3 US Soldiers Killed in Hawijah, 34 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Many Deaths Not Reported, According to June 4, 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. They are now 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.

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Car bombing in Baghdad neighborhood leaves casualties

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 04 /06 /2008 Time 10:01:33
Baghdad, Jun 4, (VOI) -

The primary toll from the bombing in a Baghdad neighbourhood was three individuals killed and six others wounded, including three policemen, a security source said.
"A car bomb parking near Hassani ice-cream shop went off targeting a checkpoint in Karrada," a police source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

"The bombing left three individuals killed and six others wounded including three policemen," the source added.

Earlier, a police source said a car bomb detonated near a restaurant in an upscale Baghdad neighbourhood of Karrada, leaving a number of casualties.

The source noted "the police sealed off the accident area and denied access to civilians."
Karrada is an upscale neighbourhood housing a number of political parties offices and commercial thoroughfares
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Baghdad suicide bombing casualties rise to 75

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 04 /06 /2008 Time 10:01:33
Baghdad, Jun 4, (VOI) -

The casualties from the suicide bombing that targeted the house of a police chief in Baghdad’s northeastern neighborhood of Sha'ab rose to 11 dead and 64 wounded according to security sources.

“The number of wounded persons who fell in the suicide bombing that took place, this afternoon, in Shaab neighborhood, reached 64,” Major General Qassem Atta, spokesman for Baghdad Operations Command, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

The spokesman provided no specific number of the dead, but a police source, who requested anonymity, told VOI that 11 people were killed in the attack.

Earlier, a local police source said that a suicide bomber detonated a truck crammed with explosives and mortar ammunition near the house of a police chief in Shaab neighborhood, killing 11 and wounding 35, including the police chief’s relatives, women, and children.
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Blast wounds seven civilians in Kirkuk

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 04 /06 /2008 Time 10:01:33
Kirkuk, Jun 4, (VOI) -

At least seven people were wounded on Wednesday as an explosive charge detonated near a hotel in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, a police source said.

“An explosive charge went off near Sumer Hotel, central Kirkuk, this afternoon, wounding seven people,” Brigadier Sarhad Qader told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

Brigadier Qader added that the explosion also damaged some nearby commercial shops.
“The wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital,” he said.
Kirkuk is 250 km northeast of Baghdad.
SK/SR

Mortar attack leaves casualties in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Wednesday , 04 /06 /2008 Time 10:01:33

Baghdad, Jun 4, (VOI) –

An unidentified number of civilians were killed or wounded on Wednesday afternoon when five mortars fell on residential buildings in northeastern Baghdad.

"Nearly five mortars landed on residential buildings in Soumar neighborhood in al-Sha'ab area, northeastern Baghdad," a local eyewitness told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

"Ambulances were immediately on the scene and transferred the dead and the wounded. Some vehicles are still at the site," another eyewitness said, noting that Iraqi security forces sealed off the area and prevented civilians from approaching the attacked buildings. VOI could not obtain a statement from Baghdad's operations command on the number of casualties. SS/SR

Gunmen kill goldsmith, son in Basra

Basra - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 04 /06 /2008 Time 10:01:33
Basra, Jun 4, (VOI) -

Unknown gunmen on Wednesday killed a goldsmith along with his son inside their shop in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, a police source said. “Gunmen shot dead Rahim al-Bidhani and his son while they were inside their goldsmith shop in Souq al-Banat (Girls Market) in Zubaier district, 35 km west of Basra, this afternoon,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

The source added that the attackers fled the scene to an unknown destination. Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad. SK/SR

U.S. army says 3 servicemen killed west of Kirkuk

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 04 /06 /2008 Time 10:01:33
Baghdad, Jun 4, (VOI) –

Three U.S. soldiers were killed in an attack west of Kirkuk city, the U.S. army said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Three Multi-National Division – North Soldiers were killed as a result of a small-arms fire attack in Al Hawijah near Kirkuk June 4," read an army statement received by Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

"The names of the deceased are being withheld pending next of kin notification and release by the Department of Defense," the statement added, providing no further details.

