12 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including Two
Executed by Death Squads, According to July 21, 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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News Summary
National - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 21 /07 /2008 Time 10:36:29
BAGHDAD, July 21 (VOI) –
Following is a summary of news reports posted until 10:00 p.m.
Baghdad local time Monday:
* Politics & Security:
NINEWA, Two civilians
were killed by unknown gunmen in eastern Mosul, while police forces
found an unidentified body in the western section of the city, a police
source said on Monday.
WASSIT, Security forces on Monday found
two unknown corpses, one of them belonging to a military
personnel, in al-Sewayra suburb, northern Wassit, said a security source
from the province.
BAGHDAD, Parliament's session held today was adjourned until Tuesday
without voting on the provincial councils elections draft law, a
lawmaker from the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF) said.
NINEWA, Policemen on Monday freed a kidnapped man and arrested five
wanted men during two separate operations in the city of Mosul, the
chief of the Ninewa police said.
NINEWA, Two Iraqi soldiers
were killed by al-Qaeda gunmen in the city of Mosul, the Multi-National
Force-Iraq said in a statement on Monday.
KIRKUK, A senior police officer
was killed and four of his bodyguards were wounded in a bomb explosion
in central Kirkuk, the city's districts police chief said on Monday.
MH/SR
News Summary
National - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 21 /07 /2008 Time 10:36:29
BAGHDAD, July 21 (VOI) –
Following is a summary of news reports posted until 04:00 p.m.
Baghdad local time Monday.
* Politics & Security:
WASSIT, A civilian man
was killed by unidentified gunmen near his house in western Kut city on
Monday, a police source in the province of Wassit said.
BAGHDAD, Unknown gunmen blew up the house of the mother of an
independent parliamentarian in a western Baghdad neighborhood, a police
source said.
DIALA, Gunmen kidnapped four brothers after raiding their house south of
Baaquba city on Monday, an official security source in Diala said.
DIALA, Unidentified gunmen shot down a
tribal chief of al-Ubayd clan in Ba'aqouba on Monday, an
official security source in Diala said.
BAGHDAD, Iraqi policemen captured five wanted men in eastern Baghdad on
Monday while an Iraqi army force seized a cache containing a large
amount of explosives in the western part of the city, according to the
Baghdad Operations Command.
BAGHDAD, U.S. forces captured a suspected (media) specialist of the
Hizbullah Brigades early Monday morning in the New Baghdad district,
southeastern the capital, the U.S. army said.
NINEWA, Three policemen were killed
and two others wounded on Monday when clashes erupted
between two Turkmen clans in the district of Talafar, western Ninewa, an
official source from the Iraqi army in the provinces said.
BAGHDAD, The leader of the Iraqi Umma Party Mathal al-Alousi on Monday
accused whom he described as "sectarianists and murderers" of detonating
his Baghdad-based family house earlier today.
DIALA, The Kurdish intelligence agency, also known as Asayesh, seized a
cache of arms and explosives in a village in the district of Khanaqin, a
senior Kurdish security official said on Monday.
SS/SR
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Iraq War Report for events of Sunday, 20 July 2008.
Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,
member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.
Sunday, 20 July 2008.
· US troops kill son of
provincial governor in Bayji raid Sunday morning.
· Car bomber blasts into
shipment of construction materials on its way to US forces in al-Mawsil.
Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Fallujah.
US troops arrest 15 people for interrogation in al-Fallujah Saturday.
In a dispatch posted at 12:15pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that US troops had carried out raids and arrests to
the east of al-Fallujah, a city located 60km west of Baghdad, on
Saturday.
Yaqen reported Colonel Faysal Isma‘il Husayn of the Emergency forces in
al-Anbar Province as saying that the arrests took place in the
Industrial Zone and ash-Shuhada’ districts of eastern al-Fallujah and
that 15 people were arrested in the raids. All the captives were
being detained pending interrogation.
The colonel said that in all the al-Fallujah Police Administration is
holding 400 prisoners in accordance with an order issued by the
al-Fallujah court for the purpose of investigation. The police
released 225 prisoners during April under provisions of a general
amnesty declared by the parliament in February this year.
Al-Habbaniyah.
Group claims to fire rocket at US-occupied al-Habbaniyah airbase.
In a dispatch posted at 11:56am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that the Army of the Muslims resistance group, a
constituent member of the Jihad and Change Front, had issued a
communiqué on Sunday.
Yaqen reported the group as saying in the communiqué that its fighters
had fired a rocket at the US base in al-Habbaniyah, 70km west of
Baghdad. The announcement said that after firing the rocket, the
group’s fighters left the scene. The communiqué did not say when
the attack was supposed to have taken place.
