US Soldier, 13 Iraqis Killed Monday, 19 Killed Sunday, According to May 19, 2008 News Reports

US Soldier, 13 Iraqis Killed Monday, 19 Killed Sunday, According to May 19, 2008 News Reports

Yaqen.net reported the following news today:

- 2 bodies of unkown Iraqis were found in Rutba, Al-Anbar.

- Iraqi Army Colonel, Ahmed Al-Nouri, was assassinated in Sadr City. He was attacked by gunmen, exchanged fire with them, killing two of them before he was killed.

- Mahdi Army militiamen attacked Palestinian residents of Al-Ameen neighborhood in Baghdad. On Sunday afternoon, a group of Mahdi gunmen surrounded a building rented by the UN in Al-Ameen neighborhood for few Palestinian families. Some of the gunmen started arresting Palestinain men, taking them to Sadr office, interrogating them, then releasing them.

On Sunday night, gunmen came back to intimidate the Palestinians in the building again, mistreating them and threatening them.

No police or army soldiers came to the rescue of the Palestinian refugees, contrary to the claims of the Iraqi government which called on Palestinians who live on the border refugee camps to return to Baghdad because it is now safe to do so.

- One Iraqi policeman was killed, two were injured in an attack by gunmen in Kuwait Street, in Basra.

- 4 Iraqis were injured with burns when a US plane dropped light bombs on two homes in downtown Tikrit.

- 2 Iraqis released from US Boca detention camp were executed in Haditha by US-recruited Sahwa fighters in the city. This happened just one day after the two were released. The victims were Raed Ra'ad Rakan and Sa'ad Al-Hadithi. Thus doing, the US-recruited Sahwa fighters have resumed a practice of killing those who are released from US prisons and detention camps.

The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported that 19 Iraqis were killed, 46 were injured, and 57 were arrested in Iraq on Sunday. The US-protected Green Zone was attacked with mortars.

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Dhi-Qar Marshes contingent commander killed

Dhi-Qar - Voices of Iraq

Monday , 19 /05 /2008 Time 2:44:30

Thi-Qar, May 19, (VOI) –

The commander of the Marshes contingent in Dhi-Qar province was killed on Monday when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near the contingent headquarters in Souk al-Shyoukh area, a police media spokesman in Nassriya said.

"An IED went off near the Dhi-Qar Marshes contingent headquarters in Souk al-Shyoukh, (35 km) south of Nassiriya, killing the contingent commander, Maj. Farhan Qassem Kattafi," Maj. Nasser al-Majidi told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"The blast caused slight damage to the building," the source said, not giving more details. Nassiriya, the capital of Dhi-Qar province, lies 380 km south of Baghdad. AE

U.S. soldier killed, another wounded in Salah al-Din

Salah al-Din - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 19 /05 /2008 Time 2:44:30
Baghdad, May 19, (VOI) –

A U.S. soldier was killed and another wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near their vehicle in the province of Salah al-Din, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the U.S. army said in a statement.

"One Multi-National Division – North Soldier was killed in an improvised explosive device attack in the Salah ad-Din Province when the Soldiers’ vehicle was struck by an IED, May 18. One MND-N Soldiers was also wounded in the attack," according to the U.S. statement received by Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

The deaths bring to 4079 the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the beginning of military operations in March 2003.

Of this number, 14 were killed in May, 52 in April, the highest U.S. death toll in one month since September 2007, during which 65 servicemen were killed. Thirty-eight U.S. soldiers were killed in March, 29 in February and 40 in January 2008.
AE

2 servicemen killed, 5 wounded in violent actions until Sunday midday

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 19 /05 /2008 Time 2:44:30
Baghdad, May 18, (VOI) -

Two Iraqi army servicemen were killed and five others wounded, including an Australian serviceman, in the violent acts that took place throughout Iraq from Saturday 09:00 p.m. until Sunday 12:00 a.m .

