14 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including Two Islamic Scholars, Assassination Attempt on Iranian Embassy Diplomats, According to May 16, 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:

- Shaikh Mahmoud Talab Al-Jamaili and Dr. Taha Al-'Ani, a Professor in Tikrit University, were assassinated today while in their car. Both of them were members of Iraqi Association of Islamic Scholars, which accused the sectarian Iraqi government forces of assassinating them.

- 1,068 Iraqis were arrested in Mosul by the sectarian government forces, most of these senior officers of the former Iraqi army, university professors, and professionals.

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2 civilians killed, 16 wounded until Friday night

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 16 /05 /2008 Time 10:30:41
Baghdad, May 16, (VOI)-

Two civilians were killed and 16 others were wounded in acts of violence that took place throughout Iraq from 2:00pm until 9:00 pm on Friday, security sources said.
In Baghdad, a security source said one civilian was killed and five more were wounded in two separate explosions in eastern Baghdad.

In Anbar, a medical source from the Falluja public hospital said on Friday that the hospital received eight wounded persons; most of them are women and children in a critical condition, from the car bomb explosion that targeted a police station in central Falluja earlier in the day.
In Kirkuk, a police source said one civilian was killed and three members of his family were injured on Friday in a roadside bomb explosion in southern Kirkuk.
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Four family members killed, injured in Kirkuk

Kirkuk - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 16 /05 /2008 Time 10:30:41
Kirkuk, May 16, (VOI)-

One civilian was killed and three members of his family were injured on Friday in a roadside bomb explosion in southern Kirkuk, said a police source.
“A civilian was killed and his wife and two of his children were injured when an explosive charge went off near his vehicle in Tareq Baghdad region in southern Kirkuk,” the source, who requested anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI).

“The wounded were rushed to the Kirkuk public hospital for treatment,” he noted, adding no more details.
Kirkuk lies 250 km north of Baghdad.
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U.S. base, joint center mortared in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 16 /05 /2008 Time 10:30:41
Baghdad, May 16, (VOI) –

Six mortar shells on Friday morning hit a U.S. base and a combined center at two different places of Baghdad, with no word on casualties, said an official security source.
"Three mortar shells on Friday morning landed on the U.S. base at al-Sha'ab neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, while three other mortar rounds hit a joint center of U.S. and police forces at al-Ghazaliya neighborhood in western Baghdad, with no word on casualties," the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI) on condition of anonymity.
The source did not reveal any further details, and the U.S. army did not comment on the two incidents.
MH/SH

8 wounded in Falluja bombing attack – medic

Anbar - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 16 /05 /2008 Time 10:30:41
Falluja, May 16, (VOI)-

A medical source from the Falluja public hospital said on Friday that the hospital received eight wounded persons, most of them are women and children in a critical condition, from the car bomb explosion that targeted a police station in central Falluja earlier in the day.
“The hospital received eight people, including a policeman, who were wounded in that car bomb blast that targeted a police station in al-Dubat neighborhood in central Falluja,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI) on condition of anonymity.
An official security source in Anbar province had said earlier that a suicide bomber blew up his explosive vehicle near a police station in central Falluja city on Friday with no word yet on casualties.
Falluja, the largest city in the predominantly Sunni province of al-Anbar, lies 45 km west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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2 people killed, 10 wounded in Iraq since Thursday

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 16 /05 /2008 Time 10:30:41
Baghdad, May 16, (VOI)–

Two people were killed and ten were wounded, including four Iranian embassy staff, while security forces arrested 12 people in acts of violence that took place throughout Iraq from 9:00pm on Thursday until 2:00pm on Friday, security sources said.
In Baghdad, the official spokesperson of the Iranian embassy told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI) that four Iranian embassy staff, including two diplomats, were wounded in an armed attack that targeted their motorcade while heading to al-Kadhemiya for a visit on Thursday evening.
In Ninewa, a police source on Friday said that a woman was killed inside her house in eastern Mosul during a late hour of Thursday night.

On the same day, a security source said that a physician was killed by a stray bullet in his home in western Mosul.
In Anbar, Mahir al-Iraqi, Multi National Forces' (MNF) spokesperson in Falluja, said that Iraqi police forces seized two weapons caches at al-Karma suburb.
In Diala, a security source said that five people were wounded in a roadside bomb attack in northeast of Baaquba.
In Babel, a police source said that security forces arrested 12 wanted men, accused of conducting armed attacks, in a village in north of the province.
MH/SH

4 Iranian embassy staff wounded in armed attack in Baghdad – Iran

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 16 /05 /2008 Time 10:30:41
Baghdad, May 16, (VOI) –

Four Iranian embassy staff, including two diplomats, were wounded in an armed attack that targeted their motorcade while heading to al-Kadhemiya for a visit on Thursday evening, an embassy spokesman said on Friday.

"The Iranian embassy staff's motorcade was going to the area of al-Kadhemiya to visit the tombs of the Kadhem Imams at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday when unidentified gunmen opened their machine-gun fire at the vehicle near the Ramadan 14 Bridge, wounding four embassy employees," Manuchehr Taslimi told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"Two of the wounded were in serious condition. One of them underwent a surgery and his condition is now stable while the other is under medical surveillance," he said, adding "so far the organization behind the attack could not be identified."

