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Iraqi Resistance Report 1231
Iraqi
Resistance Report for events of Friday, 25 April 2008. Translated and/or
compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,
member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. http://www.freearabvoice.org Friday, 25 April 2008. · Thursday bombing in al-Kubaysah reportedly leaves two US troops dead. · US admits soldier killed in bomb attack in southern Baghdad Thursday. · Continued US offensive against Madinat as-Sadr leaves 11 dead, 74 wounded Friday morning. · US air raid kills two, wounds eight Iraqis late Thursday night. Al-Anbar Province. Al-Fallujah. Bomb wounds Iraqi army troops in al-Fallujah. In a dispatch posted at 6:30pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded near the ar-Raqib Mosque in the al-Jawlan area north of al-Fallujah, 60km west of Baghdad, at noon on Friday. Al-Kubaysah. Thursday bombing in al-Kubaysah reportedly leaves two US troops dead. In a dispatch posted at 6:25pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a US patrol in the city of al-Kubaysah, 185km northwest of Baghdad, on Thursday, prompting the Americans to seal off the city on Friday. Yaqen reported eyewitnesses as saying that the blast killed two US soldiers and wounded six more of them in addition to destroying two Humvees. After the attack, the witnesses said, the Americans carried out raids and searches in the city. The witnesses said that the US followed up by sealing off the city, preventing medical and food supplies from getting in. The Americans also arrested 10 people on charges of carrying out attacks on the US troops. As of the time of reporting, the American side had not confirmed the reported attack. Baghdad. Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters reportedly attack Iraqi regime checkpoint sparking battle. In a dispatch posted at 7pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen in a car opened fire on a checkpoint manned by Iraqi army troops in the al-Qahirah district of northern Baghdad, prompting the troops to return fire and kill the attackers. Yaqen reported a source in the police as claiming that Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters wounded three Iraqi regime troops before the soldiers could return fire. When they did the car, which reportedly was carrying a quantity of arms and ammunition, blew up. Yaqen noted that the al-Qahirah neighborhood of northern Baghdad is dominated by the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia. US admits soldier killed in bomb attack in southern Baghdad Thursday. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:47pm Friday evening Beijing time (3:47pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb had exploded and killed a US soldier in southern Baghdad on Thursday. Xinhua reported that the American communiqué failed to provide any further information about the attack or its circumstances. Continued US offensive against Madinat as-Sadr leaves 11 dead, 74 wounded Friday morning. In a dispatch posted at 2:20pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that 11 people were killed and 74 more wounded in battles and US air raids on the impoverished Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad at dawn on Friday. Yaqen reported a source in the al-Imam ‘Ali Hospital in Madinat as-Sadr as saying that nine people had been killed and 39 wounded in the previous few hours. Meanwhile the as-Sadr Hospital also in Madinat as-Sadr, received the bodies of two people who had been killed and another 35 who had been wounded in the combat and US attacks. The source said that the number of dead was expected to rise as many of the injured had been severely wounded. The source noted that their medical work had been greatly complicated by the continued American bombardment of the district. For some three weeks the US has been waging an offensive against the Madinat as-Sadr district, a stronghold of support for the anti-occupation Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr. The American offensive is believed to be in preparation for an eventual US attack on Iran. Fierce fighting reported in Madinat as-Sadr, Thursday-Friday night. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 3:27pm Friday afternoon Beijing time (11:27am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that fierce fighting and US attacks targeted the Madinat as-Sadr district of eastern Baghdad on Thursday night. US air raid kills two, wounds eight Iraqis late Thursday night. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 3:27pm Friday afternoon Beijing time (11:27am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that US aircraft blasted the al-Husayniyah area of northern Baghdad late on Thursday night. Salah ad-Din Province. Tikrit. Bomb kills administrative officer at police academy in Tikrit Friday. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 6:45pm Friday afternoon Beijing time (2:45pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by the car of an officer in the Iraqi regime police in Tikrit, 180km north of Baghdad on Friday. Samarra’. US military vehicle reported destroyed near Samarra’ Friday. In a dispatch posted at 10:40am Baghdad time Friday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a US patrol between ad-Dur and Samarra’, 120km north of Baghdad on Friday. Babil Province. Al-Iskandariyah. Policeman killed in attack near al-Iskandariyah Friday morning. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:26pm Friday afternoon Beijing time (12:26pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that armed men opened fire on an “Awakening” tribal policeman in al-‘Asriyah village near al-Iskandariyah, 40km south of Baghdad no Friday morning. Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi police as saying that following the shooting, which left one policeman dead, security forces carried out raids in the area, during which they arrested six “suspects.” Al-Mahawil. Armed men assault checkpoint. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:26pm Friday afternoon Beijing time (12:26pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that armed men attacked a police checkpoint in the al-Mahawil area, 65km south of Baghdad, on Friday morning. Al-Basrah Province. Al-Basrah. Hand grenade reportedly thrown into wedding party in al-Basrah. In a dispatch posted at 9:01pm Baghdad time Friday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that unknown people threw a hand grenade into a wedding party in the southern Iraqi city of al-Basrah on Friday. Yaqen reported eyewitnesses as saying that the attack occurred at a wedding party in the al-‘Abbasiyah area of the city and that it left one child dead and 25 other wedding guests wounded. The al-Basrah police and the local government professed to have no knowledge of the attack, Yaqen reported. 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