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Iraqi Resistance Report 1224
Iraqi
Resistance Report for events of Friday, 18 April 2008. Translated and/or
compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,member, editorial board, the Free Arab
Voice.
http://www.freearabvoice.org
Friday, 18 April 2008. · US admits death of soldier in northern Baghdad Friday afternoon. · Iraqi regime and British forces surround Sadr Office in al-Basrah, demand it be vacated in 48 hours. Baghdad. US admits death of soldier in northern Baghdad Friday afternoon. In a dispatch posted at 9:10pm Baghdad time Friday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military had admitted that a bomb exploded by a US combat patrol in northern Baghdad after noon on Friday. Yaqen reported a US communiqué as saying that the blast killed one American soldier. The US has been carrying out operations against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi in northern and eastern Baghdad for several days in apparent preparation for an eventual attack on Iran. Salah ad-Din Province. Balad. Bomb kills three policemen north of Balad Friday afternoon. In a dispatch posted at 8:20pm Baghdad time Friday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of the Iraqi government police on the road between Balad and ad-Dulu‘iyah, 80 and 97km north of Baghdad, respectively, on Friday afternoon. Diyala Province. Al-Khalis. Bomb kills six near al-Khalis Friday. In a dispatch posted at 3:45pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded in the as-Salam area near al-Khalis, 57km north of Baghdad, on Friday. At-Ta’mim Province. Kirkuk. Bomb targets Iraqi army patrol near Kirkuk. In a dispatch posted at 2:15pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that bomb exploded by an Iraqi government army patrol near Kirkuk, 250km north of Baghdad. Al-Basrah Province. Al-Basrah. Iraqi regime and British forces surround Sadr Office in al-Basrah, demand it be vacated in 48 hours. In a dispatch posted at 4:40pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US-backed Iraqi regime forces had surrounded the office of the anti-occupation Sadr Movement in al-Basrah, 550km southeast of Baghdad, and demanded that it be vacated within 48 hours. Yaqen reported an official with the Sadr office as saying that Iraqi regime troops backed up by British occupation forces prevented the Sadrists from conducting Friday congregational prayers. The official added that the demand for them to evacuate the office had been issued by the American-installed Prime Minister of Iraq, Nuri al-Maliki. Sadr Movement official Harith al-‘Adhari in al-Basrah said that “government forces backed up by British armored vehicles prevented us from holding Friday prayers at the place where prayers have been held for four years.” He added, “these forces have also begun to blockade the office and have told us that we must vacate it within 48 hours.” Yaqen reported that the building used by the Sadr Movement is located in the center of the city and is part of the sports buildings belonging to the Iraqi Olympic Committee. An Iraqi regime source told Yaqen: “the decree on evacuating the government buildings being used by various parties and offices is a decree issued by Nuri al-Maliki in the first days of the Sawlat al-Fursan Operation.” Sawlat al-Fursan or “Knights’ Raid” was the code name for the unsuccessful US-backed offensive launched by the Iraqi regime against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia towards the end of March. The continuing US effort to stamp out the anti-occupation Sadr Movement and its armed wing the Jaysh al-Mahdi is believed to be a part of an American effort to clear the way for an eventual attack on Iran. 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