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29 September 2007

Car bomb in Hamdaniya
A car bomb exploded today Saturday 29/8/2007 in the Borough of Al-Hamdaniya, Nineveh Governorate targeting a police patrol unit. Four police personnel were killed and 16 civilians were variably injured.

Assassination of Shaikh Ghanen Qasim, Imam and preacher of Al-Huda Mosque in Mosul today 29/9/2007
According to a reliable source that Shaikh Ghanem Qsaim, Imam of Al-Huda Mosque in Al-Quds district was killed today in front of his residence at Al-Meethaq district by unknown gunmen. Shaikh Ghanem was a member of Muslims Scholars Forum.

خاص-و.أ.عراقيون- الموصل(انفجار مفخخة في قضاء الحمدانية)

انفجرت سيارة مفخخة اليوم السبت الموافق 29 أيلول 2007 على دورية للشرطة في قضاء الحمدانية ،وأسفر الانفجار عن مقتل 4 من أفراد دورية الشرطة وإصابة 16 مدنيا بجروح مختلفة كانوا متواجدين في مكان الحادث.

خاص-و.أ.عراقيون- الموصل(مقتل الشيخ غانم قاسم إمام وخطيب جامع الهدى)

أكد مصدر موثوق لوكالة أنباء عراقيون اليوم السبت الموافق 29 أيلول 2007 مقتل الشيخ غانم قاسم إمام وخطيب جامع الهدى في حي القدس،وهو عضو هيأة إفتاء،وأشار المصدر بان الشيخ قتل أمام داره في حي الميثاق على يد مسلحين مجهولين.

Monday, September 24, 2007

US Occupation Forces Kill Oil Engineer Talib Naji Abboud 

For Immediate Release

Naftana Press Release
Thursday 20 September 2007

Oil Union declares: US occupation forces kill oil engineer

The Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions (IFOU) has announced that US occupation forces carried out an unprovoked attack against a crew of workers in the Rumaila oilfields in Basra on the morning of Monday 18 September. As a result of this cowardly and criminal act, Chief Engineer Talib Naji Abboud was wounded and taken to hospital where he died in the evening of Tuesday 19 September.

This comes one day after the massacre perpetrated by the Blackwater mercenary gang in Baghdad's Mansour district on Monday, in which Iraqi officials say 11 people were killed, but unofficial reports speak of up to 50 deaths, all innocent victims of all ages and both genders. Instead of curbing and punishing the Blackwater mercenary gangs, the occupation is escalating unprovoked attacks on Iraqi citizens.

The IFOU has called on the Iraqi Government to take action to protect the lives of Iraqi citizens, and the Federation held a protest rally at the Southern Oil Company headquarters in Basra today at 10am local time to condemn this premeditated murder and the continuing occupation of Iraq.

In the meantime, the Minister of Oil Hussain Al-Shahristani has remained silent about the latest criminal attack directed at workers who are under his direct remit and who were ambushed while going about their normal business of running this vital industry. Indeed, the latest attack seems to be designed to show that the occupation forces will act with impunity, and that there is going to be little distinction between mercenaries and regular US troops.

The attack in the oilfields seems also to be designed to push the Iraqi Government to take further harsh and repressive measures against the oil workers at a time when they are resisting the privatization of the industry. The murder of Chief Engineer Talib Naji Abboud should also be laid at the door of the oil corporations that are trying to force their way into Iraq and to control its resources at any cost.

We call upon the Trade Union and anti-war movements in Britain to condemn this heinous crime and send letters of protest to the Foreign Office and the US embassy.

Naftana

For further information contact:

Sami Ramadani – 07863 138748 sami.ramadani@londonmet.ac.uk
Kamil Mahdi – k.a.mahdi@exeter.ac.uk
Sabah Jawad – 07985 336886 sabah.jawad@idao.org

Thursday 13 September 2007

19:03
Body of Staff General Rasheed Sinjar
INA learnt fro Brigadier Saied Ahmed Al-Juboori, Direct of Media in Nineveh Police that Nineveh Police found the body of Staff General Rasheed Sinjar, an ex division commander in the old Iraqi Army in the previous regime in Sooq Al-Ma'ash area, west of Mosul.

Tuesday 11 September 2007

- Unidentified body was reported by eyewitnesses in Al-Wahda district, east of Mosul city,  today. The body hand were tied and he had been shot in the head.
- Three policeman were killed today following armed clashes with gunmen in Al-Karama region, north east of the City of Mosul.
- A fourth policeman was also killed in Al-Yarmook district south south west of Mosul City by a gunmen.
- Nineveh Police diffused 
a car bomb containing 10 barrels of TNT parked at the side of the road in Bab Al-Jadeed area in the very centre of Mosul.
- Students and Youth League, Mosul Branch, held a cultural meeting to honors the top three students achievers from Mosul university. 

Thursday 6 September 2007

The arrest of a wanted person for the explosion of mosques in samari'a
Iraqi police in Mosul arrested Ali Aws Al-Samaraie who was wanted for the explosion of the Al-Askaris Mosques in Samara'a in Al-Noor district, east of the City of Mosul. Brigadier Saied Ahmed Al-Jubouri, Director of Information in Nineveh Police, that information had been passed from the Interior Minister to the Commissioner of Police in Nineveh. The detainee was handed over to the US foreces.

Wednesday 5 September 2007

10:15
Three gunmen killed west of Mosul today
Iraqi Army units killed today 3 gunmen and burn down their vehicle in Souq Al-Ma'ash area in the west of Mosul.

Tuesday 4 September 2007

11:45
The arrest of the Executive Director of the Iraq Islamic State in Mosul
Iraqi Army forces arrested today 4/9/2007 the Executive Director of the Islamic State of Iraq Khudr Abdul Ghulam and the Wali of Jezira Ameen Mohamed Younus  in 17th July district, right bank of Mosul.

The assassination of Mohamed Majeed Al-Rozbiyani, Member of the Kurdish Youth Movement (Al-Shabiba) in Al-Jaza'ier district, left bank of Mosul.

City of Mosul is free from Cholera and Water Authority intensifies protection measures
Dr Dalah Thannoon, Director General of Mosul Health, announced today that Mosul is free from cholera and he stressed upon officers to to scrutinize incomers to Mosul across the Iraqi borders check points to stop any person suspected of harboring the infection. In addition, Director of Water in Mosul stated that the directorate has increased the percentage of Chlorine in drinking water as a preventive measure.

Sunday 2 September 2007

A British Arab (Iraqi from Mosul) architect is the third British famous women.

Ms Zaha Hadi, the well known British Architect who is originally from Mosul, Iraq is nominated as the third most famouis women in Britiain.She has also held the 68th position of the strongest world women according to Forbes Magazine. 

Saturday 1 September 2007

The assassination of Mr Khairuldeen Al-Hamdani, Member of Al-Mosul District Council.
- Unknown gunmen attacked today Saturday 1 September Khairuldeen Al-0Hamdani inside the Fifth Tuneel killing him instantly. 

A car bomb in Mosul AL-Jadidia
A car bomb driven by a suicide bomber exploded today on an Iraqi Army patrol unit wounding 6 people among whome 2 of the patrol unit personnel. 

An explosive device in Al-Rashidiya region of Mosul
An explosive device targeted another Army unit in Al-Rashidiya district in Mosul killed members of the unit.