US Colonel,16 Iraqis Killed in War Attacks, Anti-Agreement Saleh Al-Ukaily Assassinated, According to October 9, 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:

- Two corpses of Iraqis executed by death squads were found in Baghdad.

- US Deputy Secretary of State, John Negroponte, who is visiting Iraq, threatened the US-backed Iraqi prime minister, Al-Maliki, of throwing him out of power by a military coup if he does not agree to sign the US-proposed security agreement, which would allow US forces to stay in Iraq indefinitely, and with immunity.

- An Iraqi soldier was killed, three were injured by a roadside bomb, northeast of Ba'aqouba.

amsi.org reported the following news:

- Three people, including two US-recruited Sahwa fighters, were killed, five were injured by a roadside bomb north of Ba'aqouba.

- US forces announced that a Colonel died on Sunday as a result of wounds sustained on Sunday.

INA reported that four civilians were killed, seven were injured in a blast in Al-Adheem, north of Ba'aqouba.

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Sadrist MP dies of wounds before brain surgery

October 9, 2008 - 12:28:44
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Sadrist MP Saleh Al-Ukaily died in the hospital of wounds he sustained from the explosion that targeted his car in eastern Baghdad, the spokesman for the Sadrist bloc said on Thursday.

“Saleh Al-Ukaily died before undergoing a surgery to stop bleeding in his brain,” Ahmed al-Massoudi told Aswat al-Iraq.

A medical source had said earlier that the Shi'i lawmaker fell into a comma because of bleeding in his brain and will undergo a surgery to stop it.

“Doctors in al-Jumla al-Asabiya hospital will perform a delicate surgery in his brain to stop the internal bleeding which led him to fall into a coma,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

Al-Massoudi held the U.S. forces responsible for the assault against its lawmaker Saleh Al-Ukaily.
Earlier, a medical source said a Sadrist lawmaker was seriously injured on Thursday in a bomb explosion in eastern Baghdad.

“Saleh Al-Ukaily was injured and his bodyguard was killed when the explosive charge went off near al-Habibiya exhibitions in eastern Baghdad,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.
The Sadrist bloc has 30 seats out of the 275-seat parliament.
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Sadrist bloc holds U.S. forces responsible for lawmaker’s injury

October 9, 2008 - 10:47:59
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Spokesman for the Sadrist bloc Ahmed al-Massoudi on Thursday held the U.S. forces responsible for the assault against its lawmaker Saleh Al-Ukaily this morning, who was seriously injured.

“The incident took place in an area controlled by U.S. and Iraqi forces so we held the U.S. army responsible of the attack,” al-Massoudi told Aswat al-Iraq.

“The lawmaker’s health condition still remains critical and could undergo a surgery later as he was wounded in his head,” he added.

A medical source had said earlier a Sadrist lawmaker was seriously injured on Thursday in a bomb explosion in eastern Baghdad.

The Sadrist bloc has 30 seats out of the 275-seat parliament.
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5 civilians killed, injured in Baghdad

October 9, 2008 - 09:37:53
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

A civilian was killed and four more were wounded in a bomb explosion in eastern Baghdad on Thursday, the second of its kind today, a police source said.

“An explosive device, planted by unknown gunmen near al-Mudhafar square in Sadr city in eastern Baghdad, exploded, killing a civilian and injuring four,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.
“Ambulances rushed the wounded to nearby hospitals, while security forces cordoned off the area and prevented civilians from entering it,” he added.

A medical source had said earlier a Sadrist lawmaker was seriously injured on Thursday in a bomb explosion in eastern Baghdad.

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IED kills 2, injures 3 in Talafar

October 9, 2008 - 08:54:05
NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq:

A civilian and a policeman were killed and three more civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device went off in Talafar district in west of Mosul, a police source said.
“An explosive charge was detonated today inside a restaurant in al-Atebaa street in Talafar, killing a civilian and a cop and injuring three civilians,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.
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Local official killed in central Karbala

October 9, 2008 - 08:38:19
KARBALA / Aswat al-Iraq:

The director of the Karbala provincial council was killed and two employees were wounded on Thursday morning in a bomb blast in central Karbala, an official source said.

“An explosive charge, placed inside a car belongs to the Karbala provincial council carrying the director of the council and a number of employees, went off at the center of the city, killing the director and wounding two employees,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq.

He did not reveal the names of the casualties.
For his part, the media director of the Karbala health department Saleem Kazem told Aswat al-Iraq “ambulances carried one body and two wounded as a reason of the explosion that took place this morning.”

“The two wounded were sent to the al-Hussein public hospital in Karbala for treatment,” Kazem added.
An eyewitness had said earlier that several casualties were reported on Thursday morning as a blast ripped through a checkpoint in Karbala province.

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