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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 15 April 2008. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. http://www.freearabvoice.org

Tuesday, 15 April 2008.

· US admits death of soldier in bomb attack during US offensive against Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.

· Civilians targeted by continuing US offensive against Madinat as-Sadr district in Baghdad, bombing homes, clashing with Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.

· Bomb explodes by US patrol in southern Baghdad late Monday night.

· Al-Qa‘idah bombing targets civilians in Ba‘qubah, leaving 40 dead, 75 wounded just before noon Tuesday.

· Bomb disables US Humvee in ad-Diwaniyah, as fighting between US troops and anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia spreads in southern Iraq.

· Militiamen reported killed while firing mortar at occupation forces in al-Basrah, as US offensive against Jaysh al-Mahdi continues.

Al-Anbar Province.

Ar-Ramadi.

Car bomber kills five policemen in northern ar-Ramadi.

In a dispatch posted at 3:35pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a car bomber blasted into a police checkpoint in the al-Hamidiyah area of northern ar-Ramadi.

Car bomber kills 14 in attack on restaurant in ar-Ramadi.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 6:46pm Tuesday afternoon Beijing time (2:46pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a car bomber blew up his explosives-laden vehicle near a popular restaurant in western ar-Ramadi, 110km west of Baghdad.

Baghdad.

US admits death of soldier in bomb attack during US offensive against Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.

In a dispatch posted at 8:41pm Baghdad time Tuesday evening, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq (AMSI) reported that the US military had admitted that a bomb had exploded by a US military vehicle in northeastern Baghdad, where American forces have been carrying out an offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.

Civilians targeted by continuing US offensive against Madinat as-Sadr district in Baghdad, bombing homes, clashing with Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.

In a dispatch posted at 4:05pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that combined forces of US and Iraqi regime troops battled the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in the Madinat as-Sadr district of eastern Baghdad on Monday night.

Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that three people were killed and 13 wounded in the course of the fighting, which was part of the on-going US offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi.

The source said that most of the wounded are civilians who later received treatment at the Imam ‘Ali and as-Sadr Hospitals in the Madinat as-Sadr area.

The source added that US helicopter gun ships had blasted neighborhoods in al-Kayyarah and Suq Muridi in the impoverished Madinat as-Sadr district – a stronghold of support for anti-occupation Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr. The wounded from those air strikes were taken to the Imam ‘Ali and as-Sadr Hospitals for treatment. The source said that the American air raids also damaged numerous family homes in Madinat as-Sadr.

Powerful car bomb explodes by motorcade of Iraqi police official Tuesday afternoon.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:04pm Tuesday evening Beijing time (3:04pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a powerful car bomb exploded th motorcade of a police official in the center of Baghdad after noon on Tuesday.

Bomb explodes by US patrol in southern Baghdad late Monday night.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 3:05pm Tuesday afternoon Beijing time (11:05am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb went off by a US patrol at the ar-Rafa’ Junction in the as-Sayyidiyah area of southern of Baghdad, late on Monday night

Bomb targets police station, killing two sanitation workers.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 3:05pm Tuesday afternoon Beijing time (11:05am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded behind the al-‘Alawiyah police station in Baghdad as sanitation workers were cleaning the area Tuesday.

Mortar shell wounds two civilians Monday night.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 3:05pm Tuesday afternoon Beijing time (11:05am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a mortar shell of unknown origins crashed into residences in the al-Dawli‘i neighborhood in the al-Hurriyah area of northern Baghdad on Monday night.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that the blast wounded two civilians and damaged several houses.

General in Energy Protection police abducted in Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 2:31pm Tuesday afternoon Beijing time (10:31am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that unknown armed men abducted Brigadier General Muhammad Sabah, the patrol commander in the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity’s Energy Protection Police.

Salah ad-Din Province.

Tuz Khurmatu.

Bomb targets police patrol in Tuz Khurmatu.

In a dispatch posted at 9:02pm Baghdad time Tuesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of Iraqi government police in the city of Tuz Khurmatu, 185km north of Baghdad.

Yathrib.

Al-Qa‘idah gunmen attack village, wounding 17; local al-Qa‘idah commander reported killed.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 2:31pm Tuesday afternoon Beijing time (10:31am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that gunmen believed to belong to the al-Qa‘idah organization attacked the village of Tall adh-Dhahab in the Yathrib area, 70km north of Baghdad.

Diyala Province.

Ba‘qubah.

Al-Qa‘idah bombing targets civilians in Ba‘qubah, leaving 40 dead, 75 wounded just before noon Tuesday.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:30pm Tuesday afternoon Beijing time (1:30pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a car bomb exploded near the courthouse in Ba‘qubah, 65km northeast of Baghdad, before noon Tuesday.

Ninwa Province.

Al-Mawsil.

Car bombs wound 19 near university in al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted at 6:15pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that two car bombs exploded, one after the other, near the gates to al-Mawsil University, wounding 19 people, four of them policemen, on Tuesday afternoon.

Female lawyer, her sister gunned down in al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted at 11:32am Baghdad time Tuesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that unknown gunmen attacked a female lawyer and her sister, killing both of them as they came out of their house in the at-Ta’mim neighborhood of eastern al-Mawsil, 420km northeast of Baghdad.

Gunmen kill man, three women in eastern al-Mawsil Monday night.

In a dispatch posted at 11:32am Baghdad time Tuesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a group of gunmen attacked a home in the al-Karamah apartment comples in the al-Khadra’ neighborhood of eastern al-Mawsil late on Monday night.

Tall ‘Afar.

Belt bomber kills three at funeral in Tall ‘Afar.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 9:09am Tuesday morning Beijing time (5:09am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that am wearing an explosive belt blew himself up at a funeral in Tall ‘Afar, 55km west of al-Mawsil in northern Iraq.

Al-Qadisiyah Province.

Ad-Diwaniyah.

Bomb disables US Humvee in ad-Diwaniyah, as fighting between US troops and anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia spreads in southern Iraq.

In a dispatch posted at 4:15pm Baghdad time Tuesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a US patrol in the city of ad-Diwaniyah, 180km south of Baghdad, as fighting between American forces and the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia spreads to regions of southern Iraq.

Wasit Province.

An-Nu‘maniyah.

Aide to pro-regime Ayatallah survives assassination attempt.

In a dispatch posted at 10:47pm Baghdad time Tuesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that armed men attacked the motorcade of Habib al-Khatib, representative of pro-regime Shi‘i Ayatallah ‘Ali as-Sistanti in the an-Nu‘maniyah area, 136km southeast of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a source in the Wasit Province police as saying that the representative of as-Sistani survived an attack in which men armed with machine guns intercepted his motorcade and sprayed the cars with bullets in the al-Ghabat area to the northwest of an-Nu‘maniyah when al-Khatib was returning from an-Najaf. Al-Khatib was unhurt but one of his guards was wounded.

Al-Basrah Province.

Al-Basrah.

Militiamen reported killed while firing mortar at occupation forces in al-Basrah, as US offensive against Jaysh al-Mahdi continues.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:45pm Tuesday evening Beijing time (3:45pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a spokesman for the Anglo-American occupation forces in al-Basrah, 550km southeast of Baghdad, had announced that one of their aircraft had carried out an air raid to the west of the city.

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