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Iraqi Resistance Report 1246
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of
Saturday, 10 May 2008. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,
member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. http://www.freearabvoice.org Saturday, 10 May 2008. · US launches massive air strikes on Madinat as-Sadr Saturday afternoon, evening, in open violation of cease fire agreement reached by Iraqi government and Sadr Movement. · Twenty dead, 115 wounded Saturday in continued US offensive against Madinat as-Sadr, hospital sources say. · US announces death of American soldier in “non-combat” incident in Iraq. · Police in ad-Dulu‘iyah foil attempt by al-Qa‘idah to assassinate “Awakening” chief. Al-Anbar Province. Al-Hadithah. Gunmen clash with US patrol near al-Hadithah Saturday. In a dispatch posted at 10:22pm Baghdad time Saturday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that fighting broke out between armed men and a joint patrol of US and Iraqi regime troops in the al-Khafajiyah area of al-Haqlaniyah, a suburb of al-Hadithah, 270km northwest of Baghdad on Saturday. Baghdad. US launches massive air strikes on Madinat as-Sadr Saturday afternoon, evening, in open violation of cease fire agreement reached by Iraqi government and Sadr Movement. In a dispatch posted at 8:20pm Baghdad time Saturday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US military helicopters blasted three districts of Madinat as-Sadr continuously beginning at 3:30pm Saturday afternoon. Yaqen reported that the American air strikes on the impoverished Madinat as-Sadr district were still under way at the time of reporting, in violation of an agreement reached between the Iraqi regime and representatives of the Sadr Movement that mandated a cease fire in the district. The Americans launched their air strikes firsts in three large areas of Madinat as-Sadr – ad-Dakhil, al-Kayyarah, and the commercial Jamilah area. No information was available as to the nature or extent of civilian casualties caused by the US attacks as of the time of reporting. Earlier, Iraqi regime spokesman, ‘Ali ad-Dabbagh, announced that an agreement with the Sadr Movement had been reached on Friday evening. He said that the agreement consisted of 14 points aimed at providing support and stability to Madinat as-Sadr, preserving peace there and in other parts of Baghdad. Ad-Dabbagh announced that discussions were under way between a delegation of the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) – the main parties of the Iraqi regime of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki – and representatives of the Sadr Movement with the aim of putting an end to the crisis around Madinat as-Sadr, which has been the target of a US-led offensive for more than a month. Ad-Dabbagh said that the agreement included 10 of the original 14 points, all of which had been discussed between the UIA and Sadr Movement. The agreement provided for its implementation starting from Sunday and all points were to have be carried out within four days. The points include a cease fire, an end to the display of weapons, the lifting of the siege of Madinat as-Sadr and opening all entrances to the district (closed by the US offensive in March). As of Saturday evening, however, it was clear that the agreement had been massively violated by the US attacks before it could even go into effect. In March the Iraqi regime under US pressure mounted a nation-wide offensive against the anti-occupation Sadr Movement and its armed wing the Jaysh al-Mahdi. After nearly a week of intensive fighting, the government of Nuri al-Maliki and the Sadr Movement agreed to a ceasefire and end of armed action. Almost immediately, however, the US began its own direct offensive against the Jaysh al-Mahdi in the Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad, apparently determined to press ahead with its aim of destroying opposition to the US, in order to prepare the way for an eventual US attack on Iran. As of Saturday night, it appeared that the US was again trying to frustrate efforts by its own clients in the Iraqi government to reach an agreement with the Sadr Movement. Bomb destroys US troop transport on Beirut Square in Baghdad Saturday. In a dispatch posted at 6:45pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a US patrol on Beirut Square in downtown Baghdad on Saturday. Yaqen reported a witness as saying that a US troop transport was completely destroyed in the blast and, he said, all those inside were killed. The witness said that the bomb had been planted by the side of Palestine Street near Beirut Square in central Baghdad. After the attack, US forces surrounded the area, preventing local people from approaching. The witness said people in the area had seen US helicopters evacuate the casualties from the scene. Casualties increase as US offensive against defiant Madinat as-Sadr continues. In a dispatch posted at 5pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the Imam ‘Ali Hospital in the impoverished Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad had received 16 dead bodies and 58 injured victims of the US offensive against the defiant Shi‘i quarter in the previous 24 hours. Yaqen reported a source in the hospital who asked not to be identified as saying that in addition to those victims there was a “not insignificant number” of casualties that the ambulances had still not been able to evacuate due to the intensity of the fighting. In the last week, the US has escalated its offensive underway since late March, against the Madinat as-Sadr district, a stronghold of support for anti-occupation Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr. Washington is believed to be determined to defeat the Sadr Movement and its armed wing, the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia, in an apparent effort to clear the way for an eventual US attack on Iran. US admits four soldiers wounded somewhere in Diyala Province Saturday. In a dispatch posted at 4:33pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military announced that a bomb had exploded by a US foot patrol somewhere in the province of Diyala, east and north of Baghdad, on Saturday. Yaqen reported the American statement as saying that four US soldiers were wounded in the blast. In keeping with the US policy of concealing facts regarding its losses in Iraq, the American statement provided