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Iraqi Resistanc7 Report 1201
Iraqi Resistance Report for
events of Wednesday, 26 March 2008. Translated and/or compiled by
Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.
http://www.freearabvoice.org
Wednesday, 26 March 2008.
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US admits death of American soldier in
combat in Baghdad midday Wednesday.
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Muqtada as-Sadr calls on al-Maliki to get
out of al-Basrah as death toll reaches 55.
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Fourteen reported dead in US-backed
offensive against Madinat as-Sadr. Medical care inadequate due to
American blockade of the district.
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US admits American soldier killed in
Baghdad fighting Tuesday.
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Mortar shells blast into “Green Zone”
Wednesday morning wounding three Americans, as US, regime troops battle
Jaysh al-Mahdi throughout Baghdad.
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US troops stage violent attack on
neighborhood in Tikrit, killing five, wounding 11 civilians. Local
judge among the dead.
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Witnesses say 40 civilians killed in
violent US air raids east of ad-Dulu‘iyah Tuesday night.
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Eyewitnesses: regime police, troops
retreat; Jaysh al-Mahdi has upper hand in al-Basrah Wednesday afternoon.
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Iraqi regime claims 38 killed, 134 wounded
in fighting in al-Basrah as of midday Wednesday. British aircraft
reported taking part in offensive against Jaysh al-Mahdi.
Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Hadithah.
Check point manned by
“Awakening” tribal police attacked Wednesday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 10:53pm
Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that
an armed group attacked a check point manned by US-recruited tribal
“Awakening” police in al-Haqlaniyah, south of al-Hadithah, 270km
northwest of Baghdad.
Baghdad.
US admits death of
American soldier in combat in Baghdad midday Wednesday.
In a dispatch posted at 10:21pm
Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that
the US military had admitted that one of its troops had been killed in
small arms fire while on patrol in Baghdad at midday Wednesday.
Iraqi regime soldier
killed in fighting in al-‘Amil neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 7:50pm
Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that
one Iraqi regime soldier was killed and three others wounded in fighting
in the al-‘Amil neighborhood of southwestern Baghdad on Wednesday.
Fighting in Baghdad’s
ash-Sha‘b area leaves one person dead, four wounded, as US-backed regime
continues its drive to “cleanse” Iraq of anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi
militia.
In a dispatch posted at 7:47pm
Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that
one person was killed and four more wounded in the course of the Iraqi
regime’s offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in
the ash-Sha‘b district of northeastern Baghdad.
Mortar shell wounds four
in eastern Baghdad Wednesday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 7:47pm
Baghdad time Wednesday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that a mortar shell landed on Palestine Street in Baghdad on Wednesday
afternoon.
Muqtada as-Sadr calls on
al-Maliki to get out of al-Basrah and end crisis peacefully, as death
toll reaches 55.
In a dispatch posted at 4:15pm
Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr called on US-backed Iraqi
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to get out of al-Basrah, and urging that
he send a committee to work to bring an end to a crisis in the city.
Yaqen reported that Muqtada
as-Sadr’s call followed a threat issued by the American-supported Iraqi
Prime Minister, who called on Jaysh al-Mahdi forces loyal to Muqtada
as-Sadr to surrender within three days.
Yaqen noted that reports at that
hour put the number of casualties in the regime’s drive to “cleanse”
Iraq of the Jaysh al-Mahdi at 55 dead, with hundreds more wounded.
In a dispatch posted Wednesday on
the website of Lebanon’s al-Manar TV at 8:19pm Wednesday night,
it was reported that Liwa’ Sumaysim read out as-Sadr’s the call for
al-Maliki to leave al-Basrah and resolve the crisis by peaceful means.
The announcement followed a meeting of the Political Council of the Sadr
Movement in the city of an-Najaf where the situation in al-Basrah and
elsewhere in Iraq was discussed along with ways to put a stop to the
crisis.
