13 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to July 24-25, 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

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 25 /07 /2008 Time 10:41:35

BAGHDAD, July 25 (VOI) –

Following is a summary of news reports posted until 10:00 p.m. Baghdad local time Friday.

KARBALA, Security forces on Friday seized 20 stolen car hidden in a farm in Karbala, the police chief said.

BABEL, Police forces on Friday arrested six persons specialized in drug dealing and seized an amount of drug and weapons found in their possession, a police source said.

NINEWA, Unknown gunmen kidnapped two girls and a child when they were hanging out in north of Mosul, a source from the Ninewa police said on Friday.

BAGHDAD, July25 (VOI) - Forces from national security ministry on Friday arrested a women kidnapping gang in Baghdad, a media advisor said.

KARBALA, An explosive charge went off in central Karbala on Friday left casualties among civilians, an eyewitness said.

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Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 25 /07 /2008 Time 10:41:35

BAGHDAD, July 25 (VOI) –

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

KARBALA, Twelve wanted men, including the leader of Special Groups, were captured by policemen at a security checkpoint southern Karbala on Friday, a senior security official said.

NINEWA, Iraqi army forces captured on Friday five people involved in the assassination of an Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) official in Talafar district, west of Mosul, an army source said.

WASSIT, The province of Wassit has embarked on tight security measures in preparation for the Imam Kadhim pilgrimage next week, according to Wassit governor on Friday.

NINEWA, Unidentified gunmen killed a woman inside her home in eastern Mosul city on Friday, a security source in the province of Ninewa said.

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News Summary

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 25 /07 /2008 Time 10:41:35

BAGHDAD, July 24 (VOI) –

Following is a summary of news reports posted until 10:00 p.m. Baghdad local time Thursday.
*Politics and Security:

DIALA, July24 (VOI) - Seven individuals were killed and 24 others wounded by a suicide bombing targeting a commander for anti-Qaeda group in Diala on Thursday, a security source said.

BAGHDAD, The Iraqi minister of immigration and displaced persons on Thursday said that 65 percent of displaced Iraqi families are homeless.

NINEWA, One Iraqi soldier on Thursday was killed, and two others were wounded when a car bomb driven by a suicide attacker went off targeting an Iraqi army checkpoint, eastern Mosul, said a security source from the Iraqi army in Ninewa province.

SALAH AL-DIN, The first batch of those harmed by the military operations that occurred in Salah al-Din province will be compensated on Sunday, an administrative assistant to the governor said on Thursday.
KIRKUK, An Iraqi army force on Thursday arrested three wanted persons in a raid operation in a village in western Kirkuk, said a source from the province's operations room. Illegal guns and two stolen cars were seized in a separate operation, according to the same source.

WASSIT, Police forces on Thursday arrested two suspects and defused a roadside bomb in Wassit, a security source said.

NINEWA, Police forces found an unknown corpse in southwestern Mosul city, a source from Ninewa police said on Thursday.
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News Summary

National - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 25 /07 /2008 Time 10:41:35
BAGHDAD, July 24 (VOI) –

Following is a summary of news reports posted until 04:00 p.m. Baghdad local time Thursday.

*Politics and Security:

BABEL, A total of 68 wanted men were arrested in the city of Hilla within Operation Knights' Leap, waged on Wednesday in Babel province, a police source said on Thursday.

MISSAN, Police forces on Thursday managed to free a kidnapped person and arrested one of the kidnappers in southern Missan, said a police source.

BAGHDAD, Iraqi army forces arrested on Thursday morning ten wanted men and found a stockpile of weapons and ammunitions in eastern Baghdad, a source from the Baghdad's operations command said.

BAGHDAD, Three Sahwa fighters were killed and another one was injured at a checkpoint in northern Baghdad, a police source said on Thursday.

BASRA, The Multi-National forces in southern Iraq said on Thursday that their warplanes shelled a site of Katyusha rockets launchers directed against their base at the Basra International Airport.

BAGHDAD, Iraqi security forces arrested 55 persons in the past 24 hours in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a source from the Baghdad's operations command said on Thursday.

