38 Iraqis Killed, Scores Injured in War Attacks, Including 25 Executed by Death Squads, According to June 9, 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.

Georgian base attacked by Iranian-made rockets

Wassit - Voices of Iraq

Monday , 09 /06 /2008 Time 8:40:13

Kut, Jun 9, (VOI)-

Six Katyusha rockets on Monday hit al-Nuaamaniya base of the Georgian forces without leaving casualties, an Iraqi army source said.

“Six Iranian-made Katyusha rockets landed this afternoon on the Georgian forces’ al-Nua'amaniya base in north of Kut without leaving casualties,” the source, who preferred anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq – voices of Iraq (VOI).

There are about 2,000 Georgian troops deployed in Wassit province and the Iraqi-Iranian borders within the Multi-National Force (MNF) in Iraq. Kut, the capital of Wassit, lies 180 km southeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SH

5 Iraqi gunmen killed, 13 suspects arrested in Iraq – U.S. army

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 09 /06 /2008 Time 8:40:13
Baghdad, Jun 9, (VOI)-

U.S. forces killed five (Iraqi) gunmen and arrested 13 suspected gunmen in security operations throughout Iraq on Sunday and Monday, the U.S. army said on Monday.

“Detainee reporting led Coalition forces to (the gunmen's) site in a remote area of northwest Iraq Monday. Immediately upon their arrival, Coalition forces received heavy fire from a fortified position. Responding in self-defense, Coalition forces returned fire and called for supporting aircraft,” the statement added.

“Secondary explosions erupted from the target buildings, indicating weapons and bomb materials inside. Five (gunmen) were confirmed dead in the engagement. Coalition forces also discovered multiple suicide vests and heavy machine guns at the site, which were safely destroyed with the hideout site,” it added.

:Using information from an operation June 5, Coalition forces targeted (gunmen) Monday in Bayji, about 100 kilometers south of Mosul, and detained five suspected terrorists,” it said.

:In Mosul on Monday, Coalition forces captured an Iraqi bomber and one additional suspect About 100 kilometers north of Baghdad, Coalition forces captured a man in Tikrit. The man, who was detained Sunday with three additional gunmen, allegedly replaced another who was killed during an operation April 26.”

“Sunday in Baghdad, Coalition forces detained two (Iraqi fighters) while targeting a man who allegedly operates multiple bombing cells in the city,” the statement noted.
SH

British base in Basra rocketed

Basra - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 09 /06 /2008 Time 8:40:13
Basra, Jun 9, (VOI)-

The British base at the Basra International Airport came under attack with indirect fire during the early hours of Monday but caused no casualties or damage, the Multi-National Force (MNF) in southern Iraq said.

"The base came under attack with more than 10 Katyusha rockets but left no casualties or damage," Cap. Chris Ford, the spokesman for the MNF in Basra, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

British soldiers were stationed in one base - the Basra International Airport, 25 km northeast of the province - after handing over the former presidential palaces, which they took as a military base, to the Iraqi forces.

The British forces in the oil-rich port city of Basra, 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, keep 4,100 troops within the MNF in Iraq.

Britain was the United States' prime ally in the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Ceremonies to hand over security responsibilities in Basra province from the British forces to the Iraqi authorities took place at the Basra International Airport in December 2007.
SH

2 chieftains killed in Talafar
Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 09 /06 /2008 Time 8:40:13
Mosul, Jun 9, (VOI)-

Two clans' chiefs were killed in an attack that was conducted by unknown gunmen targeting a house at Talafar suburb in west of Mosul, an official police source said on Monday.

"Unknown gunmen attacked on Monday afternoon a house at al-Isslah al-Zeraee area in west of Mosul, and killed two chieftains of Talafar suburb, who were inside the house," the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

"The two victims were visiting a relative when the armed men raided the house and killed them," he said.
He did not mention any further details.

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

From his side, Najim Abdullah, head of Talafar's local council, told VOI that the two victims are "Sheikh Abdul-Noor Mohammed Noor al-Tahan, head of Obaid clan, and Shaikh Mohammed Khlail Hanash, head of al-Halabeek clan, and they are prominent figures in Talafar suburb, and they had an active role in the tribal meetings that aimed at reconciliation and rejecting violence inside the suburb."

