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Hundreds of Iraqis Killed in US-Led Air and Land Strikes, in City Bombing Attacks

 January 30, 2015 

Editor's Note:

Hundreds of Iraqis have been killed this week as a result of US-led air and land attacks on the Islamic State and the fighting between Islamic State fighter and Iraqi government Kurdish-Shi'i forces.

Iraq has been divided on the ground as Kurdish, Sunni, and Shi'i territories but it seems that this is enough. The creative destruction seems to continue so that Iraq follows Syria to become a failing state, where in-fighting continues until the total destruction of society.

The first part of the following story represents attacks with photos in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, from the Arabic source yeqen.net. The second part is a Kurdish source "Iraqi News," and the third includes reports from the British news agency "Reuters" and the US agency Associated Press. 

Arabic sources (yeqen.net):

قتل واصيب ثمانية اشخاص ، بتفجير عبوة ناسفة في مدينة الصدر شرقي العاصمة بغداد ، اليوم الجمعة . وقال مصدر حكومي بتصريح لموقع اخباري إن "عبوة ناسفة انفجرت، صباح اليوم، في شارع الداخل بمدينة الصدر شرقي بغداد، مما أسفر عن مقتل شخص وإصابة سبعة آخرين بجروح متفاوتة". وأضاف المصدر أن "قوة أمنية هرعت إلى منطقة الحادث ونقلت الجرحى إلى مستشفى قريب لتلقي العلاج وجثة القتيل إلى دائرة الطب العدلي". يقين نت + وكالات

قتل واصيب نحو 50عنصرا من البيشمركة بينهم امر لواء ، في حصيلة اولية للمعارك العنيفة التي شهدتها مناطق جنوب وغرب مدينة كركوك بمحافظة التاميم ، اليوم الجمعة. وقال مصدر مطلع في حديث لوكالة اخبارية  إن "حصيلة الاشتباكات العنيفة التي اندلعت، منذ فجر اليوم ، عقب هجوم المسلحين من ثلاثة محاور تل الورد ومكتب الخالد ومريم بيك جنوب وغرب مدينة كركوك، مع قوات البيشمركة ، اسفرت عن مقتل ستة عناصر من البيشمركة بينهم آمر اللواء الأول في قوات البيشمركة ، اللواء "شيركو فاتح رؤوف الشواني" وإصابة 40 آخرين بجروح ، بعضها خطرة ، وذلك في حصيلة اولية ". وأضاف المصدر إن "الاشتباكات استخدمت فيها أسلحه ثقيلة ومتوسطة ، مشيرا إلى أن الاشتباكات والقصف أدت إلى نزوح عشرات الأسر في مدن يايجي وتوكلان وطوب زاوه". يقين نت + وكالات

ارتفعت حصيلة ضحايا التفجير المزدوج بعبوتين ناسفتين في منطقة الباب الشرقي وسط العاصمة بغداد ، الى 124 قتيلا وجريحا ، بينهم من الشرطة الحكومية ، اليوم الجمعة . وقال مصدر حكومي بتصريح لموقع اخباري إن "حصيلة تفجير العبوتين الناسفتين اللتين انفجرتا بالتعاقب، صباح اليوم، داخل سوق بيع الملابس العسكرية بمنطقة الباب الشرقي وسط بغداد، بلغت 54 قتيلا و70 مصابا من المدنيين وعناصر الشرطة". واضاف المصدر أن "القوات الامنية نقلت المصابين بسيارات الاسعاف الى مستشفيات عدة وجثث القتلى الى دائرة الطب العدلي". يقين نت + وكالات

قتل واصيب ثمانية من الجيش الحكومي بتفجير مزدوج بسيارتين مفخختين استهدف نقطة تفتيش تابعة لهم شرقي مدينة الرمادي بمحافظة الانبار ، اليوم الجمعة . وقال مصدر حكومي في تصريح لموقع اخباري إن "سيارة مفخخة يقودها شخص انفجرت، ظهر اليوم، مستهدفة القوات الامنية في منطقة السجاري، شرقي الرمادي، ما أسفر عن مقتل ثلاثة نود وإصابة خمسة اخرين بجروح متفاوتة، في حصيلة أولية، موضحا أن القوة قامت بنقل الجرحى الى مستشفى قريب لتلقي العلاج والقتلى الى الطب العدلي". واضاف المصدر أن "جرافة مفخخة أخرى نوع (شفل) مدرع يقودها شخص حاولت، عقب انفجار السيارة مباشرة، استهداف القوات الامنية نفسها في المنطقة ذاتها ، الا ان تفجير السيارة المفخخة وقع من دون حدوث خسائر ". يقين نت + وكالات

قتل واصيب ثمانية اشخاص ، بتفجير عبوة ناسفة في مدينة الصدر شرقي العاصمة بغداد ، اليوم الجمعة . وقال مصدر حكومي بتصريح لموقع اخباري إن "عبوة ناسفة انفجرت، صباح اليوم، في شارع الداخل بمدينة الصدر شرقي بغداد، مما أسفر عن مقتل شخص وإصابة سبعة آخرين بجروح متفاوتة". وأضاف المصدر أن "قوة أمنية هرعت إلى منطقة الحادث ونقلت الجرحى إلى مستشفى قريب لتلقي العلاج وجثة القتيل إلى دائرة الطب العدلي". يقين نت + وكالات

