9 Construction Workers Killed
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Gunmen opened fire on a minibus early Wednesday in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, killing nine construction workers and wounding two, police said.
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5 Killed, Including Sunni Leader
Khadim Sarhid al-Hemaiyem's nephew, name not available, cries near the coffin of his uncle during his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005. Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms broke into the home of al-Hemaiyem Wednesday, the leader of the Sunni Batta tribe and the brother of a candidate in the Dec. 15 election, and killed him, his three sons and his son-in-law on the outskirts of Baghdad, his brother and an interior ministry official said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Good morning,
Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms broke into the home of a senior Sunni leader Wednesday and killed him, his three sons and son-in-law, according to his brother and an Interior Ministry official. Khadim Sarhid al-Hemaiyem, who lived on the outskirts of Baghdad, was the leader of the Sunni Batta tribe and the brother of a candidate in the Dec. 15 election.
17 Killed, 26 Wounded, And A Thanksgiving Note
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Today a martyr car bomber attacked a police patrol on a busy commercial street, killing at least 21 people and wounding 24, officials said. The attackers lured the patrol to the scene by shooting a policeman, officials said. The suicide bomb struck as the investigation was under way. Police Capt. Farhad Talabani said the bombing took place on a road leaving Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad. About half of the victims killed were civilians, the other half policemen.
This will likely be my last entry before the Thanksgiving holiday. I will resume and try to catch up as best as possible on Monday, Nov. 28th.
At this time of year, people in the US reflect and give thanks for our abundance. I feel so much more than a pang of guilt, as I give thanks to my fortunate life, while there are so many in Iraq suffering. In keeping this log, I try to honor the innocent victims in Iraq who did not sign into service, but who ended up losing their lives for a "Democracy" which may or may not take root. Let us never forget, that the innocent people who lost and continue to lose their lives, were and are a result of a "War" which was really a USA
attack, that occured under absolutely false pretenses that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. The US did not unleash a war/attack on Iraq in the name of democracy. If indeed Mr. Bush launched this attack on Iraq in the name of democracy, how DARE he assert his values onto that of another country without their explicit agreement for him to do so. It is "democracy" that the US Administration now focuses on, as it tries like hell to squirm away from its obligation to the American and Iraq citizens the truth about what it did to manipulate, cherry pick and hide crucial intelligence information and analysis about WMD that eventually fueled the decision among those in Congress to give Mr. Bush authorization to attack Iraq.
So, as I rest in the dawn of yet another Thanksgiving, I will deeply feel and carry with me a very special feeling and as close to an unconditional love as I can possbily feel, for the people who have had their world and lives forever changed. To Mr. Bush, I bestow him a silver bowl of cherries rather than cranberries to go along with his turkey. Without a doubt he will pick the cherries that best suit him, and leave the rest of us with the pits.
Have a nice day.
No Exit Strategy
No matter how hard he tries, Mr. Bush cannot open the door as he attempts to leave after doing an impromptu press conference in
China. He grumbles and curses to himself , "Those cheaply made doors".
Most believe his inablity to get out is a metaphore for his lack of an Exit strategy for the US occupation in Iraq.
5 Civilians Killed By US Forces Called a Mistake. Sunni Clerk Asassinated, 5 Civilians, 4 Policemen Killed
A man is consoled by a relative as he mourns the death of his family members inside Baqouba hospital, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 21, 2005. U.S. forces mistakenly fired on a civilian vehicle outside of an American military base north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least three people, including one child, a U.S. spokesman said. Five people returning from a relative's funeral, including three children, were killed and two others wounded, said Dr. Ahmed Fouad of the Baqouba city morgue. U.S. officials said they only knew of three deaths in the incident, including one child, and three others wounded. (AP Photo/Mohammed Good morning,
Today US forces fired on a civilian vehicle by mistake.
This error in judgement cost the lives of up to 5 people, including 3 children according to Dr. Ahmed Fouad of the city morgue
A U.S. soldier thought the vehicle was moving erratically outside the base in Baqouba and fired warning shots. The US says that there were a total of 3 civilians in the vehicle including one child. The difference in the numbers, according to US military could be, they say, the fact that there was a roadside bombing in that proximity that was targeting US Humvees, but whose blast did not kill any US military, but did kill 5 civilians and injured 12 bystanders.
The blast was the latest in a series of attacks that have killed more than 150 people in the last four days.
In the nearby city of Tarmiyah, four policemen were killed and another wounded by gunmen, police 1st Lt. Ali Hussein said.
In the largely Shiite southern city of Basra, insurgents killed a Sunni cleric, Khalil Ibrahim, outside his home, police Capt. Mushtaq Talib said. Ibrahim was a member of the Association of Muslim Scholars, a group of influential Sunni clerics that has been sharply critical of the Shiite-led government.