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Iraq War Report for events of Thursday, 25 July 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Friday, 25 July 2008.

· Gunmen kill woman in her home in al-Mawsil.

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

Baghdad.

Four “Awakening” policemen shot in attack in Baghdad’s al-A‘zamiyah Thursday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 5:15pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Riyad Hadi Muhsin, an official with the tribal “Awakening” in the Sunni Baghdad district of al-A‘zamiyah announced that three members of the “Awakening” police had been shot to death and a fourth wounded in an attack there early Thursday morning.

Yaqen reported Muhsin as saying that armed men equipped with pistols fitted with silencers shot and killed two of the “Awakening” policemen in the al-Kamm area of al-A‘zamiyah at about 6am local time Thursday morning. The attackers fled but other members of the “Awakening” opened fire on them and a gun battle ensued. Two more of the “Awakening” policemen were killed in the exchange and another “Awakening” policeman wounded.

Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.

Gunmen kill woman in her home in al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted at 3:06pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that armed men burst into the home of a woman the al-Karamah neighborhood of eastern al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, and shot her dead on the spot.

Yaqen reported a source in the Ninwa Province security forces who asked not to be identified as saying that the 41-year-old woman had been the head of the household. Her body was turned over to the Forensic Medicine Department.

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 five anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen in raids, searches in al-Basrah.

In a dispatch posted at 6:10aghdad time Friday 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 five more members of the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.

Yaqen reported a source in the al-Basrah Province police as saying that the Iraqi regime forces carried out raids in various parts of the province and in addition to arresting five Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen, the troops also confiscated fifty 120mm mortar shells in the Jasim River in the Shatt al-‘Arab area and one RPG-7 rocket propelled grenade in the Internal Security area.

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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Iraq War Report for events of Thursday, 24 July 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Thursday, 24 July 2008.

· In continued preparations for American attack on Iran, Iraqi regime police arrest 10 anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen in raids, searches in Baghdad.

· Al-Qa‘idah woman belt bomber kills “Awakening” police commander in Ba‘qubah Thursday evening.

Baghdad.

US, Iraqi security personnel search Ministry of Education in Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 3:40pm Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US forces together with troops of the Iraqi Interior Ministry carried out raids in the Ministry of Education in the aftermath of the discovery of explosives in the ministry’s buildings.

Yaqen reported the Minister of Higher Education had revealed that a quantity of explosives adequate to blow up three stories had been discovered in the building.

In continued preparations for American attack on Iran, Iraqi regime police arrest 10 anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen in raids, searches in Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 12:45pm Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi army forces arrested 10 members of the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in raids in Baghdad’s Madinat as-Sadr district on Thursday.

Yaqen reported sources in the army as saying that the quantities of weapons and ammunition were also discovered in area 63 of the al-Qayyarah district of Madinat as-Sadr.

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.

Resistance group claims attack on US Humvee.

In a dispatch posted at 12:35pm Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the resistance group known as the Army of the Rashideen, a constituent organization in the Jihad and Change Front, had issued a communiqué.

Yaqen reported the statement as saying that the ar-Rahman fighters had detonated a bomb in Ninwa Province by a US Humvee. The communiqué claimed that the blast disabled the vehicle and injured the troops aboard, but gave no indication as to when the alleged attack had taken place.

Member of Iraqi Prime Minister’s party wounded in assassination attempt.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:46pm Thursday afternoon Beijing time (12:46pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a leader of the Shi‘i sectarian Islamic Da‘wah Party – the party that is headed by US-backed Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki – was the target of an assassination attempt in southern Baghdad.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that a bomb exploded in front of the home of ‘Abd ar-Rahman Muhammad Dawud, a prominent leader in the Da‘wah Party, in the southern Baghdad district of az-Za‘faraniyah on Thursday morning. The blast wounded Dawud and two of his companions and inflicted damage on nearby houses. After the explosion, police closed off the area for fear of other attacks.

