IRAQ REPORTS – DEC 17, 2012

IRAQ REPORTS – DEC 17, 2012 A report revealed that seven to ten Iraqis are killed each day while trying to escape from Iraq illegally to another  country. British courts convicted a British military doctor for torturing and killing an Iraqi detainee,  and neglecting him. Gunmen stormed the house of an element of the governmental police in the south of Mosul and opened fire,  killing him on the spot. A roadside bomb targeted the car of a judge in the north of Mosul but did not harm him.  Two dead bodies were found in the south of Kirkuk with gunfire wounds and signs of torture. A vicious  series  of  explosions  and  spike  in  violence  shook  Iraq  across  its provinces today. Many more  events could have taken place that are not mentioned or reported here.  As part of the violence against the civilians of Salah Ad-Din province: A car bomb exploded in the south of Tikrit,  killing three civilians and wounding fourteen others. Two car bombs exploded simultaneously in the east of Tikrit,  killing at least five civilians and wounding twenty others. Another car bomb exploded in central Samarra,  wounding at least four civilians with a likely death toll. As part of the violence against the civilians of Baquba (Diyala province): Two car bombs exploded in Baquba, the  first in the south of the city, wounding two civilians, and the second in the north, wounding three civilians. Two  explosive devices went off in Baquba as well, the first in the east of the city, wounding four civilians, and the  second in the northeast, wounding one civilian. Three explosive devices went off simultaneously at a funeral in  the northeast of Baquba, killing five civilians and wounding twenty others. As part of the violence against the civilians of Kirkuk (At-Ta'mim province): A number of mortar shells struck a neigh borhood in the south of Kirkuk, wounding four civilians. Gunmen kidnapped three civilians from the same family,  who were in front of their home in the southwest of Kirkuk, and the gunmen took them to an unknown  destination. As part of the violence against the civilians of Al-Anbar province: A car bomb exploded near a passing patrol of the  governmental police in the east of Ar-Ramadi, killing two civilians and two elements of the patrol, and wounding  six civilians and one element of the patrol. As part of the violence against the civilians of the capital, Baghdad:  A car bomb exploded in downtown Baghdad, killing at least one civilian and wounding four others. Another car bomb exploded in the northwest of Baghdad killing at least six civilians and wounding twenty others.  As part of the resistance that has been going on since the occupation – none ofthe following harmed any civilians: A car bomb exploded by a passing patrol of the governmental police in downtown Tikrit, killing five of its elements and  wounding four others. A roadside bomb targeted a military patrol in the east of Baquba, wounding one of its  soldiers. An explosive device attached to the car of an element of the governmental police went off in the north  of Kirkuk, killing him on the spot. Fighters attacked a checkpoint of the Awakening forces in the southwest of  Kirkuk, killing one of its elements and wounding another. Taji prison detainees in the north of Baghdad continued their hunger strikes that started days ago. Many of them  began fainting, but the prison administration refused to transfer them to a hospital. Their demands include  ending the brutal torture and mistreatment suffered by them at the hands of the government forces. IRAQ REPORTS – DEC 16, 2012 The Iraqi Security Minister fugitive in Amman, Jordan, underwent plastic surgery to change his face, after  receiving an Interpol arrest warrant for major charges of corruption. A series of explosions targeting civilians shook  the city of Kirkuk today, two car bombs and seven explosive devices, killing at least nine people and wounding  sixty-two others.  Gunmen opened fire on an employee of a city district council in the south of Baghdad as he passed in his car,  killing him on the spot. A car bomb exploded near a PUK headquarters  in  the  northeast  of  Baquba,  killing  at   least  two  civilians  and wounding ten, and wounding three guards. Gunmen kidnapped two teachers as they  were exiting their school in the southwest of Kirkuk. In the south of Ad-Diwaniyah, gunmen shot with silenced  pistols at the car of a brother of the governor of AlQadisiyah province, killing him. An explosive device attached to the car of an officer of the governmental police went off in the north of Tikrit,  wounding him. Two roadside bombs went off simultaneously beneath a passing military patrol in the east of  Baquba, killing one soldier and wounding two others. Fighters traveling in a civilian car opened fire on a  governmental police checkpoint in the north of Baghdad, killing three of its elements and wounding four more.  