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Iraqi Resistance Report 1234
Iraqi
Resistance Report for events of Monday, 28 April 2008. Translated and/or
compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,
member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. http://www.freearabvoice.org Monday, 28 April 2008. · US airstrikes target Jaysh al-Mahdi in southwestern Baghdad Monday evening. · Mortar shell blasts into “Green Zone” in Baghdad. · Mortar shells slam into US military post in Baghdad’s al-Baladiyat district. · Gunmen assassinate information officer with Sadr Office in al-Basrah under noses of Iraqi regime troops. Baghdad. US airstrikes target Jaysh al-Mahdi in southwestern Baghdad Monday evening. In a dispatch posted at 8:05pm Baghdad time Monday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US air craft blasted the ash-Shurtah al-Khamisah area of southwestern Baghdad Monday evening as part of the continued US offensive against the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia. Yaqen reported eyewitnesses as saying that the Americans struck strongholds of the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia. The US forces also cordoned off the area, making information on the nature and extent of casualties as a result of the American airstrikes impossible to obtain. The on-going US offensive against the Jaysh al-Mahdi is believed to be in preparation for an eventual American attack on Iran. Mortars blast into building near “Green Zone” Monday. In a dispatch posted at 3:29pm Makkah time Monday afternoon (4:29pm in Baghdad), Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a number of mortar rounds blasted into the gate of the Iraqi regime planning department that leads to the top security area dubbed the “Green Zone” by the Americans. Mafkarat al-Islam reported that two people were killed and four more wounded in the Monday attack. All the injured persons were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Bomb kills Electricity Ministry employee in northern Baghdad. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 8:28pm Monday evening Beijing time (4:28 in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb made of plastic explosives blew up a car owned by the Electricity Ministry on ad-Dallal Square in northern Baghdad’s Sunni al-A‘zamiyah district. Tribal “Awakening” policeman killed, eight civilians wounded in motorcycle bomber attack in southern Baghdad. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 8:28pm Monday evening Beijing time (4:28pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a man driving an explosives-laden motorbike attacked a checkpoint manned by tribal “Awakening” police near the Camp Sarah Intersection near residential buildings in southern Baghdad. US attack on weapons truck wounds two civilians in eastern Baghdad. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:44pm Monday evening Beijing time (3:44pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a US aircraft spotted a Hino truck loaded with Katyusha rockets on al-Qanat Street in eastern Baghdad and fired at the vehicle, destroying it. Mortar shells slam into police building in Madinat as-Sadr wounding 10 policemen. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 8:28pm Monday evening Beijing time (4:28pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that eight mortar shells struck the al-Jaza’ir police station in the impoverished Madinat as-Sadr area of eastern Baghdad. Five dead, 10 wounded in Sunday night fighting in Madinat as-Sadr. In a dispatch posted at 3:25pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US troops together with their Iraqi regime allies battled anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen in the impoverished Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad on Sunday night. Yaqen reported a source in the Iraqi Interior Ministry as saying that the fighting left five people dead and 10 more of them wounded. The fighting raged in the areas of Jamilah, Square 55, and al-Habibiyah in Madinat as-Sadr – a stronghold of support for anti-occupation Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr. The US has been pressing its offensive against the Jaysh al-Mahdi for over a month in what is believed to be a preparation for an eventual US attack on Iran. Mortar shell blasts into “Green Zone” in downtown Baghdad. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:03pm Monday afternoon Beijing time (3:03pm in Baghdad, the Xinhua News Agency reported that a mortar shell blasted into the top-security US headquarters district known as the “Green Zone.” Xinhua reported a source in the government police as saying that since the “Green Zone” is closed to unauthorized persons, no information on the nature or extent of casualties in the attack was available. Xinhua noted that the American command has announced that the majority of mortar shells and Katyusha rockets that are fired into the “Green Zone” are of Iranian manufacture. Mortar shells slam into US military post in Baghdad’s al-Baladiyat district. