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May 17 2009 U.S. Liberates Iraqis: from safety, stability, honor, and ethics.

May 16, 2009

Dear Bruce

I am so sorry for being delayed to write.

love,L

    ((  It is very dangerous to return back for a visit to the homeland.  It took a long time to decide to do such a visit. When you think that you have to think deeply before visiting your own country you feel as if you have been deprived of the most basic of your rights and you are about to be uprooted from the roots and you know well that you didn't commit any crime except you love your land, home and your dear people. Is it fair? I think it's extremely oppressive. Especially when you realized that this situation appeared suddenly after the coming of people who said they came to liberate you.

      Do you know the truth? Yes, I think they liberated the country from  safety, stability, honor and ethics. And they freed people from all the facilities they need in their life.  They made their life so easy - as if they are living in deserts with no electricity, no clean water, and no fuel in the country of fuel . Before they came drugs were not existed at all in all Iraq to the extant that who tried to bring them to Iraq was punished severely by death penalty.

   When we went  to check our Baghdad house they told us that it was burned down, and we heard that the shops of my husband were robbed. They were full of equipments (air-conditioning   equipments). He tried to sell them from abroad but they informed him that the shops were nearly empty.

  What I want  is that,the honest people think or try to feel as we felt, with no house, no furniture, no money,  and loss after loss. Moreover when we decided to go back to visit we knew full well that we were in great danger and carrying our lives with our own hands.

      I took two kids with me R of 7 years and A of 14 years and left the rest here because they are older boys and the possibility of killing them is very real.

    In the border, when we took the exit visa I felt pained as usual for they all in this country never can pronounce my name as it is. But as soon as we arrived;  at the Iraqi border I heard my real name exactly as my parents gave to me, the correct pronunciation with its nice meaning that I have never heard for five years in the country of diaspora. At this moment, truly,  I was full of hatred against America.))

May 15 2009 U.S. in Iraq-Afghanistan: the children pay with their lives

I try really hard to focus on Iraq as America slowly lets the pain of the innocent civilians fade into dusty memory...but once in a while I am struck, really hard, by news from Afghanistan.

We are doing the same thing to the innocent civilians of Afghanistan as we did to those of Iraq. We are killing them, calling the collateral damage, and continuing to call in air strikes against villages, homes, and the people who live in them.

This is from the UK's Independent:

Iraq air raids hit mostly women and children

by Kim Sengupta, Defence correspondent, Thursday, 16 April 2009

[May 15 2009, Baghad]

Air strikes and artillery barrages have taken a heavy toll among the most vulnerable of the Iraqi people, with children and women forming a disproportionate number of the dead.

Analysis carried out for the research group Iraq Body Count (IBC) found that 39 per cent of those killed in air raids by the US-led coalition were children and 46 per cent were women. Fatalities caused by mortars, used by American and Iraqi government forces as well as insurgents, were 42 per cent children and 44 per cent women.[full article here]

39 percent killed are children.

46 percent killed are women.

And we are doing it again in Afghanistan.

And I hear Pete Seeger singing his haunting tune, Where Have All the Flowers Gone, and I weep.

Dear President Obama,
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?
b

May 14 2009 Obama seeks to hide atrocity photos

U.S. President Obama has decided to hide the atrocity photographs from the public. Which public? He claims that if we release the photos we will enflame the Arab world.

 

Too late for that. Abu Ghraib blew up our moral standing globally. The initial photos were widely distributed in Arab media and the inevitable increase in animosity toward the U.S. followed swiftly. Hiding the faces of the perpetrators will only ensure that our reputation for hiding the truth grows.

 

I suspect the real reason is an attempt to avoid inflaming the American public. Words do not convey the emotional truth of the atrocities as well as pictures. Words dull the reality with verbiage requiring yet another layer of interpretation to intercede between the act and the perception.

 

The holocaust was described many times in words but the graphic nature of the Holocaust Memorial in Washington, D.C. was deemed important enough to move our government to support it as a national monument.

 

For years our government refused to allow pictures of our soldier’s bodies returning from Iraq. Words were used, tallies were printed, and some media carried biographies of the fallen. All with little impact on the American public, most of whom lived and live as if there is no war.