They say there is no civil war in Iraq. To the "They" who are saying this, just watch.
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15 Iraqi Civilians Die In Ambush
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Today north of Baghdad, An ambush on a joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol northwest of Baghdad left 15 civilians, eight insurgents and a U.S. Marine dead from a roadside bomb and the firefight that followed, a U.S. military statement said Sunday.
The attack began Saturday with a roadside bomb detonating next to the Marine's vehicle in Haditha, 140 miles northwest of Baghdad, the U.S. command said.
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36+ More Killed today, 50+ Wounded
A man cries as the coffin of his mother, killed by a car bomb explosion at a market, is carried outside the Zafaranya hospital, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005. The car bomb explosion occurred near the Diyala Bridge area just southeast of the Iraqi capital as dozens of people were shopping at the popular market, police Col. Nouri Ashour said. At least 13 people died and 21 were wounded.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)Good morning,
More bloodshed today,
A martyr attacker killed at least 36 people and wounded 50 more in a Shiite funeral procession Saturday north of Baghdad.
The funeral was attacked at sunset while dozens of people were offering condolences to Raad Majid, the head of the municipal council in Abu Saida, for the death of his uncle, police officials said. Abu Saida is near Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.
The suicide attacker drove his car into the gathering and detonated the bomb, the command center said. Ambulances and police rushed from Baqouba, as well as other nearby towns, to help in the rescue operations.
Late Saturday, the provincial police command reported that 36 people were dead and 50 were injured in the attack.
PS: Five American soldiers died in roadside bombings today.
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13 + Killed, 21 Injured At Market
People shout near the wreckage of a car bomb which exploded near a market killing at least 13 people and wounding 21, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005
Good morning,
Today at least 15 people were killed, including 5 women as they were shopping at a popular market near the Diyala Bridge area just southeast of the Iraqi capital
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1,617 Iraqi's Killed, 3,429 Wounded Since April 28, 2005
Mr. Bush Has A BleevyU.S. President George W. Bush is pictured during the second APEC leaders retreat in Busan, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005. President Bush on Saturday swatted down calls in Congress for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, saying that American military leaders believe that retreat now would be "a recipe for disaster." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Including today's attacks in Khanaqin and Baghdad, martyr bombings in Iraq have killed at least 1,617 Iraqis and wounded at least 3,429 since April 28, 2005, when the country's first elected government took power, according to an Associated Press count.
Of those, martry-driven vehicle bombs killed at least 1,115 and wounded at least 2,591, and martyr bombers on foot killed at least 502 and wounded at least 888. The totals do not include casualties of roadside bombs.
On August 31, 2005 over 769 Iraqi's were killed on a bridge that they were crossing as a rumor of a possible suicide bomber swept through the crowd. (check out my blog on that date). These deaths are, to my understanding, not included in the 1,167 figure which only count the deaths by car, and martyr bombers wearing explosive devices.
74+ Iraqis In Prayer Killed + 8 Die In 2 Car Bombings
Good morning,
I had a feeling last night before I went to bed that there was going to be a large scale killing of Iraqi's today. The last few days have been too quiet.
This morning, as Iraqi's were in the middle of their prayers in the Shiite, Sheik Murad mosque located near the Iranian border in a primairly Kurdish community , a man girdled in an explosive belt flipped his switch, and conducted his personal act of ultimate Martyrdom. The man casually walked in the mosque, planted himself in a crowded area and the next thing you know the roof caved in, and body parts littered and mixed with shreds of the Quran. 74+ people were killed and 150 injured in that attack.
In a seperate attack, this one in Baghdad, a pair of martyr car bombers blew themselves and their Fords up just outside a hotel which houses primairly western journalists. Eight Iraqi's were killed in those blasts. I don't have a count yet, as to how many were injured. The protective supposedly bomber proof wall which guarded the hotel was effective in keeping the occupants safe, however outside the wall houses burned and people either sleeping or just up for their morning coffee, were blown to smitherines.
The bomber strategy was to open a hole in the wall by the first blast, and then the second car (with even stronger explosive capacity) would breach the wall, get right up next to the hotel and flip his own switch. Fortunately for the people inside the hotel, the hole made by the first explosion was too small for the second car to get through.
If you are an Iraqi citizen, or someone stupid enough to go to Iraq, you quickly learn that when you hear an explosion, you need to hit the deck and stay down because it is likely that a second explosion will occur.
Have a nice day.
"Security Incidents" on 11-15-05
Good morning.
According to Reuters, the following "Security Incidents" have occured this day in Iraq:
Security incidents in Iraq, Nov. 15
15 Nov 2005 14:22:01 GMTSource: ReutersNov 15 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents reported in Iraq on Tuesday, Nov. 15, as of 1345 GMT.