The deaths bring the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the U.S.-invasion of the country in March 2003 to 4,090.

Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christian Arabs, and Muslim Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
SS/SR

Two unknown bodies found in northern Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 04 /06 /2008 Time 10:01:33
Baghdad, Jun 4, (VOI)-

Iraqi police patrols on Wednesday found two unknown bodies in northern Baghdad, a police source said.

“Two bullet-riddled-bodies were found in al-Guriyaat quarter after police was alerted in the presence of the bodies in the area,” the source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).

The bodies were sent to a Baghdad morgue.
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10 policemen killed, wounded in attack in Falluja

Anbar - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 04 /06 /2008 Time 10:01:33
Falluja, Jun 4, (VOI)-

Six policemen were killed and four were wounded on Wednesday in an ambush by unknown gunmen in eastern Falluja, a security source said.

“Unidentified armed men attacked a police patrol in al-Jazeera region in al-Karama district, eastern Falluja, killing six cops and seriously wounding four,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI) on condition of anonymity.
“Police forces rushed to the area, while the attackers fled to unknown place,” he added.
Falluja, Anbar province, lies 45 km west of Baghdad.

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Three alleged Qaeda gunmen killed in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 04 /06 /2008 Time 10:01:33
Diala, Jun 4, (VOI)-

Police forces on Wednesday killed three gunmen, believed to be from Qaeda Organization (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) during a search-and-detention campaign in Diala province, central Iraq, a police source said.

“A police force, backed by U.S. troops, launched, this morning, a campaign of search and detention in Abu Saida district, 20 km east of Ba’aqouba,” the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).

The source added that the forces engaged with and killed three “gunmen from Qaeda Organization”.
He gave no further details.

Ba’aqouba, capital city of Diala province, is 57 km northeast of Baghdad.
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Unknown gunmen kill two local officials in Salah el-Din

Salah al-Din - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 04 /06 /2008 Time 10:01:33
Tikrit, Jun 4, (VOI)-

Unidentified gunmen killed two local officials late Tuesday in central Tuz Khormato, Salah el-Din province, said a police source.

“Unknown gunmen opened fire at Dalshad Abdullah, member of the municipality council, and Naseh Moussa, member of the Salah el-Din provincial council from the Kurdish List, inside their car, killing them on the spot,” the source, who asked to be unnamed, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).

“The gunmen fled to unknown place,” he also said, adding no more details.
Tuz Khormato, Salah el-Din, lies 200 km northeast of Baghdad.

SH

9 killed, 5 wounded until Wednesday afternoon, in other attacks not mentioned above

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 04 /06 /2008 Time 10:01:33
Baghdad, Jun 4, (VOI)-

Nine persons were killed and five more were wounded in acts of violence that took place throughout Iraq from 9:00pm on Tuesday until 2:00pm on Wednesday , security sources said.

In Baghdad, the spokesman for the Baghdad’s operations command said on Wednesday said a senior officer from the interior ministry was killed by unidentified gunmen in eastern Baghdad.
In Ninewa province, a security source said that one civilian was killed by gunmen near his house in northern Mosul.

The official spokesman for the Ninewa’s operations command Brigadier Khaled Abdul Sattar told the VOI that 100 detainee were released after proving that they were not involved in any violent acts, while weapons and explosives were found by Iraqi army forces in separate areas in Mosul.

General Ghanem al-Qureshi said that the Diala police freed 17 detainees from the Bucca detention center in Basra and Karkoush jail in Baladruz after they were proved not guilty of involvement in any crime.

A police source said police forces on Wednesday killed three gunmen, believed to be from Qaeda Organization, during a search-and-detention campaign in Diala province.

In Salah el-Din, Unidentified gunmen killed two local officials late Tuesday in central Tuz Khormato, said a police source.

