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This week in Iraq (pg. 11)
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| Krypton |
Another 100+ dead from violence.
| quote: | Friday 10 October: 45 dead
Baghdad: bombs kill 14, Doura, Abu Dsheer; 1 body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: bombs kill 19; gunmen kill 5 Christians in separate incidents; 1 civilian dies during clashes; 3 bodies found.
Tameem
Kirkuk: gunmen kill journalist, 28-year-old Dayar Abbas.
Anbar
Falluja: car bomb kills policeman.
Thursday 9 October: 26 dead
Baghdad: Sadrist MP dies with 2 of his bodyguards when roadside bomb hits their convoy, Habibiya; car bomb under car kills driver, Mansour; bomb under car kills lawyer, Hurriya; roadside bomb kills 1, Sadr City; 2 bodies found.
Diyala
Udhaim: roadside bomb kills Sahwa member, his wife, their 2 children and nephew.
Ninewa
Tal Afar: bomb in restaurant kills 2.
Mosul: roadside bomb kills policeman; another policeman dies in drive-by shooting; 1 body is found.
Karbala
Karbala: bomb stuck on car kills 1.
Anbar
Habaniya: suicide bomber kills 3 policemen.
Tameem
Aghjlar: gunmen kill PUK member and another civilian.
Zab: 1 body found.
Basra
Basra: gunmen kill policeman in his car.
Wednesday 8 October: 28 dead
Baghdad: family of 5 (3ch.) die when their house is blown up, Madaen; 4 family members die when their house is blown up, Wahda; 1 body found.
Diyala
Baquba: suicide bomber kills 10 civilians outside court.
Ninewa
Mosul: roadside bomb kills 3 policemen; gunmen kill Christian; US forces shoot dead 2 men approaching their patrol in separate incidents.
Tameem
Kirkuk: gunmen kill Sahwa member.
Babil
Mussayab: 1 body found.
Tuesday 7 October: 13 dead
Baghdad: 2 bodies found.
Ninewa
Mosul: car bomb kills 2; gunmen kill 3 Christians, in separate incidents; 1 policeman dies in shoot-out.
Wassit
Kut: gunmen kill 2 in separate incidents; the bodies of a young man and a young woman found shot.
Babil
Iskandariya: roadside bomb kills policeman.
Monday 6 October: 3 dead
Baghdad: 1 body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill policeman and shop owner.
Sunday 5 October: 26 dead
Ninewa
Mosul: 10 members of the same family (3 children) die during US forces attack/ suicide bombing, inside building; gunmen kill butcher; gunmen kill teacher in his car; sniper kills policeman; gunmen kill 4 mourners in drive-by shooting; gunmen kill customs employee; 3 bodies found.
Diyala
Hussein al Hamad: gunmen attack village, kill 3.
Wassit
Numaniya: gunmen kill 1.
Tameem
Kirkuk: 1 body found.
Saturday 4 October: 4 dead
Ninewa
Mosul: Christian shot dead in market; 1 body found in car.
Anbar
Ramadi: gunmen shoot dead 2 policemen. |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Car bombings in Mosul and Baghdad kill 13
By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer
4 minutes ago
BAGHDAD - Suicide car bombers struck twice Sunday in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. A car bomb killed seven other people in Baghdad.
Two Iraqi soldiers were killed by snipers in separate attacks Sunday in the capital's Yarmouk district, police said.
Also Sunday, the government announced new security measures to protect Christians in Mosul after a spate of attacks against them by Sunni religious extremists.
The series of attacks shows the ongoing security challenges facing Iraq as the U.S. shifts responsibility to this country's own soldiers and police following the sharp decline in violence since last year.
The first attack in Mosul occurred when a suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. patrol, the U.S. military said. There were no American casualties, but five Iraqis were killed, including three young boys, the U.S. said. The attack also killed the bomber.
Another suicide car bomber targeted Iraqi police in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad. Twenty-five people were wounded, the U.S. said.
In Baghdad, a parked car bomb exploded in a commercial street in the Bayaa district, killing seven people and wounding nine others, police said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not supposed to release the information. |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081013/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Securing Baghdad with militiamen
As Washington and Baghdad hammer out an agreement on the future of US troops in Iraq, Crispin Thorold meets some of the Sunni militiamen at the heart of the new security policy.