In Baghdad, a police source on Sunday said two Iraqi army servicemen were killed and four others wounded when a parked car bomb detonated on the roadside targeting an Iraqi army patrol in al-Rubai street, east Baghdad.

In Basra, a security source said police forces arrested 38 wanted persons and seized amounts of ammunitions during search and raid operations conducted in different parts of Basra.
While in Makhmour, a district between Arbil and Ninewa provinces,a military source said Iraqi army forces captured four suspects during security operations in the district.

Further north in Kirkuk. Brig. Gen Shawan Hammad Ghareeb told VOI his forces arrested the police chief of al-Rashad district, south-west Kirkuk, accusing him of collaborating with gunmen.
In Dhi-Qar, the Australian army announced one of its servicemen deployed in Iraq was seriously wounded in a roadside bombing that targeted his patrol in the southern province of Dhi-Qar.
Australia has participated in the multi-national coalition that toppled the ruling regime and invaded Iraq in April 2003.

Australia has 550 soldiers in combat roles and 1000 participating in non-combat operations.
Australia withdrew half of its forces in Iraq in fulfillment of pledges made by the newly-elected prime minister in early 2008 February.
AM/SR

2 soldiers killed, 4 wounded in blast in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Monday , 19 /05 /2008 Time 2:44:30
Baghdad, May 18, (VOI) –

Two soldiers were killed and four others wounded when a roadside car bomb went off near an Iraqi army patrol on al-Rubaie street, eastern Baghdad, on Sunday, an Iraqi police source said.

"The blast, which occurred in the eastern Baghdad neighborhood of Zayouna, killed two patrol men and wounded four others," the source, who refused to give his name, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

"The police sealed off the area while the wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment," the source said, without adding further details.
AE/SR

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Iraq War Report for events of Sunday, 18 May 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

·        Murder of men released from US prison camps resumes: two individuals shot dead by American-backed “Awakening” police in al-Hadithah Sunday, after they went to police headquarters to register.

·        US troops set off bomb in western Baghdad, setting neighborhood market ablaze Sunday.

·        Two dead, 35 wounded Sunday in continued US offensive against impoverished Baghdad district.

·        US-backed security forces launch “new security plan” in Maysan Province with mass arrests of members of Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.

Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Hadithah.

Murder of men released from US prison camps resumes: two individuals shot dead by American-backed “Awakening” police in al-Hadithah Sunday, after they went to police headquarters to register.

In a dispatch posted at 5:44pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the murder of individuals released from US prison camps in Iraq has resumed with the killing of two men in al-Hadithah, 270km northwest of Baghdad, on Sunday.

Yaqen reported eyewitnesses in the city as saying that US-recruited “Awakening” tribal police in the city shot and killed two men released by US occupation forces from Camp Bucca in southern Iraq on Saturday.

The witnesses told the correspondent for Yaqen in al-Hadithah that “Awakening” policemen shot and killed Ra’id Ra‘d Raykan and his cousin Sa‘d al-Hadithi, who live near the al-Majid Mosque in the al-‘Askari neighborhood in the western part of the city. Both had been released from Camp Bucca on Saturday and both reported to the headquarters of the “Awakening” police in al-Hadithah on Sunday morning as is required for their daily registration with the notorious police force.

But upon arrival at the local “Awakening” tribal police headquarters, Raykan and al-Hadithi were arrested and then executed in public at the door of the “Awakening” headquarters.

Yaqen noted that several weeks ago the murder of released prisoners had reached gruesome heights, with 13 murdered in just two days. The killings are being carried out in accordance with orders given by ‘Ali Hatim al-‘Ali as-Sulayman, an “Awakening” commander who also told his forces that they could not only kill but also confiscate the property and money of men whom the Americans release from prison.

After the murders reached a climax a few weeks ago, Iraqi regime troops intervened and arrested four of the “Awakening” tribal policemen at a checkpoint at the entrance to the city. The culprits were identified by women relatives of one of their most recent victims.

