(Your Voice in a World where Zionism, Steel, and Fire haveturned Justice Mute)
Click here to return to Newsbytes
Iraqi Resistance
Reports Table of Contents
|
Iraqi Resistanc7 Report 1202
Iraqi Resistance Report for
events of Thursday, 27 March 2008. Translated and/or compiled by
Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.
http://www.freearabvoice.org
Thursday, 27 March 2008.
·
Fighting rages in Baghdad Thursday morning,
afternoon, despite massive involvement of US, Iraqi regime troops.
·
“Green Zone” bombarded again midday
Thursday.
·
US troops seal off impoverished Madinat as-Sadr
district of Baghdad, launch offensive against Jaysh al-Mahdi beginning
Thursday morning.
·
US admits one soldier, two US civilians
wounded in heavy mortar barrage on “Green Zone” Wednesday.
·
US admits death of American soldier in
western Baghdad on Wednesday afternoon, the second admitted US death on
Wednesday.
·
US helicopters carry out strikes in
al-Hillah, killing 60 people, many of them civilians, as part of air
support for offensive against Jaysh al-Mahdi.
·
Jaysh al-Mahdi militia destroys al-Karmah
Bridge, cutting supply line to al-Basrah.
·
Iraqi Regime reportedly opens talks with
Sadr Movement to end fighting in al-Basrah. Al-Maliki publicly rejects
dialogue, pledges continuation of war on Sadr Movement.
·
Oil pipeline blown up southwest of
al-Basrah Thursday morning.
·
London admits death of British soldier in
Iraq.
·
Fighting spreads to az-Zubayr Wednesday.
Regime Interior Minister threatens to dismiss, try security men who fail
to “fight with determination” against the Jaysh al-Mahdi.
Baghdad.
Total lockdown ordered for
Baghdad until Sunday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 10:33pm
Baghdad time Thursday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that
a total curfew had been imposed on all parts of Baghdad beginning
Thursday evening and lasting until Sunday morning.
Mortar shell blasts into
police station in western Baghdad.
In a dispatch posted at 7:40pm
Baghdad time Thursday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that
Yaqen reported a source in the al-A‘lam district police as saying
that a mortar shell landed on the al-A ‘lam police station in western
Baghdad. Yaqen reported the source as saying that the attack
caused no casualties.
Mortar shells kill three
in car park Thursday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 7:40pm
Baghdad time Thursday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that
three mortar shells had landed on the al-‘Allawi Car Park in western
Baghdad.
Regime issues statistics
on Baghdad fighting.
In a dispatch posted at 7:40pm
Baghdad time Thursday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported a
source in the Iraqi regime’s Interior Ministry as claiming that 19
people had been killed and 307 wounded in the 72 hours since the
US-backed regime had launched its drive to wipe out the Jaysh al-Mahdi
in Baghdad.
Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters
attack US troops, Iraqi regime forces in western Baghdad district.
In a dispatch posted at 7:05pm
Baghdad time Thursday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that fighting erupted between the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia
and US troops together with their Iraqi regime allies when the Jaysh
al-Mahdi burned down a government checkpoint at the entrance to the
at-Tubji area of western Baghdad at midday Thursday.
Fighting rages in
Baghdad’s ash-Shu‘lah district.
In a dispatch posted at 7:05pm
Baghdad time Thursday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that fighting broke out between Iraqi regime forces and the
anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi in the Baghdad district of ash-Shu‘lah at
noon on Thursday.
Fighters destroy
government Humvee in al-Hurriyah district Thursday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 6:27pm
Baghdad time Thursday evening, the Association of Muslim Scholars of
Iraq (AMSI) reported that violent fighting raged in the Baghdad district
of ad-Dawli‘i in the al-Hurriyah ath-Thalithah area of eastern Baghdad
after a Humvee was set ablaze there.
Regime spokesman
kidnapped.
In a dispatch posted at 6:20pm
Baghdad time Thursday evening, the Association of Muslim Scholars of
Iraq (AMSI) reported that unknown armed men abducted the civilian
spokesman for what the US-backed Iraqi regime calls the Plan to Impose
Law and Order.
Jaysh al-Mahdi attacks
checkpoint manned by Iraqi regime forces in Baghdad district midday
Thursday.
