3 US Soldiers, 16 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to June 27, 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 two US-recruited Sahwa fighters were killed, three were injured in a roadside bomb explosion targeting their vehicle in Al-Shurqat, in the Salahuddin Province.

Amsi.org reported that a suicide bombing killed five US soldiers (3 US soldiers and 2 interpreters. See below). It also killed seven Iraqis, most of whom were members of the town council of Al-Karma, 17 miles east of Al-Falloujah, in Al-Anbar Province, just like the same attacks on US soldiers in other town councils. Twelve more people were injured.

- Three US soldiers and two Iraqi interpreters were killed in an attack near Al-Ramadi, in Al-Anbar Province.

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U.S. military aircraft makes emergency landing in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 27 /06 /2008 Time 10:34:20
Baghdad, Jun 27, (VOI)-

The U.S. army said on Friday that an aircraft made an emergency landing at east of the Baghdad International Airport.

“A crew of C-130H aircraft of the U.S. Air Force made an emergency landing in a dry land in northeast of the Baghdad International Airport at 1:45 pm on Friday,” the army said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).

“There were no indications of hostile fire,” the statement added.
"There were no casualties among its crew, who were rushed to a medical facility to evaluate their medical condition,” it said.

“A U.S. force rushed to the scene to secure the area,” the statement noted, asserting that a committee of officers will investigate the incident.

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Unknown body found in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 27 /06 /2008 Time 10:34:20
Baghdad, Jun 27, (VOI)-

Police forces found unknown body in southern Baghdad, a police source said on Friday.
“Policemen found a decayed corpse of a man in a deserted house in al-Nihrawan district in southern Baghdad,” the source, who asked anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).

“The body bore signs of torture,” he added, noting that the body was sent to the forensic medicine department.

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U.S. army says 3 Marines, 2 interpreters killed in Anbar

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 27 /06 /2008 Time 10:34:20
Baghdad, Jun 27, (VOI) –

Three U.S. Marines and two Iraqi interpreters were killed in an attack in the predominantly Sunni western Iraq province of al-Anbar, upping 29 the number of U.S. soldiers killed this month, the U.S. army in Iraq said.

"Three Multi-National Force – West Marines and two interpreters were killed in action against an enemy force in Anbar Province June 26," according to a U.S. army statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

The statement did not give further details on the attack or its site.
The deaths bring the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the U.S.-invasion of Iraq in March 2003 to 4113.
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6 killed in Iraq violence until Friday afternoon

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 27 /06 /2008 Time 10:34:20
Baghdad, Jun 27, (VOI) –

Six people, including three U.S. soldiers, were killed while three others captured in acts of violence in different areas of Iraq from Thursday evening to Friday afternoon, according to Iraqi security sources.

In Baghdad, the official spokesman for Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said unidentified gunmen assassinated the president of al-Rasafah Court of Appeal, in the eastern part of the Iraqi capital.
"The gunmen opened a volley of fire at Chief Judge Kamel al-Shuweili while on his way home on al-Qanah road, near the transport ministry building in eastern Baghdad, on Thursday evening," Judge Abdul-Salam al-Bayraqdar told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

In Al-Anbar, the U.S. army in Iraq said three Marines and two Iraqi interpreters were killed in an attack in the predominantly Sunni western Iraq province of al-Anbar, upping to 29 the number of U.S. soldiers killed this month and to 4,113 the number killed since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

In Diwaniya province, 180 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the commander of the Iraqi army's 8th Division, Maj. General Othman al-Ghanimi, told VOI that a Division force conducted a raid at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday and arrested three wanted men at al-Askari neighborhood.

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