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Iraqi Resistance Report 1232
Iraqi
Resistance Report for events of Saturday, 26April 2008. Translated
and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu
Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. http://www.freearabvoice.org Saturday, 26 April 2008. · Al-Qa‘idah car bomber kills “Awakening” policeman in western Baghdad. · Four policemen killed in bomb attack in al-Mawsil. Baghdad. Al-Qa‘idah car bomb targets check point in western Baghdad, killing “Awakening” policeman. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 6:48pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time (2:48pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a car bomber blew up an explosives-laden vehicle at a checkpoint manned by tribal “Awakening” police in the al-‘Amiriyah neighborhood of western Baghdad. Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi police as saying that the attack took place on al-‘Amal ash-Sha‘bi Street at 1pm local time Saturday. In an Arabic dispatch posted at 8:26pm Saturday evening Beijing time (4:26pm in Baghdad), Xinhua reported that two “Awakening” policemen were killed in the attack and eight more were wounded. Among the injured is an official known as Abu al-‘Abd who is in charge of the “Awakening” police in al-‘Amiriyah. Several nearby buildings and private cars were damaged in the attack. The source said that ambulances rushed to the scene to take victims to hospital and the casualty toll was likely to rise. Xinhua noted that Abu ‘Umar al-Baghdadi, the Amir of the al-Qa ‘idah front organization known as the “Islamic State of Iraq” had launched a campaign against the US-recruited “Awakening” police whose aim is to combat al-Qa‘idah and which has succeeded in driving al-Qa‘idah out of most Sunni cities in the country. Abu ‘Umar al-Baghdadi has called on each and every one of his fighters to kill at least one “Awakening” policeman and a US soldier, according to a video published on the Internet. Bomb targets Iraqi army patrol in northern Baghdad. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:51pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time (1:51pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb went off by an Iraqi army patrol at the as-Salikh intersection in northern Baghdad, sparking a gun battle with armed men. Gunmen in car open fire on al-Wathiq square wounding five. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:51pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time (1:51pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that armed men in a black Toyota Corolla opened fire indiscriminately on al-Wathiq Square in Baghdad, wounding three traffic officers and two civilians. Salah ad-Din Province. Tikrit. Bomb targets police patrol in Tikrit Friday night. In a dispatch posted at 9:55am Baghdad time Saturday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a homemade bomb planted by the side of a road blew up by a patrol of Iraqi government police in the al-Arba‘in neighborhood of Tikrit, 180km north of Baghdad, at about 10:30pm local time Friday night. Diyala Province. Al-Miqdadiyah. Bomb kills three soldiers in al-Wajihiyah. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:51pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time (1:51pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by an Iraqi army patrol in the al-Wajihiyah area near al-Miqdadiyah, 85km north of Baghdad. Ba‘qubah. Bomb wounds two civilians in Ba‘qubah. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:51pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time (1:51pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded in front of a house in the al-Hayy area of central Ba‘qubah. Ash-Shaykh Sa‘id. Police lieutenant killed in ambush in ash-Shaykh Sa‘id. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:51pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time (1:51pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that armed men attacked a police patrol in the ash-Shaykh Sa‘id, 80km northeast of Baghdad. At-Ta’mim Province. Kirkuk. Bomb wounds two policemen in Kirkuk Saturday. In a dispatch posted at 6:55pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of the Iraqi government police in the city of Kirkuk, 250km north of Baghdad on Saturday. Ninwa Province. Al-Mawsil. Four policemen killed in bomb attack east of al-Mawsil Saturday. In a dispatch posted at 10:26pm Baghdad time Saturday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a car bomb exploded by a police patrol crossing the Fifth Bridge to the east of al-Mawsil on Saturday. Yaqen reported that the blast killed four policemen and wounded three more of them. Car bomb wounds five in al-Mawsil. In a dispatch posted at 5pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that an explosives-packed car that had been parked by the side of a road was detonated by remote control in the ad-Dandan area of central al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad. Yaqen reported a source in the al-Mawsil police as saying that the blast damaged houses in the area and wounded five people. Ambulances then arrived on the scene to take victims to al-Mawsil General Hosptial. Two government policemen killed in attack on checkpoint Friday, US reports. In a dispatch posted at 10:55am Baghdad time Saturday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that armed men attacked a checkpoint manned by Iraqi government police in Ninwa Province on Friday. Yaqen reported a US military statement as saying that two government policemen were killed by light arms fire in the attack. 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