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:03pm Monday afternoon Beijing time (3:03pm in Baghdad, the Xinhua News Agency reported that three mortar shells landed on a building used as a base by US military forces in Baghdad’s al-Baladiyat district. Xinhua reported a source in the government police as saying that the US-occupied building had been the headquarters of the Public Security Service prior to the US invasion. No information on the nature or extent of casualties was available. Mortar shell wounds two civilians in west Baghdad neighborhood. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:03pm Monday afternoon Beijing time (3:03pm in Baghdad, the Xinhua News Agency reported that a mortar shell landed behind the as-Sa‘ah Restaurant in the upscale al-Mansur neighborhood of western Baghdad. Mortar shells strike residential area of eastern Baghdad Sunday evening. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:03pm Monday afternoon Beijing time (3:03pm in Baghdad, the Xinhua News Agency reported that three mortar rounds landed in the workshops area of the al-‘Ubaydi neighborhood of eastern Baghdad on Sunday evening. Xinhua reported a source in the government police as saying that five civilians were wounded in that attack and several private residences were damaged. The origin and reason for the attack were unknown. On Sunday more than 20 mortar shells of unknown origin landed in various parts of Baghdad, killing or wounding at least 19 Iraqis. Salah ad-Din Province. Tikrit. Two officers in government police killed in ambush in Tikrit Sunday night. In a dispatch posted at 12:08pm Baghdad time midday Monday, the Yaqen News Agency reported that armed men ambushed a patrol of Iraqi government police in the al-‘Asri neighborhood of Tikrit, 180km north of Baghdad on Sunday night. Diyala Province. Ba‘qubah. Policeman wounded in attack in Ba‘qubah. In a dispatch posted at 5:35pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that armed men ambushed a detachment of Iraqi regime police in Ba‘qubah, 65km northeast of Baghdad Al-Mansuriyah. US, Iraqi regime forces raid al-Mansuriyah area, arresting 12 on Monday. In a dispatch posted at 1:35pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US troops accompanied by their Iraqi army allies carried out raids, searches, and arrests in the al-Mansuriyah area, 90km northeast of Baghdad on Monday. Ninwa Province. Al-Mawsil. Policeman gunned down in al-Mawsil. In a dispatch posted at 10:50pm Baghdad time Monday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that armed men opened fire on a policeman in front of his house on an-Najafi Street in al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad. Two policemen wounded in rocket-propelled grenade attack in al-Mawsil. In a dispatch posted at 10:50pm Baghdad time Monday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that men armed with a rocket-propelled grenade fired at a police patrol in the Dawrat al-Hamam in eastern al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad. Iraqi army soldier killed, three persons arrested in al-Mawsil Monday. In a dispatch posted at 2:01pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that gunmen clashed with Iraqi government troops in the Tall ar-Rumman area to the west of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad on Monday. Yaqen reported a source in the Iraqi army as saying that one government soldier was killed in the skirmish. Al-Basrah Province. Al-Basrah. Gunmen assassinate information officer with Sadr Office in al-Basrah under noses of Iraqi regime troops. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:38pm Monday afternoon Beijing time (12:38pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that armed men assassinated a member of the Sadr Office in the southern Iraqi city of al-Basrah, where US and Iraqi regime forces have been pressing an offensive against the anti-occupation Shi‘i religious organization since late March. Xinhua reported a source in the Sadr Office in al-Basrah as saying that gunmen in a late-model car opened fire on ‘Ali Ghazi, a local Sadr official in charge of information in the al-Hakimiyah district of the city, killing him on the spot. The attackers fled the scene after the murder, the source said, adding that it was amazing that the US-backed deploys large numbers of troops throughout the city on the pretext that the Sadr Movement is destabilizing the situation, and yet criminal gangs continue operate in the city and carry out such murders. The American-backed offensive against the Sadr Movement and its Jaysh al-Mahdi militia is believed to be a preparation for an eventual US attack on Iran. 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