U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad.
Asterisk denotes new or updated item.
KIRKUK - Three policemen were killed and three others wounded when a roadside bomb blew up next to their patrol car in the northern city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police Captain Salam Zangana said.
BAGHDAD - Four people were killed and two Iraqi policemen were killed when a parked car exploded near a restaurant in eastern Baghdad, police said. - 7 people were wounded, including two children selling vegetables nearby
NEW UBAYDI - Two U.S marines taking part in an offensive against guerrillas were killed on Monday in separate attacks in western Iraq near the Syrian border, a U.S military statement said. One died from gunshot wounds and the other was killed by an explosive device.
NEW UBAYDI - A U.S marine died from wounds received on Monday when a roadside bomb blew up as he was taking part in a U.S. offensive in the small western town of New Ubaydi, a military statement said.
* MOSUL - Three insurgents and a policeman were killed during clashes in the northern city of Mosul, police said.
BAGHDAD - A university lecturer was wounded and his driver killed in an assassination attempt by gunmen outside eastern Baghdad's Mustansiriya University, police said.
* ISKANDIRIYA - U.S soldiers captured five insurgents and seized 287 82mm mortar rounds west of Iskandiriya in central Iraq on Sunday, the U.S military said on Tuesday.
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3 Foreigners Killed
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AP -- The interior ministry reported that a car bomb detonated outside a gate leading into the fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, killing three foreigners.
"Some Democrats and anti-war critics are now claiming we manipulated the intelligence and mislead the American people about why we went to war," he said. Bush said those critics have made those allegations although they know that a Senate investigation "found no evidence" of political pressure to change the intelligence community's assessments related to Saddam's weapons programme.
Dear Mr. Bush,
The EVIDENCE is finally being being seen by the American people. You couldn't keep the lies and deception from us forever.
You and your puppet masters Cheney & Libby mislead the American public into this attack by creating fear based on non-existant weapons of mass destruction .
8 Blown up in Baghdad Public Market
Good morning.
Today 8 Iraqi citizens were killed by a martyr car bomber. Among those killed At leastwere four women. And were 40 people wounded -- mostly women and children — when the bomb exploded in a busy vegetable market in a mostly Shiite district of southeastern Baghdad, interior ministry officials said.
49 Killed, Dozens Injured, 27 Decomposing Bodies found
Good morning,
Today at least 42 people were killed when martyr bomber walked inside a restaurant frequented by Iraqi policement. Among those killed most were civilians. They were sitting down to have breakfast.
At the same time a car bomb blew up 7 army recruites and injuring 13, in Tikrit, Saddams home town. Apparently these men were former officers under Saddam, and were rejoining to help the occupation.
27 corpses were found near the Iranian border. The corpses were in civilian clothes, bound, shot in the head, and appeared to have been dead for several days.
Groups of dead bodies are regulairly found in Iraq. Officials suspect that death squads from the Shiite majority or the Sunni minority are responsible for the killings. Since the interim government was formed April 28, at least 566 bodies have been found around Iraq , 204 in Baghdad, according to an Associated Press count.
So, on the day after the slaughter and triple martyr bombing in Aman Jordan where 56 were killed and 115 wounded in three American branded hotels, be sure, that the violence is alive and well in Iraq. Aman got the headlines and the sympathy because the slaughter took place in the Raddisun, Days in and Grand Hayatt. Mr. Bush called King Abdullah II on Thursday to express the United States' condolences for the injuries and loss of life.
When will Mr. Bush express his condolonces to the Iraqi people? When will Mr. Bush APOLOGIZE for putting Iraqi citizens under unrelenting seige?
Not in this lifetime.
Have a good day.
5 Iraqi Policemen Killed, 5 injured
Good Morning,
Here is the latest AP report, Updated: 2005-11-09 20:29
A martyr bomber detonated his car Wednesday near a police patrol in Baquoba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, killing five policemen and wounding five others, officials said.
More reports later.
Another Saddam Lawyer Killed, 6 corpses found +2 morea killed
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A Saddam Lawyer was killed today as he and another lawyer were driving through the Adil neighborhood when three masked gunmen in an Opel pulled alongside and sprayed the car with automatic weapons fire. Mr. Adel al-Zubeidi, the man assassinated, was representing former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan. The lawyer driving with him was injured, but escaped with his life. This is the second Saddam lawyer killed in just over a month. The last one was shot to death and his body was found on October 20, 2005.
In other death news today:
-Police found six handcuffed corpses in a water treatment plant.
-One civilian was killed when gunmen opened fire in the Dora district in the south of the capital.
-A car bomb exploded near Mustansiriyah University, killing one person and injuring another.
A Variety of Dead and Injured, Liste by City
Good Morning,
I found a great list of "Security Incidents".