Taslimi accused "different bodies that do not wish to see strong friendly ties between Iraq and Iran" of responsibility for the attack.
AE

Iran holds U.S. responsible for attack on diplomats

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 16 /05 /2008 Time 10:30:41
Baghdad, May 16, (VOI)-

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini on Friday condemned the assassination attempt on lives of four Iranian diplomats and embassy staff in Baghdad.

"The onus is on the occupying forces to ensure security of embassy personnel in Baghdad. The distrustful safety measures taken by US military forces in Iraq have become a serious cause for concern as it is stoking instability in the country," Iranian news agency IRNA quoted Hosseini as saying.
"The Islamic Republic is determined to launch extensive investigations on the assassination attempt and will pursue the incident through Iraqi officials," he added.

Hosseini criticized U.S. President George W. Bush for attempting to portray Iran as a threat, describing the echelon's effort as an example of an inhumane act committed in violation of the international regulations by the invaders and terrorist groups.

Four Iranian embassy staff and diplomats were seriously injured after unknown gunmen opened fire on their car on Thursday.
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2 blasts leave 6 casualties in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 16 /05 /2008 Time 10:30:41
Baghdad, May 16, (VOI)-

One civilian was killed and five more were wounded in two separate explosions in eastern Baghdad, a security source said on Friday.

"One civilian was killed and three others were injured in a bomb explosion near al-Nahda garage in eastern Baghdad," the source, who asked for anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq (VOI).

"An explosive charge was detonated targeting an Iraqi army vehicle patrol near al-Hay al-Azim mosque in al-Zaafaraniya region in eastern Baghdad, wounding two civilians," he added.
SH

Suicide bomber attacks police station in Falluja

Anbar - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 16 /05 /2008 Time 10:30:41
Anbar, May 16, (VOI) –

A suicide bomber blew up his explosive vehicle near a police station in central Falluja city on Friday with no word yet on casualties, an official security source in Anbar province said.

"A suicide bomber attacked a police station in the al-Dhubbat neighborhood in central Falluja on Friday afternoon. Fire broke out in the attack site," the source, who refused to give his name, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"No information on casualties is available yet," he said.
Falluja, the largest city in the predominantly Sunni province of al-Anbar, lies 45 km west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
AE

5 wounded in IED blast in Diala

Diala - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 16 /05 /2008 Time 10:30:41
Diala, May 16, (VOI) –

Five people were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in northeast of Baaquba city on Friday, an official security source in Diala said.
"The IED, planted in al-Aasry neighborhood in Jalawlaa, Khanaqin district, (155 km) northeast of Ba'aqouba, wounded five civilians, including four children from the same family," the source, who did not want his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
"The injured children were rushed to a hospital for treatment," the source said, not giving more details.
Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.

AE

Woman killed inside her home in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 16 /05 /2008 Time 10:30:41
Ninewa, May 16, (VOI) –

A woman was shot down inside her home in eastern Mosul during a late hour of Thursday night, a Ninewa police source said on Friday.

"A 30-year-old woman was shot down in her home in the eastern Mosul neighborhood of al-Bakr. The woman's brother said she was killed by stray bullets," the source, who did not want his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"Criminal evidence, however, showed that the woman, who received one bullet in the head and a second in the chest, was murdered," the source added.
On Thursday a security source said that a physician was killed by a stray bullet in his home in western Mosul.
"Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Hakim Lawind, a physician at the Ibn Sina Teaching Hospital, was killed when he received a stray bullet in the head while he was inside his home in al-Najjar neighborhood, western Mosul," the source told VOI.
Mosul, the capital of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.
AE

Physician killed, child wounded in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Friday , 16 /05 /2008 Time 10:30:41
Ninewa, May 16, (VOI) –

A physician was killed by a stray bullet in his home in western Mosul, where also a child was wounded when the Iraqi army detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) on Thursday, a security source said.

"Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Hakim Lawind, a physician at the Ibn Sina Teaching Hospital, was killed when he received a stray bullet in the head while inside his home in al-Najjar neighborhood, western Mosul," the source, who refused to give his name, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"In the 17 Tamuz neighborhood, western Mosul, a child was wounded when an Iraqi army force detonated an IED," the source said, adding the child happened to be near the scene.
The Iraqi government had announced that its forces, backed by U.S. troops, have launched a wide-scale military operation in Ninewa to purge the province of al-Qaeda network gunmen. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had arrived in Ninewa on Wednesday to supervise the operation. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.
AE

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 15 May 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

·        US troops reportedly kill two residents of Abu Ghurayb, one day after bloody belt bombing attack.

·        Seven dead, 20 wounded in continued US offensive against defiant Madinat as-Sadr district in Baghdad.

·        Director, two other doctors from Tikrit General Hospital abducted Thursday evening.

·        Bomb targets Australian occupation troops near an-Nasiriyah Wednesday afternoon.