 

Many attribute the end of the Vietnam War to our releasing photos and videos that conveyed the reality of our decision to use violence. Remember the photo of the napalmed young girl running down the road? I think we all do. “Americans should not wage war with blinders on.”-AirForce Times.

 

The visceral nature of the photographs will not be denied, and may even lend courage to those who are too timid now to prosecute those responsible for the atrocities committed in the name of the American people. It is Americans who will be most moved by these pictures, and maybe they will turn the energies of shame and condemnation into acts for justice; true actions for building more peaceful tomorrows.

 

Bruce Wallace

mail@121Contact.org

May 13 2009 America: why you put islamist iranian occupation in Iraq?

Sometimes I am stunned by the clarity of the words that come out of Iraq. Here is a concise view, held by many Iraqis, that puts the American troop occupation in perspective. It is not the most important factor in this man's life. He is more affected by the rise of Islamists in his previously secular nation.

He knows that the U.S. troops will leave sooner or later. He knows that the imposition of Islamist terror will keep his beloved Iraq from progress. He knows the violence will continue because of the puppet government we installed, and its bent toward violent suppression of dissent.

And yet he is willing to open dialogue between his students and ours. Maybe we haven't driven all the hope out of Baghdad.
b

i saw your blog and i like the idea. I am Iraqi professor, I will give your contact to my students.

i would like to ask americans why they attacked us while iraqi had no role in 11th sept? And the terrorist who blowed themself in innocents in USA and world wide were not Iraqi, most of them were saudi and from egypt and UAE.

why america did not take revenge from saudi and came to take revenge from poor iraqi people?

and they still till now.

another question; after fall of saddam why modern america brought us islamists to govern us and they convert us from modern secular state to islamic stupid state on iranian model. they told us that they will bring us democracy and freedom but they put us in big jail under stupid islamic parties who believe in stupid myths and believe in killing language.

only that is iraq today under 2 occupation one of them is USA military stupid occupation and the other is more dangerous which is islamic iranian occupation.  we may get rid of US army sooner or later but it is very hard to get ride of iranian and islamic parties who threat by killing any one who resist them-because they call him infidel so any one who refuse to cooperate with islamists considered as enemy to god and you know what that is means.

that is the biggest not mentioned problem that america put us in and all americans should know it. we don't need democracy but we need secularism because by secularism most of developed countries get their development.

regards

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Reported Security incidents, May 12, 2009:

Baghdad:
#1: A mortar round hit the Green Zone at 5 a.m. Monday. No casualties were reported.

Taji:
#1: A roadside bomb targeted the Head of Sahwa in Taji area, northern Baghdad killing him and injuring two civilians who were with him in the car. Some reports said that they were his sons but Iraqi Police did not confirm it.

Diyala Prv:
Khanaqin:
#1: Six Iraqi servicemen on Tuesday were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) targeted their patrol vehicle near Baaquba city, according to a local security source. “Today, an explosive device targeted an Iraqi army infantry patrol in Naft Khana area of Khanaqin district (155 km northeast of Baaquba), wounding six patrolmen,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

A roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi Army foot patrol in the town of Naft Khana 120 km to the northeast of Baquba at 1 p.m. Tuesday injuring six servicemen, three of whom are in a critical condition.

Mandili:
#1: The body of a 13 year old girl who was kidnapped two days ago in the town of Mendili was found by Iraqi Police Tuesday. She had been shot several times. No ransom had been demanded.

Tikrit:
#1: Fires on Tuesday ate U.S. fuel tanker when a roadside bomb targeted a U.S. convoy north of Tikrit city, said a source from Salah al-Din police. “The attack took place on the highway, 5 km north of Tikrit,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The destiny of the tanker’s driver is unknown,” he said.The U.S. forces have not commented yet on this issue.

Kirkuk:
#1: A suicide bomber aboard a small pick-up truck slammed into an Iraqi police patrol in the tense northern city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, killing six people and injuring 14, police said. The attack in the southern district of the oil rich city killed at least three policemen while three policemen were also among the injured, local police major Salam Zangana said.