But US forces then intervened, secured the release of the tribal “Awakening” policemen from Iraqi army custody, moved them first to al-Baghdadi, 200km northwest of Baghdad, and then turned them over to the police directorate in Hit, 180km northwest of Baghdad. The police authorities in Hit then turned the killers over to the US military who transferred them to the US ‘Ayn al-Asad Air Base near al-Baghdadi, one of the biggest American facilities in western Iraq. All the killers are members of the al-Jaghayifah tribe, which extended its hand to the US invaders in the early days of the American invasion of Iraq.

Baghdad.

US troops set off bomb in western Baghdad, setting neighborhood market ablaze Sunday.

In a dispatch posted at 2:20pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US troops set off an explosive device in the al-‘Amil neighborhood market in western Baghdad on Sunday.

Yaqen reported a source in the Iraqi police as saying that the explosion of the bomb set a large number of shops on fire. The source offered no further details regarding the background to the incident but said that the Iraqi Civil Defence forces had been able to take control of the fire. As of the time of reporting, the Americans had issued no comment on the incident.

East Baghdad car bomb kills two army troops, wounds four more.

In a dispatch posted at 1:50pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that two Iraqi government army troops were killed and four more wounded when a car bomb parked by the side of ar-Rabi‘i Street in eastern Baghdad blew up by an army patrol.

Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that the attack took place in the Zuyunah neighborhood and added that the police closed off the area and transported the casualties to a nearby hospital.

Two dead, 35 wounded Sunday in continued US offensive against impoverished Baghdad district.

In a dispatch posted at 12:30pm Baghdad time midday Sunday, the Yaqen News Agency reported that hospitals in the impoverished Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad received two dead bodies and admitted 35 patients wounded in the previous 24 hours of continued US offensive.

Yaqen reported a medical source as saying that Imam ‘Ali Hospital received five wounded people while the as-Sadr Hospital took in two dead bodies and 30 injured individuals.

The US launched an armed offensive against Madinat as-Sadr, a stronghold of support for anti-occupation Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr towards the end of March. The American aim is apparently to destroy the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in order to prepare for an eventual US attack on Iran.

Salah ad-Din Province.
Tikrit.

US aircraft sets fire to two houses in Tikrit, wounding four residents.

In a dispatch posted at 10:55pm Baghdad time Sunday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a US aircraft fired heat flares at two houses in the al-Qadisiyah district of Tikrit, 180km north of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a source in the police who refused to be identified as saying that the two houses caught fire and four residents received burn injuries as a result. A hospital source confirmed that his institution had admitted burn victims as a result of the random US attack. As of the time of reporting, the Americans had made no comment on the incident.

At-Ta’mim/Kirkuk Province.
Kirkuk.

Kurdish separatist militia arrest police chief southwest of Kirkuk.

In a dispatch posted at 6:10pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US-backed Kurdish separatist Peshmergah militia arrested the chief of police in the ar-Rashad area to the southwest of Kirkuk on charges of cooperating with armed fighters against the occupation.

Yaqen reported Shawwan Hamah Gharib, a source in the Peshmergah, as saying that the arrest of Captain Firas Muhammad, the police chief in ar-Rashad took place late on Saturday. He added that an investigation was under way.

Kurdish separatist forces are actively engaged in trying to annex the oil-rich city of Kirkuk to the US-backed Kurdish enclave in northern Iraq.

Maysan Province.
Al-‘Amarah.

US-backed security forces launch “new security plan” in Maysan Province with mass arrests of members of Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.

In a dispatch posted at 9:45pm Baghdad time Sunday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US-backed Iraqi regime army and police forces arrested some 50 members of the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in various parts of Maysan Province.

Yaqen reported that Major General ‘Ali Wahham, the commander of the Maysan Province police announced on Sunday that a “new security plan” was being implemented, targeting what he called “outlaws” in the province.

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