Here are the incidents for 11/7/05 according to Reuters:
Security incidents in Iraq, Nov. 7
07 Nov 2005 15:38:44 GMTSource: ReutersNov 7 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents reported in Iraq on Monday, Nov. 7, as of 1515 GMT.
U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad.
* Indicates new or updated item
* TIKRIT - A U.S. soldier was killed and two more troops and an Iraqi translator were wounded by a makeshift bomb while on patrol near Dawr on Sunday, the military said on Monday.
* MOSUL - A suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. patrol in Mosul on Monday, police and witnesses said. There were no details on casualties.
BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber killed nine people, including six Iraqi policemen, in the southern Dora district of Baghdad, police said.
MOSUL - An Iraqi journalist was shot dead by gunmen in the flashpoint city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad. Police said that Ahmed Hussein Al-Maliki, who worked as an editor for Tal Afar Today newspaper, was killed while he was inside an internet cafe.
BAGHDAD - Four people were killed and six wounded by mortars in eastern Baghdad, police said.
QUSAYBA - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 17 insurgents in the town of Qusayba near the Syrian border during their Operation Steel Curtain offensive against insurgents and foreign fighters in western Iraq, a U.S. military statement said. A U.S. Marine was killed by small arms fire on Sunday, the first American to die since the operation began on Saturday, the statement said.
THIBBAN - At least two Iraqi soldiers were killed and 13 injured when a suicide car bomber targeted a group of Iraqi soldiers guarding oil pipelines in the town of Thibban north of Baghdad, hospital doctor Ibrahim al-Ubaidi said.
Shiite Family Killed, 11 dead
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Eleven members of a Kurdish Shiite family including an infant were killed and three wounded when gunmen sprayed their minibus with automatic weapons' fire northeast of Baghdad, police said. The relatives were returning to their home in the Baghdad area after visiting a family cemetery near Balad Ruz, about 50 miles away. Shiite Muslims traditionally pay their respects to their dead during the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of Ramadan and ends for most Shiites on Sunday.
14 Killed, 21 Wounded Around Baghdad
Good afternoon,
Today 14 Iraqi's were killed in attacks around Baghdad. Twelve of the 14 killed were Iraqi policemen. Thirteen policemen were wounded in these attacks.
The two civilians who were killed were victims of an explosive device located in Al - Dura, a suburb of Baghdad. Eight civilians, in that incident were wounded.
Al-Qaeda's Iraqi network issued a new threat today to foreign diplomatic facilities in Iraq, and said it did not differentiate between diplomats and simple employees.
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12 Iraqi Bodies Found, 2 Iraqi police killed
Good Morning,
The bodies of 12 men who had been kidnapped and killed were found in a sewage station, police said. The men were dressed in civilian clothing and ranged in age from aproximately 30 - 40 years of age.
Two Iraqi policemen were killed in a drive by shooting today in Baghdad.
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20 More Iraqis Killed, 60 Injured
Good afternoon,
The killing continues.
A martyr bomber detonated a minibus today, in an outdoor market packed with shoppers ahead of a Muslim festival, killing about 20 people and wounding more than 60 in a Shiite town south of Baghdad.
Six U.S. troops were killed west of the capital, two in a helicopter crash. The cause of the helicopter crash is not yet known.
UPDATE 11/3/05:
Al Qaeda in Iraq said on Thursday it shot down a U.S. helicopter in Ramadi on Wednesday, killing the two Marine crewmen.
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Khadim Sarhid al-Hemaiyem's nephew, name not available, cries near the coffin of his uncle during his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005. Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms broke into the home of al-Hemaiyem Wednesday, the leader of the Sunni Batta tribe and the brother of a candidate in the Dec. 15 election, and killed him, his three sons and his son-in-law on the outskirts of Baghdad, his brother and an interior ministry official said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
A man is consoled by a relative as he mourns the death of his family members inside Baqouba hospital, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 21, 2005. U.S. forces mistakenly fired on a civilian vehicle outside of an American military base north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least three people, including one child, a U.S. spokesman said. Five people returning from a relative's funeral, including three children, were killed and two others wounded, said Dr. Ahmed Fouad of the Baqouba city morgue. U.S. officials said they only knew of three deaths in the incident, including one child, and three others wounded. (AP Photo/Mohammed 
A man cries as the coffin of his mother, killed by a car bomb explosion at a market, is carried outside the Zafaranya hospital, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005. The car bomb explosion occurred near the Diyala Bridge area just southeast of the Iraqi capital as dozens of people were shopping at the popular market, police Col. Nouri Ashour said. At least 13 people died and 21 were wounded.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
People shout near the wreckage of a car bomb which exploded near a market killing at least 13 people and wounding 21, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005
Mr. Bush Has A Bleevy