In a dispatch posted at 4:32pm
Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that a medical source in al-Yarmuk Hospital as saying that three people
had been wounded in fighting between the US-backed regime and the
anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in the ash-Shurtah ar-Rabi‘ah
district of southwestern Baghdad.
Yaqen reported the source
as saying that the three wounded people had been admitted to the
hospital for treatment as a result of the battle.
Eyewitnesses in ash-Shurtah
ar-Rabi‘ah told Yaqen that fighting raged in the district around
noon Thursday. Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters bombarded a checkpoint manned by
US-backed regime forces, and then attacked the regime troops with light
and medium weapons. Two more explosions could be heard in the area.
Streets in ash-Shurtah ar-Rabi‘ah quickly emptied as people rushed home
for cover.
Mass demonstrations demand
end to offensive against Jaysh al-Mahdi.
In a dispatch posted at 3:19pm
Makkah time Thursday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that
the Madinat as-Sadr and al-Kazimiyah areas of Baghdad were the scene of
mass demonstrations in support of the Sadr Movement and demanding that
the US-backed government of Nuri al-Maliki halt its offensive against
the organization.
Mafkarat al-Islam reported
that demonstrators in al-Kazimiyah carried a mock coffin with Nuri
al-Maliki’s picture on it wrapped in an American flag and labeled “the
new dictator.” The protestors called for a vote of no-confidence to
bring down al-Maliki’s government and for a cease fire with the Jaysh
al-Mahdi militia.
Shaykh Iyyad al-Ka‘bi of the Sadr
Office said: “the demonstration today is to demand no-confidence in the
government of al-Maliki which has displayed its abject failure.
Al-Ka‘bi demanded that al-Maliki resign because he has become
“subservient to the occupation” and had “burned all his political
cards.”
Fighting rages in Baghdad
Thursday morning, afternoon, despite massive involvement of US, Iraqi
regime troops.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 8:23pm Thursday afternoon Beijing time (3:23pm in Baghdad),
the Xinhua News Agency reported that fierce fighting continued in
Baghdad on Thursday, as the US-backed regime continued pressing its
offensive aimed at wiping out the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi
militia.
Xinhua reported that mortar
barrages targeted on various parts of the city were still going on at
the time of reporting, despite the massive deployments of Iraqi regime
troops and American occupation forces in the Iraqi capital to take part
in the drive against the anti-occupation forces.
Jaysh al-Mahdi militia
attack army checkpoint, wounding four government troops.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 8:23pm Thursday afternoon Beijing time (3:23pm in Baghdad),
the Xinhua News Agency reported that armed men attacked a check
point manned by Iraqi regime troops on Muzaffar Square in the Madinat
as-Sadr area of eastern Baghdad – a stronghold of the anti-occupation
Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.
Xinhua reported a source in
the regime police as saying that four of the government army troops were
wounded in that attack.
Car bomb near hospital
kills two Iraqi civilians in Baghdad midday Thursday.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 8:23pm Thursday night Beijing time (3:23pm in Baghdad), the
Xinhua News Agency reported that a car bomb exploded near the
ash-Shaykh Zayid Hospital in central Baghdad at noon on Thursday.
Xinhua reported a source in
the government police as saying that the blast killed two civilians and
wounded five more in varying degrees.
Car bombs have frequently been
employed as a method of attack by the al-Qa ‘idah organization.
Four wounded when mortar
shell explodes near Museum Square.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 8:23pm Thursday afternoon Beijing time (3:23pm in Baghdad),
the Xinhua News Agency reported that a mortar shell landed in
Museum Square in central Baghdad.
Xinhua reported a source in
the government police as saying that four people were wounded in that
explosion.
Regime-backed Badr Brigade
militia battles anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in Baghdad
Thursday.
In a dispatch posted at 2:15pm
Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that fierce fighting raged between the Iraqi regime’s Badr Brigade Shi ‘
sectarian militia and the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in the
districts of Baghdad al-Jadidah, al-Ghadir, and Zuyunah. The battles
were still under way as of the time of reporting.
Yaqen reported eyewitesses
as saying that several rockets had landed in various parts of Baghdad
al-Jadidah, al-Ghadir, and Zuyunah. They were thought to have been
launched from the Madinat as-Sadr district. The barrage was followed by
fighting between the militias. The Badr Brigades thereby joined in the
US-backed Iraqi regime’s offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh
al-Mahdi militia.
Mortar shells slam into US base in southeastern Baghdad.