قتل واصيب نحو 50عنصرا من البيشمركة بينهم امر لواء ، في حصيلة اولية للمعارك العنيفة التي شهدتها مناطق جنوب وغرب مدينة كركوك بمحافظة التاميم ، اليوم الجمعة. وقال مصدر مطلع في حديث لوكالة اخبارية  إن "حصيلة الاشتباكات العنيفة التي اندلعت، منذ فجر اليوم ، عقب هجوم المسلحين من ثلاثة محاور تل الورد ومكتب الخالد ومريم بيك جنوب وغرب مدينة كركوك، مع قوات البيشمركة ، اسفرت عن مقتل ستة عناصر من البيشمركة بينهم آمر اللواء الأول في قوات البيشمركة ، اللواء "شيركو فاتح رؤوف الشواني" وإصابة 40 آخرين بجروح ، بعضها خطرة ، وذلك في حصيلة اولية ". وأضاف المصدر إن "الاشتباكات استخدمت فيها أسلحه ثقيلة ومتوسطة ، مشيرا إلى أن الاشتباكات والقصف أدت إلى نزوح عشرات الأسر في مدن يايجي وتوكلان وطوب زاوه". يقين نت + وكالات

قتل واصيب نحو 15 شخصا بتفجير عبوة ناسفة في منطقة الباب الشرقي وسط العاصمة بغداد ، صباح اليوم الجمعة . وقال مصدر حكومي بتصريح لموقع اخباري إن "عبوة ناسفة انفجرت، قرب سوق هرج في منطقة الباب الشرقي وسط بغداد، مما أسفر عن مقتل ثلاثة أشخاص وإصابة 11 آخرين بجروح متفاوتة". وأضاف المصدر أن "قوة أمنية هرعت إلى منطقة الحادث ونقلت الجرحى إلى مستشفى قريب لتلقي العلاج وجثث القتلى إلى دائرة الطب العدلي، مشيرا إلى أن القوات الأمنية قامت بقطع جسر الجمهورية كإجراء احترازي". يقين نت + وكالات

اعلن جيش الاحتلال الامريكي ، اليوم الجمعة إن الولايات المتحدة وحلفاءها في التحالف الدولي شنوا 12 غارة جديدة فى العراق خلال الساعات الماضية ، بذريعة مكافحة الارهاب. وذكرت قوة ماتعرف بالمهام المشتركة في بيان لها نشرته وكالة اخبارية " أن من بين الغارات التي نفذت في العراق وقعت قرب قاعدة الأسد والرطبة والموصل وسنجار وتلعفر وأصابت اهدافا منها مبان ومركبات ومنشأة لتخزين السلاح". واضافت في بيانها "انه تم ايضا تنفيذ خمس غارات قرب كوباني السورية ،واصابت موقعا كثيرة ". يقين نت + وكالات

 

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Kurdish Peshmerga forces repel ISIS attack, kill 30 militants western Mosul

Iraqi News (Iraqi-Kurdish government source), January 30, 2015

 by Amre Sarhan

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com)

On Thursday, a local source in Nineveh province said, that the paramilitary Kurdish Peshmerga forces repelled a violent attack on western Mosul and killed 30 of the Islamic State (IS) fighters.

The source informed IraqiNews, “The Kurdish Peshmerga forces have managed to repel an attack by the IS Ifighters in the area of Aski-Mosul, located 50 km northwest of Mosul,” pointing out that, “The clashes between the two sides resulted in killing 30 of the IS fighters and wounding 4 soldiers among the Peshmerga forces.”

“Small arms and heavy weapons were used during the clashes, which lasted for more than 4 hours,” the source noted.

US-led Coalition conducts new airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq, Syria

January 29, 2015 by Hawar Berwani

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com)

The US and its partner nations launched 13 air strikes near Kobani, Syria, in the last 24 hours, the US military said on Wednesday morning, as they continued their air assault to help drive the last Islamic State (Isis) forces out of city.

The strikes around Kobani hit 12 IS tactical units and a vehicle, and destroyed nine fighting positions, a staging area and three buildings, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement. 

The Pentagon said this week the IS fighters had been driven out of 90% of Kobani, a city near the border with Turkey where fighting has raged for four months.

The six air strikes in northern Iraq, where IS fighters seized swaths of territory, targeted al-Asad, Kirkuk, Mosul and Sinjar, hitting tactical units, a checkpoint, six buildings and six shipping containers, the taskforce said.

Strikes began in Iraq on 8 August and in Syria on 23 September. /E

KDP: 385 ISIL terrorists killed in Mosul

January 25, 2015 by Hawar Berwani

Nineveh (IraqiNews.com)

The Kurdistani Democratic Party headed by the President of Kurdistan Region, Masoud Barzani, stated that more than 385 IS fighters were killed in the last three days in Mosul.

