January 6th 2007 Evening News From Iraq Translated and Summarised From Arabic
Here is a summary of the main security incidents reported on the independent Iraqi news agency Aswat Al Iraq (Voices of Iraq) today January 6th 2007.
- Baghdad: The corpse of An Iraqi journalist working for the Associated Press (AP) was found in Baghdad. [see earlier posting today]
- Baghdad: At least four Iraqi civilians were wounded by a car bomb in al-Dora.
- Baghdad: Baghdad’s police chief survived an assasination attempt.
- Baghdad: Twenty-seven unidentified bodies were found near the Sheikh Maarouf cemetery in central Baghdad.
- Basra: A British soldier was wounded on Saturday in a bomb attack on his patrol vehicle in central Basra.
- Basra: The two bodies found by Basra police on Friday night were identified as the interpreter and driver escorting the kidnapped American, whose fate is still unknown.
- Basra : The British forces said they had detained two resistance during a night raid.
- Diyala: Four members of one family in Muqdadiyah were shot dead by gunmen who burst into their home.
- Fallujah: An Iraqi soldier was killed on Saturday by a bomb.
- Kut: A U.S soldier and an Iraqi interpreter were wounded in a bomb attack.
- Mosul: An armed group in a car shot dead on Saturday a Mosul municipality employee.
Mosul: An Iraqi army vehicle patrol detained two fighters after a gunfight. - Najaf: A teacher was shot dead the killing is believed to be killed because he had been a member of the Ba’ath party.
- Samarra: A U.S. Hummer destroyed in a bomb attack in central Samarra.
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Samarra: Hummer Destroyed
A US Army of occupation Hummer patrolling Al-Mutasim (central Samarra) was attacked at noon today. Another vehicle was completely destroyed. Aswat Al Iraq quote a witness as say that the wounds of those inside must have been ”devastating” because of the scale of the explosion. American occupation forces sealed off the area immediately.
Source: Aswat al Iraq
Basrah: Bodies Found
Aswat al Iraq have published an English translation of this report. There are no significant diffences between the English and Arabic versions. The text below is from the English version:
Basra-Corpses
Bodies of Iraqi interpreter, driver escorting kidnapped American found
By Muhannad al-SaadiBasra, Jan 6, (VOI) – The two bodies found by Basra police on Friday night were identified as the interpreter and driver escorting the kidnapped American, whose fate is still unknown, a security source in Basra police said on Saturday.
“The two bodies were found in the area of al-Jumhuriya in central Basra,” the security source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
Unidentified gunmen had kidnapped a U.S. civilian and his driver and interpreter on Friday morning in the northern Basra area of al-Haritha.The American, who was identified by the name Ronaldo, was an engineer and was on his way to set up a cyper network for the Basra police, after he did the same for the police in the city of Amara.
A security source in Basra had said earlier in the day that he could not confirm the link of the bodies found on Friday night to the kidnapping of a U.S. citizen and his driver and interpreter.
Source: Aswat al Iraq [Arabic] Source: “Basra-Corpses” Aswat al Iraq [English]
Baghdad: Bombing in al-Dora : 4 wounded
Aswat al Iraq have published an English translation of this report. There are no significant diffences between the English and Arabic versions. The text below is from the English version:
Four civilians wounded in car bomb blast in southern Baghdad
By Adel Fakhir
Baghdad, Jan 6, (VOI) – At least four Iraqi civilians were wounded on Saturday when a car bomb went off in the southern Baghdad’s area of al-Doura, the Iraqi police said.
“The car blew up today noon on the road in al-Mahdiya, Doura district, by means of remote control, leaving four persons wounded, all of them civilian passers-by,” an Iraqi police source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The security forces sealed off the area of the explosion and rushed the wounded to the Yarmouk hospital.
Source: Aswat al Iraq [Arabic] Source: Aswat al Iraq [English]
Baghdad: 27 Corpses Found Sheikh Maarouf Cemetery
Aswat al Iraq have published an English translation of this report. There are no significant diffences between the English and Arabic versions. The text below is from the English version:
Baghdad-Bodies 27 corpses found in central Baghdad
By Adel Fakher
Baghdad, Jan 6, (VOI) – Twenty-seven unidentified bodies were found near a cemetery in central Baghdad, Iraqi police sources said on Saturday.
“Local residents notified the police today noon about a number of corpses lying near the Sheikh Maarouf cemetery in the central Baghdad area of al-Allawi,” an official security source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The source said police forces arrived at the scene and moved the bodies to the forensic medicine department in the area of Bab al-Muazzam so that their families may identify them.
“Fifteen of the bodies were hanged to death while the others were shot dead,” the source said.
Meanwhile, an eyewitness told VOI that the police forces moving those bodies were fired at by unidentified gunmen who hid inside buildings near the cemetery. The policemen fired back, but no casualties or injuries were reported
Source: Aswat al Iraq [Arabic] Source: Aswat al Iraq [English]
Diyala : Muqdadiya : 4 Members of Same Family Shot In Their Home
Gunmen burst into their home and shot dead the father and his three sons.
Source: Aswat al Iraq
Mosul:
- Gunmen shot dead an ethnically Kurdish Mosul city employee in al-Wahda district (southeast Mosul.)
- Two resistance gunmen were captured by Iraqi green zone government troops after a gun battle.
- Two civilians were shot dead by unknown gunmen in Central Mosul.
- A unidentified body bearing signs of torture was found and brought to the morgue.
Fallujah : Anbar : Bombing 1 Green Zone Government Soldier Killed
A bomber using a roadside bomb attacked a patrol of Iraqi green zone government forces at Tharthar Street one soldier was killed.
