5 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, According to November 18, 2008 News Reports

Editor's Note (Below)

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Yaqen.net reported the following Tuesday news:

- A US patrol was attacked in Fadhila neighborhood, in Mosul.

- A body of a murdered Iraqi was found in Mosul.

- Two Iraqi children, aged 13 and 15, were killed by US forces in Al-Ghazaliya, west of Baghdad, inside their home, in front of their parents.

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Ninewa blast casualties up to 17

November 18, 2008 - 03:53:23

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

The casualties from the car bomb explosion that ripped through Sinjar district in west of Mosul on Tuesday rose to one dead and 16 wounded, a security source said.

“A car bomb went off in a village in Sinjar district, 120 km west of Mosul, killing one and wounding 16,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

A security source had said earlier that one civilian man was killed and four others wounded when a car bomb went off in a village in the district of Sinjar on Tuesday.

Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

The original city of Mosul stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient biblical city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides.

Despite having an amount of Kurdish population, it does not form part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

There are different communities in Mosul like Christians, Shiites and Kurds along with a Sunni majority.

The fabric Muslin, long manufactured here, is named for this city. Another historically important product of the area is Mosul marble.

The city is also a historic center for the Nestorian Christianity of the Assyrians, containing the tombs of several Old Testament prophets such as Jonah, Yunus in Arabic, and Nahum.

SH (S)/SR

Gunman killed, 14 arrested in Baghdad

November 18, 2008 - 03:30:14

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Iraqi security forces killed one gunman, arrested 14 others, and defused 232 bombs in separate areas of Baghdad in the past 24 hours, the official spokesman for the Baghdad operations command said.

“Iraqi forces found also amounts of weapons and ammunitions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad,” General Qassem Atta told Aswat al-Iraq.

“A total of 15 displaced families have returned to their houses,” he added.

“Four Iraqi security elements were wounded during the operations,” Atta noted.

Since February 2007, Iraqi security forces have launched a large scale operation dubbed as Fardh al-Qanoon (Law Imposing) to crack down on gunmen and to assert the rule of law in Baghdad and its suburbs.

SH (P)/SR

2 wounded in IED blast in Baghdad

November 18, 2008 - 09:12:01

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Two were wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in the area of al-Nahda, central Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said on Tuesday.

“A roadside IED emplaced near al-Dhilal company in al-Nahda area went off today, leaving two people wounded,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The explosion also damaged a number of nearby vehicles and buildings,” he added.

AmR (P)

3 women wounded in blast in western Ba'aqouba

November 18, 2008 - 08:45:34

DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq:

Three women from the same displaced family were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near their home in western Baaquba city on Tuesday, a police source in Diala said.

“An IED went off near the house of a displaced family in the area of al-Katoun, (3 km) western Ba'aqouba, leaving three women wounded,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

He did not give more details.

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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