Military forces launched a brutal search and raid campaign in the Abu Ghraib district in the west of Baghdad.  After their usual smashing down of doors and invasion of homes, they dragged dozens of civilians out of their  homes as they beat them savagely with batons and shouted sectarian insults at them. The government forces  had no charges against them, and detained them into the Iraqi government's prisons, notorious for their torture  and ill treatment. IRAQ REPORTS – DEC 15, 2012 A government  army  soldier  shot  and  killed  himself  in  his headquarters in the southeast of Fallujah. A boat carrying twenty-seven Iraqi refugees sunk off the coast of Greece, where it was headed. A driven car bomb exploded in an empty intersection in the north of Fallujah, harming  no  one  because  of  the   absence  of  people  nearby. An  explosive  device attached to a minibus went off in the north of Baghdad,  severely injuring two of its passengers. Gunmen shot a civilian exiting his home in the east of Mosul with  silenced pistols,  killing  him  on  the spot.  An  explosive  device  was  placed  inside  a waste container in central  Fallujah and went off as a cleaner was trying to access it, wounding him. An explosive device attached to a dump truck went off by the house of a member of the Parliament in central  Fallujah, without harming anyone. A roadside bomb exploded beneath a passing patrol of the government army in the east of Mosul, killing one of its  soldiers. In the west of Mosul, fighters opened fire on a patrol of the governmental police, killing one of its  elements. Fighters attacked a governmental police checkpoint in the south of Tikrit, injuring one of its elements.  In  central  Samarra,  fighters  threw  a  grenade  at  a  checkpoint  of  the  “Samarra Operations Command,”  wounding one of its elements – an RPG rocket was fired at a governmental police checkpoint in the same area  last evening as well. An explosive device attached to a car of the Awakening militia went off in the south of  Baghdad, injuring three elements of the Awakening. Fighters attacked a military checkpoint in the north of  Mosul on foot, resulting in clashes that killed one of the checkpoint's soldiers and wounded two others, before  the resistance fighters escaped.  IRAQ REPORTS – DEC 14, 2012 An explosive device that was attached to a lawyer's car went off in central Tikrit, wounding him. A car bomb  targeted a bus carrying Iranian passengers in Samarra, killing an Iranian woman and wounding sixteen other  people, all Iranians. A roadside bomb went off by a passing patrol of the governmental police in the west of Ar-Ramadi, killing one of  the patrol's elements and wounding another.  Joint forces of the government army and police launched a day-long search and raid campaign in the provinces of  Diyala and Salah Ad-Din, detaining at least twentynine people on false charges, and taking them away to unknown  destinations to “conduct their interrogations,” which usually involve the use of torture to force confession to  crimes not committed. Forces of the governmental police launched a series of searches and raids in the west of  Baghdad as well, detaining seventeen people for “interrogation” because they “seemed suspicious.” IRAQ REPORTS – DEC 13, 2012 Gunmen shot and killed, with silenced pistols, a man in front of his home in the north of As-Sulaymaniyah. In the  west of Baghdad, a civilian was injured by an explosive device attached to his car. The elder of a village, Abu  Saida, in the east of Diyala province, was killed in an armed attack along with his son while passing through the  center of Baquba. Two roadside bombs went off at an intersection in the west of Baghdad, killing at least one  civilian and wounding five others. A parked car bomb exploded in the west of Baghdad, killing and wounding a number of people, though details  were not released. Fighters attacked the convoy of a colonel of the government forces in the west of Mosul, and  the resulting clashes continued for several hours; the government forces brought in reinforcements of police and  army, however, the colonel was still killed, along with two of his guards. Two roadside bombs went off in a twin  explosion in the south of Kirkuk, targeting the convoy of the commander  of a government army brigade, and   wounding  one  of  his  guards.  An  explosive  device  went  off  by  a checkpoint of the joint government forces  (army and police), killing two soldiers of the government army and wounding one element of the government  police. Fighters opened fire from their car on a governmental police checkpoint in the southeast of Baquba, killing  two of its elements and wounding three others. Fighters opened fire on a governmental police checkpoint in the  south of Fallujah, killing two of its elements, though it is unknown where the gunfire came from. A roadside bomb  went off beneath a military patrol in the east of Mosul, severely injuring two of its soldiers. Fighters carried out an attack on a military checkpoint in the west of Baghdad, firing with silenced weapons and  killing two of the checkpoint's soldiers before escaping. At the same time in the same district, another attack was  carried out on a governmental police checkpoint, and the fighters killed two of its elements and wounded four  more.  