Iraqis took to the streets of
Baghdad and in the Shi‘i holy city of Karbala’ to demonstrate against
what they called the “ferocious assault” that the regime was mounting
against the Sadr Movement and calling for a peaceful resolution of the
crisis. Meanwhile, deputies of the Sadr movement in the Parliament
declared a suspension of their participation in sessions of the body in
protest against the campaign by the regime’s security forces in
al-Basrah.
Twenty reported dead in
US-backed offensive against Madinat as-Sadr. Medical care inadequate
due to American blockade of the district.
A dispatch posted on the website
of the Lebanese al-Manar TV station at 8:19pm Wednesday night,
reported that at least 20 people had been killed and more than 115
wounded in the Baghdad district of Madinat as-Sadr as a result of
attacks by US troops and their Iraqi regime allies on the Jaysh al-Mahdi
militia.
Bomb targets US patrol in
Baghdad.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 6:14pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (1:14pm in Baghdad),
the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb had exploded by a US
patrol in Baghdad and that seven people had been killed and 20 more
wounded in various attacks in Baghdad on Wednesday.
Xinhua reported a source in
the Iraqi regime Interior Ministry as saying that a bomb exploded by a
US patrol in the al-‘Abdi Neighborhood of southeastern Baghdad. As
usual with attacks on the Americans, no information on US losses was
available.
The Iraqi regime official did,
however, provide information regarding attacks in which Iraqis were the
targets. Xinhua quoted the source as saying that three mortar
rounds landed at noon on residences in the ar-Risalah neighborhood of
southwestern Baghdad, where US and Iraqi regime forces have been
attacking the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia. The mortar shells
kill four people and wounded 12 more, the Interior Ministry source said,
noting that several houses and private cars had also been damaged.
Mortar attacks took place in
several parts of the Baghdad district of al-Karradah, the source added,
leaving three people dead and six others wounded. Several houses were
also destroyed in those bombardments.
The source said that before noon a
bomb had exploded on al-Fallah Street in the Madinat as-Sadr area –
another part of Baghdad under assault by US and Iraqi regime forces.
That blast wounded three people, all of whom were taken to hospital for
treatment.
US-backed Iraqi PM falls back
on threats in confrontation with Jaysh al-Mahdi.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 5:49pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (12:49pm in Baghdad),
the Xinhua News Agency reported that US-backed Iraqi Prime
Minister Nuri al-Maliki had demanded that fighters opposed to the
occupation in al-Basrah lay down their weapons within three days.
Al-Maliki, whose forces had so far
failed to carry out their announced aim of “cleansing” Iraq of the Jaysh
al-Mahdi, fell back on threats on Wednesday, demanding that “deluded”
fighters who oppose the American occupation lay down their weapons and
surrender themselves to the authorities within three days. Al-Maliki
promised that such people would not be “prosecuted under the law” if
they had not “committed crimes” or “fought against the government
forces.”
Al-Maliki ordered that Iraqi
regime forces must take in those who throw down their weapons and
surrender within the next 72 hours but threatened that those taken
prisoner after the three-day deadline had expired “would be treated in a
different way.”
US admits American soldier
killed in Baghdad fighting Tuesday.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 4:50pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (11:50am in Baghdad),
the Xinhua News Agency reported that the US military had admitted
that one of its soldiers had been killed in combat in Baghdad.
Xinhua reported the
American communiqué as saying that the death occurred at about 5pm local
time Tuesday, 25 March. In keeping with the standard American practice
of concealing information regarding US losses in Iraq, the statement
provided no other information concerning the circumstances of the death.
Mortar shells blast into “Green
Zone” Wednesday morning, wounding three Americans as US, regime troops
battle Jaysh al-Mahdi in greater area of Baghdad.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 3:23pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (10:23am in Baghdad),
the Xinhua News Agency that at dawn Wednesday, four mortar rounds
were fired from southwestern neighborhoods of Baghdad at the
top-security “Green Zone” area of central Baghdad where the US
occupation regime has its headquarters. As usual, the Americans made no
statement regarding losses or damage resulting from that barrage.
