US Soldier, 39 Iraqis Killed, 26 Bodies in Al-Zubair Mass Grave, Maliki Supervises Assault on Mosul, According to Initial May 14, 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.

Yaqen.net reported the following news today:

- 26 bodies of Iraqis executed by sectarian militia death squads last year were found in a mass grave in Al-Zubair, Basra.

- US-backed sectarian prime minister, Maliki, arrived in Mosul to supervise the assaults on Iraqis in this resistant city.

- 30 people were killed, 20 were injured when a suicide bomber attacked a funeral service conducted for Taha Sulaiman Al-Zoaba'ai, who was assassinated yesterday in the village of Al-Zeidan, in Abu Gharib district, in Al-Anbar Province.

- Shaikh Ayed Sabbar Diwan Al-Juhaishi was assassinated by a death squad of a sectarian militia in his village of Ali Al-Shahin, in Al-Madaen. Two of his children were injured.

- US-backed sectarian prime minister, Maliki, changed the name of Al-Taemim (Nationalization) Province into the Kirkuk Province, in response to a request from the US-backed Kurdish leaders. This is in violation of the Iraqi Law, which limit such changes to the Parliament.

The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported that the two blasts targeting two Islamic Party lawmakers resulting in killing six people and injuring thirty others (VOI reported below on only one of the two blasts).

The Iraq News Agency also reported on the Iraqi oil reserves, as the main reason behind the US invasion of Iraq. The report stated that the Saddam Hussain government estimate of Iraqi oil reserves reached 525 billion barrels before the invasion.

On April 28, 2008, the Kurdish deputy prime minister, Budhum Saleh, announced that Iraqi oil reserves have reached 350 billion barrels.

Announced Saudi oil reserves are 250 billion barrels.

The report also mentioned that Iraqi natural gas reserves are the highest in the world, exceeding Russian reserves (1.7 trillion cubic feet), and the reserves of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Iran together.

The report further mentioned admissions from Alan Greenspan, Paul Wolfowitz, and John Abi Zaid that the US invasion of Iraq was basically because of the country's oil wealth.

http://www.iraq-ina.com/showthis.php?type=1&tnid=28744

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Casualty toll from IAF motorcade explosion rises to 10

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 14 /05 /2008 Time 8:56:10
Baghdad, May 14, (VOI) -

The toll from the bombing that targetted a motocade of Islamic party leading member in Baghdad rose to three killed and seven wounded, a police source said.

“The toll from the car bomb explosion that targetted the motorcade of the leading Islamic party member Abdul Karim al-Samarra'i rose to three killed and seven wounded.”

Earlier, Brig Gen. Qassem Atta, spokesman for Baghdad operation's, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - VOI, “a roadside bomb went off targeting the motorcade of Abdul Karim al-Sameraei, member of the parliament from the IAF’s Islamic party, in al-Alawi region in central Baghdad, killing one of his bodyguards and injuring four more.”

“The lawmaker was not hurt,” he underlined.
The Islamic party (IP) is a major party in Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), the major Sunni parliamentary bloc, which holds 44 out of the Parliament’s total 275 seats
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Strong blast in Baghdad’s Green Zone leaves casualties

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 14 /05 /2008 Time 8:56:10
Baghdad, May 14, (VOI)-

A strong explosion jolted the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, leaving unspecified number of casualties, eyewitnesses said on Wednesday.

The blast took place at the Green Zone’s inlet near al-Takhteet gate from al-Joumhouria bridge side in central Baghdad according to eyewitnesses.

No further details were immediately available.
The Green Zone is home to the Iraqi government headquarters and ministries as well as foreign embassies including the U.S. and British embassies

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17 killed, injured by car bomb explosion in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 14 /05 /2008 Time 8:56:10
Baghdad, May 14, (VOI)-

Two civilians were killed and 15 others were wounded on Wednesday in a booby-trapped car explosion in western Baghdad, a police source said.

“A car crammed with explosives, parked in al-Yarmouk region in western Baghdad near the headquarters of Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi’s Islamic Party, went off, killing two civilians and injuring 15, including a number of the party’s staff,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).
He did not give more details.

The Islamic party is a major Sunni party and one of the components composing the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF) list, the third parliamentarian block, that hold 44 out of the parliament’s 275 seats.

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U.S. soldier killed in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 14 /05 /2008 Time 8:56:10
Baghdad, May 14, (VOI)-

A U.S. soldier was killed in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in a roadside blast according to the U.S. army.