IRAQ REPORTS – DEC 12, 2012 Turkish warplanes bombed a number of border areas in Dohuk province  for  about  an  hour,  but  information  of   casualties  and  damage  was  not released. An explosion went off inside the Tasfirat Ar-Resafa prison in the east  of Baghdad, killing and wounding four prisoners and three guards. An explosive device installed  in  a  civilian  car   went  off  in  central  Fallujah,  killing  one  civilian  and wounding another. An explosive device installed in the  car of a professor of Tikrit University  went  off  on  campus,  killing  him  and  two  students  as  well.  Gunmen  attacked two Mosul University students as well, killing one and wounding the other. A gunman opened fire on a  civilian who was on a bus in the west of Mosul, killing him on the  spot  and fleeing.  Gunmen  stormed the house   of  an  oil  company  employee, kidnapping him. Fighters captured a commander of the Awakening forces as he was traveling in his car. Fighters traveling in a car  opened fire on the car of a lieutenant-colonel of the government army in the south of Mosul, killing him instantly.  Fighters opened fire with silenced weapons on the car of a government intelligence officer in the south of  Baghdad, killing him on the spot. A lieutenant of the “Tigris Operations Forces” was killed by a roadside bomb  that targeted his car in the east of Tikrit. A car bomb exploded near the headquarters  of a government army  regiment  in  the west  of Baghdad,  killing  two  of  its  soldiers  and  severely  wounding  two  more.  Fighters  traveling in a civilian car opened fire on a governmental police patrol in the south of Fallujah, killing four of its  elements. Fighters attacked two of the governmental police in central Mosul, shooting them with silenced  weapons and killing them on the spot. Fighters attacked a checkpoint of the governmental police in the west of  the same city at the same time, killing one of its elements. Fighters attacked a military checkpoint in the east of  Mosul later, killing one of its soldiers. A mortar shell struck a checkpoint of the governmental police in the west of  Al-Anbar province, killing one of its elements and wounding another. IRAQ REPORTS –DEC 11, 2012 A young man's body was found in the north of Kut. A fire broke out in a tower in central  Baghdad. In a separate incident in central Baghdad as well, a structural collapse injured  ten workers. A car accident close to Baquba killed the director  of  agricultural  banking   of  Diyala  province,  and  injured  three  of  his employees.  A roadside bomb targeted the owner of a bookstore in his car in the east of Tikrit, but didn't hurt him.  Six farmers from central Kut were injured in clashes. An explosive device installed in the  car of a civilian wounded him  severely after it went off in central Fallujah. Fighters opened fire from their car on an element of the Awakening forces near his home  in the west of Baquba,killing him on the spot. An explosive device installed in the car of  one of the governmental police went off in the north of Tikrit, killing him and destroying  the car. A roadside bomb went off beneath a passing patrol of the governmental police  in the same district, wounding two of its elements. Fighters opened fire with silenced  weapons on two of the governmental police in the west of Mosul, killing one and wounding  another. Two prisoners from Baghdad (one from At-Taji prison in the north of Baghdad, and another  from the Resafa prison in the east) have been killed by torture at the hands of the  government forces. IRAQ REPORTS – DEC 10, 2012 Three government officials were accused of corruption and detained, including a district director. A man's dead body, covered by wounds across, was found in the northeast ofBaghdad. Gunmen  stormed and robbed a bank in the east of Baghdad, stealing$20,000 in dollars and also 7,000,000 in  dinars. Fighters attacked a military checkpoint in the north of Mosul, firing from theircar, killing one of its  soldiers and injuring two others. A checkpoint of thegovernmental police was similarly attacked in  the south of Mosul, injuring threeelements of the checkpoint. Another governmental police  checkpoint was attacked inTikrit, in the south of the city, by fighters opening fire from their  car, killing three of the checkpoint's elements this time and severely wounding two more. Forces of the governmental police launched a series of searches and raids against the population in  the north of Hillah, storming many houses, and detaining fourteen civilians without any charges,  taking them away to unknown destinations. [source]