#2: A car bomb went off on Monday targeting a police vehicle patrol in southern Kirkuk, killing two civilians and injuring eight, the chief of the Kirkuk police said. “A car crammed with explosives, parked near al-Adl mosque in al-Asra neighborhood in southern Kirkuk, went off, killing two civilians and injuring eight, including three policemen,” General Tourhan Abdulrahman told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Mosul:
#1: A former army officer was killed on Monday by unknown gunmen in northeastern Mosul, a security source said. “Unknown gunmen killed a candidate of al-Hadbaa list of the recent local elections when they shot him in al-Muthanna neighborhood in northeastern Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The victim, Rakan Aziz, a former army brigadier, took part in the recent local elections held last January in he province, but did nit succeed,” he added, noting that he was assassinated while he was leaving al-Arqam mosque on Monday afternoon (May 11).

#2: Gunmen killed a policeman in Suq Al-Maash neighborhood in Mosul while he was in his off-duty.

#3: Gunmen on foot opened fire upon the guards of the Governorate building in Ghazi Street, central Mosul Monday morning killing one guard and injuring another while they were on duty.

May 11 2009 America - I HATE YOU: something to feel about.

The people of the United States of America are slowly forgetting the innocent civilians of Iraq. We are shifting our focus to the next violent attempt to 'put things right' in Afghanistan. We don't want to think about what we have done. We just want to march forward, blindly following the newest leader...forgetting the past.

I think, sometimes, that it is valuable to face the pain you engender.
I think, sometimes, that it is painful to admit the consequences of your actions.

I think, sometimes, that you must open your heart to the hearts of others
In order to understand what the world looks like
From the other side.
b

America - I HATE YOU.

by Layla, May 11, 2009

I hate everything you represent, everything you stand for, everything about you...EVERYTHING. I fucking hate you.

You completely destroyed my country, my home, my family, my relatives, my friends, you have completely ruined our lives with your greed, your apathy, your criminality, your hypocrisy, your evilness ..........
I FUCKING HATE YOU. HATE YOU with every fiber in my body, with every beat of my heart, with every breath I take....

I HATE YOU AMERICA. I HATE YOU.

Our families are torn apart, our lovers are torn apart, our neighborhoods are torn apart, we have become beggars, living off merciful handouts...

Merciful handouts that your so called "good will" people come to the rescue and try to help...

Rows and rows of burned flesh, from your smart technology, your technology of death, fill hospitals...Fallujah, Mosul, Baghdad, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Palestine...

[if you can handle it: the full piece is here: Arab Woman Blues]

There is worse than physical death. There is a soul, moral death and you are fucking dead...

You think you are so fucking sophisticated don't you ? You are fucking idiots with guns...even your so called intellectuals, I don't buy them for one cent...

Including your left, your anti-war shits, your liberals and the wanking Arabs that suck up to you like house niggers, I buy none of you for one cent...

Go ahead, kill as much as you want, burn, maim, tear down, build walls, displace as much as you want...

You are a worthless people and a worthless nation.

May 10 2009 American troops murder 12 year old boy in Mosul

Why not call it as it is seen by the people who live in Mosul. I know it hurts, but it is a truth to bear if we are to take responsibility for our actions. They live in a beautiful place now wracked with pain, as it has been since the Ehtilal began. Is it murder? Collateral damage? A justified response to an attack? Whatever  you may call it, it is called something else by his family, his friends, and the witnesses to the slaughter.
[please click to enlarge and see beautiful Mosul on the Tigris]

A 12 year old boy was shot and killed by American troops after they were attacked by a hand grenade.

Wherever our troops are in the streets of Iraq the hatred for America, Americans, and all things American is still growing. I'm not talking about the halls of government  or the Green zone. I'm talking about the people at the bottom of the pyramid of political violence.

Every day we stay we build more animosity and ensure that more American troops will become targets of the ever-present Iraqi Resistance. Enough! Whenever we leave, be it today or next month, or next year, there will be a struggle for power in Iraq and there is little we can do about that. What we can do is not delay the inevitable. Let the Iraqis take care of Iraq.

This incident was reported differently in various news media. [full article from the McClatchy Newspapers <- who we have come to trust] I am relieved to find that most American media reported both the ludicrous military version and the statement(s) of eyewitnesses that support the innocence of the murdered child. Some even carried background information that explained both why he was in the area and why there was money (about nine dollars) in his possession from his candy sales-an activity he was known for on a daily basis.