Then in an Arabic dispatch posted
at 3:25pm in Beijing (10:25am in Baghdad) Xinhua reported a
source in the regime police as saying that four more mortar shells had
been fired at the “Green Zone.” A government police source told
Xinhua that three of those mortar shells landed inside the “Green
Zone” and the fourth landed opposite the Iraqi regime Foreign Ministry
building, which lies near the “Zone.” That strike left one person dead
and five policemen wounded. Another four people, one of them a woman,
were also injured in that explosion, a source in the Iraqi regime
Interior Ministry claimed.
In an Arabic-language dispatch
posted at 6:12pm Beijing time (1:12pm in Baghdad) Xinhua reported
that the US embassy had admitted that three Americans had been wounded
in the barrages that targeted the “Green Zone.”
Xinhua’s sources noted on
Wednesday morning that fierce fighting between Jaysh al-Mahdi
militiamen, on one side, and US and Iraqi regime forces, on the other
spread into eastern Baghdad.
In an Arabic dispatch posted at
5:34pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (12:34pm in Baghdad), Xinhua
reported a source in the Iraqi regime’s Interior Ministry as announcing
that the casualty toll in the fighting in Madinat as-Sadr had risen to
20 dead and 115 wounded as of that hour.
Xinhua reported the source
as acknowledging that US and Iraqi regime forces had been engaged in
fighting with the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in the Madinat
as-Sadr area.
Xinhua reported a source in
the government police as saying that the fighting broke out in that area
early on Wednesday morning. Combat between joint American and Iraqi
regime forces and the Jaysh al-Mahdi had taken place in southwestern
Baghdad on Tuesday and the regime had imposed a curfew on the Madinat
as-Sadr district in an attempt to lock down Jaysh al-Mahdi forces in the
area, apparently in anticipation of the government attack on the
district launched on Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, residents in southern
Baghdad reported their parts of the city to be tense in the wake of
Wednesday morning fighting in the neighborhood of ar-Risalah where Jaysh
al-Mahdi militiamen battled Iraqi police forces and American occupation
troops.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 3:25pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (10:25am in Baghdad),
the Xinhua News Agency reported that fighting had also erupted in
the Baghdad neighborhood of al-Kifah. An attack on regime forces there
left five people wounded, according to sources in the regime police.
Xinhua reported that
another attack had taken place on central Baghdad’s as-Sa‘dun Street and
that seven people had been wounded there.
Salah
ad-Din Province.
Tikrit.
Car bomber wounds seven
“Awakening” tribal policemen, two civilians in attack midday Wednesday.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 8:26pm Wednesday night Beijing time (3:26pm in Baghdad), the
Xinhua News Agency reported that a car bomber had blasted into a
check point manned by US recruited “Awakening” tribal police near the
village of al-‘Awjah south of Tikrit, 180km north of Baghdad, at midday
Wednesday.
Xinhua reported that the
attack wounded seven “Awakening” tribal policemen and two civilians.
US troops stage violent
attack on neighborhood in Tikrit, killing five, wounding 11.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 7:54pm Wednesday evening Beijing time (2:54pm in Baghdad),
the Xinhua News Agency reported that US forces had killed five
Iraqis, one of them a judge, and wounded 11 more of them.
Xinhua reported Colonel
Hasan Ahmad of the Salah ad-Din Province government police command as
saying that US troops surrounded the al-Qadisiyah neighborhood of
Tikrit, 180km north of Baghdad on Tuesday night. Colonel Ahmad said
that there followed violent explosions and extensive movements of
American tanks and armored vehicles as US troops deployed in movements
that went on until 10 am Wednesday morning.
He said that US helicopter gun
ships blasted houses in the area, killing four people. Colonel Ahmad
said that a patrol by the government police in the area after the
Americans had withdrawn discovered the body of Judge Munaf Yasin near
the home that the Americans had blasted. Members of the judge’s family
said that he had gone out to help the victims in the stricken house but
was cut down by American soldiers’ gunfire before he could reach them.
Mortar barrage targets US
“Camp Speicher” in Tikrit.