A source of the KDP stated to IraqiNews.com “The hospitals in Mosul received the corpses of more than 385 ISIL terrorists where 67 of them belong to foreigners,” noting that “The citizens started to worry and left to northern Mosul to avoid being killed during the clashes.” /End/

 

Islamic State attacks near Kirkuk, bombs kill 18 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:46am EST

Islamic State attacks near Kirkuk, bombs kill 18 in Baghdad | Reuters. . . .

(Reuters) -

Islamic State fighters struck at Kurdish forces southwest of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday morning, while bombs in Baghdad and Samarra killed at least 21 people, security and medical sources said.

Police in the northern province of Kirkuk said Islamic State launched mortars and attacked positions of Kurdish peshmerga fighters in four districts southwest of Kirkuk city.

Islamic State has frequently battled Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite militias further south and west since the group surged across the Syrian border last summer, but attacks on the outskirts of Kurdish-controlled Kirkuk have been less frequent.

A peshmerga officer told Reuters his forces had recaptured the district of Mariam Bek but said clashes were ongoing in Tal al-Ward, Maktab Khalid and Mullah Abdullah.

Medical sources said at least four Kurdish fighters were killed in the fighting, including senior commander Brigadier Sherko Fatih, and at least 70 others were wounded.

More than 750 peshmerga have been killed in combat since Islamic State overran their defenses in northern Iraq last summer, prompting U.S.-led air strikes.

The Kurds have now regained most of the ground they lost in August. However, peshmerga commanders complain they remain ill-equipped compared with the militants, who plundered Iraqi arms depots when they overran Mosul in June.

BOMBS IN SAMARRA, BAGHDAD

Security sources said at least 18 people were killed when two bombs went off in Baghdad's Bab al-Sharqi district on Friday morning, home to a large market and across the Tigris river from the Green Zone, which houses most government buildings.

Bombings are frequent in Baghdad, where Sunni insurgents from Islamic State, which controls large swathes of territory in Iraq's north and west, regularly conduct suicide attacks.

Three civilians were later killed and at least 10 others wounded in northwestern Baghdad when mortars landed in residential neighborhoods, police and medics said.

Police in the city of Samarra, about 125 km (80 miles) north of the capital, said two suicide bombers targeted a security checkpoint in the city center, killing three and wounding five members of the police and Shi'ite militias.

Police say they thwarted a third suicide attack by shooting a suspected militant, but clashes broke out on the western outskirts of Samarra following another explosion, with police and militias battling Islamic State fighters.

(Reporting By Stephen Kalin and Saif Hameed; Editing by Dominic Evans)

 

Battle with IS kills senior Kurdish general, 8 of his troops

Friday, Jan. 30, 2015

By IMAD MATTI and SAMEER N. YACOUB

The Associated Press

KIRKUK, Iraq —

Clashes with Islamic State fighters killed a senior Kurdish military commander and eight of his fighters just outside the disputed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Friday, officials said.

Attacks elsewhere killed 27 people, with twin bombs hitting a crowded market in Baghdad and a suicide bomber targeting pro-government Shiite militiamen who were manning a checkpoint outside a city north of the Iraqi capital.

The casualties near the oil-rich Kirkuk were a heavy setback for the Iraqi Kurds, who have been at the forefront of the battle against the Islamic State group, which has captured a third of both Iraq and Syria in its blitz last year.

Also Friday, a car bomb exploded outside an empty, closed hotel near Kirkuk's police headquarters, wounding two people. Both the Kurdish troops and the city's security force have been trying to rout the IS group from Kirkuk, about 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad.

After the car bombing, three gunmen took positions inside the hotel, located in the city center, triggering a firefight with the Kurds and the police.

Associated Press footage from the scene showed members of the Kurdish troops and the local police firing at the Qassir Hotel in Kirkuk and then storming it. Officials later said the gunmen were all killed.

The Kurdish Brig. Gen. Shirko Fatih and eight Kurdish fighters died in clashes south of the city earlier in the day, after the IS militants attacked the peshmerga fighters' positions, said Brig. Khatab Omar.

Kirkuk is home to a mix of Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen, who all have competing claims to the oil-rich area. The Kurds want to incorporate it into their self-ruled region in Iraq's north, a proposition strongly opposed by Arabs and Turkmen.

After the IS group's blitz last summer and the quick collapse of the Iraqi army, Kurdish forces took control of the city. Since then, Kirkuk has often come under Islamic State attacks, with the militants likely hoping to seize the oil fields near the city.

Iraq has been facing its worst crisis since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. troops, with Islamic State militants now in control of about a third of the country.

In the Baghdad market attack, a bomb first exploded near carts selling used clothes in the central Bab al-Sharqi area, followed by a second bomb as people rushed to help victims from the first blast. Police and hospital officials said 19 people were killed and 28 were wounded. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Also in Baghdad, mortar shells landed on a residential area in the Shula neighborhood, killing four people and wounding seven others, said police and hospital officials.

Police officials also that said a suicide bomber drove his-explosive-laden car into a security checkpoint manned by Shiite militiamen near the city of Samarra, 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, killing four militiamen and wounding 10.

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