In a dispatch posted at 1:30pm
Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that five mortar shells blasted into a US base in ar-Rustamiyah, in the
southeastern part of Baghdad.
“Green Zone” bombarded
again midday Thursday.
In a dispatch posted at 12:30pm
Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that mortar shells again rained down Thursday on the top-security
fortress-like area around the Republican Palace in Baghdad – the
district dubbed the “Green Zone” by the Americans.
Yaqen reported eyewitnesses
as saying that a loud explosion was heard near the “Green Zone” compound
that houses the headquarters of the US occupation forces in Iraq and
that plumes of black smoke billowed over the facility. As of the time
of reporting, no US statement regarding the latest bombardment had been
issued.
Baghdad district of
al-Kazimiyah closed to all non-residents.
In a dispatch posted at 11:44am
Baghdad time Thursday morning, the Association of Muslim Scholars of
Iraq (AMSI) reported that the Shi‘i district of al-Kazimiyah was sealed
off to all but residents in an effort by the US-backed regime to keep
control of districts of the Iraqi capital gradually slipping from its
grasp.
US troops seal off
impoverished Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad, launch offensive
against Jaysh al-Mahdi beginning Thursday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 11:15am
Baghdad time Thursday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that US forces sealed off all entrances and exits from the Madinat
as-Sadr area of Baghdad early Thursday morning and proceeded to launch
an offensive there against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.
Yaqen reported ‘Abd
az-Zahrah as-Suway‘idi, an supervisor in the Sadr Office in Madinat
as-Sadr, as saying that fighting erupted between the Jaysh al-Mahdi
militia and US occupation forces in the al-Jamilah area and around “83
Square” in eastern Baghdad on Thursday morning. Light and medium
weapons were being used in the fighting, he said, adding that the combat
started after US troops sealed off the Madinat as-Sadr district from the
outside world.
Madinat as-Sadr, one of Baghdad’s
poorest districts, where unemployment is rampant, is a stronghold of the
anti-occupation movement of young Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr
and his Jaysh al-Mahdi militia. Following a visit by US Vice President
Dick Cheney, the American-dominated Iraqi regime launched a nation-wide
offensive against the Jaysh al-Mahdi on Tuesday. US forces have taken
an increasing role in the offensive – believed connected with US plans
to lay the groundwork for a confrontation with Iran – as Iraqi regime
forces falter in battles with the highly-motivated militia.
Electricity knocked out in
Baghdad, central, southern Iraq due to US-led offensive against Jaysh
al-Mahdi.
In a dispatch posted at 10:40am
Baghdad time Thursday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that most electric power generating stations in the central and southern
parts of Iraq had been knocked out of commission by the fighting ignited
by the US-backed offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi
militia, now in its third day.
US admits one soldier, two
US civilians wounded in heavy mortar barrage on “Green Zone” Wednesday.
In a dispatch posted at 10:30am Baghdad time Thursday
morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military had
announced that one of its soldiers, two US civilians, and one Iraqi
regime soldier had been wounded Wednesday when 16 mortar shells blasted
into the top-security “Green Zone” area where the US occupation has its
headquarters in Baghdad.
Twenty Iraqi regime troops
in grave condition flown to Baghdad for treatment Thursday.
In a dispatch posted at 10:02am
Baghdad time Thursday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that Baghdad’s al-Yarmuk Hospital had received 20 severely wounded Iraqi
regime troops who had been injured in the fighting in the southern Iraqi
city of al-Basrah.
US admits death of
American soldier in western Baghdad on Wednesday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 9:27am
Baghdad time Thursday morning, the Association of Muslim Scholars of
Iraq (AMSI) reported that the US military admitted that one more of its
troops had been killed in western Baghdad on Wednesday afternoon.
Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters
blast and destroy home of military commanders of US-backed offensive in
Baghdad district Wednesday evening.
In a dispatch posted at 9:18am
Baghdad time Thursday morning, the Association of Muslim Scholars of
Iraq (AMSI) reported that that the son of Major General ‘Ala’ Nuri, the
commander of the Logistics Support Brigade of the Iraqi regime army,
said on Wednesday that armed men attacked their home in the al-‘Amil
neighborhood of Baghdad before Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)
had a chance to move the family of the army commander to a safer part of
the Iraqi capital.
The attack came as the US-backed
regime pursued its offensive aimed at wiping out the anti-occupation
Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.