In a dispatch posted at 2:50pm
Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that mortar shells had been fired at the US Camp Speicher near Tikrit,
180km north of Baghdad.
Ad-Dulu‘iyah.
Witnesses say 40 civilians
killed in violent US air raids east of ad-Dulu‘iyah Tuesday night.
In a dispatch posted at 12:33am
Baghdad time Wednesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that US aircraft blasted areas east of the city of ad-Dulu‘iyah, 97km
north of Baghdad, killing about 40 local residents.
Samarra’.
US-recruited “Awakening”
tribal police torture Iraqi civilian to death.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 8:26pm Wednesday night Beijing time (3:26pm in Baghdad), the
Xinhua News Agency reported that US-recruited tribal “Awakening”
police tortured an Iraqi civilian to death in the city of Samarra’,
120km north of Baghdad on Tuesday night.
Xinhua reported a source in
the regime’s security forces as saying that the incident was under
investigation. No other details were available.
Ad-Duwar.
Iraqi regime forces kill
two Saudi members of al-Qa ‘idah near ad-Duwar.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 8:26pm Wednesday night Beijing time (3:26pm in Baghdad), the
Xinhua News Agency reported that two Saudi members of the
al-Qa‘idah organization had been killed in an attack carried out by
Iraqi regime troops east of ad-Duwar, 150km north of Baghdad, on Tuesday
night.
Xinhua reported that Iraqi
regime forces raided the al-Jallam area on Tuesday night, killing one of
the al-Qa‘idah fighters. Then the other, who was wearing an explosive
belt blew himself up near the regime troops, severely wounding one of
them and killing himself.
Diyala Province.
Al-Khalis.
Demonstrators demand trial
for military commander accused of torturing prisoners in al-Khalis.
In a dispatch posted at 1:33pm
Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that dozens of demonstrators took to the streets declaring civil
disobedience in al-Khalis, 57km north of Baghdad, demanding that the
commander of the al-Khalis Regiment of the Iraqi regime army be brought
to trial before the courts on charges of torturing prisoners.
Babil
Province.
Al-Hillah.
Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters
ambush police patrol in al-Hillah Tuesday evening.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 8:57pm Wednesday night Beijing time (3:57pm in Baghdad), the
Xinhua News Agency reported that fighting raged between Iraqi
regime army patrols and fighters believed to belong to the Jaysh
al-Mahdi militia in al-Hillah, 100km south of Baghdad, on Tuesday
evening.
Xinhua reported a source in
the Iraqi regime police as saying that first a bomb was detonated under
the Iraqi government patrol and then the Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters
attacked the regime troops with gunfire. The government source said
that two of the troops were killed and seven more wounded and claimed
that two of the Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen were also killed.
The source added that following
the ambush, the regime forces carried out raids and searches, looking
for Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters, but he provided no information on arrests.
Home of Governor of Babil
Province attacked.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 8:57pm Wednesday night Beijing time (3:57pm in Baghdad), the
Xinhua News Agency reported that armed men attacked the home of
the governor of Babil Province in al-Hillah, 100km south of Baghdad.
Xinhua reported a source in
the Iraqi regime police as saying that two of the governor’s guards were
wounded in the assault. He said that other attacks on Tuesday night and
Wednesday morning had left one government policeman dead and three Iraqi
regime troops wounded. Seven policemen were also wounded as were four
civilians, including two women and one child had also been injured in
the fighting that was part of the American-backed regime’s offensive
aimed at “cleansing” Iraq of the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.
Ninwa
Province.
Al-Mawsil.
Policeman killed in bomb
explosion on oil pipeline near al-Mawsil Tuesday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 6:46pm
Baghdad time Wednesday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that a bomb exploded by a patrol of oilfield protection police west of
al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad on Wednesday afternoon.
Wasit Province.
Al-Kut.
Rocket strikes house in
al-Kut, killing three Wednesday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 7:07pm
Baghdad time Wednesday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that three people were killed and five more severely wounded, all
members of one family when a rocket blasted into their home in al-Kut,
150km southeast of Baghdad, on Wednesday afternoon.