no further details regarding the location or circumstances of the attack. Mortar shell hits US base in western Baghdad Saturday. In a dispatch posted at 3:35pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a mortar shell landed inside the US military headquarters in the al-Ghazaliyah area of western Baghdad Saturday. Yaqen reported eyewitnesses in the area as saying that the shell sent smoke rising over the US-occupied facility. After the attack, American aircraft were seen in the skies over the area searching for the attackers to no avail. Twenty dead, 115 wounded Saturday in continued US offensive against Madinat as-Sadr, hospital sources say. In a dispatch posted at 12:30pm Baghdad time midday Saturday, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the bodies of 20 people had been received by hospitals in the Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad, and another 115 wounded people had been admitted by the two hospitals in the previous 24 hours as a result of the on-going US offensive against the district, a stronghold of support for Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr and for opposition to the US occupation. Yaqen reported a source in Imam ‘Ali Hospital in Madinat as-Sadr as saying that his institution received 15 bodies and 54 wounded people. For its part, the as-Sadr Hospital, also in Madinat as-Sadr. The as-Sadr Hospital received the bodies of five more people killed in the American offensive and another 61 wounded. Earlier, the government-run al-‘Iraqiyah satellite TV station had announced that 30 anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters had been killed and nine more captured in the on-going offensive by US forces and their Iraqi allies. In late March the US launched its offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in Iraq in an apparent effort to clear the way for an eventual US attack on Iran. At least four killed, 100 wounded in US ground, air attack on neighborhood in Madinat as-Sadr Friday evening. In a dispatch posted at 10:45am Baghdad time Saturday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that four people were killed and at least 100 more wounded in US air and ground attacks on the al-Awrfuli area of Madinat as-Sadr in eastern Baghdad on Friday evening. Yaqen reported a source in the government police as saying that at least four people were killed and 100 more wounded in military operations carried out by the Iraqi regime backed by the US. The victims were taken immediately to the Imam ‘Ali and as-Sadr Hospitals, some of them in grave condition. Prior to their assault, the government source claimed, residents of the targeted areas had been told to get out. US announces death of American soldier in “non-combat” incident in Iraq. In a dispatch posted at 10:15am Baghdad time Saturday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military admitted Saturday that one of its soldiers had been killed. Salah ad-Din Province. Ad-Dulu‘iyah. Police in ad-Dulu‘iyah foil attempt by al-Qa‘idah to assassinate “Awakening” chief. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 6:06pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time (2:06pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that Iraqi government police in the city of ad-Dulu‘iyah, 90km north of Baghdad, had foiled an attempted car bomb attack on Mulla Nazim al-Jabburi, the Commander of the “Awakening” police in the city. Xinhua reported a source in the police as saying that the security men had received precise intelligence to the effect that al-Qa‘idah gunmen planned to attack al-Jabburi with a car bomb when he was receiving congratulations on surviving an earlier bombing attack. The sources said that a special detail of the police was formed up under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Khalid, the Police Administrator, to handle the threat. The police found out where the would-be suicide assassin was parked in his explosives-packed car, proceeded to the area and arrested the man, who was found to be of Iraqi citizenship. The police disabled the car bomb. Mullah Nazim al-Jabburi, the “Awakening” commander in ad-Dulu‘iyah survived a belt bomb attack targeting his motorcade in the city two days ago. Al-Jabburi and three of his policemen were wounded in that attack. Ninwa Province. Al-Mawsil. Iraqi regime launches “decisive campaign” against al-Qa‘idah in al-Mawsil, following shoot-to-kill curfew orders imposed on the city Friday. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:11pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time, the Xinhua News Agency reported that the Iraqi regime’s security forces launched their long-anticipated operation against al-Qa‘idah in al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, on Saturday morning. Xinhua reported a source in the security services who asked not to be identified as saying that hundreds of Iraqi army troops accompanied by armored vehicles and backed by US troops deployed in various parts of the city, following a curfew and ban on pedestrian and vehicle traffic imposed Friday. Anyone violating the curfew and appearing on the street will be regarded as a military target, the regime has declared. The newspaper as-Sabah, which is issued by the Iraqi government press network, announced in its Saturday issue that the “Commander-in-chief of the armed forces and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is launching today the decisive battle against the terrorist forces and outlaws in al-Mawsil and will supervise the final preparations for the plan to impose the law in the province.” Staff Lieutenant General Riyad Tawfiq, the Operations Commander for Ninwa Province told Xinhua on Friday that a curfew had been ordered for al-Mawsil beginning on Friday evening and lasting until further notice. More than two months ago, the Iraqi regime announced that it was planning what it called a “decisive” campaign against al-Qa‘idah in the city. Al-Basrah Province. Al-Basrah. Bomb targets Iraqi government troops in al-Basrah Saturday. In a dispatch posted at 6:05pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of the Iraqi government army in the southern city of al-Basrah on Saturday. Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that two people were killed and five more wounded in the blast. Afterwards, government forces sealed off the area and evacuated the casualties. 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