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Iraqi Resistance Report 1303
Iraqi Resistance
Report for events of Sunday, 6 July 2008. Translated and/or compiled by
Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.
http://www.freearabvoice.org
Sunday, 6 July 2008. · Car bomber blasts into checkpoint manned by US, Iraqi regime troops west of Rawah. · Iraqi regime forces seal off parts of Madinat as-Sadr following clashes between anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia and Iraqi regime troops Saturday night. · Non-combat death first reported US fatality in July. Al-Anbar Province. Rawah. Car bomber blasts into checkpoint manned by US, Iraqi regime troops west of Rawah. In a dispatch posted at 9:37am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a car bomber blasted into a checkpoint jointly manned by US and Iraqi government troops west of Rawah, 315km northwest of Baghdad. Yaqen reported that the attack took place on the outskirts of the village of as-Samsiyah, 10km west of Rawah. Witnesses told Yaqen that there were “many” casualties among the US and Iraqi regime troops, indicating that two US Medevac helicopters rushed to the scene and evacuated casualties to the ‘Ayn al-Asad base, one of the largest American bases in western Iraq, located near al-Baghdadi. The witnesses said that ambulances from the western Iraqi cities of Rawah, ‘Anah, and al-Qa’im also hurried to respond to the attack, evacuating the Iraqi government casualties. Yaqen reported that neither US nor Iraqi government sources were commenting on the reports of the attack as of the time of reporting. All roads to the area had been closed and a campaign of raids and searches was underway. The attack, the first car bomber assault on a military position in months, appeared to be another sign of the resurgence of al-Qa‘idah in al-Anbar Province, which had been largely pacified for two years by the US with the help of the tribal “Awakening” police contingents. In a dispatch posted at 1:25pm Sunday afternoon, Yaqen reported an officer in the Rawah police as saying that the attack killed five US troops and wounded six more of them in addition to damaging a large number of US Humvers and transports. Baghdad. Car bomb explodes in western Baghdad as sappers work in vain to disarm it. In a dispatch posted at 5:15pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a car bomb exploded as Iraqi government police sappers worked to defuse it in western Baghdad on Sunday. Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that after the car bomb was discovered in the ash-Shurtah Tunnel in western Baghdad, the area was cordoned off and sappers arrived to try to defuse it. The car exploded before they could complete their work, however, wounding five of the police technicians, all of whom were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment. Car bomb targets police patrol in northern Baghdad’s ash-Sha‘b district. In a dispatch posted at 2:53pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a car bomb went off by a police patrol in the ash-Sha‘b district of northern Baghdad. Yaqen reported witnesses as saying that the blast killed three policemen and wounded 12 more of them. Government security forces then sealed off the area, preventing people from approaching as the wounded were taken to the nearest hospital. Iraqi regime forces seal off parts of Madinat as-Sadr following clashes between anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia and Iraqi regime troops Saturday night. In a dispatch posted at 11:55am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi government troops sealed off nine districts of the impoverished Madinat as-Sadr district of eastern Baghdad – a part of the Iraqi capital regarded as a stronghold of support for the anti-occupation Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr. Yaqen reported witnesses as saying that the security cordon around the districts followed armed clashes reported on Saturday-Sunday night between Iraqi government forces and the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia – the armed wing of the anti-occupation Sadr Movement. One witness reported that government troops sealed off areas 35, 36, 38, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, after fighting erupted there following the arrest of ‘Abbas ‘Abd al-‘Al a prominent commander of the Jaysh al-Mahdi, and is nephew Diya’. Light and medium weapons were used in the fighting, which prompted local residents to remain indoors. Witnesses said that government military vehicles closed all entrances and exits to the areas Sunday morning, banning all motorized and pedestrian traffic into and out of those areas, preventing many people from getting to work in the one end of Madinat as-Sadr where the districts are located. The blockade was still in place as of the time of reporting. Non-combat death first reported US fatality in July. In a dispatch posted at 9:53am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military announced its first death in the month of July, describing the casualty as due to a “non-combat” incident. Yaqen reported a communiqué issued by the US as saying that the death occurred on Saturday, but offered no further details, other than to indicate that it was under investigation. Diyala Province. Jalawla’. Kurdish separatist leader, family, killed in bomb attack in Jalawla’ Sunday. In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 8:28pm Sunday evening Beijing time (3:28pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by the motorcade of a leader in the US-backed Kurdish-separatist Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) for the Qarah Tabbah area, in an attack that took place in Jalawla’, 120km northeast of Baghdad, on Sunday. Xinhua reported a source in the city police as saying that the bomb exploded by the car carrying Muhammad Ramadan ‘Isa, killing him and five members of his family – two of his daughters, his wife, mother, and son. Two of ‘Isa’s bodyguards were also killed in the blast and two more of them wounded. Two vehicles in the motorcade were damaged. The PUK, led by US-installed Iraqi President Jalal Talibani, is one of the two leading Kurdish separatist parties in the Kurdistan separatist enclave in northern Iraq. Ba‘qubah. Bomb kills Iraqi army soldier in Ba‘qubah Sunday. In a dispatch posted at 12:29pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of Iraqi army troops in Ba‘qubah, 65km northeast of Baghdad on Sunday. Yaqen reported a source in the provincial government who refused to be identified as saying that the bomb, which had been planted by the side of a road, exploded as a patrol drove past. The blast killed one soldier and wounded four more of them, all of whom were hospitalized in Ba‘qubah General Hospital for treatment. Babil Province. Al-Hillah. Body of woman shooting victim found dumped in al-Hillah Sunday. In a dispatch posted at 5:45pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi police found the body of an unidentified woman in a neighborhood of the city of al-Hillah, 100km south of Baghdad on Sunday. Yaqen reported a source in the Babil Province police as saying that the body of the woman was found dumped on a road in the al-‘Askari neighborhood of the city. She had been shot to death from a height, the source said, providing no further details. Ninwa Province. Al-Mawsil. Bomb kills Iraqi policeman in al-Mawsil, Sunday. In a dispatch posted at 12:48pm Baghdad time Sunday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb went off by a police patrol in the as-Suways area of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, on Sunday. Yaqen reported eyewitnesses as saying that the blast destroyed a police car, killing a captain and wounding four other policemen. Government forces rushed to close off the area and transport the casualties to hospital. They also launched extensive raids and searches of the as-Suways area. Since 10 May, the US and its Iraqi regime allies have been waging an offensive against al-Qa‘idah in al-Mawsil and surrounding Ninwa Province. One al-Qa‘idah operative killed, eight others captured in house raid in al-Mawsil. In a dispatch posted at 11:36am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi police and army forces killed one person and arrested eight others – all of them suspected of belonging to the al-Qa‘idah organization in the city of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad. Yaqen reported a communiqué issued by the US forces as saying that the death and captures took place in the course of an Iraqi government army raid on a house. The fatality was believed to have been that of an individual wearing an explosive belt. Since 10 May, the US and its Iraqi regime allies have been waging an offensive against al-Qa‘idah in al-Mawsil and surrounding Ninwa Province. Two schoolgirls abducted as they sit for final exams. In a dispatch posted at 10:53am Baghdad time Sunday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that gunmen kidnapped two schoolgirls from a private secondary school in Talkif, an area north of al-Mawsil, which is 420km northwest of Baghdad. Yaqen reported a source in Ninwa Province, who asked not to be identified, as saying that gunmen in an unmarked car abducted the two schoolgirls as they were taking their final exams in the school on Sunday. The source said that the incident was under investigation, adding that Talkif, an area with a predominantly Christian population, has been largely free of violence until this incident. Wasit Province. Al-Kut. Iraqi businessman with US citizenship shot to death in al-Kut Sunday morning. In a dispatch posted at 9:33pm Baghdad time Sunday night, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq (AMSI) reported that armed men shot and killed an Iraqi with US citizenship in his home in al-Kut, 180km southeast of Baghdad at dawn Sunday. The AMSI reported a source in the police who asked not to be identified as saying that gunmen stormed into the home of Samir Muhammad Ja‘far Khallati and shot him. Khallati is the top importer of Chinese-made clothing in Iraq and holds US citizenship. He arrived in Iraq just 10 days ago. The US embassy has asked the Iraqi regime police to investigate the circumstances surrounding Khallati’s murder. Al-Basrah Province. A-Zubayr. Landmine explodes, killing child. In a dispatch posted at 9:45pm Baghdad time Sunday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that one child was killed and a second injured when a landmine planted in an agricultural area west of al-Basrah, exploded. Yaqen reported a source in the al-Basrah police as saying that one child was killed and a second severely injured when a land mine exploded in the az-Zubayr area, 40km west of al-Basrah. 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