Home of broadcaster for
regime TV station torched in al-Kut.
In a dispatch posted at 6:10pm
Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that armed men set fire to the home of a broadcaster who works for the
Iraqi regime television station “al-‘Iraqiyah” in northern al-Kut, 150km
southeast of Baghdad.
Mortar shells strike
market in al-Kut.
In a dispatch posted at 6:10pm
Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that mortar shells had landed on two buildings near a market in al-Kut.
Two policemen killed, five
people wounded in fighting against Jaysh al-Mahdi in Wasit Province.
In a dispatch posted at 11:45am
Baghdad time Wednesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that two government policemen had been killed and five more wounded in
fighting between the Iraqi regime and the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi
militia in the province of Wasit southeast of Baghdad, since Tuesday
afternoon.
Maysan
Province.
Al-‘Amarah.
Five government policemen
killed in ambush as fighting spreads to al-‘Amarah in Maysan Province.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 5:50pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (12:50pm in Baghdad),
the Xinhua News Agency reported that an Iraqi regime police
patrol had been ambushed in the city of al-‘Amarah, 300km southeast of
Baghdad.
Xinhua reported a source in
the police as saying that five policemen were killed in the attack and
that eight patrol vehicles had been set ablaze. The source gave no
fourther details.
The fighting appeared to indicate
that the battle between the US-backed Iraqi regime and the
anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia had spread to yet one more
southern Iraqi province.
Al-Qadisiyah Province.
Ad-Diwaniyah.
Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen
attack checkpoint near ad-Diwaniyah Wednesday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 9:04pm
Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that
Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen attacked a checkpoint southeast of ad-Diwaniyah
on Wednesday afternoon.
Regime source claims two
Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters killed in fighting in ad-Diwaniyah Wednesday
afternoon. One regime soldier reported dead.
In a dispatch posted at 5:35pm
Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that fighting took place between Iraqi regime forces and the
anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi in the city of ad-Diwaniyah, 180km south
of Baghdad, after noon on Wednesday.
Yaqen reported a source in
the ad-Diwaniyah government as claiming that the combat on 30 and 60
Streets in the city had resulted in the deaths of two Jaysh al-Mahdi
militiamen and the capture of three more of them.
In a dispatch posted at 9:38pm
Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq
(AMSI) reported that fighting erupted between Iraqi regime forces and
the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi in ad-Diwaniyah on Wednesday
afternoon.
The AMSI reported the commander of
the ad-Diwaniyah Emergency Police, Colonel Ghassan Muhammad, as saying
that one regime soldier was killed and seven others wounded in the
battle around 30 and 60 Streets in the city. He claimed that two of the
Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters were killed and seven more of them captured in
the clash and that the regime was in control of the situation throughout
the city.
He said that the fighting broke
out at 3:30pm and lasted for about two hours – until about 5:30
Wednesday afternoon. He added that a curfew had been imposed on the
city starting at 6pm and until further notice.
Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.
Jaysh al-Mahdi forces hit
police car with RPG-7, destroying vehicle, killing four policemen
Wednesday afternoon in attack 50 meters from Police Command
Headquarters.
In a dispatch posted at 7:29pm
Baghdad time Wednesday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters blasted an Iraqi government police vehicle
in the al-Hakimiyah district of al-Basrah with an RPG-7 rocket propelled
grenade on Wednesday afternoon.
Mortar rounds blast Police
Command Headquarters in al-Basrah.
In a dispatch posted at 7:29pm
Baghdad time Wednesday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that seven prisoners being held by the government police were wounded
when a mortar shell blasted into the Police Command building in
al-Basrah.
Eyewitnesses: regime
police, troops retreat; Jaysh al-Mahdi has upper hand in al-Basrah
Wednesday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 4:28pm
Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Association of Muslim Scholars of
Iraq (AMSI) reported that Iraqi regime police had fled from the
checkpoints and roadblocks they were supposed to be manning in al-Basrah
and that Iraqi regime troops, though deployed in large numbers in the
city were hunkering dumbly at fortified intersections as Jaysh al-Mahdi
fighters blasted them with their various simple weapons.