Al-Khalidiyah.
Group claims destruction of US Marine vehicle near al-Khalidiyah.
In a dispatch posted at 11:56am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that the Brigades of the Da‘wah wa-ar-Ribat, a
constituent member of the Jihad and Change Front, had issued a
communiqué on Sunday.
Yaqen reported the communiqué as claiming that its fighters had ambushed
a US Marine patrol in al-Khalidiyah, 80km west of Baghdad, setting off a
bomb by a US amphibious vehicle. The group claimed that the
explosion disabled the vehicle killing all the American troops aboard
it. The statement did not specify when the alleged attack had
taken place.
Baghdad.
Car bomb kills one, injures seven in Baghdad Sunday evening.
In a dispatch posted at 10:15pm Baghdad time Sunday night, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that a car bomb exploded by the side of a road in
the al-‘Allawi area of central Baghdad on Sunday evening.
Yaqen reported a source in the government police as saying that the
explosion of the car, which had been parked at the Damascus Intersection
in the al-‘Allawi area, killed one person and wounded seven more.
Some of the injured are policemen. The blast also inflicted damage
on two cars that were on the scene at the time.
Bomb wounds police colonel in Baghdad’s al-Waziriyah Sunday.
In a dispatch posted at 2:03pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that a bomb had exploded by a patrol of the Iraqi
government police in the al-Waziriyah area of Baghdad, near the
al-Maghrib Street Intersection in the northern part of the city.
Yaqen reported a source in the police who asked not to be identified as
saying that the blast wounded a police colonel and two other policemen.
It was the third bomb reported to have gone off in the Iraqi capital on
Sunday following one each in the al-Karradah and al-A‘zamiyah areas (see
reports below).
Resistance group takes credit for clash with US troops south of Baghdad.
In a dispatch posted at 1:45pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that the Army of the Rashidin resistance group, a
constituent member of the Jihad and Change Front, had issued a
communiqué on Sunday.
Yaqen reported the communiqué as announcing that on orders of the
commander of the Army of the Rashidin, the group had clashed with US
troops using light and medium weapons somewhere to the south of Baghdad.
The statement did not specify where or when exactly the attack was
supposed to have taken place.
Group claims bomb attack on American column in western Baghdad.
In a dispatch posted at 11:56am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that the resistance group, the Army of the Jihad, a
new member of the Jihad and Change Front, had issued a communiqué on
Sunday announcing that its fighters had detonated a bomb by a US column
in the al-Ghazzaliyah area of western Baghdad.
Yaqen reported the communiqué as claiming that the blast totally
destroyed a Humvee, killing all aboard.
One civilian killed three others wounded in bomb explosion in Baghdad’s
al-Karradah district Sunday.
In a dispatch posted at 10:42am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that a bomb exploded in the al-Karradah district of
central Baghdad on Sunday.
Yaqen reported a source in the Ministry of the Interior as saying that
the bomb, planted at the entrance to al-Karradah, killed one civilian
and wounded three more.
Bomb kills civilian, wounds two in Baghdad’s al-A‘zamiyah district
Saturday evening.
In a dispatch posted at 10:42am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that a bomb exploded near the Shaykh Jalal Mosque
in the Raghibah Khatun Sunni district of al-A‘zamiyah in northern
Baghdad Saturday evening.
Yaqen reported a source in the Interior Ministry as saying that the
blast killed one person and wounded two more in addition to severely
damaging two cars that had been parked in the area.
Resistance group joins Jihad and Change Front.
In a dispatch posted at 10am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that Iraqi resistance coalition known as the Jihad and
Change Front issued a communiqué announcing that an Iraqi resistance
organization calling itself the Army of the Jihad had joined the
coalition.
Yaqen reported the statement issued by the Front on Sunday, as saying
that the Army of the Jihad had formerly been a part of the Jihad and
Resistance Front
Salah ad-Din Province.
Bayji.
US troops kill son of provincial governor in Bayji raid Sunday morning.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:17pm Sunday afternoon
Beijing time (12:17pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that
US troops shot and killed a son of the American-backed governor of Salah
ad-Din Province in an incident in Bayji, 200km north of Baghdad, on
Sunday morning.
Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that
as US troops were carrying out raids and searches in Bayji, the
Americans shot and killed a man named Husam, the son of Hamad Hammud
al-Qaysi, the governor of the province. Husam al-Qaysi was killed
on the spot along with one of his relatives.