Adhamiyah was once at the heart of the Sunni insurgency but this area has been transformed in the past year. The US forces in this Baghdad district now spend most of their time patrolling rather than fighting.
A major shift in security came when local tribesmen began policing the area. The Sons of Iraq - also known as the Tribal Awakening - once fought against the Americans but now they are challenging al-Qaeda.
In the heart of Adhamiyah is the Abu Hanifa mosque, one of the most important shrines for Sunni Muslims in Iraq. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein it has also been the scene of several clashes between insurgents and US forces.
Now a tribal awakening group mans the nearby checkpoints. The group is heavily armed with an array of weapons.One man has a pistol tucked into his belt. It is cocked, ready to fire in an instant. As we speak to the group they appear nervous and constantly eye the nearby streets.
Despite a relative improvement in security, their caution is understandable.
"A suicide bomber came here last week," said a senior tribesman. "He was dressed as a woman. He killed my brother and his bodyguards".
Fifteen people died in the explosion, which is widely presumed to have been the work of Sunni insurgents sympathetic to al-Qaeda.
Integration challenge
In the immediate aftermath of the attack, US troops swept into the area to try and restore calm.
US soldiers say that as well as combating bombings they have to ease tensions between the ten different tribal awakening groups in Adhamiyah.
"Speaking to key leadership personalities and assessing them is critical to what happens inside Adhamiyah," said Lieutenant Eric Kuylman.
"It is a lot of people-management. We spend a lot of the day walking on the street to get a picture from the locals. We sit down with the key leaders and from there it is a question of co-ordinating them." There are now more than 100,000 Sons of Iraq across the country, the vast majority of them Sunni. In the medium-term these tribesmen are supposed to be integrated into the Iraqi security forces but that process has been painfully slow.
According to a senior coalition source, only 5,189 have been transferred so far.
Most of the Sunnis we met in Adhamiyah blame this on the Shia-dominated central government. There is great suspicion of the administration led by Prime Minister Nouri Maliki.
There are also fears about what will happen when US troops withdraw.
"I think that the government will come after us and there will be chaos," said Tahir Abu Ayer.
The Adhamiyah security wall is a constant reminder of the recent chaos in Baghdad.
Some 4.8km (3 miles) long and 3.7m (12ft) high, this barrier was built by the American military in April 2007 to separate Adhamiyah from nearby Shia neighbourhoods.
"They don't come to hurt us and we don't go to their place," said one man. "All of them are from the [Shia militia] the Mehdi Army.
They are dangerous. We don't go there and they don't come to us."
Little electricity
As we continue to drive through the heart of Adhamiyah an American sergeant points out the reconstruction that is being carried out.
"Back there, there was a wall that they had painted," he said. "Over here on the left and right of the road you can see that it is pretty torn up. What they are trying to do is lay cables to try to get the infrastructure back."
However, there is still much work that remains to be done. Rubbish is piled up on the streets and sewage runs through the gutters. There is a constant whir of generators - like so many other areas of Baghdad, Adhamiyah has little electricity.
Outside one shop, a group of men had gathered to complain about what they believe is a lack of interest from the central government.
"For the last three days we have not electricity in this area," said one man. "The people who are in charge of the area are thieves."
When we ask if the slow pace of reconstruction and the lack of services could lead to another round of violence the answer is a resounding yes.
As we return to the US base at Camp Apache, we pass through many more checkpoints, all of them manned by groups of fighters from the Sons of Iraq.
While these militias wait to be integrated into the Iraqi armed forces, Adhamiyah is being carved up into fiefdoms - something that could mean more violence once the Americans leave. |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7584962.stm |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Monday 20 October: 30 dead
Baghdad: bombs kill 4; 1 body found.
Diyala
Muqdadiya: Iraqi police kill civilian during raid.
Khanaqeen: contractor killed by roadside bomb.
Buhriz: 1 body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: 3 killed in separate incidents.
Anbar
Zaghareed: mass gave found containing 10 bodies.
Babil
Latifiya: mass grave found containing 9 bodies.
Sunday 19 October: 7 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 2, Zafaraniya; 1 body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 2 in separate incidents.
Hassan Sham: gunmen kill KDP guard.
Salahuddin
Tikrit: gunmen kill Sahwa member.
Saturday 18 October: 24 dead
Anbar
Ramadi: roadside bomb strikes convoy of Rutba Mayor, kills bodyguard.