In Sulaimaniya, Jabar Yawer, the official spokesman for the Peshmerga forces, said the Iranian artillery shelled a number of villages in northeast of Sulaimaniya city, without leaving casualties.

In Basra, a cameraman working for the state-run al-Iraqia satellite television was lightly wounded in a roadside bomb blast in central Basra, the director of the television’s office said on Wednesday.

In Thi-Qar, Colonel Sadek al-Meshrafawi, the media director of the Nassiriya police department, said at least four civilians were wounded on Wednesday by a bomb left inside a car in central Nassiriya.

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Iraq War Report for events of Tuesday, 3 June 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Tuesday, 3 June 2008.

·        US admits death of American soldier in “non-combat incident” in Baghdad Tuesday morning.

·        Iranian artillery blasts northern Iraqi sanctuaries of Kurdish separatists backed by US, “Israel.”

·        US announces capture of six anti-occupation fighters in al-Kut.

·        Iraqi regime troops arrest 14 in raids targeting anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in as-Samawah.

·        US-backed regime forces arrest 16 Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen, one of them a woman, in al-Basrah Tuesday.

Baghdad.

US admits death of American soldier in “non-combat incident” in Baghdad Tuesday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 7:50pm Baghdad time Tuesday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military announced that one of its soldiers had been killed in a “non-combat” incident in Baghdad on Tuesday morning.

Yaqen reported that the American communiqué failed to provide any further details on the circumstances of the death.

Seven more arrested in continuing US campaign against Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.

In a dispatch posted at 10:10am Baghdad time Tuesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US troops arrested seven members of the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in the ash-Shu‘lah district of Baghdad on Tuesday morning.

Yaqen reported eyewitnesses as saying that the arrests came in the course of continued raids, searches, and arrests targeting the Jaysh al-Mahdi – a part of an American campaign against the Shi‘i militia apparently aimed at preparing for an eventual US attack on Iran.

A witness told Yaqen that the raids began in the ad-Dahliyah neighborhood of ash-Shu‘lah at 7am local time Tuesday morning and that the Americans were specifically searching for Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen.

Salah ad-Din Province.
Tuz Khurmatu.

Two local officials killed in drive-by shooting in Tuz Khurmatu Tuesday evening.

In a dispatch posted at 10:25pm Baghdad time Tuesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that armed men shot and killed two local officials in Tuz Khurmatu, 185km north of Baghdad on Tuesday evening.

Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that armed men in a car opened fire on the car in which were riding Dalshad ‘Abdallah, a member of the at-Tuz Town Council, and Nasih Musa, a member of the Provincial Council for the Kurdistani list. Both officials were killed on the spot. The attackers fled the scene.

Tikrit.

Bomb wounds three Iraqi officers near Tikrit.

In a dispatch posted at 2:45pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of Iraqi government army and police forces to the east of Tikrit, 180km north of Baghdad.

Diyala Province.
Ba‘qubah.

Three gunmen reported killed in attack on tribal police checkpoint.

In a dispatch posted at 3:49pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that three armed men were killed in a clash near a checkpoint manned by tribal “Awakening” police to the east of Ba‘qubah, 65km northeast of Baghdad.

Al-‘Azim.

Ten Iraqi government troops wounded in bomb explosion near al-‘Azim.

In a dispatch posted at 2:20pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a column of Iraqi government trooups in the al-‘Azim area, 120km north of Baghdad on Tuesday.

Khanaqin.

Kurdish tribal leader wounded in assassination attempt near Khanaqin Monday evening.

In a dispatch posted at 9:45am Baghdad time Tuesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that armed men shot and wounded Shaykh Jalal ‘Abd al-Karim, a Kurdish tribal leader, near Khanaqin on Monday evening.

At-Ta’mim/Kirkuk Province.
Al-Huwayjah.

Bomb in village wounds two people.

In a dispatch posted at 12:06pm Baghdad time midday Tuesday, the a Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded in north of al-Huwayjah, (which is 200km north of Baghdad) on Tuesday.

