23 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to Initial July 7, 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."

============================

Yaqen.net reported that four US-recruited Sahwa fighters were killed, six others were injured in a car bomb explosion near Samarra.

- Two policemen were killed in a car bomb attack north of Babil.

- A child was killed, another was injured in a land mine explosion west of Basrah.

- Dhi Qar director of animal natural resources was assassinate.

- A US-recruited Sahwa fighter was killed north of Hillah.

============================

2 civilians killed in Mosul by gunmen

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 07 /07 /2008 Time 10:29:41

NINEWA, July 7 (VOI) – Two civilians on Monday were killed by unknown gunmen in two separate attacks in Mosul city, said Ninewa police commander.

He noted that police forces arrested one gunman involved in one of those killings.
"Unidentified armed men, driving a vehicle, killed one civilian in al-Borsa area, southwestern Mosul," General Khalid al-Hamdani told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"The vehicle's description was distributed to all checkpoints, and one of the assassins, with the vehicle, was arrested by the Iraqi police 2nd contingent, at al-Amn Intersection, eastern Mosul, after he dropped the other gunmen at a different place," he said.

He did not mention further details, but noted, "Interrogations are currently underway with the arrested gunman to know his colleagues."

Al-Hamdani also mentioned that in a separate incident, armed men "assassinated another civilian, in Shaikh Fat'hi neighborhood, western Mosul, and stole the victim's vehicle (bus)."
"The gunmen fled to an unknown place," he added.

"Police forces seized the victim's vehicle, southwestern Mosul, after the gunmen left it there," he noted.
Mosul, capital city of Ninewa province, is 405 km north of Baghdad.
MH/SR

Gunmen kill Islamic party official in Talafar

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq

Monday , 07 /07 /2008 Time 10:29:41

MOSUL, July 7 (VOI) -

Unidentified gunmen on Monday killed the official of the Islamic party in Talafar, a security source said.

"Unidentified gunmen attacked the house of Hajj Abdul Bari Sherzi, the official of the Islamic party, in al-Houma village in Talafar, west of Mosul, and opened fire on him, killing him instantly," the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

He did not add further details.

The Iraqi Islamic party is a Sunni political party in Iraq.

The party's current general secretary is Tareq al-Hashemi (one of Iraq's two vice-presidents), who succeeded Dr. Mohsen Abdel Hamid in July 2004.

The party was founded in 1960 and evolved out of the Muslim Brotherhood movement. It was banned from 1961 until the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

It is one of the three main components that form the Sunni Accordance Front (IAF), the third largest bloc in the Iraqi parliament with 44 out of a total 275 seats.

Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

The original city of Mosul stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient biblical city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides.

SH/SR

9 Sahwa fighters wounded in suicide explosion in Rawa

Anbar - Voices of Iraq

Monday , 07 /07 /2008 Time 10:29:41

ANBAR, July 7 (VOI) –

Nine US-recruited Sahwa tribal fighters were wounded in a suicide blast by a car bomb that targeted a checkpoint in Rawa city, 180 km west of Anbar province, an Iraqi police source said on Monday.

"A car rigged with explosives rammed into a checkpoint of the Sahwa forces in the area of al-Simsimiya, (30 km) west of Rawa, wounding nine personnel," the source, who preferred not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"Strict security measures were imposed after the suicide blast, while the wounded were rushed to the Rawa hospital for treatment," the source added. The Sahwa councils were set up in a number of Iraqi provinces such as al-Anbar, Diala, Ninewa,

Diala suicide blast leaves 9 killed, 12 wounded

Diala - Voices of Iraq

Monday , 07 /07 /2008 Time 10:29:41

DIALA, July 7 (VOI) –

Nine civilians, including women and children, were killed and 12 others wounded when a female suicide bomber blew up her explosive vest inside an outdoor souk in central Ba'aqouba city on Monday, police said.

"The attack occurred in al-Mafraq neighborhood, central Ba'aqouba, killing nine civilians and wounding 12 others," a security source, who asked not to have his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

Iraqi – U.S. memorandum of understanding for troops' withdrawal – PM

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Monday , 07 /07 /2008 Time 10:29:41

BAGHDAD, July 7 (VOI) –

The US-backed Iraqi Premier Nouri al-Maliki on Monday said that negotiations with the U.S. side are still underway, aiming at reaching a memorandum for U.S. troops' withdrawal from Iraq, or to draft a timetable for the withdrawal.

This came during a speech that al-Maliki addressed to a number of Arab ambassadors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who he received in Abu-Dhabi, said a release issued by al-Maliki's office.

"Negotiations are still underway with the U.S. side, and the current direction is to reach a memorandum of understanding for U.S. troops' withdrawal, or to timetable the withdrawal," the release that was received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI) quoted al-Maliki as saying.

"Respecting Iraq's full sovereignty is the base of any agreement," he said.

"The Iraqi government has been able to stop the country from sliding toward a sectarian war," al-Maliki told the Arab ambassadors.

MH/SR

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.