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Iraqi Resistance Report 1238
Iraqi
Resistance Report for events of Friday, 2 May 2008. Translated and/or
compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,
member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. http://www.freearabvoice.org Friday, 2 May 2008. · US air strike in western Baghdad kills two, wounds five Thursday night. · US, Iraqi regime forces seal off al-Mahawil. Baghdad. US air strike in western Baghdad kills two, wounds five Thursday night. In a dispatch posted at 2:47pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that American forces had struck the al-‘Amil neighborhood in western Baghdad during Thursday-Friday night. Yaqen reported a medical source in al-Yarmuk Hospital as saying that his facility received two bodies of people who had been killed in the American attack and in addition five wounded persons were admitted for treatment from wounds received in the same bombardment. Babil Province. Al-Mahawil. US, Iraqi regime forces seal off al-Mahawil. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:39pm Friday afternoon Beijing time (12:39pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that US forces together with their Iraqi army allies sealed off the city of al-Mahawil, 65km south of Baghdad, and launched a campaign of raids and searches there. Al-Hillah. US patrol opens fire on Iraqi police column north of al-Hillah Thursday night, wounding four. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:39pm Friday afternoon Beijing time (12:39pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a US patrol opened fire on a column of Iraqi government “Scorpion” police north of al-Hillah, 100km south of Baghdad, on Thursday night. Xinhua reported a source in the police as saying that the American “friendly fire” attack took place as the column was on its way to Baghdad. Four of the “Scorpion” policemen were wounded in the apparently accidental attack, and six Iraqi police vehicles were damaged. The wounded men were transported to hospitals for treatment. Meanwhile, the US occupation forces and those of the Iraqi regime have launched an investigation into how the event took place. Ninwa Province. Al-Mawsil. Iraqi regime forces round up 11 following bomb attack on government troops. In a dispatch posted at 3:14pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi regime forces arrested 11 people on charges of setting off a bomb near an Iraqi army patrol in al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad on Thursday. Dhi Qar Province. An-Nasiriyah. US admits crash of unmanned spy plane in southern Iraq early Friday morning. In a dispatch posted at 4:22pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military had announced that one of its unmanned spy planes had crashed near the US Imam ‘Ali Airbase in Dhi Qar Province early Friday morning. Yaqen reported a US communiqué as announcing the crash of an MQ-1 Predator unmanned reconnaissance aircraft at about 4am local time. The American statement gave no reason for the crash. Al-Basrah Province. Al-Basrah. Sniper wounds Iraqi army soldier in al-Basrah. In a dispatch posted at 5:35pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a sniper had shot and wounded a soldier in the Iraqi government army in the al-Barradi‘iyah district of the southern Iraqi city of al-Basrah. Sources: http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=24470&bd7b4b149f43793b93eccaa44b0d1731 http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=24466&6e06111c162b57df27b16a66ab0fd2b3 http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=24465&36e2889510429781fda248a424f60a4a http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=24462&8a572f75ecdd4c424fbf4445a599f2f6 http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=24461&7ca409940b298b38a051596df41cd618 http://www.iraq-amsi.org/news.php?action=view&id=24460&80ae164daba0aae91e8b32e6174d12d5 http://www.arabic.xinhuanet.com/arabic/2008-05/02/content_625017.htm http://www.arabic.xinhuanet.com/arabic/2008-05/02/content_624904.htm http://www.islammemo.cc/akhbar/American/2008/05/02/63206.html http://www.islammemo.cc/akhbar/American/2008/05/02/63202.html http://www.islammemo.cc/akhbar/arab/2008/05/02/63197.html http://www.islammemo.cc/akhbar/arab/2008/05/02/63193.html http://www.islammemo.cc/akhbar/arab/2008/05/02/63192.html http://www.islammemo.cc/akhbar/arab/2008/05/02/63183.html http://www.islammemo.cc/akhbar/arab/2008/05/02/63182.html http://www.yaqen.net/?p=7490 http://www.yaqen.net/?p=7489 http://www.yaqen.net/?p=7488 http://www.yaqen.net/?p=7487 http://www.yaqen.net/?p=7486 http://www.yaqen.net/?p=7485 http://www.yaqen.net/?p=7481 http://www.yaqen.net/?p=7480 http://www.yaqen.net/?p=7479 http://www.yaqen.net/?p=7477 http://www.yaqen.net/?p=7476 http://www.yaqen.net/?p=7475 http://www.yaqen.net/?p=7474 http://www.yaqen.net/?p=7473
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