Yaqen reported a source in the Kirkuk police as saying that a bomb went off on the main street near some agricultural land in the village of Nazzakah, between ar-Riyad and al-Huwayjah, wounding two people.

Government forces arrest five in Monday evening raids.

In a dispatch posted at 12:06pm Baghdad time midday Tuesday, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Kirkuk police and tribal support forces carried out a raid, searches, and arrests in the Yarmuk neighborhood of al-Huwayjah, 200km north of Baghdad, on Monday night. Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that five people were arrested in the raids.

Kirkuk.

Bomb wounds four policemen in Kirkuk Tuesday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 10:33am Baghdad time Tuesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by the police academy to the south of Kirkuk, 250km north of Baghdad on Tuesday morning.

Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.

US troops raid home, arrest three youths before dawn Tuesday.

In a dispatch posted at 1:50pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US forces stormed the house of a resident of al-Mawsil in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning and arrested the three sons of the householder.

Irbil Province.
Irbil.

Iranian artillery blasts sanctuaries of US-backed Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq.

In a dispatch posted at 1:15pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iranian artillery blasted a number of villages in the area of Hajj ‘Umran in the area of Jawman, northeast of Irbil, in response to cross border attacks by the US-backed Kurdish PJAK organization.

Yaqen reported Ahmad Qadir, the Administrator of the Hajj ‘Umran region, as saying that Iranian artillery bombarded the villages of Baray Kishk, Bardunaz, Wadi Saybarah, and Jawlahwa in that region. Qadir said that the shelling caused no material damage or casualties. Witnesses staying in the villages said that the barrage was intense and forced residents to leave their homes.

Yaqen noted that the Iranian military has been bombarding the border areas because of the activity of the American-supported Kurdish separatist PJAK militia. The PJAK Movement, a branch of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) reportedly receives arms, training, and targeting information from the US and “Israel” and carries out repeated attacks on Iranian territory from US-occupied Iraq. PJAK’s aim is the overthrow of the Islamic Republic in Iran and its replacement with western-style liberalism.

Wasit Province.
Al-Kut.

US announces capture of six anti-occupation fighters in al-Kut.

In a dispatch posted at 3:23pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US troops arrested the head of a “special group” along with five of his aides in military operations in the city of al-Kut, 180km southeast of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported an American communiqué as announcing the capture, saying that it was the result of “intelligence information” that the Americans had received. Yaqen noted that the US refers to armed groups that receive direct military support from Iran as “special groups.”

Since March, the US has been actively engaged in an offensive against Iranian-backed anti-occupation militias in what is believed to be preparation for an eventual US attack on Iran.

Al-Muthanna Province.
As-Samawah.

Iraqi regime troops arrest 14 in raids targeting anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in as-Samawah.

In a dispatch posted at 4:38pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi government troops and police arrested 16 members and suspected members of the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in house-to-house raids in southern neighborhoods of the city of as-Samawah, 266km south of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a source in the provincial police as saying that the raids targeted residential homes in the “9 Nisan” neighborhood and that in addition to five members of the Jaysh al-Mahdi and another 11 “suspects” the army seized four Kalashnikov assault rifles, the standard self-defense weapon owned by virtually every Iraqi. The source said that the raids were continuing in the area.

Since March, the US-backed Iraqi regime has been actively engaged in an offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in what is believed to be preparation for an eventual American attack on Iran.

Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.

US-backed regime forces arrest 16 Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen, one of them a woman, in al-Basrah Tuesday.

In a dispatch posted at 8:15pm Baghdad time Tuesday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the Iraqi government Interior Ministry police arrested 16 members of the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in the southern city of al-Basrah on Tuesday. One of them is a woman.

Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that the arrests took place in raids in various parts of the city. The authorities further claimed that twenty-five 60mm mortar rounds and 20 other mortar shells were seized in various places around the city as well.

Since March, the US-backed Iraqi regime has been actively engaged in an offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in what is believed to be preparation for an eventual American attack on Iran.

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