Iraqi regime rushes
reinforcements from Karbala’ to al-Basrah as offensive on Jaysh al-Mahdi
faulters.
In a dispatch posted at 3:40pm
Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that with the regime’s offensive against the Jaysh al-Mahdi showing
signs of faultering, a large force of Iraqi regime troops were brought
to al-Basrah from the Shi‘i holy city of Karbala’, led by the Operations
Commander of the regime’s forces in that city and chief of the Karbala’
police, and the Commander of the Emergency Regimint there. Karbala’ was
recently the scene of fighting by Iraqi regime forces against the Jaysh
al-Mahdi militia.
Fierce fighting rages in
al-Basrah where Jaysh al-Mahdi forces take offensive in some areas
against attacking regime troops under direct command of US-backed Prime
Minister.
In a dispatch posted at 1:10pm
Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that officials in the US-backed Iraqi government had said that the
regime’s army had begun extensive military operations against the Jaysh
al-Mahdi in al-Basrah on Wednesday. The official admitted, however,
that the intensity of fighting had fallen during the previous night
after regime troops retreated from various areas of the city where they
had been unable to overcome the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.
Yaqen reported that the
regime forces were pressing on with the proclaimed offensive aimed at
“cleansing” Iraq of the Jaysh al-Mahdi, making use of intensive American
air cover and artillery bombarding various targets.
Witnesses said that fighting broke
out in most parts of al-Basrah, with fierce fighting raging at that hour
in the al-Ma‘qal area, where Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters were taking the
offensive, attacking and trying to seize a police training center.
Witnesses said that the tanks and artillery were engaged in the battle
and that American fighter planes were flying air support for the Iraqi
regime troops. One witness told of hearing the sound of aerial
bombardments taking place.
Meanwhile in the al-Karmah area,
witnesses said that fierce combat was underway as the regime troops
battled with the Jaysh al-Mahdi for control of the entrance to the city
of al-Basrah.
A large bomb exploded by a Humvee
belonging to the Iraqi regime army on the al-Kzizah Bridge near the
entrance to al-Basrah totally destroying the vehicle. Witnesses
believed that the government troops aboard the Humvee must have been
killed in the huge blast.
US-backed Iraqi Prime Minister
Nuri al-Maliki flew into the British occupied base at al-Basrah Airport
on Monday and was reported to be directing the battle against the Jaysh
al-Mahdi personally.
Iraqi regime claims 38
killed, 134 wounded in fighting in al-Basrah as of midday Wednesday.
British aircraft reported taking part in offensive against Jaysh
al-Mahdi.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 5:40pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (12:40pm in Baghdad),
the Xinhua News Agency reported that according to official regime
reports, the casualty toll from fighting in the southern city of
al-Basrah from Tuesday night until that time stood at 38 people killed
and 134 wounded.
Xinhua reported a source in
the US-backed regime’s police forces as saying that the figures were up
from the totals of 30 dead and 60 wounded that had been reported on
Tuesday.
Xinhua’s correspondent in
al-Basrah reported sources in the Iraqi regime’s security forces as
saying that the night passed relatively peacefully but that fighting
between the regime and the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen
resumed at dawn on Wednesday. The source complained that the Jaysh
al-Mahdi fighters take cover in alleyways and little streets throughout
the city where the US-backed regime’s big military vehicles cannot
penetrate to attack them.
A witness told Xinhua that
at 9am local time Wednesday morning, fighting erupted in his area of the
city, as Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen based in the area took on the Iraqi
regime army assaulting the residential district. The witness said, “I
saw swarms of British airplanes and Iraqi helicopters flying overhead,
but today I heard no ambulance sirens at all because there were no
people at all on the streets.”
On Tuesday, British occupation
spokesmen had claimed that British forces were not involved in the Iraqi
regime’s announced drive to “cleanse” al-Basrah of the anti-occupation
Jaysh al-Mahdi forces.
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