Three tribal “Awakening” policemen killed in attacks in al-A‘zamiyah Wednesday night.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:18pm Thursday afternoon Beijing time (12:18pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that gunmen attacked two checkpoints manned by tribal “Awakening” police in the Sunni al-A‘zamiyah section of Baghdad late on Wednesday night.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that the attacks left three of the “Awakening” policemen dead and a fourth severely wounded. The injured man was taken to hospital. The source said that it was thought likely that the attackers used sniper rifles equipped with silencers in their assaults on the two checkpoints.

Diyala Province.
Ba‘qubah.

Al-Qa‘idah woman belt bomber kills “Awakening” police commander in Ba‘qubah Thursday evening.

In a dispatch posted at 9:55pm Baghdad time Thursday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a suspected woman member of al-Qa‘idah wearing a belt bomb blew herself up near a commander of the tribal “Awakening” or “Popular Committee” police in the city of Ba‘qubah, 65km northeast of Baghdad, on Thursday evening.

Yaqen reported a source in the Ba‘qubah government police as saying that the belt bomber approached Na‘im ad-Dulaymi, commander of the “Awakening Popular Committee” in Ba‘qubah al-Jadidah, while he was standing near the car exhibition lot area in Ba‘qubah al-Jadidah. The woman blew herself up, killing ad-Dulaymi and six of his companions. Another 24 people were wounded in the attack according to preliminary information. Security forces rushed to the area, cordoned it off and brought in ambulances to evacuate the casualties.

Mandali.

Bomb wounds four Iraqi troops near Iranian border.

In a dispatch posted at 11:58am Baghdad time Thursday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded in the eastern environs of Mandali, near the Iranian border east of Ba‘qubah, late on Tuesday night.

Yaqen reported a source in the security forces in Mandali who asked not to be identified as saying that the blast wounded four members of the Iraqi army, two of them severely. The wounded were taken to a field hospital in the Karkush military base 30km south of Mandali. It was the fourth such attack on security patrols in the Mandali area in July.

Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.

Bomb wounds three policemen in al-Mawsil Thursday.

In a dispatch posted at 10:38pm Baghdad time Thursday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of Iraqi government police in the al-Yarmuk section of western al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, on Thursday. Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that the blast wounded three policemen.

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.

Sniper wounds Iraqi army soldier in al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted at 10:38pm Baghdad time Thursday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a sniper had shot and wounded an Iraqi army soldier in the Suq al-Ma‘ash area of western al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a source in the al-Mawsil police as saying that the wounded man was taken to 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.

Car bomber blasts into checkpoint in al-Mawsil Thursday afternoon.

In a dispatch posted at 5:15pm Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a car bomber blasted into a checkpoint in the al-Intisar neighborhood in eastern al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, on Thursday afternoon.

Yaqen reported a source in the Iraqi army as saying that one person was killed, and two others wounded in the attack.

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.

As-Sulaymaniyah Province.
Darband-i Khan.

Explosion rips through Kurdish separatist armory near as-Sulaymaniyah before dawn Thursday.

In a dispatch posted at 11:50am Baghdad time Thursday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a thunderous explosion ripped through an armory in which the Kurdish separatist Asayish police stored weapons in the town of Darband-i Khan, 66km south of as-Sulaymaniyah (which is 270km northeast of Baghdad) at 2am Thursday morning.

Yaqen reported witness ‘Ali Ja‘far, 30, as saying that thousands of people were awakened by the explosion and hundreds left their homes and headed in the direction of the plume of smoke rising from the armory building. Secondary blasts continued within the building for several minutes after the initial explosion.

A source in the Darband-i Khan police said that the explosion had caused no casualties. He said that preliminary investigations indicated that a faulty electrical connection might have been the cause of the blast.

Yaqen reported that the Asayish armory was located in the center of town with the district government building on one side of it and the local post office on the other. It was the first such incident in the city, according to the police source.

Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.

Rocket barrage targets British base at al-Basrah Wednesday night.

In a dispatch posted at 1:40pm Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the British base at al-Basrah International Airport came under repeated rocket attacks on Wednesday night.

Yaqen reported a British statement as claiming that the barrage produced no casualties or damage. Aircraft then took off to attack the areas from which the rockets had been launched.

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