“Baghdad Soldier was killed when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in northwestern Baghdad at approximately 7 p.m. May 13,” 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 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq to 4077.
Of this number 12 soldiers have been so far killed in May.
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Iraq’s Air Force takes part in Operation Lions’ Roar in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Wednesday , 14 /05 /2008 Time 8:56:10
Mosul, May 14, (VOI)-

Ninewa province witnessed the first participation of the Iraqi Air Force in the Operation Lion’s Roar which are being implemented in the province since Saturday, the official spokesman for the defense ministry said on Tuesday night.

“It’s a new thing for Iraq’s Air Force to back the forces in the Mosul’s operations,” General Mohammed al-Askari told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).

“The Air Force managed to secure a 24-hour video transmission of all Ninewa’s streets and neighborhoods to the Ninewa operations command and to military commanders through a state-of-art system,” he added.
“We used to use the help of the Coalition forces for such missions,” the general noted.
“The aircrafts are providing the commanders with continued video footages to determine the tension areas and gunmen hideouts,” the spokesman explained.

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Iraq War Report for events of Tuesday, 13 May 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

·        US helicopter gun ship sparks fire in Iraq’s biggest food market Tuesday, as American forces continue to attack the Jaysh al-Mahdi despite cease-fire accord. American troops shoot at fire trucks to prevent their extinguishing the blaze as dozens of stores go up in flame.

·        Eleven killed, 20 wounded as US presses ahead with offensive against Madinat as-Sadr, disregarding cease-fire agreement.

·        US, Iraqi regime forces launch campaign against Jaysh al-Mahdi in northern al-Basrah Province.

Baghdad.

US helicopter gun ship sparks fire in Iraq’s biggest food market Tuesday, as American forces continue to attack the Jaysh al-Mahdi despite cease-fire accord. American troops shoot at fire trucks to prevent their extinguishing the blaze as dozens of stores go up in flame.

In a dispatch posted at 9pm Baghdad time Tuesday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that flames licked the sky over the Jamilah Industrial market in the impoverished Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad after a US helicopter gun ship blasted anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters the area following battles between them and Iraqi regime troops.

Yaqen reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that the fighting erupted in the Jamila Industrial area, the al-Hayy Market, and Square 55 of Madinat as-Sadr in eastern Baghdad. The American helicopter then intervened in support of the Iraqi regime troops, firing several rockets.

The Jamila market, the larges food and vegetable marked in Iraq, was the scene of a huge inferno in early April during the first weeks of the American offensive. The result of the destruction of such a large percentage of the country’s food stocks was to send prices of food rising in the capital. On Tuesday fire raged in the market again after the American air strike.

Then, in a dispatch posted at 11pm Baghdad time Tuesday night, Yaqen reported eyewitnesses in Madinat as-Sadr as saying that more than 13 people had been killed or injured in the American helicopter gun ship attack on the impoverished district. The witnesses said that American forces were also preventing fire fighters from getting to the Jamilah market to put out the fire that continued to rage out of control in the country’s largest food market.

A witness told Yaqen that US forces were surrounding the burning market and that American troops opened fire on fire trucks trying to get in to put out the blaze. Already dozens of stores in the marked had been engulfed in the inferno raging there.

Eleven killed, 20 wounded as US presses ahead with offensive against Madinat as-Sadr, disregarding cease-fire agreement.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:08pm Tuesday afternoon Beijing time (12:08pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that11 people were killed and 20 more wounded in continued fighting in the impoverished Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad on Monday night and until early Tuesday morning.

Xinhua reported a hospital source as announcing that the as-Sadr Hospital and the Imam ‘Ali Hospital, both in Madinat as-Sadr, received 11 bodies of men and 20 wounded people – some of those women and children. All were casualties of the intense fighting that raged in Madinat as-Sadr during Monday-Tuesday night.

Since late March the US has been waging an offensive against the Madinat as-Sadr district, a stronghold of support for anti-occupation Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr. In the face of mounting civilian casualties, the Iraqi regime concluded a cease-fire agreement moderated by Iran with the Sadr Movement’s Jaysh al-Mahdi militia. That supposedly went into force on Saturday. But as was the case with a similar earlier cease-fire reached in late March (also with Iranian mediation) the US continued its attacks, disregarding the commitments signed by the Baghdad regime that the US installed.

The US is believed intent upon putting an end to the anti-occupation Sadr Movement in preparation for an eventual American attack on Iran.