Source: Aswat al Iraq
Green Zone Government Forces To Take Over Military Control of Five Governorates
The Divisional Commander of the eight Iraqi army said today his command would take over responsibility for:
- Diwaniyah
- Najaf (Governorate not just the city which they already have - mfi)
- Karbala
- Babil
- Wasit.
He was speaking during Army Day celebrations.
Source: Aswat al Iraq
Kut: American Army of Occupation Patrol Bombed
Aswat al Iraq have published an English translation of this report. There are no significant diffences between the English and Arabic versions. The text below is from the English version:
U.S. soldier, Iraqi interpreter wounded north Kut
By Abdul-Jabbar al-Sufrani
Kut, Jan 6, (VOI) – A U.S soldier and an Iraqi interpreter were wounded on Saturday morning when an explosive charge went off near their patrol vehicle near Kut, a security source said.
“An explosive charge was detonated today morning near a U.S. vehicle patrol in al-Nuamaniyah town, north of Kut,” the source, asked not to be named, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The source added “ the blast resulted in wounding a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi interpreter and damaged the vehicle they were riding in.”
This is the first incident against the Multi-National Forces in Wassit province in 2007.The U.S. army has yet to confirm the incident.
Kut, capital city of Wassit province, is 180 km southeast of Baghdad.
Source: Aswat al Iraq [Arabic] Source: Aswat al Iraq [English]
Basrah: British Base Attacked
Aswat al Iraq have published an English translation of this report. There are no significant diffences between the English and Arabic versions. The text below is from the English version:
British soldier wounded in charge blast in Basra
By Malik Saadon
Basra, Jan 6, (VOI) – A British soldier was wounded on Saturday morning when an explosive charge went off near his patrol vehicle in central Basra, the spokesman for the Multi-National forces in southern Iraq said.
“A British soldier was wounded today morning when an explosive device was detonated at his patrol vehicle near a fuel station in central Basra,” the spokesman told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) over the phone.
Meanwhile, the spokesman said “twenty mortar shells were fired onto the British base at Shatt-el-Arab hotel, 10 km north of Basra, damaging a building but no casualties occurred.”
Earlier, an eyewitness told VOI “a British soldier was killed on Saturday when an explosive charge went off at a British vehicle patrol near al-Jazaier fuel station in central Basra.”
Basra province, where almost 7,200 British troops were deployed, is 502 km south of Baghdad.
Source: Aswat al Iraq [Arabic] Source: Aswat al Iraq [English]
Baghdad: Police Chief Escapes Assasination Attempt:
Aswat al Iraq have published an English translation of this report. There are no significant diffences between the English and Arabic versions. The text below is from the English version:
Baghdad police chief survives assassination attempt
Baghdad, Jan 6, (VOI) – Baghdad’s police chief survived on Saturday morning unharmed an attempted assassination when a car bomb went off at his motorcade in central Baghdad, a police source said.
“A car bomb parked near a main road in central Baghdad was detonated today morning targeting Baghdad’s police chief Major General Ali al-Yasseri’s motorcade,” the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The source added “al-Yasseri survived unharmed the attempted assassination but the explosion resulted in killing a civilian and wounding six people, including three elements from the police chief protection force.”
The blast occurred in Karrada, downtown Baghdad, in early Saturday and heavily damaged some commercial shops and civilian cars parked nearby, the source added.
Source: Aswat al Iraq [Arabic] Source: Aswat al Iraq [English]
Other Reports
Reports from non-Iraqi sources:
McClatchy
From McClatchyDC’s Baghdad Bureau
I haven’t thought, not for a second that I would wake up in the first day of Eid watching someone getting hanged! I wonder if that was that the government gift in those supposedly happy times, to hang a guy no matter how he was, and what he has committed to his life and to ours.
LATEST IRAQ HEADLINES
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AFP
30 militants killed in Baghdad as PM declares new crackdown
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi troops killed 30 militants in a fierce firefight in Baghdad just hours after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki declared a new security crackdown to restore stability in the violence-wracked Iraqi capital.
State television Al-Iraqiya reported that the Iraqi army clashed with insurgents in central Baghdad’s notorious Haifa Street neighbourhood and killed 30 militants and captured many others, including four Sudanese.
Haifa Street, located close to the heavily fortified Green Zone where the present Iraqi government sits, used to house top officials of Saddam Hussein’s regime.
The firefight came just hours after Maliki announced that Iraqi forces backed by US troops will forcefully execute a revised security plan to secure Baghdad, which sees dozens of people killed daily.
Reuters (Alertnet)
New UN chief again urges stay of Iraqi executions
06 Jan 2007 23:30:12 GMT
Source: Reuters
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06 Jan 2007 21:00:37 GMT
Source: Reuters
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06 Jan 2007 20:51:10 GMT
Source: Reuters
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06 Jan 2007 14:01:52 GMT
Source: Reuters
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06 Jan 2007 12:44:42 GMT
Source: Reuters
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Source: Reuters
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Source: Reuters
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Source: Reuters
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06 Jan 2007 11:18:55 GMT
Source: Reuters
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Source: Reuters AlertNet - Newsdesk
Unofficial English Translation of the Dujail Trial IHT Appellate Chamber Opinion
The Dujail trial ended in August 2006. Three months later, on November 5, 2006, the five-member Iraqi High Tribunal Trial Chamber issued its verdict in the Dujail trial. The Trial Chamber’s 298-page Opinion was published on November 22 and the Defense appeal briefs were filed on December 3, 2006. Three weeks later, on December 26, 2006, the nine-member Iraqi High Tribunal Appellate Chamber issued its Judgment and Opinion in the Dujail Trial Appeal. On January 3, 2007, we were provided this “unofficial English translation” to post on this Website.
Unofficial English Translation of the Dujail Appellate Chamber Opinion [PDF]
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