The son of the General said that
both his father, and his uncle, Major General Baha’ Nuri were leading
operations in the ash-Shurtah ar-Rabi‘ah district of Baghdad against the
Jaysh al-Mahdi.
The AMSI reported an eyewitness as
saying that armed men also destroyed the home of the Major General Fawzi
with rocket-propelled grenades and then set it ablaze. The witness, a
resident in the al-‘Amil neighborhood, said that Jaysh al-Mahdi
militiamen attacked the home of the major general on Wednesday evening
and clashed with people inside the building before the regime’s Shock
Troops arrived to escort the family away. Then the Jaysh al-Mahdi
returned to the house and blasted it with rocket-propelled grenades,
totally destroying it.
Salah
ad-Din Province.
At-Tarimiyah.
US forces encircle area
north of Baghdad following fierce fighting Thursday.
In a dispatch posted at 10:10pm
Baghdad time Thursday night, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq
(AMSI) reported that fierce fighting erupted between armed fighters and
US troops in the as-Salman area and the al-Yabis Project area in
at-Tarimiyah, 30km north of Baghdad.
Al-Ishaqi.
Bombs destroy Iraqi regime
Humvee in al-Ishaqi area Thursday.
In a dispatch posted at 4:10pm
Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Association of Muslim Scholars of
Iraq (AMSI) reported that two bombs exploded by an Iraqi regime Humvee
in the al-Ishaqi area, 80km north of Baghdad.
Babil
Province.
Al-Kifl.
Jaysh al-Mahdi militia
seizes control of offices of Iraqi regime political parties in al-Kifl.
In a dispatch posted at 3:10pm
Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that Jaysh al-Mahdi militia seized control of headquarters of the Da‘wah
Party and the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC) – parties of the
US-backed Iraqi regime – in the al-Kifl area, 130km south of Baghdad, on
Thursday.
Bomb kills three regime
policemen in al-Kifl.
In a dispatch posted at 1:15pm
Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that a bomb exploded by an Iraqi regime police vehicle in the al-Kifl
area, about 130km south of Baghdad.
Al-Mahawil.
Iraqi regime forces call
in US air support as battle intensifies north of al-Hillah.
In a dispatch posted at 1:15pm
Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that fierce fighting was raging at that hour between Iraqi regime forces
and the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in the al-Mahawil area, 65km south of
Baghdad.
Al-Hillah.
Iraqi regime police
reported killed, wounded as Jaysh al-Mahdi battles US-backed forces in
al-Hillah Thursday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 5:07pm
Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that two Iraqi regime policemen were killed and 12 more wounded in
battles with the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in southern
al-Hillah, 100km south of Baghdad, on Thursday.
US helicopters carry out
strikes in al-Hillah, killing 60 people, many of them civilians, as part
of air support for offensive against Jaysh al-Mahdi.
In a dispatch posted at 7:59am
Makkah time Thursday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that
Iraqi regime security forces have reported that dozens of people have
been killed in an American air attack that was intended to support the
on-going offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in
the city of al-Hillah, 100km south of Baghdad
Mafkarat al-Islam reported
that casualty reports were still contradictory, but that media sources
had indicated that 60 people had been killed, of them about 15
civilians, who were in residential areas that were under attack by the
US-backed regime’s security forces. Those sources said that fierce
fighting had been raging for about five hours in that area before the
deadly American air strike took place.
One report said that the American
raid, which went on for about an hour, had destroyed six houses. An
American spokesman said that US helicopters had been called in to
provide support for Iraqi regime Special Police Units fighting in
al-Hillah. The Americans claimed that there had only been four people
killed in the attack.
The sources said that ambulances
were having trouble getting to the victims, due to the intensity of
continuing combat.
On Monday the US-backed Iraqi
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki flew into the British base at al-Basrah
Airport to supervise an offensive against the Jaysh al-Mahdi that he
launched on Tuesday with the stated aim of “cleansing” al-Basrah of the
Jaysh al-Mahdi.
On Wednesday, Hazim al-A‘raji an
aide to Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr, to whom the Jaysh
al-Mahdi is loyal, announced that the Sadr Movement was ready to send a
delegation to negotiate with al-Maliki if he agrees to get out of
al-Basrah.
At-Ta’mim Province.
Kirkuk.
Attack leaves Peshmergah
officer, two Peshmergah gunmen dead near Kirkuk.
