US Soldier, 33 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, 5 Corpses Found, Anti-US Pact Protest in Wassit, According to October 10, 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.

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."

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Yaqen.net reported the following news:

- 15 people were killed, 30 were injured in a suicide bombing in the Corniche market in Mosul.
- 12 people were killed, 22 were injured in Abu Dishir bombing (more details below).
- Two US trucks and a Hummer were destroyed by Urwa Brigades in Al-Shirqat and Ninawa.
- A US Soldier was killed in Mosul on Tuesday but announced today.
- Two corpses were found in Baghdad.

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Journalist in Kirkuk killed

October 10, 2008 - 07:58:07

KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq:

Unidentified gunmen shot down a journalist in the city of Kirkuk on Friday evening, a security official said.“The gunmen opened fire at journalist Dayyar Abbas off the Kirkuk Association of Artists in central Kirkuk, leaving him severely wounded. He died on his way to the hospital,” Brig. Sarhad Qader, the Kirkuk districts’ police chief, told Aswat al-Iraq.

“Abbas was a correspondent for al-Ain news agency in Kirkuk,” said Qader, adding the incident is being investigated.Al-Ain is an independent Iraq media corporation.Sever months ago, unidentified gunmen had shot down Kurdish journalist Soran Mama Hama in front of his house in Kirkuk. Hama was in charge of the Kirkuk office of the of Lafin, an independent Kurdish-language political magazine. 

AmR (P)

Baghdad’s trade center ablaze

October 10, 2008 - 07:36:04BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Fire erupted in al-Mishin trade center for selling auto tires, located on al-Rasheed Camp road, southern Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said on Friday. “Firefighters are still trying to distinguish the flames,” he told Aswat al-Iraq. The source said that it is not known yet the reasons that caused the fire, noting the incident, which left no casualties, is being investigated.

MH (P)/AmR

Angry protesters stage demonstration in Baghdad’s southern suburb

October 10, 2008 - 06:18:13

BAGHDAD/Aswat al-Iraq:

Angry people in Baghdad’s southern suburb of Doura ran to the street after a car bomb hit their district on Friday, witnesses reported.

 Local witnesses said scores of people staged demonstrations in Baghdad’s southern suburb of al-Doura following the car bomb that ripped through a market in Abu Dishir district in spite of strict security cordon imposed by U.S.-Iraqi forces.

They said demonstrators set tyres ablaze to protest the bombing that claimed 35 casualties along with material damage to many shops in the district.

Earlier, a police source said ten individuals were killed and 25 wounded

by a car bomb in Baghdad’s southern al- suburb of al-Doura.AM (P)

8 soldiers injured in car bomb attack near Falluja

October 10, 2008 - 05:47:25
ANBAR / Aswat al-Iraq:

Eight Iraqi soldiers were wounded in a car bomb attack on a military site southwest of Falluja city on Friday, a police source said.

“A car bomb blew up in the Iraqi army’s al-Sabtayn Brigade headquarters in the area of al-Habbaniya, southwest of Falluja, on Friday evening, leaving eight wounded,” the source, who is from Habbaniya police station, told Aswat al-Iraq on condition of anonymity.

“Three of the eight wounded soldiers are in a serious condition and are now received treatment at a hospital,” the source said, adding the blast also caused damage at the brigade headquarters.
He did not give more information about the explosion.
AmR (S)

Casualty toll from Mosul rises to 21
October 10, 2008 - 05:24:18
NINEWA/Aswat al-Iraq:

The toll from Mosul two simultaneous roadside bombs on Friday rose to four killed and 17 injured, a Ninewa police source said.

 “The death toll from Mosul two roadside bombs that simultaneously went off in Bab al-Toub district, central Mosul, rose to 4 along with 17 others injured”.

Earlier, a police source said two bombs went off simultaneously in Bab al-Toub district in central Mosul, killing two civilians and injuring 12 more.

AM(S)

Mosul mortuary receives 3 decayed bodies

October 10, 2008 - 05:17:26
NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

A mortuary in Mosul received three decomposed unidentified bodies from a U.S. military base in the southern part of the city on Friday, an official police source in Ninewa said.

“The bodies showed clear signs of having been shot in the head and chest,” the source said, not giving more details.
Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

AmR (P)

Bomb sets Iranian fuel tank ablaze in Khanaqin

October 10, 2008 - 02:58:31
DIALA / Aswat al-Iraq:

Roadside bomb on Friday went off targeting an Iranian fuel tank in eastern Khanaqin suburb, setting it on fire, said a source from the Border Force in Diala province.

“The bomb exploded at the Khanaqin-Montheriya highway, targeting an Iranian fuel tank that was heading to Khanaqin, (155 km) northeast of Baaquba,” Sarchal Abdelkareem told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The explosion set the tank on fire but caused no casualties,” he said.
“Border forces conducted a search campaign in the area, looking for persons suspected of involvement in the incident, but did not arrest anyone,” he added.
MH (P)/AmR

Sadrists in Wassit protest security pact

October 10, 2008 - 02:11:50
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Hundreds of the Sadrist Movement followers in Wassit demonstrated at central Kut city after today’s Friday prayers, condemning the Iraqi-U.S. long-term security agreement and the assassination of a Sadrist lawmaker on Thursday, said a Movement source in the city.

“The demonstration, which started from the Kut Grand Mosque and ended at the city’s Martyr al-Sadr Office, denounced the Iraqi-U.S. long-term security agreement, military foreign presence in Iraq and the assassination of Dr. Salih al-Igaili,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

He added during the demonstration that “a release issued by (Shiite leader) Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr calling on his followers to go to Baghdad on Saturday, October 18th 2008, to demonstrate against the security agreement and foreign forces’ presence in Iraq was read out”.Kut, the capital city of Wassit province, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad.  

MH (P)/AmR

IED leaves 11 casualties in Baghdad

October 10, 2008 - 10:17:10
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

A civilian was killed and 10 others were wounded when an improvised explosive device went off in southern Baghdad on Friday, a police source said.

“An explosive charge was detonated near a small vehicle in al-Doura region in southern Baghdad, killing a civilian and injuring 10,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The blast caused severe material damage to the vehicle,” he noted.
(al-Rasafa).
 

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