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Iraqi Resistance Report 1236
Iraqi
Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 30 April 2008. Translated
and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu
Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. http://www.freearabvoice.org Wednesday, 30 April 2008. · Two US troops killed in bomb explosion in southern Baghdad Wednesday afternoon. · US battles Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters in Baghdad’s al-Baladiyat area Wednesday afternoon, as American offensive continues. · US troops gun down civilians following attack, killing one, wounding six Iraqis. · Thirty-five killed in US offensive against Madinat as-Sadr in 24 hours, among them women and children hospital sources report. · US offensive against Sadr Movement in April leaves 321 people dead, 834 wounded, most of them civilians – Iraqi government source declares. · Four mortar shells blast into “Green Zone” Wednesday morning. · US announces deaths of two US soldiers in northwestern Baghdad Tuesday evening. Al-Anbar Province. Al-Fallujah. Resistance group claims destruction of US Humvee in al-Fallujah. In a dispatch posted at 11:03am Baghdad time Wednesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the Iraqi resistance group known as the Iraqi Army General Command announced that its fighters had blown up a US Humvee in the al-Jawlan district of al-Fallujah. Baghdad. Two US troops killed in bomb explosion in southern Baghdad Wednesday afternoon. In a dispatch posted at 11:02pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb explosion in southern Baghdad had killed two American troops Wednesday afternoon. US battles Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters in Baghdad’s al-Baladiyat area Wednesday afternoon, as American offensive continues. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:15pm Wednesday evening Beijing time (3:15pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that fighting was raging in the al-Baladiyat neighborhood of eastern Baghdad at that hour between US forces accompanied by their Iraqi regime allies on the one side and local Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen on the other. Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi police as saying that the sound of gunfire can be heard from afar but no information on casualties was available. Xinhua noted that the impoverished district of Madinat as-Sadr and other areas of eastern Baghdad have been the scene of an on-going US offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia throughout the month of April. The offensive is believed to be in preparation for an eventual American attack on Iran. US troops gun down civilians following attack, killing one, wounding six Iraqis. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:15pm Wednesday evening Beijing time (3:15pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a US patrol in the al-Fadilah area of eastern Baghdad at midday Wednesday. Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi police as saying that the nature and extent of casualties among the Americans was unknown, but that the US troops responded to the attack by shooting wildly in every direction around the area, killing one civilian and wounding six more of them. Mortar shells wound four in southwestern Baghdad. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:15pm Wednesday evening Beijing time (3:15pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that two mortar shells landed in the al-Bayya‘ area of southwestern Baghdad before noon Wednesday. Thirty-five killed in US offensive against Madinat as-Sadr in 24 hours, among them women and children hospital sources report. In a dispatch posted at 2:35pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that 35 people had been killed and 129 wounded in the US-led offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in Baghdad’s Madinat as-Sadr district in the previous 24 hours. Yaqen reported a doctor in the as-Sadr Hospital in Madinat as-Sadr as saying that among the dead are women and children killed when the US bombarded and totally destroyed four houses. The victims were taken to the as-Sadr and Imam ‘Ali Hospitals both in Madinat as-Sadr. US offensive against Sadr Movement in April leaves 321 people dead, 834 wounded, most of them civilians – Iraqi government source declares. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:58pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (1:58pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that more than 300 people have been killed in the US-led offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia during the month of April, according to sources in the Iraqi regime security forces. Xinhua reported the source as saying that battles and attacks waged in the course of the American offensive between 1 and 30 April left 321 people dead, many of those women and children. More than 834 more people were wounded in the US offensive, most of those civilians. The US-led offensive began in late March following the collapse of the offensive led by the American-backed Iraqi regime against the Jaysh al-Mahdi. When the inability of the Nuri al-Maliki regime to defeat the Jaysh al-Mahdi became apparent, the US stepped in to launch its own offensive. Washington is believed determined to crush the movement of anti-occupation Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr in an effort to secure its foothold in Iraq for an eventual American assault on Iran. Four mortar shells blast into “Green Zone” Wednesday morning. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:07ednesday afternoon Beijing time (1:07pm in Baghdad), Xinhua News Agency reported that four mortar shells blasted into the top-security area around the Republican Palace in central Baghdad – the district dubbed the “Green Zone” by US troops – on Wednesday morning. Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi Interior Ministry as saying that no information on the nature or extent of casualties or damage was available. Xinhua noted that in recent days most attacks on the “Green Zone” have come from the Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad – the stronghold of supporters of the anti-occupation Sadr Movement loyal to Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr. US announces deaths of two US soldiers in northwestern Baghdad Tuesday evening. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 3:09pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (11:09am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that the US military had admitted that two of its troops had been killed in two separate attacks in Baghdad. Bomb targets Iraqi regime troops in Baghdad. In a dispatch posted at 10am Baghdad time Wednesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of Iraqi regime troops in the Baghdad district of al-Bakriyah. Salah ad-Din Province. Tikrit. Gunmen torture couple to death near Tikrit. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:58pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (1:58pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that armed men stormed into a family home in the village of ad-Duyum to the west of Tikrit, 180km north of Baghdad at dawn on Wednesday. Xinhua reported a source in the Tikrit police as saying that the gunmen beat the man of the hose and his wife to death, in a double homicide the reasons for which remain obscure. Police patrols arrived at the home and transported the bodies of the victims to Tikrit Teaching Hospital. Both showed signs of severe torture and their hands and feet had been bound. Xinhua noted that security forces in Salah ad-Din Province together with the tribes and their “Awakening” police have been waging a campaign against the al-Qa‘idah organization. Al-Qa‘idah, which entered Iraq ostensibly to combat the occupation, soon earned the hostility of the population with its savage methods and record of splitting and undermining the anti-occupation resistance movement. Diyala Province. Ba‘qubah. US-led operations reportedly kill 20 in operations east of Ba‘qubah. In a dispatch posted at 10:05pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that 20 people were killed in the course of joint operations by US troops and their Iraqi regime allies in the area east of Ba‘qubah, 65km northeast of Baghdad. Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that the US and its allies carried out their attacks in the area between Balad Ruz and Kan‘an, about 30km east of Ba‘qubah, on the road to the Iranian border. The source offered no further details regarding the attacks. At-Ta’mim Province. Al-Huwayjah. Bomb targets “Awakening” tribal police commander near al-Huwayjah Wednesday morning. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:49pm Wednesday afternoon Beijing time (12:49pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by the car belonging to a commander of the tribal “Awakening” police in the al-‘Abbasi area, west of al-Huwayjah and, 200km north of Baghdad, on Wednesday morning. Dhi Qar Province. An-Nasiriyah. Mortar shells target Iraqi regime Special Forces in an-Nasiriyah late Tuesday night. In a dispatch posted at 5:25pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that mortar shells rained down on the Iraqi regime Special Forces unit stationed in the southern part of an-Nasiriyah, 320km south of Baghdad, at 11pm Tuesday night. 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