Talafar is 60 km west of Mosul city.
MH/SH

IED injures policeman in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 09 /06 /2008 Time 8:40:13
Mosul, Jun 9, (VOI)-

One policeman was wounded on Monday when an improvised explosive device exploded targeting his vehicle patrol in southwestern Mosul, said an official police source.

"An improvised explosive device went off targeting a police vehicle patrol at al-Tawafa area in southwestern Mosul," the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

"One policeman was wounded in the attack," he said.
"The cop was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment," he added.
Mosul, the capital city of the oil and sulfur rich Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.
MH/SH

Southern Baghdad blast casualties up to 16

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 09 /06 /2008 Time 8:40:13
Baghdad, Jun 9, (VOI) -

The death toll from the car bomb explosion in al-Karada region rose to four dead and 12 wounded, a police source said on Monday.

"Casualties from the car bomb blast in the southern Baghdad district of Mujamma'a al-Mashn in al-Karada region rose to four dead and 12 injured," the source, who asked to be unnamed, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq (VOI).

A police source had said earlier two civilians were killed and five others wounded on Monday when a car rigged with explosives went off in the southern Baghdad district of Mujamma'a al-Mashn.

"The explosion targeted an Iraqi army vehicle patrol and left one officer dead," he added.
The area where the blast occurred is one of Baghdad's most crowded and is always busy with shoppers.
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2 Attacks in Diala leave 8 casualties

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 09 /06 /2008 Time 8:40:13
Diala, Jun 9, (VOI) –

One civilian man was killed and seven others, including four women of the same family, wounded in two separate attacks northeast of Ba'aqouba on Monday, a security source in Diala said.

"A number of mortar shells landed on a house in al-Seneija village, al-Wajihiya, in the district of al-Muqdadiya, (45 km) northeast of Ba'aqouba, killing one civilian man and wounding three others. All of them were members of the same family," the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

Meanwhile, the same source said, an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in an orchard in the village of al-Muradiya, Ba'aqouba, leaving four women of the same family wounded.
Baaquba, the capital of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.
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Policeman killed in Missan

Missan - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 09 /06 /2008 Time 8:40:13
Missan, Jun 9, (VOI) –

An Iraqi policeman was killed by unidentified gunmen in central al-Amara on Monday, a security source within the Missan police command said.

"Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a Basra province policeman who was driving by at the Industrial Zone in central Amara, killing him instantly," the source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"The killed policeman was a driver for a police director in Basra," 590 km south of Baghdad, the source added, not giving more details about the incident.

Missan's Industrial Zone, open to uninhabited plantation areas, has witnessed several incidents of kidnapping, killing and pillaging.

Amara, the capital city of Missan, lies 390 km south of Baghdad.
AE

25 unidentified bodies buried in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 09 /06 /2008 Time 8:40:13
Diala, Jun 9, (VOI) –

Twenty-five unidentified bodies were buried in the al-Sharif cemetery in central Ba'aqouba, a police source in the province of Diala said on Monday.

"Morgue and charity foundations workers in Diala laid 25 unidentified bodies to rest in al-Sharif cemetery," the source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"The bodies showed signs of having been shot in the head and other parts. Their identities could not be known," the source added.

Ba'aqouba, the capital city of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.
AE

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 8 June 2008. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Sunday, 8 June 2008.

·        US admits American soldier killed in bomb attack in eastern Baghdad Saturday evening.

·        Bomb explodes by US patrol in eastern Baghdad.

·        Gunmen shoot up popular market in Khanaqin area Sunday, killing five shoppers.

·        US soldier reported killed in car bomb attack in Kirkuk Sunday.

·        Barrage of Katyusha rockets slam into British base at al-Basrah International Airport Sunday morning.

·        Iraqi regime forces arrest 14 in continued raids targeting Jaysh al-Mahdi in al-Basrah Saturday, Sunday.

Baghdad.

US admits American soldier killed in bomb attack in eastern Baghdad Saturday evening.

In a dispatch posted at 5:56pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military admitted that one of its soldiers had been killed in a bomb attack on an American convoy to the east of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a US communiqué as saying that a bomb exploded by a US patrol in eastern Baghdad on Saturday evening. The blast killed one of the soldiers in the patrol.

