Thursday الخمس 1/11/2007

By 18:00 hours today 15 people were killed and at least 31 others wounded in the war of conquest and occupation unleashed by America upon Irak. These are the main incidents prior to 18:00 hours Baghdad time:

Five people were killed and 18 wounded in a coordinated 3 bombing attack in central al-Saadiya, Diyala the sequence was as follows:
1. The bomb that caused the casualties was a truck bomb targeting a green zone government army patrol. 5 people were killed by that bomb 2 of them civilians and three of them soldiers, 18 people were wounded.
2. A suicide bomber blew himself up at the same time in the same locale without causing casualties.
3. A roadside bomb went off at the same venue again without causing losses.
The police commander for Balad Roz (45 km south east of Baquba) escaped an assassination attempt. Colonel Faris al-Umairi’s motorcade was bombed six of his bodyguards were killed and 8 wounded by the bombing Colonel al-Umairi was unharmed.
Two American soldiers were killed and two others wounded in Mosul in northern Iraq by a bomb that targeted their vehicle Wednesday according to a statement issued by the Americans.
Three people were killed and five others were injured as a result of the explosion by a roadside bomb that targeted an "Awakening" patrol in al-Bunouk (eastern Baghdad) 4 of the wounded were "Awakening" fighters the fifth was a civilian passerby. Their vehicle was also destroyed.

The toll has risen since that time:

22:08:30 Thursday, the American army announced the killing of one of its soldiers in a bomb attack Salahaddin governorate north of Baghdad on Wednesday.
21:19:45: Gunmen on a motorcycle killed Saleh Al Jizani, the brother of a Mahdi army commander Basrah, in Al Maqal Basra. Yesterday night another JAM member was killed in a drive by killing in al-Hussein.
21:12:52: A bomb exploded Thursday afternoon in the Karada Asharqia four civilians were injured.
21:01:05: Five unidentified bodies were recovered in Baghdad. 4 In Karkh one in Resafa.
20:33:51 A security official in the telecommunications office was arrested in Karbala in connection with the fighting 2 weeks ago in the city.
20:18:54 In Mosul a civilian was killed and five others wounded when their car was attacked by gunmen, unidentified bodies were discovered to the west of the city all had been killed by shots to the head and chest.
20:05:36 In Kirkuk the body of a university professor who had been kidnapped from in front of his home in Kirkuk two days ago was found - he had been shot by his abductors. He had previously been the director education for Diyala and moved to Kirkuk to take up a lecturing post believing he would be safer there.

Other Reports:

As reported below in اصوات العراق - ضم مديرية حمايات المنشآت النفطية الى وزارة الداخلية وتسميتها بشرطة النفط the green zone government Interior Ministry has taken control of the Oil Protection Force (OPF) from the Petroleum Ministry. The OPF is the armed paramilitary body set up by the British Mercenary Company ERINYS in 2004. The contract to ERINYS was not renewed by the green zone government following reports of corruption and ineffectiveness of Task Force Shield.