2 US Soldiers, 47 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to May 1, 2008 News Reports

2 US Soldiers, 47 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to May 1, 2008 News Reports

Editor's Note:

Only God knows how many Iraqis are killed everyday. The following represents part of the reporting but the actual number of deaths should very much exceed what's reported.

Casualty toll of Diala consecutive bombings increase to 83

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 01 /05 /2008 Time 10:04:52
Diala-Voices of Iraq
Diala, May1, (VOI) -

At least 23 individuals killed and 60 others wounded in twin bombings explosion targeting a wedding ceremony in Diala on Thursday, a police source said.

“The toll of the consecutive bombings that targeted a wedding motorcade in al-Sayan neighbourhood of Baladruz district in Diala province was 23 dead and 60 wounded”, Baladruz police source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq (VOI).

The source noted “the toll might increase due to the critical condition of many cases”.
He pointed out “the car bomb explosion targeting the wedding motorcade was followed by the detonation of the roadside bomb”.
Baladruz, lies 45 km south-east Baquba, the capital city of Diala province, and lies 57 km north-east Baghdad.
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Car bomb kills 1st US serviceman in May-military

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 01 /05 /2008 Time 10:04:52
Baghdad-Voices of Iraq
Baghdad, May1, (VOI)-

A car bomb aimed at a U.S. patrol in Baghdad on Thursday killed a US soldier, raising the death toll to (4064) since the start of military operations of Iraq war in March 2003.

“A Multi-National Division – Baghdad soldier was killed in car bomb explosion aimed at US patrol in central Baghdad on Thursday”, The U.S. military said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq-Voices of Iraq(VOI).

The soldier's killing brings the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the beginning of military operations in March 2003 to 4064.

The intense combat between militiamen loyal to Shi'i cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and U.S.-Iraqi troops for more than a month pushed the death toll of US servicemen to soar to 51 in April, making it the deadliest month since September 2007.

U.S. soldier killed in attack in Ninewa

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 01 /05 /2008 Time 10:04:52
Mosul, May 1, (VOI)-

The U.S. army said on Thursday that one of its soldiers was killed in a bombing attack against his vehicle patrol in Ninewa province, raising the number of soldiers killed in April to 51.

“A Multi-National Division – North Soldier was killed as a result of an explosion occurring near the Soldier’s patrol in Ninewa Province, April 30,” the army said in a statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

The death brings the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the beginning of military operations in March 2003 to 4063.
Of this number 51 soldiers were killed in April, the highest U.S. fatalities since September 2007, which saw the killing of 65 servicemen.
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2 gunmen killed, 2 mass graves found in Dalouiya

Salah al-Din - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 01 /05 /2008 Time 10:04:52
Dalouiya, May 1, (VOI) -

Two gunmen were killed, two cops were wounded, and two mass graves were found in a security raid in eastern Dalouiya, the chief of local police said on Thursday.

“Police and army forces, backed by U.S. troops, launched a crackdown operation in al-Busaliebi region in eastern Dalouiya after receiving intelligence tips on the presence of al-Qaeda gunmen in the region,” Colonel Mohamed Khaled Abdul Hamid told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
“The operation witnessed a shootout between the forces and two gunmen, identified as Arab nationals,” he added.

“The clashes led the gunmen to blow themselves up by explosive belts, injuring two policemen, while three suspected gunmen were arrested,” he explained.
“Two mass graves were found at the same place,” the colonel pointed out.
Dalouiya, Salah al-Din province, lies 90 km north of Baghdad.

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11 killed, 72 wounded in last 24 hours in Sadr City clashes

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 01 /05 /2008 Time 10:04:52
Baghdad, May 1, (VOI) -

Hospitals in Sadr City received during the past 24 hours 11 bodies and 72 wounded in the clashes that have been going on since last month between gunmen and Iraqi security forces, a medical source said on Thursday.

“Imam Ali hospital received during the last 24 hours one body and 28 wounded, while al-Sadr hospital received 10 bodies and 44 wounded,” the source, who asked for anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

Sadr City, a stronghold of Sadr's Mahdi Army militias, has been witnessing armed clashes since US-backed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced last month the commencement of a security operation codenamed Saulat al-Forsan (Knights' Assault) in the port city of Basra, Iraq's second largest province and an oil-hub, 590 km south of Baghdad, which he said targeted "outlaws."

