50 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks All Over Iraq, 4 Attacks on US Forces, According to November 10, 2008 News Reports

Editor's Note (Below)

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Yaqen.net reported the following Tuesday news:

- 2 Iraqi policemen were killed in an attack in Samarra.

- 5 US-recruited Sahwa fighters were killed, 30 were injured in a bombing attack in Al-Rusafa, in Baghdad today.

- The 1920s Brigades attacked US patrols in Al-Sha'ab, Kilo 160 where a fuel driver was killed and the tanker destroyed, Abu Sukhair, and US base in the city of Rawa.

- One person was killed, seven were injured in an attack on the governor of Khalis.

- Two leaders of the the pro-US Badr militia of Al-Maliki, were killed in an attack in Khalis.

- 3 Iraqi soldiers were killed, four were injured in an attack in Mosul.

- 3 people were killed, seven were injured in a suicide bombing in Amiriyat Al-Falloujah.

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Ba'aqouba blast casualties up to 19

November 10, 2008 - 12:21:08

DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq:

Casualties from Monday’s earlier suicide blast carried out by a woman wearing an explosive belt near a (US-recruited) sahwa fighters' checkpoint in central Ba'aqouba rose to four deaths and 15 others wounded, a source from Diala police said.

“The recent count of casualties from a suicide attack by a woman who detonated her explosive belt near a sahwa (awakening) checkpoint on Monday reached four deaths and 15 others, including eight sahwa tribal fighters, injured,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The explosion also caused damage to six nearby stores,” the source added.

Earlier in the day the same source said the attack, which ripped through the al-Atibaa street, central Baaquba, left four sahwa fighters killed and an unidentified number others wounded in an initial count of casualties.

AmR (P)

Deadly Adhamiya blast casualties up to 96

November 10, 2008 - 10:07:13

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Casualties from Monday’s earlier attacks in Baghdad’s al-Adhamiya neighborhood rose to 28 deaths and 68 others wounded, an Iraqi police source said.

“The recent count of casualties from a suicide bombing that was followed by two improvised explosive device blasts in al-Kisra area, al-Adhamiya neighborhood, northern Baghdad, jumped to 28 deaths and 68 others injured,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The attacks also left severe damage to nearby stores and vehicles,” he added.

Earlier in the day, Maj. General Qassem Atta, the official spokesman for the Fardh al-Qanoon (law imposing) security plan, said the blasts left five killed and 40 others wounded.

AmR (P)

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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. Previously, Sunni leaders pointed to Mahdi Army and Badr militiamen as the perpetrators. Now, death squads are composed of the US-recruited Sahwa fighters and policemen.

On September 6, 2008, news reports mentioned the killing of nine Iraqis who were arrested by Al-Muthanna Brigade of the Iraqi Army stationed in the city of Al-Falloujah. There corpses were found with bullets shot on their heads and chests. This incident is evidence that the sectarian-based Iraqi forces have been functioning also as death squads, which killed Iraqis for suspicion of belonging to resistance organizations, without any legal procedures or trials.

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. For accuracy purposes, the term "Alqaeda gunmen" may be replaced with "Iraqi fighters."

Finally, on daily basis, US-led forces arrest scores of Iraqis in an attempt to pre-empt them from resistance. Tens of thousands of Iraqis are still there in US detention camps and in the prisons of the US-backed Iraqi government. Daily records of these arrests can be obtained from the following three Iraqi sources of news: yaqen.net, amsi.org, and Voices of Iraq.

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