2 US Soldiers Killed, 17 Injured, 20 Iraqis Killed, Scores Injured in War Attacks, According to June 8, 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.

U.S. soldier killed, 17 wounded in suicide bombing in Kirkuk

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 08 /06 /2008 Time 8:20:03
Kirkuk, Jun 8, (VOI)-

U.S. army and Iraqi police said a U.S. service member was killed and 17 more wounded as well as seven Iraqis on Sunday afternoon, when a suicide bomber detonated a car crammed with explosives inside a residential compound near Kirkuk, northern Iraq.

“A U.S. soldier was killed and 17 more were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a car rigged with explosives near their patrol in al-Rashad district, southwest of Kirkuk,” U.S. media adviser Abdellatif Rayan told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).

Ryan added “Two Iraqi contractors were also wounded in the attack.”
Meanwhile, Brigadier Sarhad Qader of Kirkuk police said that a suicide bomber detonated a car rigged with explosives, this afternoon, targeting two Iraqi-U.S. bases inside al-Noor residential compound at al-Rashad district, 30 km southwest Kirkuk.

“The explosion wounded five Iraqi civilians and left unidentified number of casualties among the U.S. troops,” Brigadier Qader said.
Kirkuk is 250 km northeast of Baghdad.
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U.S. soldier killed in eastern Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 08 /06 /2008 Time 8:20:03
Baghdad, Jun 8, (VOI) –

A U.S. soldier was killed in a roadside bomb attack that targeted his vehicle in eastern Baghdad, the U.S. army said on Sunday.

"A soldier from the Multi National Force's (MNF) division in Baghdad was killed on Saturday evening in a roadside bomb attack that targeted his vehicle, eastern Baghdad," said a statement issued by the U.S. army and received by Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).

The release did not mention any further details, but noted that the soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin and release by the Department of Defense.

The death brings the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the U.S.-invasion of the country in March 2003 to 4,093.

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5 civilians killed in market attack in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 08 /06 /2008 Time 8:20:03
Diala, Jun 8, (VOI) –

Unknown gunmen believed to be al-Qaeda members launched an armed attack on a popular market in Diala's Khanaqin district, killing five civilians, an official security source from the local police said on Sunday.

"Five civilians were killed in an attack by unknown gunmen believed to belong to al-Qaeda on a popular market in Khanaqin's Qzaniya area (155 km northeast of Ba'aqouba)," the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI) on condition of anonymity.
The source did not mention further details, but said that the armed men "had fired randomly at the civilians inside the market before they escaped.

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Suicide car bombing leaves casualties in Kirkuk

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq

Sunday , 08 /06 /2008 Time 5:41:53

Kirkuk, Jun8, (VOI)-

A number of people were killed and wounded when a suicide bomber rammed a car bomb into US-Iraq forces headquarters in Kirkuk, a police official said. “A suicide car bomb targeting two headquarters of U.S and Iraqi forces at al-Noor residential complex of al-Rashad district. 30 km west Kirkuk, leaving a number of casualties”, Brig. Sarhad Qadir, chief of Districts and Suburbs police in Kirkuk, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq(VOI).

The police official added “the blast caused material damage to the residential complex”. Kirkuk, the capital city of Kirkuk, lies 250 km north-east Baghdad. AM

Gunmen kill Iraqi soldier in Kut

Wassit - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 08 /06 /2008 Time 6:05:38
Kut, Jun 8, (VOI)-

Unknown gunmen on Sunday shot dead an Iraqi soldier in Kut city, 180 km southeast of Baghdad, a military source said.

“A solider assigned to Iraqi Army 8th Division, 32th Brigade, was killed today as unknown gunmen opened fire at him in Tumouz square in central Kut,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).
The source added “a committee will be set up to investigate the incident.”
Kut, capital city of Wassit, is a Shiite dominated city.
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Unidentified gunmen kill Sahwa fighter in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 08 /06 /2008 Time 6:05:38
Diala, Jun 8, (VOI) –

A member of the (US-recruited) Sahwa (Awakening) tribal fighters was killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in central Ba'aqouba on Sunday, a police source in Diala province said.

"A Sahwa fighter was killed on Sunday when unidentified gunmen shot him down near a school in the neighborhood of al-Amin, central Ba'aqouba," the source, who declined to have his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

Gunmen kill five shepherds in Wassit

Wassit - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 08 /06 /2008 Time 6:05:38
Wassit, Jun 8, (VOI)-

Unknown gunmen on Sunday shot dead five shepherds in Wassit province, 180 km southeast of Baghdad, a local police source said.

“Gunmen riding motorcycles shot and killed five shepherds in al-Nahrawan area, northern Wassit,” the source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).
The source added “the attack also set ablaze the shepherds’ two vehicles.”
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Mortar kills 3, wounds 7 at entry to Iraqi Defense Ministry building

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 08 /06 /2008 Time 6:05:38
Baghdad, Jun 8, (VOI)-

At least three people were killed and seven more wounded on Sunday when a mortar round fell near the gateway to Iraqi Defense Ministry building in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, a police source said.