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

Bomb explodes by US patrol in eastern Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 8:34pm Sunday evening Beijing time (4:34pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of US troops on Wahran Square in eastern Baghdad.

Xinhua reported that the Americans quickly closed off the area making it impossible to ascertain information regarding the nature or extent of casualties.

Mortar shell lands near “Green Zone” killing three.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 8:34pm Sunday evening Beijing time (4:34pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that before noon Sunday, a mortar shell landed in front of the Iraqi Ministry of Planning near the top security area around the Republican Palace in downtown Baghdad – the area dubbed the “Green Zone” by the US occupation forces.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi police as saying that the shell, of unknown origins landed in front of the “Green Zone,” killing three civilians and wounding seven more. Several cars and buildings in the vicinity were damaged. The injured persons were hospitalized for treatment.

In a dispatch posted at 12:55pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that three people were killed and seven more wounded when a mortar shell landed at the main gate to the Iraqi Defense Ministry in the top security “Green Zone” on Sunday, a source in the police reported.

Four recruits killed in bomb attack on police volunteers in western Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 12:30pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a recruiting center for the Iraqi government police in western Baghdad’s an-Nusur Square.

Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that the blast killed four volunteers and wounded 23 more of them. The wounded were taken to nearby al-Yarmuk Hospital for treatment.

Bomb targets police patrol in Baghdad al-Jadidah.

In a dispatch posted at 11:45am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by an Iraqi police patrol in the Baghdad al-Jadidah area of southeastern Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that the blast wounded four people, two of them policemen.

Bomb targets police patrol near Turkish embassy.

In a dispatch posted at 11:45am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by an Iraqi government police patrol in the Baghdad district of al-Waziriyah near the Turkish Embassy.

Yaqen reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that the blast wounded five people, two of them policemen in the patrol.

America announces arrest of Iranian-backed anti-occupation activist in Baghdad late Saturday.

In a dispatch posted at 7:28pm Baghdad time Sunday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military announced that it had captured the commander of an Iranian-backed militia commander in the southern city of al-Basrah late on Saturday night.

Yaqen reported an American communiqué as announcing that the US forces had carried out raids in the ar-Rusafah area of southern Baghdad on Saturday evening and there arrested who admitted under interrogation to have arranged for assassinations in US-occupied Iraq and to have forged documents. The American statement also said that under interrogation, the individual admitted to having Iranian support.

Salah ad-Din Province.
Tikrit.

Bombs target Iraqi government police.

In a dispatch posted at 11:05pm Baghdad time Sunday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that two homemade bombs exploded by a patrol of the Iraqi government police in the Chechen district of Salah ad-Din Province, disabling one patrol vehicle.

Yaqen reported witnesses as claiming that police personnel responded by firing indiscriminately at residences in the area and by shouting obscenities at the locals.

Bombs target Iraqi police patrols in Tirkit.

In a dispatch posted at 10:29pm Baghdad time Sunday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that three homemade bombs exploded by three Iraqi regime police patrols in various parts of Tikrit, 180km north of Baghdad on Sunday.

Yaqen reported eyewitnesses who asked not to be identified as saying that the bombs destroyed several patrol vehicles in the az-Zuhur and al-Jam‘iyat neighborhoods. “A number” of men in the patrols were killed or wounded, the witnesses said, but could not offer specific numbers.

After the attacks, government forces conducted raids, searches and arrests, detaining dozens of local civilians. Residents said that some whole families were arrested en masse and that government troops opened fire on residents’ houses as well.

Mass arrests among refugees in Tikrit reported.

In a dispatch posted at 8:15pm Baghdad time Sunday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi regime Emergency Police in Tikrit, 180km north of Baghdad, arrested a total of 450 people in raids and arrests last week in the city of Tikrit and the al-Jazirah desert areas to the west.

Yaqen reported a source in the regime’s security forces, who asked not to be identified, as saying that all the prisoners were handed over to the US occupation forces.

Relatives of prisoners confirmed the reports and said that the women among the prisoners were being tortured by the Emergency Police in Tikrit before being transferred to the Americans. The relatives said that the arrests were made from among refugees who had fled to Tikrit from ar-Ramadi, al-Fallujah, al-Karmah, Diyala Province, Samarra’, and al-Mawsil.

