7 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, US Casualties in Three Attacks on US Forces, According to Initial June 12, 2008 News Reports

Editorial Note: The following news reports are summaries from original sources. They may also include corrections of Arabic names and political terminology. Comments are in parentheses.

Yaqen.net reported three attacks on US military convoys in Salahuddin Province, destroying two Humvees and a mine sweeping vehicle. It added that there was a number of casualties among US soldiers who were in these vehicles.

- Al-Rashideen Army fighters destroyed a US Hummer vehicle in East Baghdad, killing and injuring its crew soldiers.

amsi.org reported that three Peshmerga Kurdish militiamen were killed, three were injured by a roadside bomb in Jalawla.

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26 persons injured in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 12 /06 /2008 Time 3:39:12
Baghdad, Jun 12, (VOI) -

A total of 26 persons, most of them security elements, were wounded on Thursday in separate attacks in Baghdad, a security source said.

"Nine Interior Ministry's forces were wounded in a bomb blast in Palestine street in eastern Baghdad," the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

"Six people, including three civilians, were injured when an explosive charge went off targeting the motorcade of General Samir al-Waeli, senior officer in the interior ministry, in Sahet Beirut in eastern Baghdad," he added.

"Six army soldiers were also injured in an attack by an armed group in al-Sefarat street in western Baghdad," the source noted.

"Five people, including two civilians, were wounded in an explosion targeting the mayor of al-Shaab region in eastern Baghdad," the source also said.

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4 gunmen killed in failed attack in Salah el-Din

Salah al-Din - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 12 /06 /2008 Time 3:39:12
Tikrit, Jun 12, (VOI) -

Four gunmen were killed in a failed attack on a (US-recruited) Sahwa (Awakening) fighters' center in Salah al-Din province, said a police source on Thursday.

"Sahwa fighters and police forces on Wednesday night foiled an attack by gunmen on the Sahwa center in al-Ishaqi region in al-Kasara village in north of Baghdad," the source, who asked to remain unnamed, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

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3 civilians injured by explosion in Wassit

Wassit - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 12 /06 /2008 Time 3:39:12
Kut, Jun 12, (VOI) -

Three civilians were wounded on Thursday by a roadside bomb explosion targeting a security care company convoy in Wassit, a police source said.

"An explosive device, planted on the road (Kut-Missan), went off near a convoy of the security care company (AGS)," the source, who preferred to remain anonymous, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

"Three civilians were wounded in the blast and were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment," he added.

"One of the convoy's vehicles was damaged in the attack," he noted.
"Security forces sealed off the scene and prevented pedestrians and vehicles from entering the area," the source added.

Kut, the capital of Wassit, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad.

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Gunmen blow up Islamic party's headquarters in Falluja

Anbar - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 12 /06 /2008 Time 3:39:12
Falluja, Jun 12, (VOI)-

The headquarters of the Islamic party in Falluja was detonated by an explosive charge on Thursday, said a police source.

"An explosive device, planted by unidentified gunmen inside the headquarters of the Islamic party in al-Jumhouriya neighborhood in central Falluja, was detonated, causing several material damage to the building," the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq (VOI) on condition of anonymity.
The source did not give more details.

Falluja, Anbar province, is 45 km west of Baghdad.

SH