US Soldier, 15 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Including 4 Executed by Death Squads, According to October 7, 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:

- A suicide car bomber attacked a US forces patrol in Mosul, on Tuesday.

- An Iraqi soldier was killed, two were injured in an attack in Balad Ruz.

- US forces killed an Iraqi civilian in Al-Karma, Falloujah.

- A US patrol was attacked with a roadside bomb, west of Al-'Amara.

- The Iraqi ministry of foreign affairs building in the Green Zone was attacked with mortars as John Negroponte was preparing to hold a press conference.

- A US soldier, an Iraqi policeman, and an Iraqi civilian were killed during a house search operation in Mosul.

amsi.org reported that five Iraqis were injured in two blasts in Al-Salihiya area, near the foreign ministry. Moreover, the same area was attacked with mortars.

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3 Iraqis killed in Ninewa

October 7, 2008 - 07:31:05
NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

Three Iraqis were killed on Tuesday in two separate incidents in the city of Mosul, a police source said.
A citizen and his son were killed by unknown gunmen in al-Sedeeq neighborhood in northern Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“Unknown gunmen killed a third Christian working as a pharmacist in al-Tahrir neighborhood in eastern Mosul,” he added.
“The gunmen fled to unknown place,” he noted, without giving further details.
SH (S)

2 unknown bodies found in Baghdad

October 7, 2008 - 06:22:33
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Police forces on Tuesday found two unknown bodies in southeast of Baghdad, a police source said.
“The forces found the two bodies in al-Baladiyat district and al-Re’asa neighborhood in western Sadr City in southeast of Baghdad,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The two bodies bore signs of gunshot wounds to the head and the chest,” he added.
SH (P)

Bodies of young man, woman found in Kut

October 7, 2008 - 10:10:44
WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq:

Policemen found two unidentified bodies of a young man and a young woman in the area of al-Ghabat, eastern Kut city, on Tuesday, a police source in Wassit province said.

“The bodies, lying not more than 15 meters away from each other, showed signs of having been shot,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq, adding investigations are underway to track down the culprits.

A Shiite province, Wassit, 180 km south of Baghdad, is in the east of the country. Its name comes from the Arabic word meaning “middle,” as it lies along the Tigris about midway between Baghdad and Basra.
Its major cities include the capital, al-Kut, and al-Hayy. Prior to 1976 it was known as Kut Province.
AmR (P)

Suicide attack kills child, injures 10 civilians in Mosul

October 7, 2008 - 04:45:23
NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

A child was killed and ten civilians were wounded on Tuesday in a suicide car bomb explosion in western Mosul, a security source said.

“A suicide bomber blew up a car rigged with explosives targeting a U.S. vehicle patrol between Shaikh Fat'hi and al-Boursa regions in western Baghdad,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The explosion killed a child and injured ten civilians,” he added, without giving details on casualties among U.S. forces.

“The child’s body was sent to the forensic medicine department, while wounded were rushed to nearby hospital for treatment,” he also said.
SH (S)

5 civilians wounded by 2 mortars in Baghdad

October 7, 2008 - 09:54:07
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Five civilians were wounded when two mortar shells landed in central Baghdad on Tuesday, an Iraqi police official said.

“One of the two mortars landed on a civilian vehicles parking lot in al-Allawi area, central Baghdad, leaving five civilians wounded,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“Security forces sealed off the area near the foreign ministry building while ambulances rushed the wounded to a nearby hospital,” the source added.

Coinciding with these mortar attacks, a joint press conference was held by Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte at the ministry headquarters in Baghdad.
Earlier in the day, eyewitnesses said two explosions ripped through central Baghdad near the heavily fortified green zone but no casualties were reported.

“One of the blasts occurred near a parking lot close to the green zone while the other took place in al-Allawi, both in central Baghdad,” local residents told Aswat al-Iraq.
AmR (P)

2 blasts in Baghdad, no word of casualties

October 7, 2008 - 08:53:20
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Two explosions on Tuesday ripped through central Baghdad near the heavily fortified green zone but no casualties were reported, according to eyewitnesses in the Iraqi capital.
“One of the blasts occurred near a parking lot close to the green zone while the other took place in al-Allawi, both in central Baghdad,” local residents told Aswat al-Iraq.

AmR (P)

Civilian killed, 2 wounded in Kut

October 7, 2008 - 08:04:18
WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq:

A civilian man was killed by the fire of unidentified gunmen, two of them were wounded in a feud with the killed man’s family in eastern Kut city, a police source in Wassit said.

“Unidentified gunmen waged an armed attack during the early hours of Tuesady on a family in Anwar al-Sadr area, eastern Kut, leaving one member killed. Two of the gunmen were injured in the clashes,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.
“The gunmen were boarding a vehicle and escaped before the police arrived at the scene,” he added, not giving more details on the incident.

A civilian man was killed on Monday night during a wedding party in central Kut city.
AmR (P)

Policeman killed, another wounded in attack in Mosul

October 6, 2008 - 11:51:41
NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

A policeman was killed and another wounded in an armed attack by an unidentified group on a security patrol in western Mosul city on Monday, a police source in the province said.
“Unidentified gunmen in a vehicle opened fire today at a police patrol in the western Baghdad area of al-Zanjili, killing one policeman and injuring another,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

“After the incident, other policemen fired back at the gunmen who managed to escape to an unknown place,” the source added.
AmR (S)

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