Diyala Province.
Khanaqin.

Gunmen shoot up popular market in Khanaqin area Sunday, killing five shoppers.

In a dispatch posted at 6:59pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that men armed with machine guns attacked shoppers in a popular market in the Khanaqin area, 180km northeast of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a source in the Diyala Province police as saying that the gunmen attacked people inside the market in the Qazzaniya area northeast of Ba‘qubah. The source said that the gunmen fired randomly around the market and then fled the scene, leaving five shoppers dead.

Seven residents arrested in al-Katun neighborhood of Ba‘qubah.

In a dispatch posted at 4:25pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi regime troops arrested seven persons in the course of raids, searches, and arrests in the Ba‘qubah area, 65km northeast of Baghdad, on Sunday.

Yaqen reported witnesses as saying that Iraqi army forces arrested seven residents of the al-Katun neighborhood, charging them with membership in armed groups.   The government troops also seized weapons in the neighborhood.

At-Ta’mim/Kirkuk Province.
Kirkuk.

US soldier reported killed when car bomber attacks US, Iraqi government army headquarters southwest of Kirkuk Sunday.

In a dispatch posted at 4:43pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a man drove a car bomb into the dual headquarters of Iraqi regime and US troops in the an-Nur residential complex in the ar-Rashad area to the southwest of Kirkuk, 250km north of Baghdad, on Sunday.

Yaqen reported Sarhad Qadir, Police Administrator for Areas and Districts around Kirkuk, as saying that the car bomber attack left dead and wounded in its wake but US forces sealed off the area, preventing any information on the nature or extent of casualties from leaking out.

Later, in a dispatch posted at 8:45pm Baghdad time Sunday evening, Yaqen reported that one US soldier had been killed and 17 more of them wounded in the car bombing. Seven Iraqis, two of them contractors with the occupation forces, were also among the wounded.

Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.

Bomb targeted on police patrol kills civilian in al-Mawsil Sunday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 2pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a police patrol to the east of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad on Sunday morning.

Yaqen reported a source in the al-Mawsil Police as saying that the homemade explosive device, which was planted by the side of a road in the al-Intisar Neighborhood, killed one civilian and wounded five policemen.

Wasit Province.
Al-Kut.

Iraqi regime soldier gunned down in al-Kut Sunday.

In a dispatch posted at 2:25pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that armed men fired on Iraqi government army troops on Tammuz Square in the city of al-Kut, 150km southeast of Baghdad, on Sunday.

Yaqen reported a source in the army as saying that one soldier in the Iraqi’ regime’s 8th Divisiion was killed in the attack. The source offered no further details other than to say that the dead soldier was a native of the city of ad-Diwaniyah.

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.

On Friday and Saturday US and Iraqi regime troops conducted raids, searches, and arrests targeting the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in al-Kut and other cities of Wasit Province.

Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.

Barrage of Katyusha rockets slam into British base at al-Basrah International Airport Sunday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 12:15pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that 10 Katyusha rockets blasted into the British base at al-Basrah International Airport on Sunday morning.

Yaqen reported a spokesman for the British occupation forces as saying that the rockets were fired from an area to the south of al-Basrah. He asserted that the explosions of the rockets had caused no loses or damage.

Most of Britain’s 4,100 occupation troops are based in the British occupied facility at al-Basrah International Airport. It was the second rocket barrage to hit the British base since the US launched its drive against the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in March this year. Since March, the US and its client regime in Baghdad have 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.

Iraqi regime forces arrest 14 in continued raids targeting Jaysh al-Mahdi in al-Basrah Saturday, Sunday.

In a dispatch posted at 11:15am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US-backed Iraqi army forces arrested 14 more individuals it said were members of the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in the southern province of al-Basrah as the offensive launched by the US in March continues.

Yaqen reported a source in the police who asked not to be identified as saying that the regime forces raided the al-Qurnah and al-Qasbat areas on Saturday evening and there arrested four members of the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia. The source claimed that 1,200 mortar shells were also found in the course of those raids.

Then on Sunday morning, Iraqi regime forces raided and searched the al-Qiblah area, arresting 10 members of the Jaysh al-Mahdi there. The source claimed that the troops also found three Grad rocket launchers and six rockets in a building under construction in that 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.

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