Hundreds of Sadr supporters were killed or wounded in intense fighting, which still continues.

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2 Iraqi soldiers killed in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 01 /05 /2008 Time 10:04:52
Mosul, May 1, (VOI) -

Two Iraqi soldiers were killed on Thursday in a bomb blast near their vehicle patrol in western Mosul, said an Iraqi army source.

“An improvised explosive device went off targeting an Iraqi army vehicle patrol in al-Islah al-Zeraei neighborhood in western Mosul, killing two soldiers,” the source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

“The explosion also damaged one of the patrol’s vehicles,” he added.
Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad.

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Car bomb kills, injures 32 in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Thursday , 01 /05 /2008 Time 10:04:52
Baghdad, May 1, (VOI) -

At least nine civilians were killed and 23 were wounded in a car bomb explosion near a U.S. vehicle patrol in eastern Baghdad, a police source said.

“A car rigged with explosives, parked on the road in Kamb Sara region in eastern Baghdad, went off targeting a U.S. vehicle patrol, killing nine passing civilians and injuring 23,” the source, who preferred to remain unnamed, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

No word was immediately available from the U.S. army on the incident.

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Iraq War Report for events of Wednesday, 30 April 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Wednesday, 30 April 2008.

·        Two US troops killed in bomb explosion in southern Baghdad Wednesday afternoon.

·        US battles Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters in Baghdad’s al-Baladiyat area Wednesday afternoon, as American offensive continues.

·        US troops gun down civilians following attack, killing one, wounding six Iraqis.

·        Thirty-five killed in US offensive against Madinat as-Sadr in 24 hours, among them women and children hospital sources report.

·        US offensive against Sadr Movement in April leaves 321 people dead, 834 wounded, most of them civilians – Iraqi government source declares.

·        Four mortar shells blast into “Green Zone” Wednesday morning.

·        US announces deaths of two US soldiers in northwestern Baghdad Tuesday evening.

Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Fallujah.

Resistance group claims destruction of US Humvee in al-Fallujah.

In a dispatch posted at 11:03am Baghdad time Wednesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the Iraqi resistance group known as the Iraqi Army General Command announced that its fighters had blown up a US Humvee in the al-Jawlan district of al-Fallujah.

Baghdad.

Two US troops killed in bomb explosion in southern Baghdad Wednesday afternoon.

In a dispatch posted at 11:02pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb explosion in southern Baghdad had killed two American troops Wednesday afternoon.

US battles Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters in Baghdad’s al-Baladiyat area Wednesday afternoon, as American offensive continues.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:15pm Wednesday evening Beijing time (3:15pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that fighting was raging in the al-Baladiyat neighborhood of eastern Baghdad at that hour between US forces accompanied by their Iraqi regime allies on the one side and local Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen on the other.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi police as saying that the sound of gunfire can be heard from afar but no information on casualties was available.

Xinhua noted that the impoverished district of Madinat as-Sadr and other areas of eastern Baghdad have been the scene of an on-going US offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia throughout the month of April. The offensive is believed to be in preparation for an eventual American attack on Iran.

US troops gun down civilians following attack, killing one, wounding six Iraqis.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:15pm Wednesday evening Beijing time (3:15pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a US patrol in the al-Fadilah area of eastern Baghdad at midday Wednesday.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi police as saying that the nature and extent of casualties among the Americans was unknown, but that the US troops responded to the attack by shooting wildly in every direction around the area, killing one civilian and wounding six more of them.

Mortar shells wound four in southwestern Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:15pm Wednesday evening Beijing time (3:15pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that two mortar shells landed in the al-Bayya‘ area of southwestern Baghdad before noon Wednesday.

Thirty-five killed in US offensive against Madinat as-Sadr in 24 hours, among them women and children hospital sources report.

In a dispatch posted at 2:35pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that 35 people had been killed and 129 wounded in the US-led offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in Baghdad’s Madinat as-Sadr district in the previous 24 hours.