A friend, Ahmed Jassim, 15, said he was selling cans of Pepsi nearby when he heard the grenade explode. He dove behind a parked car, then heard the roar of machine gun fire. "When the shooting was over and the patrol went away, I stood and I saw Omar on the ground covered with blood," Jassim said.

The U.S. military stated:
"The boy was found with ten thousand Iraqi dinars in his hand worth less than $9. U.S. officials said the money is evidence of a disturbing new trend.

"We have every reason to believe insurgents are paying children to conduct these attacks or assist the attackers in some capacity, undoubtedly placing the children in harm's way."

The McClatchy Newspapers and Reuters added:

But eyewitnesses said the boy, identified as Omar Musa Salih, was standing by the side of the road selling fruit juice - a common practice in Iraq -- and had nothing to do with the attack. This is the version picked up by most U.S. media (even Fox News).

my hometown New York Daily News didn't carry any story about the incident.

The Australia's Sydney Morning Herald and the  Australian Daily Telegraph, The UK's Silolbreaker, didn't bother to put in the part about the eyewitnesses discounting the military version and so left their readers with the impression that the murder of the child was justified.

The Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine times carried no stories about the murder.

May 9 2009 Counting our soldiers who die in Iraq- Spc. Shawn D. Sykes = 4,285

It's been a long time since we paid tribute to the soldiers who die in Iraq. You may already know that I am not a believer in disbanding the U.S. military. I don't believe we can exist without our military, and I don't believe for a minute that our soldiers choose where they will fight and die. These are decisions made by their commanders, and obeyed in acts of sacrifice few of us can come close to understanding.

Over a million Iraqi civilians have died as a direct result of our invasion and occupation of their country.
[This man carries the body of his daughter-Reuters AlertNet]

I think I stopped counting U.S. soldier deaths when the number was only about 3000. Now the number has climbed to 4,285. Both numbers were numbing to me as 121Contact concentrated more and more on the living victims; those innocents who survive and live through the pain and haze of the trauma we instigated.

Spc. Shawn D. Sykes died yesterday. He did not die in a fire fight. He died when a propane tank exploded as he worked in food preparation, cooking for his fellows as he had done since joining our forces in Iraq. A senseless death...among over a million senseless deaths in Iraq.

This often decorated soldier was real.HIs family is real. His mom is real, and she said, “That’s my only son, my first born.”

And the innocent Iraqis who have died? They are real, too. And their moms are real. And we really have to face up to the fact that we have done a horrible thing and continue in our madness as so many continue to die for our mistaken invasion and occupation.

It is time to end our occupation and let the Iraqis sort out their own problems. We have no business there, and there is no reason for our sons and daughters to continue to die for Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and the lies they used to justify their neocon dogma.

The United States of America has in its recent past been guided not by rational thought, but by polemic, dogma and irational persistance in the face of failure. May Obama's reign bring some sense to our foriegn policies. May he be guided not by theory but by reality-the total reality that takes into account the true consequences of decisions to use violence to solve problems. Inshallah.

[It was just reported that another soldier died today in an accident. That would make it 4,286 needless deaths of those who serve our Commanders in Chief. Enough, damnit! Enough.]

May 7 2009 An Iraqi guy goes into a bar...

So I'm sittin' around with this Iraqi guy last night. Not in a bar but in my living room after I'd just shown him this blog and explained what the 121Contact lecture tour is all about.

"121Contact lectures and gives workshops about the reality of life under the U.S. occupation to American high school and college students as well as religious and community groups. Our focus is not politics, but rather the truth of life under occupation in Baghdad as seen from the eyes of Baghdad students and others directly affected by our occupation. Slide shows, readings from Iraqi students, and material garnered from non-U.S. media sources serves to give the audience a different view of the consequences of our decision to invade and occupy Iraq."

"Yes, this is all good, but do you think you will change any mind? I do not see American mind as being able to be changed."

So I told him of the "teaching opportunity" I had last month when half the college kids in the audience told me they 'knew' that Iraq had attacked the U.S. on 9/11. I explained that they were only about 12 when that happened, and that all they really know is what they learned from the media blitz of anti-Iraqi propaganda that flooded every newspaper, TV and radio station for months. Every day, for months. I told him that America is a big country and that there are still areas where the truth has not penetrated, and that's why we go and talk to people around the country. And there has not been a commensurate media saturation of the truth so that people who live in more isolated parts of the country still believe the old lies.

