal Hamrin area is a known stronghold of the al-Qa‘idah organization.

Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.

Bodies of two young women found murdered in eastern al-Mawsil Monday evening.

In a dispatch posted at 12:07am Baghdad time just after midnight Tuesday morning, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq (AMSI) reported that Ninwa Province police had recovered the unidentified bodies of two women who had been murdered and dumped by the side of a road in eastern al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad.

The AMSI reported a source in the Ninwa Province police who refused to be identified as saying that the police discovered the two bodies in the al-Qadisiyah ath-Thaniyah nistrict of al-Mawsil on Monday evening. Both young women had been shot to death in the head and chest and were estimated to be between 16 and 18 years of age. No further details were available.

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.

Police, gunmen engage in firefights in al-Mawsil Monday afternoon.

In a dispatch posted at 3pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that armed clashes had erupted between Iraqi regime security forces and gunmen in the at-Tanak neighborhood of eastern al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a source in the government security forces as saying that the intermittent fighting was still underway as of the time of reporting and that one soldier had been killed and four others wounded.

Government troops had completely surrounded the area, but so far no order to storm in had been issued. The area had never been put under government control and remained a nest for gunmen and the al-Qa‘idah organization.

As of the time of reporting, the regime had sent reinforcements into the area and US forces had also established air cover over the encircled area.

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.

Police kill gunmen, thwarting belt-bomb attack in al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:59pm Monday afternoon Beijing time (11:59 in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a gunman wearing an explosive belt was shot to death by Iraqi regime police in al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, on Monday.

Xinhua reported a source in the al-Mawsil police as saying that a man wearing an explosive belt tried to attack a checkpoint manned by policemen near the Tomb of the Prophet Yunus to the west of the city. When the man failed to heed their warnings and continued to approach their outpost, the police suspected his motivation and opened fire, killing him before he could reach their position. There were no casualties among the police.

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.

Car bomber slams into police car Sunday night, wounding four.

In a dispatch posted at 10am Baghdad time Monday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a car bomber drove his vehicle into a police vehicle on the southwest side of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad on Sunday night.

Yaqen reported a source in the Ninwa Province Operations Command as saying that the attack occurred near the entrance to the Fifth Bridge when a police vehicle headed through the area on its way to a meeting of the provincial Operations Command. The source, who asked to remain anonymous, said that four policemen were severely wounded in the car bomb attack. The policemen were taken to al-Mawsil General Hospital for treatment.

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 ‘Abtah.

Five bodies found dumped in Tall ‘Abtah Monday.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:59pm Monday afternoon Beijing time (11:59am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a patrol of Iraqi regime police, responding to tips, found the bodies of five people who had been killed by gunmen in Tall ‘Abtah, 70km southwest of al-Mawsil in northwestern Iraq on Monday.

Xinhua reported a source in the al-Mawsil police as saying that all the victims were local residents of the Tall ‘Abtah area and their bodies were all found in one place. The remains were taken to a morgue from which their families can retrieve them.

In a dispatch posted at 12:32pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the forensic medicine department had received the bodies and that four of them belonged to local shepherds. A source in the Ninwa Province police told Yaqen that gunmen intercepted the shepherds as they were driving in a car down the road between Tall ‘Abtah and al-Mahlabiyah. The gunmen opened fire on their car, killing all four of them on the spot.

Xinhua noted that two days earlier Iraqi army patrols recovered the bodies of seven residents of Tall ‘Afar, 80km west of al-Mawsil, who had also been killed by gunmen and dumped.

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.

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