Iraqi civilians killed, hurt in gunbattle during US raid in northern Iraq

: Respective Iraki civilians were killed or hurt Wednesday inch a gunbattle between U.S. military personnel and suspected al-Qaida in Republic Of Republic Of Iraq insurrectionists in northern Iraq, the American military said.

Iraqi police force and witnessers said at least seven civilians were killed, included a local judge, and nine hurt when U.S. military personnel came under fire and called in an airstrike while raiding two houses in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit.

Two houses were destroyed and at least three autos were burned to hulks, a occupant said, speaking on status of namelessness because of security concerns.

"I saw two women and a kid were running away from one of these houses," the occupant said.

A police force officer, who also declined to be identified because he wasn't authorized to let go of the information, said at least six charred organic structures and another victim were establish in the rubble. He said one house belonged to a local judge, who was among the dead. Today inch Africa & Center East

The U.S. armed forces said the operation was targeting a member of al-Qaida in Republic Of Iraq who was suspected of organizing auto bombardments for the group.

An airstrike was ordered after soldiers encountered heavy fire from insurrectionists using civilians as shields when they approached the house, according to the military statement.

"Preliminary appraisal bespeaks that despite alliance forces' attempts to protect them, respective civilians were injured or killed during the ensuing gunbattle," the military said.

Soldiers treated the hurt on land site and transported some to a military medical facility, it said, adding more than inside information would be released as they go available.

"Coalition armed forces units do every attempt to protect civilians during our operations, but al-Qaida in Republic Of Iraq terrorists go on to put women and children in harm's way," said U.S. military spokesman Maj. Winfield Danielson.

Tikrit is 130 kilometres (80 miles) North of Baghdad.

Insurgent Attacks in Baghdad, Northern Iraq Kill 40 People

US soldier stand ups guard in the country where a self-destruction auto bomber detonated his loading in Shula, Baghdad, 23 March 2008

Iraki functionaries state insurrectionists onslaughts in Bagdad and northern Republic Of Iraq have got killed at least 40 people.

In the Iraki working capital Sunday, gunmen in respective autos opened fire on walkers in a religiously amalgamated southern district, killing seven people. A self-destruction auto bomber also killed at least six people in a Shi'ite vicinity (Shula) of Baghdad.

Earlier, insurrectionists fired rockets or howitzers into Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone and other parts of the city. No casualties were reported in the Green Zone, but the onslaughts killed at least eight people in eastern Baghdad.

In northern Iraq, a self-destruction motortruck bomber killed 13 Iraki soldiers at an regular army alkali in Mosul, while a wayside bomb killed four Iraki soldiers in Tuz Khurmato.

The U.S. armed military units states its forces killed 12 insurrectionists in a foray today in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad.

The military states six of those killed had shaved their organic structures in evident readying for self-destruction missions.

The U.S. armed forces also states military personnel killed five suspected associates of al-Qaida inch Republic Of Republic Of Iraq leadership in a conflict Saturday in northeasterly Iraq, near the Persian border.

Iraqi functionaries also reported at least two people killed in shots Sunday, including a police force officer.

Baghdad's Green Zone have long been a mark of rocket and howitzer attacks, which the U.S. armed forces have blamed on Shi'ite activists it states are backed by Iran. Islamic Republic Of Iran denies complaints that it finances and railroad trains Iraki militants.

Some information for this study was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

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Iraq: US military says 3 insurgents killed, 19 captured in raids along Tigris River valley

: U.S. military units killed three suspected insurrectionists and captured 19 Thursday inch forays targeting al-Qaida in Republic Of Iraq along the Tigris River River valley, the military said.

In one operation North of Baghdad, military personnel captured a adult male suspected of engagement in planning auto bomb attacks, the military said in a statement. Five more than suspects were also detained, and an armed adult male was killed during the operation near Khalis, 80 kilometres (50 miles) North of Baghdad, it said.

Meanwhile south of the capital, American soldiers captured another wanted adult male near Youssifiyah, the military said. He is suspected of being associated with al-Qaida inch Iraq, and of planning onslaughts on U.S. military personnel in the area, it said. The adult male came forward and identified himself to land troops, who arrested him and another suspect, the statement said.

Two work force were killed inch Mosul, 360 kilometres (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, in an operation targeting an alleged al-Qaida in Republic Of Iraq leader, the military said. One of the men, armed with a knife, lunged at U.S. military personnel as they entered a building. Soldiers shot and killed him, along with another adult male in the edifice who was wrapped in cover with wires protruding from it, the military said.

It did not state whether the intended mark was among six suspects captured there, nor whether the wires in the cover were subsequently identified as explosives. Today in Africa & Center East

Five more than suspects were detained North of Beiji, 250 kilometres (155 miles) north of Baghdad, the statement said.