Al-Anbar Province.
Abu Ghurayb.

US troops reportedly kill two residents of Abu Ghurayb, one day after bloody belt bombing attack.

In a dispatch posted at 3:44pm Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq (AMSI) reported that US troops killed two Iraqis in their car in Abu Ghurayb, 30km west of Baghdad on Thursday, according to local witnesses.

The AMSI reported local residents as saying that two men from the area were driving in their car in a normal way but then spotted US forces blocking the street. They turned their car around and headed back towards their homes. The Americans saw the car turn around, however, and pursued it. When they caught up to the car, they ordered the men to get out and then shot and killed them on the spot, the witnesses told AMSI, adding that the Americans then set their car on fire in front of everyone in the area.

The witnesses said that the US troops, with American aircraft providing air cover, dragged the bodies of the two men to their home, located 150 meters from the scene of the shooting, and then raided those houses in a violent way, pushing one local person’s car near one of the houses, and using police dogs that frightened the residents. After arresting six members of the households, the Americans left.

On Wednesday a suspected al-Qa‘idah member wearing a belt bomb blew himself up at a funeral of a school principal in Abu Ghurayb, killing 30 mourners and wounding 20 more.

Baghdad.

Bomb targets joint US-Iraqi army patrol in western Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 2:50pm Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of US and Iraqi regime troops in the Nafaq ash-Shurtah area of western Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that one Iraqi government soldier was killed in the attack and four others wounded.

Seven dead, 20 wounded in continued US offensive against defiant Madinat as-Sadr district in Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:06pm Thursday afternoon Beijing time (1:06pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that at least seven people had been killed and 20 more wounded in the continued US offensive against the impoverished Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad, a stronghold of support for anti-occupation Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr.

Xinhua reported a hospital source as saying that the Imam ‘Ali and as-Sadr General Hospitals, both in Madinat as-Sadr, received seven bodies and admitted 20 patients wounded in the continued American assault on the district during Wednesday-Thursday night. Among the wounded are women and children, the sources note, some of them suffering from severe injuries.

Since late March the US and its Iraqi regime allies have been pressing an offensive against the Madinat as-Sadr district on a daily basis, resulting in a steady toll of dead and wounded. A ceasefire agreement reached with the help of the Iranian regime on Friday has been ignored by the Americans as they continue attacking the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia. The US offensive is seen as an effort to prepare the ground in Iraq for an eventual American attack on Iran.

Bomb targets Baghdad governor Thursday morning.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 2:34pm Thursday afternoon Beijing time (10:34am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by the motorcade of the governor of Baghdad as it passed down as-Sa‘dun Street through an-Nasr Square Thursday morning.

Salah ad-Din Province.
Tikrit.

Director, two other doctors from Tikrit General Hospital abducted Thursday evening.

In a dispatch posted at 8:33pm Baghdad time Thursday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that armed men kidnapped the director of Tikrit General Hospital, his assistant, and one of the doctors working three from an area north of Tikrit on Thursday.

Yaqen reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that armed men in two cars abducted Dr. Jabbar Mahrus, the Director of Tikrit General Hospital, his assistant, Dr. ‘Abd ar-razzaq al-Qaysi, and a third doctor who was with them, Dr. Ahmad Salah in the al-Hamarah area between Tikrit and Bayji.   The source said that the three doctors were on their way home in the city of Bayji when they were kidnapped and driven off to an unknown destination.

Diyala Province.
Balad Ruz.

Two killed in bomb explosion near Balad Ruz.

In a dispatch posted at 2:10pm Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a car to the south of Balad Ruz, 65km northeast of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a source in the provincial police as saying that two people were killed in the blast.

Jalawla’.

Six policemen wounded in bomb blast northwest of Jalawla’.

In a dispatch posted at 2:10pm Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a police vehicle near the village of Kashkul on the main road between Qarah Tabbah and Jalawla’, 120km northeast of Baghdad.

Bomb kills two policemen near Jalawla’ Thursday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 10:30am Baghdad time Thursday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by an Iraqi government police vehicle on the main road near the al-Husayni village near Jalawla’, 120km northeast of Baghdad, on Thursday morning.

Dhi Qar Province.
An-Nasiriyah.

Bomb targets Australian occupation troops near an-Nasiriyah Wednesday afternoon.

In a dispatch posted at 12:50pm Baghdad time midday Thursday, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb went off by a column of Australian occupation troops to the southeast of an-Nasiriyah, 320km south of Baghdad, at 4pm on Wednesday afternoon.

Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.

Iraqi army general: 833 residents of al-Mawsil arrested since Saturday.

In a dispatch posted at 6:23pm Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Major General ‘Abd al-Karim Khalaf, the Director of the National Command Center in the Iraqi regime’s Interior Ministry, announced Thursday that 833 people had been arrested in offensive in Ninwa Province.

Yaqen reported Khalaf as saying that the 833 city residents had been arrested since the launch of the offensive in al-Mawsil on Saturday, 10 May, following an upsurge in attacks there by the al-Qa‘idah organization.

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