The source said that Husam was visiting the home of his fiancée’s family
when US troops raided the house and, in the process, killed him and one
of his fiancée’s brothers. The source offered no further details.
In a dispatch posted at 4pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that a spokesman for the US occupation forces in
Iraq had announced that the Americans had killed the son of the Salah
ad-Din Province governor in self defense, when they were pursuing a
wanted member of the al-Qa‘idah organization in the Bayji area.
Yaqen reported the American spokesman as saying that US forces were
following intelligence information when they raided a house in the Bayji
area searching for a man wanted for security matters. In the home, the
American spokesman said, the US troops found two gunmen, whom they
killed in self-defense. One of those killed was suspected of being
a finance official with al-Qa‘idah, the other a member in that
organization.
Yaqen noted that ‘Abdallah Husayn Jabbarah, the Lieutenant Governor of
Salah ad-Din Province, had announced earlier Sunday that Husam Hamad
Hammud, the 17-year-old son of the governor, had been killed with his
cousin in a house in the al-‘Asri neighborhood of Bayji.
Diyala Province.
Al-Miqdadiyah.
Three policemen killed in bomb attack in al-Miqdadiyah Sunday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 8:15pm Baghdad time Sunday evening, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a car carrying three
members of the Iraqi police in al-Miqdadiyah, 85km northeast of Baghdad
on Sunday afternoon.
Yaqen reported a source in the Diyala Province government as saying that
the blast targeted a civilian car in which the three policemen were
driving through the village of Bani Sa‘d, in the al-Wajihiyah area in
the district of al-Miqdadiyah. The blast killed the three
policemen on the spot.
At-Ta’mim/Kirkuk Province.
Kirkuk.
Bomb wounds policeman in Kirkuk.
In a dispatch posted at 10:23am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a foot patrol of Emergency
Police in Kirkuk, 250km north of Baghdad.
Yaqen reported a source in the city police as saying that the blast
wounded one policeman and damaged a private car that had been parked
near the scene.
Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.
Three cousins gunned down in al-Mawsil Sunday evening.
In a dispatch posted at 9:35pm Baghdad time Sunday night, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that gunmen in a car shot and killed three people
outside their home in al-Mawsil, 420km north of Baghdad, on Sunday
evening.
Yaqen reported a source in the Ninwa Province police as saying that the
victims were cousins and were shot to death as they stood near their
homes in the neighborhood.
Yaqen reported a source in the Ninwa Province police as saying that the
gunmen killed a man in the home. The source offered no further
details on the case.
Man shot to death in armed home invasion in al-Mawsil Sunday.
In a dispatch posted at 9:10pm Baghdad time Sunday night, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that gunmen attacked a home in the ‘Adan neighborhood of
al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, on Sunday.
Yaqen reported a source in the Ninwa Province police as saying that the
gunmen killed a man in the home. The source offered no further
details on the case.
Sniper kills policeman in al-Mawsil Sunday.
In a dispatch posted at 9:10pm Baghdad time Sunday night, the Yaqen News
Agency reported a source in the Ninwa province police as saying that
that a sniper had shot and killed an Iraqi policeman who was taking part
in a patrol at the al-Masarif Intersection in northern al-Mawsil, 420km
northwest of Baghdad, on Sunday.
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 blasts into shipment of construction materials on its way to
US forces in al-Mawsil.
In a dispatch posted at 5:30pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that a car bomber blasted into a column of
commercial vehicles catering to US forces in the Karaj ash-Shamal area
to the east of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad.
Yaqen reported a source in the Ninwa Province police as saying that the
car bomb attacker slammed into a convoy of vehicles carrying
construction equipment to US forces. It had an escort of civilian
guards. The source said that the car bomb explosion killed two
individuals who were involved with the convoy of building materials.
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.
Iraqi army forces discover Katyusha rocket set to fire.
In a dispatch posted at 5:30pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that Iraqi regime forces discovered a Katyusha
rocket that had been rigged to fire at an Iraqi army unit to the north
of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad on Sunday.
Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.
Young woman found shot to death in al-Basrah Sunday.
In a dispatch posted at 8:45pm Baghdad time Sunday night, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that at dawn on Sunday, Iraqi police discovered the body
of a young woman who had been murdered in the southern city of al-Basrah.
Yaqen reported a source in the local police as saying that the body of
the 24-year-old woman was found in the al-Jaza’ir district of al-Basrah.
Four gunshot wounds were found in the body. The source said that
an investigation into the circumstances of the murder of the young woman
was underway.
Yaqen noted that during 2007, more than 100 women were killed in the
city of al-Basrah, according to official statistics.
www.albasrah.net
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