“A mortar fell onto the Defense Ministry compound inside the Green Zone, today, killing three persons and wounding seven,” the source, who spoke on anonymity condition, told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).
The fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad is the seat to Iraqi government, parliament and some ministries as well as the foreign embassies in Iraq including the U.S. and British.
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British base at Basra airport rocketed

Basra - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 08 /06 /2008 Time 6:05:38
Basra, Jun 8, (VOI)-

British forces’ base at Basra airport came under Katyusha rocket attack on Sunday morning with no reports of casualties or damage, a British spokesman said.

“The British base at Basra International Airport was attacked this morning with ten Katyusha rockets,” Captain Chris Ford told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq- (VOI).

Captain Ford added “the rockets, which were launched from an area south of Basra, left no casualties or damage.”

This is the second time the British base came under attack since 25 March 2008, a day that a large-scale military operation, dubbed Charge of Knights, started in the Shiite predominantly city of Basra with the aim of hunting down “outlaws”, a term used by the Iraqi government to describe the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army militiamen.

Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad.
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27 casualties as explosion targets police recruiting centre in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 08 /06 /2008 Time 6:05:38
Baghdad, Jun 8, (VOI)-

At least four police recruits were killed and 23 more wounded on Sunday when a bomb exploded outside a police recruiting centre in western Baghdad, a police source said.

“An explosive charge planted near the main entry to a police recruiting centre in al-Nosoor square, western Baghdad, exploded killing four recruits and wounding 23,” the source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).

The wounded were rushed to the nearby al-Yarmouk Hospital, he added.
This is the third explosion so far today in Baghdad.

Earlier, two roadside bombs blasts in separate locations in Baghdad left nine people, including four policemen, wounded.
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Nine people wounded in Baghdad separate blasts

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 08 /06 /2008 Time 6:05:38
Baghdad, Jun 8, (VOI)-

At least nine people, including four policemen, were wounded on Sunday morning in two separate blasts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a police source said.

“An explosive charge detonated, this morning, near a police patrol vehicle in Baghdad al-Jadidah, southeastern Baghdad, wounding four people, including two policemen,” the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).

Meanwhile, another roadside bomb exploded today in al-Waziriyah neighborhood, central Baghdad, near a police patrol vehicle, wounding five people, including two policemen, according to the same police source.
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14 people killed, 41 wounded in Iraq violence until Sunday noon

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 08 /06 /2008 Time 6:05:38
Baghdad, Jun 8, (VOI) –

Fourteen people were killed and 41 others wounded while security forces captured 55 in acts of violence in several areas of Iraq from Saturday evening to Sunday noon, according to security sources.

In Baghdad, the Iraqi police said an explosive device emplaced at the main gate of a police recruiting center in Sahat al-Nosour, western Baghdad, went off today, killing four recruits and wounding 23 others.

The Iraqi police said a mortar shell landed today near the main gate of the defense ministry in the heavily-fortified green zone in central Baghdad, killing three and wounding seven others.
Also in Baghdad, the police said a body of a policeman was found in an orchard on the peripheries of the northern Baghdad area of al-Hurriya. In another development, the police said an improvised explosive device went off near a police patrol in Baghdad al-Jadida, southeastern Baghdad, wounding four people, including two patrol men.

Another IED went off in al-Waziriya, central Baghdad, targeting a police patrol near the Turkish embassy building, wounding five people, including two patrol men.

Maj. General Qassem Atta, the spokesman for the Baghdad operations command, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI) that a force from the Baghdad Brigade, acting on intelligence tips, today arrested 27 suspects and seized 27 tanks and 19 reservoirs carrying oil derivatives and ready for smuggling in the areas of al-Shaab and al-Habibiya, eastern Baghdad.

The U.S. army in Iraq said on Sunday that it arrested a leader of the Special Groups in the port city of Basra, 590 km south of Baghdad.

The U.S. army lends the name Special Groups to armed groups that have links with Iran.

In Wassit province, a police source said unidentified gunmen opened fire at five shepherds in the desert area of al-Nahrawan, lying between Diala province and eastern al-Aziziya district, killing them instantly.

In Diala province a police source said a member of the Sahwa (Awakening) tribal fighters was killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen in central Baaquba on Sunday.

The Sahwa councils were set up in a number of Iraqi provinces such as al-Anbar, Diala, Ninewa, and Salah al-Din with the aim of bolstering political and local tribal powers to fight armed groups, particularly al-Qaeda network, in those areas.

These councils are usually led by tribal chiefs or notables in the provinces.
The Sahwa fighters managed to flush out armed groups from a number of areas once considered strongholds of gunmen for years.

In another area of the city, a police source said an Iraqi army force captured seven suspects while raiding a stronghold of al-Qaeda network in al-Katoun neighborhood, Baaquba district.

In Basra province, 590 km south of Baghdad, a source from the city's operations room said Iraqi army forces arrested 14 wanted men and seized mortars and Cruise missile launching pads in raids conducted during the past 24 hours in al-Qarna and al-Qibla districts, northern and western Basra respectively.

In Mosul, the U.S. army in Iraq said it captured a key leader of al-Qaeda network and five suspects others in a security operation in the city of Mosul.

"Coalition forces captured an alleged al-Qaeda in Iraq leader and a man believed to lead a bombing cell under his direction during operations in Mosul Sunday," according to a U.S. army statement received by VOI.

CR "Two women were injured during the operations when Coalition forces breached the door of a target building. Both women were treated on site by Coalition medics, and transported to a local hospital by Iraqi emergency services," it added.

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