In a dispatch posted at 3:40pm
Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that armed men attacked a vehicle carrying an officer and three members
of the US-backed Kurdish separatist Peshmergah gunmen in the Daquq area
to the southwest of Kirkuk (which is 250km north of Baghdad.
Karbala’ Province.
Karbala’.
Jaysh al-Mahdi battles
US-backed regime police in Karbala’, setting checkpoints, police cars
ablaze.
In a dispatch posted at 11:50am
Baghdad time Thursday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that two policemen, one of them an officer, were killed and eight others
wounded in fighting between US-backed regime forces and the
anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in the Shi‘i holy city of
Karbala’, 110km south of Baghdad.
Maysan
Province.
Al-‘Amarah.
Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters
destroy four Iraqi regime Humvees, abandoned by troops in face of Jaysh
al-Mahdi attack north of al-‘Amarah Thursday.
In a dispatch posted at 5:49pm
Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that fighting erupted between US-backed Iraqi regime forces and the
anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in the city of al-‘Amarah, 290km
southeast of Baghdad, when a column of government troops tried to cross
a bridge north of the city.
Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.
Jaysh al-Mahdi militia
destroys al-Karmah Bridge, cutting supply line to al-Basrah.
In a dispatch posted at 4:37pm
Baghdad time Thursday afternoon, the Association of Muslim Scholars of
Iraq (AMSI) reported that the Jaysh al-Mahdi had destroyed the al-Karmah
Bridge that crosses the Shatt al-‘Arab waterway and serves as a supply
route to the Iraqi regime forces in the southern city of al-Basrah.
Al-Maliki publicly rejects
dialogue, pledges continuation of war on Sadr Movement.
In a dispatch posted at 8:20pm
Baghdad time Thursday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that
US-backed Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had publicly declared that
the campaign against the Jaysh al-Mahdi would continue and rejected
talks or negotiations with the Sadr Movement.
Iraqi Regime opens talks
with Sadr Movement to end fighting in al-Basrah.
In a dispatch posted at 3:19pm
Makkah time Thursday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a
deputy representing the Muqtada as-Sadr Movement in the Iraqi Parliament
announced that the Iraqi regime and Sadr Movement had begun discussions
to stop the fighting in al-Basrah.
Oil pipeline blown up
southwest of al-Basrah Thursday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 2:59pm
Makkah time Thursday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that
an oil pipeline in the az-Zubayr area 20km southwest of al-Basrah was
blown up on Thursday.
Mafkarat al-Islam reported
a source in the Iraqi regime security forces as saying that a large fire
had erupted on the pipeline transporting crude oil to the ash-Shu‘aybah
refinery. The source said that the line was blown at 9am Thursday
morning in the ad_Dawajin area on the outskirts of az-Zubayr, sending
plumes of black smoke into the sky.
London admits death of
British soldier in Iraq.
In a dispatch posted at 9:20am
Baghdad time Thursday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported
that the British Ministry of Defence had announced that one British
soldier had died of wounds received in clashes in the early hours of
Wednesday morning
Fighting spreads to
az-Zubayr Wednesday. Regime Interior Minister threatens to dismiss, try
security men who fail to “fight with determination” against the Jaysh
al-Mahdi.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 9:50am Thursday morning Beijing time (4:50am in Baghdad), the
Xinhua News Agency reported that fierce fighting took place in
the az-Zubayr area, about 20km southwest of al-Basrah city, on
Wednesday. At least one government policeman was killed and another
wounded.
Xinhua reported a source in
the al-Basrah Province regime security forces as saying that fighting
between the regime police and the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia spread to
az-Zubayr on Wednesday. Detachments of Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen
attacked a police station in the al-‘Arabi section of northern az-Zubayr
leaving at least one policeman dead ad a second wounded. Other police
stations and army posts were also attacked in az-Zubayr but no
information on the nature or extent of casualties in those battles was
available.
Eyewitnesses said that the streets
in az-Zubayr were completely empty Wednesday after gunfire began to
resound in the area. Earlier, life in the area had remained normal
despite the fighting in nearby al-Basrah where the US-backed regime had
embarked on its offensive to “cleanse” the city of the anti-occupation
Jaysh al-Mahdi.
In other news, the Muqtada as-Sadr
Offices in al-Basrah denied claims that any of its fighters had laid
down their weapons and surrendered to the regime’s security forces in
keeping with the American-backed Prime Minister’s ultimatum to surrender
within 72 hours.