"121Contact lectures and gives workshops about the reality of life under the U.S. occupation to American high school and college students as well as religious and community groups. Our focus is not politics, but rather the truth of life under occupation in Baghdad as seen from the eyes of Baghdad students and others directly affected by our occupation. Slide shows, readings from Iraqi students, and material garnered from non-U.S. media sources serves to give the audience a different view of the consequences of our decision to invade and occupy Iraq.

"Yes. Yes. I see. I have been here only 6 months, but I think I see that America has no way to understand the truth of Iraq. No way to feel about Iraq. No way to understand the crime to my people. I think I see that America has no moral base, like a place for morals to come from. You are so mixed up as a people. You come from all over. From so many places. Each one is from a different culture. It is so different. I don't know if I can say it in English. We are a different people. Here everyone is ignorant of my country. You know nothing about the Iraqi. Nothing about the Middle East people...how we are of friendship...how we are...

"Please forgive these words. People here do not speak to each other. When I say "Hello" then no one says anything to me. In Koran it says if someone greets you then you must greet them stronger still. I don't feel this here. If someone knocks me in the street then they do not say "Forgive me." There is no talking. People do not walk in your Manhattan. They are running. Without seeing each other. This is rude, I think. I think you don't feel this way. We are very different.

"I don't know if I want my brother to come here with his wife and daughter. I think the children here has no discipline. They grow and when they are 12 they are rulers of the parents. The school is mess. The children do what they want to and no one is punished.There are good things here. But there are bad things here. I don't know if it is right living here.

"I see teen doing things they would not do in Baghdad, or if they do them then someone will tell them to stop. Here no one says anything. And the girls are free to do too many things. It is not right.

"We are too different. I would go home if I would not be kill. When they kill my father and shot my sister...she was interpreter...I have to leave with her. But still I would go home. I think it is not right here. You know they kill them on my door. The outside door...to the street from the garden. Can you imagine this. Before my house. Before my family. They threatened her to leave but she refused. It is her Baghdad, not of the others. And then they came. And then we all left to be here. For safety. But there is something wrong here...

"When people ask me 'Where are you from' and I tell them, 'Iraq' they look like this...they do not know where is Iraq. They are in a war and they forget who we are. What kind of place is this? What kind of a people?"

May 5 2009 Swine flu kills 300, Iraq Occupation kills 355

Less than 300 have died from Swine flu, world wide. In Iraq, in the month of April alone, over 355 were killed by the Virus of the Occupation.

The following burst of anger comes from Arab Woman Blues and she ought to know. She lives our occupation. Who can deny her the right to be angry as she witnesses her nation's descent into madness.

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Wait a second here, let me get my mask out before addressing you...I am a hypochondriac, who is allergic to pigs.

I love animals but was never driven by the urge to pet a pig. Something about pigs repulses me. Maybe they are cute and maybe they can fly too....I don't care. Pigs are pigs.

I have seen them in action. They are an ugly bunch. They groan all the time, and stink to high heavens. They live in rubbish, eat rubbish and are rubbish.

We've got thousands of them in Iraq. White and pink ones and occasionally darker ones...domesticated, wild, hogs on the loose. So much for your swine.

Swine on a rampage...this how it looks like.

- Mosul : 2 US brave boys, some say 3, shot dead by an Iraq soldier FOLLOWING 4 days of a "brutal and humiliating" campaign of arrests done by your brave boys.

- Mosul again : 2 car bombs against a police patrol. Several dead, numbers hidden.

The American Swine will not be leaving Mosul any time soon, for sure.

- Kirkuk : A "high" American delegation in Kirkuk to discuss with the Kurds the latest wave of "insecurity" in this city.

- Northern Iraq - Iranian helicopters have been pounding for the past 48 hours, the Kurdish villages in " Free Kurdistan" -- hahahahaha

- Babel : Several mortars fell on the American Consulate in Babel. Cover up. No deaths reported.

- Babel again : 120 Sahwa members resigned - have not received a pay check since March 09 and threatening....

- Diyala : Arrest of Sahwa leader - Al Jibbouri. Pleas to release him followed by threats to turn Diyala into another quagmire.

- Baghdad...more news to come, soon. I am sure. And no, am not related to Al-Baghdadi who has been arrested and dead for over 3 times, already... wankers!