Yaqen reported a doctor in the as-Sadr Hospital in Madinat as-Sadr as saying that among the dead are women and children killed when the US bombarded and totally destroyed four houses. The victims were taken to the as-Sadr and Imam ‘Ali Hospitals both in Madinat as-Sadr.

US offensive against Sadr Movement in April leaves 321 people dead, 834 wounded, most of them civilians – Iraqi government source declares.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:58pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (1:58pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that more than 300 people have been killed in the US-led offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia during the month of April, according to sources in the Iraqi regime security forces.

Xinhua reported the source as saying that battles and attacks waged in the course of the American offensive between 1 and 30 April left 321 people dead, many of those women and children. More than 834 more people were wounded in the US offensive, most of those civilians.

The US-led offensive began in late March following the collapse of the offensive led by the American-backed Iraqi regime against the Jaysh al-Mahdi. When the inability of the Nuri al-Maliki regime to defeat the Jaysh al-Mahdi became apparent, the US stepped in to launch its own offensive.

Washington is believed determined to crush the movement of anti-occupation Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr in an effort to secure its foothold in Iraq for an eventual American assault on Iran.

Four mortar shells blast into “Green Zone” Wednesday morning.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:07ednesday afternoon Beijing time (1:07pm in Baghdad), Xinhua News Agency reported that four mortar shells blasted into the top-security area around the Republican Palace in central Baghdad – the district dubbed the “Green Zone” by US troops – on Wednesday morning.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi Interior Ministry as saying that no information on the nature or extent of casualties or damage was available. Xinhua noted that in recent days most attacks on the “Green Zone” have come from the Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad – the stronghold of supporters of the anti-occupation Sadr Movement loyal to Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr.

US announces deaths of two US soldiers in northwestern Baghdad Tuesday evening.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 3:09pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (11:09am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that the US military had admitted that two of its troops had been killed in two separate attacks in Baghdad.

Bomb targets Iraqi regime troops in Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 10am Baghdad time Wednesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of Iraqi regime troops in the Baghdad district of al-Bakriyah.

Salah ad-Din Province.
Tikrit.

Gunmen torture couple to death near Tikrit.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:58pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (1:58pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that armed men stormed into a family home in the village of ad-Duyum to the west of Tikrit, 180km north of Baghdad at dawn on Wednesday.

Xinhua reported a source in the Tikrit police as saying that the gunmen beat the man of the hose and his wife to death, in a double homicide the reasons for which remain obscure. Police patrols arrived at the home and transported the bodies of the victims to Tikrit Teaching Hospital. Both showed signs of severe torture and their hands and feet had been bound.

Xinhua noted that security forces in Salah ad-Din Province together with the tribes and their “Awakening” police have been waging a campaign against the al-Qa‘idah organization. Al-Qa‘idah, which entered Iraq ostensibly to combat the occupation, soon earned the hostility of the population with its savage methods and record of splitting and undermining the anti-occupation resistance movement.

Diyala Province.
Ba‘qubah.

US-led operations reportedly kill 20 in operations east of Ba‘qubah.

In a dispatch posted at 10:05pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that 20 people were killed in the course of joint operations by US troops and their Iraqi regime allies in the area east of Ba‘qubah, 65km northeast of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that the US and its allies carried out their attacks in the area between Balad Ruz and Kan‘an, about 30km east of Ba‘qubah, on the road to the Iranian border. The source offered no further details regarding the attacks.

At-Ta’mim Province.
Al-Huwayjah.

Bomb targets “Awakening” tribal police commander near al-Huwayjah Wednesday morning.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:49pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (12:49pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by the car belonging to a commander of the tribal “Awakening” police in the al-‘Abbasi area, west of al-Huwayjah and, 200km north of Baghdad, on Wednesday morning.

Dhi Qar Province.
An-Nasiriyah.

Mortar shells target Iraqi regime Special Forces in an-Nasiriyah late Tuesday night.

In a dispatch posted at 5:25pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that mortar shells rained down on the Iraqi regime Special Forces unit stationed in the southern part of an-Nasiriyah, 320km south of Baghdad, at 11pm Tuesday night.

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