A source in the Sadr Office who
asked not to be identified said that there was no truth whatsoever in
such government claims. He said that such allegations, about Jaysh
al-Mahdi men complying with the regimes’ ultimatum, were part of the
US-backed regime’s psychological warfare and had nothing whatever to do
with reality. On the contrary, the source said, the reverse was the
case. A large number of Iraqi regime troops and policemen were
refusing to fight against the Jaysh al-Mahdi.
In apparent confirmation of that
assertion, the semi-official al-‘Iraqiyah TV station reported the
regime’s Interior Minister Jawwad al-Bulani as saying that it had been
decided to expel all members of the police who failed to fight “with
determination” against the Jaysh al-Mahdi, adding that they would be put
on trial for shirking their duty. The government-backed TV station also
claimed that regime forces had begun to take control of the situation in
some neighborhoods of the city of al-Basrah.
As of Thursday morning, 38 people
had been killed and 134 wounded in two days of fighting following the
launch of an American-backed offensive aimed at destroying the
anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in al-Basrah.
Police chief in al-Basrah
Province survives bomb attack Wednesday night.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic
website at 4:19pm Thursday afternoon Beijing time (11:19am in Baghdad),
the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb had exploded by the
motorcade of Major General ‘Abd al-Jalil Khalaf the al-Basrah Province
Police Commander after midnight in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Xinhua reported a source in
the provincial government security forces as saying that Khalaf survived
the attack, in the al-Jubaylah area, 5km north of al-Basrah city proper,
but that three of his bodyguards had been killed.
Earlier, the deputy commander of
the police in the city, Brigadier General ‘Aydan Matar, had survived
bomb attack on his motorcade in the middle of the city on Wednesday
evening.
Fierce fighting continued in
al-Basrah on Thursday morning, the third day since the launch of the
US-backed offensive against the Jaysh al-Mahdi.
Sources:
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23668&1bfae61b75681ca26e397d92c2dc0b48
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23667&9761fe37790b46278afa5d1b9d969774
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23664&41b342e48a1a606f78aaa9d744ceb2a9
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23661&9a263d370ec54bcf334e0367e50a7240
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23660&359f626daa5c6acc12591fb22f4a1da3
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23659&4e94376e71f82d8e6cb86b901e3f8cb1
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23658&714a653b13bae237b2ae943f10a88384
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23657&eeb19eb5960e6331de83e2f8b1727e74
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23652&d1b84e029b9ee44c5877758f64683a1e
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23651&9430eb3ceb5847bca948e5e126f8bf33
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23650&d92493e81d66494617fa4dc8faf52a66
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23649&51e9b51029182d66df3c50819539d283
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23643&61a2b88252c204ff4b6ec65efe83732b
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23642&19563b48ac589e8abe2ec58aad2c5879
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23641&a4aef944f393aee3c76a68de320738d1
http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=23640&e7f0eeb3dd27b9cac12082fee434c132
http://www.arabic.xinhuanet.com/arabic/2008-03/27/content_604673.htm
http://www.arabic.xinhuanet.com/arabic/2008-03/27/content_604432.htm
http://www.arabic.xinhuanet.com/arabic/2008-03/27/content_604294.htm
http://www.arabic.xinhuanet.com/arabic/2008-03/27/content_604100.htm
http://www.islammemo.cc/article1.aspx?id=61614
http://www.islammemo.cc/article1.aspx?id=61611
http://www.islammemo.cc/article1.aspx?id=61609
http://www.islammemo.cc/article1.aspx?id=61608
http://www.islammemo.cc/article1.aspx?id=61603
http://www.islammemo.cc/article1.aspx?id=61599
http://www.islammemo.cc/article1.aspx?id=61596
http://www.islammemo.cc/article1.aspx?id=61592
http://www.islammemo.cc/article1.aspx?id=61591
http://www.islammemo.cc/article1.aspx?id=61594
http://www.islammemo.cc/article1.aspx?id=61589
http://www.islammemo.cc/article1.aspx?id=61585
http://www.islammemo.cc/article1.aspx?id=61582
http://www.islammemo.cc/article1.aspx?id=61576
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6531
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6529
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6528
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6527
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6526
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6525
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6524
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6523
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6522
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6521
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6518
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6517
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6516
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6514
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6512
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6510
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6509
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6508
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6506
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=6505
|