Iraq is the quagmire for pigs...We told you, we warned you, you refused to believe us.

6 Years down the line and you still can secure Fuck all....not in the North, not in the West, not in the South and not in the Center.

Hmm, I wonder why...

Call it - Resisting the Swine Virus. The virus of the Occupation.

May 1 2009 Not quiet on the front in Iraq

Despite optimistic reporting, including some of our own on the economic hopes of Iraq, the occupation front is still a dangerous place. Oh, not as dangerous as 2005-7, but it is still not easy to send the kids to the store for groceries.

Our soldiers are still targets. The people don't know when the next strike will come, or where it will hit, or who will die, or who will be maimed.



Reported Security incidents May 1, 2009

Baghdad:
#1: Around 7:30 p.m. a roadside bomb detonated in Binouk neighborhood in eastern Baghdad on Thursday. Three people were injured.

#2: Around 8:30 p.m. a roadside bomb detonated in New Baghdad neighborhood in eastern Baghdad on Thursday. Four people were wounded.

Diyala Prv:
#1: The second Operation Bashaer al-Kheir (Promise of Good) started on Friday in Diala with the participation of more than 21,000 policemen targeting outlaws and al-Qaeda elements, the commander of the Diala police said. “The operations started on Friday morning (May 1) in Diala with the participation of 21,000 policemen as well as a force from the 5th division of the Iraq army,” General Abdulhussein al-Shemri told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Wasit Prv:
#1: Unidentified gunmen have destroyed a power station feeding the Ahdab oil field which a Chinese firm is developing. A provincial official, refusing to be named said: “Installations belonging to an important oil field have been subjected to a terrorist attack from unidentified gunmen. “The attackers targeted the electricity system linked to the field as well as the lines carrying power. The damage is estimated at more than $1 million,” the source added. The Chinese had only started operations in earnest last month and the attack is a blow to their plans to develop the field situated in the border Province of Wasit southeast of Baghdad.

Amarra:
#1: Two U.S. soldiers were killed by sniper bullets in the city of al-Amara on Thursday, said a security source from the Missan province police. “The two U.S. soldiers were killed when their patrol came under sniper fire in central Amara,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “Iraqi police and U.S. forces cordoned off the area and conducted a wide-scale search operation looking for the sniper,” he said. Aswat al-Iraq news agency failed to contact the U.S. army for comments.

Basra:
#1: Five security personnel were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in central Basra on Friday, an official security source from the city’s police said. “The five bomb squad personnel were wounded while trying to defuse a charge planted near a fuel station in al-Muftiya, central Basra,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Tikrit:
#1: Joint U.S.-Iraqi forces Friday killed a policeman and one of his relatives in central Tikrit, a police source said. “A joint force of Iraqi and U.S. personnel raided a house in al-Zuhour neighborhood in central Tikrit on the wee small hours of Friday (May 1) and killed Emad Soliman, a policeman, and his cousin who is working with the Sahwa forces,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The joint coordination center in Tikrit denied any information about the incident.

Mosul:
#1: Unknown gunmen killed an Iraqi soldier in eastern Mosul, according to a security source on Friday. “Unknown armed men on Thursday night (April 30) killed a soldier near his house in al-Zahraa neighborhood in eastern Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

#2: A roadside bomb targeted an American patrol in Mosul AlJadida (New Mosul) neighborhood in western Mosul on Wednesday night. No casualties reported.

#3: Gunmen killed an Iraqi soldier in front of his house in Zahraa neighborhood in east Mosul on Thursday afternoon.

#4: Gunmen killed a guard of the KDP (Kurdstan Democratic Party) near one of the party’s headquarters in Faisaliyah neighborhood in eastern Mosul in the evening.

Tal Afar:
#1: Policemen found the bodies of three brothers west of the city of Mosul on Thursday, a security source in Ninewa said. “The bodies were found shot inside their vehicle in Tal Abta area, Talafar district, (60 km) west of Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Al Anbar Prv:
Ramadi:
#1: Four unidentified decomposed bodies were found near al-Ramadi Hospital west of the city, according to a security source in al-Anbar province on Thursday. “The bodies were found buried near al-Ramadi Public Hospital, west of the city. They were found after a terrorist was arrested and confessed to the place where these bodies were buried,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.