US Soldier, 21 Iraqis Killed in War attacks, Including 2 Executed by Death Squads in Mosul, According to November 4, 2008 News Reports

Editor's Note (Below)

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Yaqen.net reported the following Tuesday news:

- US forces announced today the death of a US soldier on October 29, 2008.

- An Iraqi man just released from a US prison survived an assassination attempt on his life by a bomb exploding in his car, which went off while he was still out of it. Similar assassination attempts were perpetrated by the Sahwa death squads.

- An Iraqi police Colonel was assassinated today by gunmen on the Muhammed Al-Qassem Road, in Baghdad.

- A policeman was killed, three were injured in an attack in Al-Ghadeer area, in Baghdad.

- 38 Palestinian refugees left Damascus airport to Stockholm, Sweden, after getting asylum there. They spent about two years in the Tanaf refugee camp, on the border between Syria and Iraq. They were assaulted by Mahdi Army and Badr militiamen in Baghdad, which led to their fleeing to the desert camp. No Arab state accepted them. Some countries in Latin America and Scandinavia did.

amsi.org reported the following news:

- US helicopters fired a missile at a group of people in Tikrit after being targeted with light fires from the area.

- US Delta military base in Kut was attached with several katyousha rockets.

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7th Baghdad blast leaves 14 casualties

November 4, 2008 - 01:03:48

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Four civilians were killed and 10 others wounded on Tuesday when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in the northern part of the Iraqi capital, police said.

“An IED blast in an outdoor souk (market) in al-Qahira neighborhood, northern Baghdad, left four people dead and 10 others injured,” an Iraqi security source told Aswat al-Iraq.

Baghdad has been rocked by six explosions today.

A roadside IED near the Technological University in central Baghdad went off, killing one civilian and wounding two others.

Earlier, an IED planted by unidentified persons on the main road near the former headquarters of the German embassy in the central Baghdad district of al-Karada, killing one person, wounding nine others and damaging two civilian vehicles.

Also today a magnetic bomb attached to a civilian vehicle went off near al-Andalus square in central Baghdad, but left no casualties or losses.

Another sticky IED attached to the vehicle of the Baghdad police chief’s secretary, Maj. Ali Jameel, went off today in al-Kararda, injuring him, one of his escorts and one civilian.

AmR (P)

2 civilians killed, injured, body found in Mosul

November 4, 2008 - 06:31:41

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

A civilian was killed and another was injured in a bomb explosion, while police found an unknown body in two separate incidents in Mosul on Tuesday, a police source said.

“An explosive charge went off targeting an Iraqi army vehicle patrol in al-Qadissiya neighborhood in eastern Mosul, killing a civilian and injuring another,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“Police forces found on Tuesday night an unknown body in Mosul al-Jadieda region in western Mosul,” he said, noting that the body shows signs of gunshot wounds to the head and the chest.

“The two bodies were sent to the morgue, while the wounded was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment,” he added.

SH (S)/SR

US Hummer kills, injures 4 civilians south of Tikrit

November 4, 2008 - 04:39:15

SALAH EL-DIN / Aswat al-Iraq:

A U.S. Hummer killed two civilians and injured two more on the main road in the south of Tikrit, a security source said on Tuesday.

“Four people were hanging a commercial advertisement on the main road near Dijla district in south of Tikrit when a U.S. Hummer crushed them, killing two and injuring two, who were rushed to the Tikrit public hospital for treatment,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

No word was immediately available from the U.S. army on the incident.

SH (S)/SR

4 policemen wounded in suicide blast in Mosul

November 4, 2008 - 12:53:41

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

Four policemen were wounded in a suicide car bombing attack in southern Mosul on Tuesday, a police source in Ninewa province said.

“The attack occurred when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-rigged vehicle blast targeted a national police patrol in al-Mansour neighborhood, southern Mosul city,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“Three of the wounded are in serious condition and were taken to the Mosul Public Hospital in the southern part of the city,” the source added.

AmR (P)

Mashtal blast casualties rise to 27

November 4, 2008 - 12:41:16

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Casualties from Tuesday’s earlier roadside bomb attack at al-Mashatl neighborhood, southeastern Baghdad, rose to seven deaths and 20 others injured, according to an Iraqi police source.

“The incident took place at a parking lot, and most of the casualties are civilians,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

Earlier in the day police said the explosive attack left five civilians killed and 10 others wounded.

“An IED was planted by unidentified gunmen near a civilian vehicle parked in a lot in the area of al-Mashtal, southeastern Baghdad,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“Several parked vehicles were damaged in the blast,” the source added.

MH (P)/AmR

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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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