Bomb explodes by Iraqi army patrol in southern Baghdad Tuesday morning.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:08pm Tuesday afternoon Beijing time (12:08pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of Iraqi regime troops on al-Wathiq Square in southern Baghdad before noon Tuesday.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi police as claiming that five civilians were wounded in the explosion. He made no mention of casualties among the troops.

Iraqi regime announces capture of high-ranking al-Qa‘idah commander in Diyala Province Monday.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 9:45am Tuesday morning Beijing time (5:45am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that the Iraqi Defense Ministry announced on Monday that its forces had captured a high-ranking commander in al-Qa‘idah, an individual believed to have the function of the “prime minister” of al-Qa‘idah’s self-proclaimed “Islamic State of Iraq.”

Xinhua reported the Iraqi regime’s Defense Ministry as saying that its detachments had carried out a lightning raid that resulted in the capture of Khaldun ‘Abdallah ad-Dahlaki and two of his aides in Diyala Province. A source in the ministry told Xinhua that the individual was under investigation.

At-Ta’mim Province.
Kirkuk.

Car bomb explodes in popular market in Kirkuk Tuesday afternoon.

In a dispatch posted at 6:20pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a car bomb exploded near a popular market in Kirkuk, 250km north of Baghdad on Tuesday afternoon.

Ninwa Province.
Rabi‘ah.

Iraqi regime closes Rabi‘ah crossing on border with Syria.

In a dispatch posted at 6:55pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi authorities closed the Rabi‘ah border crossing in northwestern Iraq on the border with Syria.

Al-Mawsil.

Bomb reportedly targets US patrol in al-Mawsil Tuesday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 5:55pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb had exploded by a US patrol in al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, at 9am Tuesday morning.

Bomb explodes by US patrol in Sumar neighborhood of al-Mawsil Tuesday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 5:55pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb had exploded by a US patrol in the Sumar neighborhood of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad at 8:30am on Tuesday morning.

US-led offensive continues in al-Mawsil neighborhoods.

In a dispatch posted at 5:55pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that forces made up of US troops, Iraqi regime soldiers, and gunmen of the Kurdish separatist Peshmergah militia continued their announced offensive against al-Qa‘idah in al-Mawsil on Tuesday.

Iraqi regime announces mass arrests of 500 in al-Mawsil offensive.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:58pm Tuesday evening Beijing time (3:58pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that Jawad al-Bulani, the Iraqi regime’s Interior Minister had announced that his forces had arrested 500 people in the course of their offensive against al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad.

Iraqi regime forces arrest security official in al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:58pm Tuesday evening Beijing time (3:58pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported a source in the Iraqi regime security forces as saying that Colonel Hilal an-Nu‘aymi, an official in charge of protecting installations in al-Mawsil had been arrested along with his aide, Lieutenant Colonel Shakir al-Hayyali.

Five Iraqi army troops killed in bomb blast in al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:56pm Tuesday afternoon Beijing time (1:56pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb had exploded by a patrol of Iraqi army troops in al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, on Tuesday morning.

Resistance group claims destruction of minesweeper vehicle south of al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted at 10:45am Baghdad time Tuesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the Iraqi resistance group calling itself the al-Qa‘qa‘ Forces announced that its fighters had destroyed a minesweeper vehicle on the main road between Tikrit and al-Mawsil.

Dhi Qar Province.
An-Nasiriyah.

Woman killed in an-Nasiriyah mortar attack.

In a dispatch posted at 10:10am Baghdad time Tuesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that four members of a family were killed or wounded when mortar shells blasted into a house in the city of an-Nasiriyah, 320km southeast of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a source in the local police as saying that four mortar rounds slammed into a house in the city on Monday evening. One woman was killed and three members of her family were wounded in the attack, which, the source said was aimed at the home of the governor of Dhi Qar Province or at the Special Forces unit, both of which are located near where the shells landed.

Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.

US, Iraqi regime forces launch campaign against Jaysh al-Mahdi in northern al-Basrah Province.

In a dispatch posted at 10:25pm Baghdad time Tuesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi army and police forces together with a Anglo-American occupation troops launched a campaign of raids and searches in the al-Qurnah district of northern al-Basrah Province.

Yaqen reported a source in the city police as saying that the campaign resulted in the arrest of several people and the seizure of Iranian-made weapons in the stronghold of the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia. The source declined to provide more details on the number of people arrested or the quantities of weapons allegedly seized.

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