Diyala
Baquba: gunmen kill displaced man returning home; bomb kills woman outside her house; gunmen kill man in front of shop.
Babil
Mussayab: gunmen kill Sahwa member.
Salahuddin
Balad: 6 killed in shoot-out (inc. pregnant woman) at Sahwa checkpoint.
Banat al-Hassan: 11 bodies found in mass graves.
Tuz Khurmato: 1 body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: 1 body found.
Friday 17 October: 11 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 3, Shaab.
Tameem
Chamchamal: gunmen kill 1.
Anbar
Falluja: bomb kills Sheikh outside his house.
Ninewa
Mosul: roadside bomb kills 1.
Wassit
Kut: the bodies of 2 women found, one of them pregnant.
Qadisiyya
Diwaniya: the bodies of 2 brothers (14 and 17 years old) found stabbed and beheaded.
Thursday 16 October: 12 dead
Baghdad: 1 body found.
Diyala
Buhriz: roadside bomb kills 6-year-old boy.
Al-Raqqah: US forces kill Sahwa member during raid.
Tameem
Shorash: gunmen kill 1.
Chamchamal: gunmen kill 1.
Missan
Amara: 7 killed in clashes (2 children).
Wednesday 15 October: 34 dead
Baghdad: bombs and mortar attacks kill 5; 2 bodies found.
Karbala
Abu Aisha: 22 bodies found in mass grave.
Diyala
Balad Ruz: roadside bomb kills 1.
Sadiya: gunmen kill 2.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 1.
Wassit
Kut: gunmen kill 1.
Tuesday 14 October: 4 dead
Baghdad: 1 body found.
Wassit
Kut: 2 bodies found.
Ninewa
Mosul: 1 killed in drive-by shooting. |
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| Kinezi |
This thread should never die, keep posting this data everyweek from wherever you get it, its like a nice record of corpses.. we might not reply but we always check out the details when you post it.
Thanks, appreciate. |
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| Krypton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kinezi
This thread should never die, keep posting this data everyweek from wherever you get it, its like a nice record of corpses.. we might not reply but we always check out the details when you post it.
Thanks, appreciate. |
You know, here in America (I believe you're in India right?), they don't even talk about Iraq anymore in the news. It's a shame...We're told it's safer now, things are great, we're winning! Don't worry, the goal of this thread is remind people that Iraq is not great, it's not safer, and the occupation is and always will be, a failure. |
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| Groundhog Boy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Krypton
You know, here in America (I believe you're in India right?), they don't even talk about Iraq anymore in the news. It's a shame...We're told it's safer now, things are great, we're winning! Don't worry, the goal of this thread is remind people that Iraq is not great, it's not safer, and the occupation is and always will be, a failure. |
The surge is working!!!
It's rather striking that the McCain campaign boasts this, but no one confronts the stats. But it's working, and McCain said it would, so he's awesome... ... |
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| Ideology |
| quote: | Originally posted by Groundhog Boy
The surge is working!!!
It's rather striking that the McCain campaign boasts this, but no one confronts the stats. But it's working, and McCain said it would, so he's awesome... ... |
If you repeat a lie often enough, people believe it. |
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| The17sss |
As of today, two-thirds of Iraq is now under security control of the United States and Iraqi security forces. Here is a map of the provinces of Iraq. They're all under control; pretty much everything is subdued in Iraq. It's a major victory, and a major story. Unfortunately, nobody cares
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| hardcore trancer |
| quote: | Originally posted by The17sss
As of today, two-thirds of Iraq is now under security control of the United States and Iraqi security forces. Here is a map of the provinces of Iraq. They're all under control; pretty much everything is subdued in Iraq. It's a major victory, and a major story. Unfortunately, nobody cares
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Hmmm so then why are you still there?for what purpose? |
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| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by hardcore trancer
Hmmm so then why are you still there?for what purpose? |
i'm no supporter of the iraq war, but comments like that make little sense. that's like saying, "because crime is down we should reduce our police presence." |
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| hardcore trancer |
| quote: | Originally posted by jerZ07002
i'm no supporter of the iraq war, but comments like that make little sense. that's like saying, "because crime is down we should reduce our police presence." |
If thats the case then there is no end in site to end this occupation since Iraq will never be a "normal" country.I guess McCain was right when he said we'll be there for the next 100 years.:o |
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