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Iraqi Resistance
Report 1325
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 28 July 2008. Translated
and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab
Voice.
http://www.freearabvoice.org
Monday, 28 July 2008.
· Tribal police battle Iraqi regime troops in al-Hadithah Monday.
· Sunni-sectarian al-Qa‘idah belt bombers kill 32 Iraqi civilians in
sectarian suicide attacks in Baghdad, Monday morning.
· Woman bomber kills 25 civilians in suicide attack on demonstration in
Kirkuk Monday morning.
· US, Iraqi forces capture 57 Sunni-sectarian al-Qa‘idah gunmen in
operation in northern Iraq Sunday night.
· In continued preparations for US attack on Iran, Iraqi police arrest
five pro-Iranian Shi‘i-sectarian militiamen in raids, searches in al-Basrah.
Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Hadithah.
Tribal police battle Iraqi regime troops in al-Hadithah Monday.
In a dispatch posted at 4pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that fierce gun battles raged between Emergency Police and
Iraqi government army troops in al-Hadithah, 270km northwest of Baghdad at
dawn on Monday. The fighting followed the arrest of Husayn ash-Shafir al-Jaghifi,
the brother of the commander of the Emergency Police Muhammad al-Jaghifi.
Yaqen reported a source in the Emergency police who asked not to be
identified as saying that the fighting lasted about half an hour and that
light and medium weapons were used. He said that US forces did not
intervene in the battle between the two security forces, both of them backed
by the US occupation troops.
The source said that the brother of the commander of the Emergency Police,
Ahmad ash-Shafir al-Jaghifi was not arrested. Ahmad al-Jaghifi has been
accused by the Iraqi regime of kidnapping and murder of civilians and of
murdering prisoners who had been released from prison by the US forces for
lack of evidence against them. The source gave no indication as to the
nature or extent of casualties in the fighting.
Yaqen reported that the refusal of the Emergency Police – a branch of the
tribal “Awakening” Police in al-Hadithah – to turn in the wanted man to the
government forces was the largest such challenge by the tribal “Awakening”
to the regime.
Numerous individuals whom the Americans had released from prisons across
Iraq have been summoned to the “Awakening” offices and murdered. In
addition, the tribal “Awakening” police are known to have kidnapped dozens
of civilians in al-Hadithah. Their whereabouts are to this day unknown.
Rawah.
Resistance group claims mortar attack on US camp near Rawah.
In a dispatch posted at 1:30pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that the Iraqi resistance group that calls itself the
Ennabling Brigades (Kata’ib at-Tamkin), a constituent member of the Jihad
and Change Front had issued a communiqué.
Yaqen reported the statement as claiming that fighters for the group had
fired two mortar shells at a US facility in Rawah, 315km northwest of
Baghdad. The communiqué, which failed to indicated when the alleged attack
had taken place, said that the shells had scored direct hits on their
targets.
Ar-Rutbah.
Resistance group issues claim of attack on US vehicle.
In a dispatch posted at 12:22pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that the Iraqi resistance group that calls itself the
Brigades of the 1920 Revolution had detonated a bomb that burned and
disabled a US military vehicle in the 120 Kilo area to the west of the city
of ar-Rutbah.
Yaqen reported the communiqué, which was dated Saturday, 26 July, as
claiming that the blast had killed all the Americans inside the vehicle.
The statement did not say when the attack was supposed to have taken place.
The US Department of Defense has made no announcement of any American
fatalities in the ar-Rutbah area in July.
Baghdad.
Resistance group claims launch of rocket at US base.
In a dispatch posted at 1:30pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that the Iraqi resistance group that calls itself the
Ennabling Brigades (Kata’ib at-Tamkin), a constituent member of the Jihad
and Change Front had issued a communiqué.
Yaqen reported the statement as claiming that fighters for the brigades had
fired an S5K rocket at the US al-Luhum Base located to the south of Baghdad,
without indicating when the alleged attack occurred, the communiqué stated
that the rocket scored a direct hit.
Sunni-sectarian al-Qa‘idah belt bombers kill 32 Iraqi civilians in sectarian
suicide attacks in Baghdad, Monday morning.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 3:18pm Monday afternoon
Beijing time (10:18am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that
three women wearing explosive belts blew themselves up amidst a crowds of
Shi‘i pilgrims who had come to Baghdad to take part in the festivities to
celebrate the 8th Century Shi‘i Imam Musa al-Kazim in Baghdad’s al-Kazimiyah.
Xinhua reported a source in the Interior Ministry as saying that three women
suicide belt bombers attack processions of Shi‘i pilgrims, one after the
other, on Monday morning – the first on Kahramanah Square, the second near
the Musa ibn Nusayr Station, and the third near the National Theater – all
in the Baghdad district of al-Karradah.
Xinhua reported a source in the government police as saying that a similar
attack was carried out by another woman belt bomber near the National
Theater in the same area, again targeting Shi‘i pilgrims.
The American Associated Press (AP) quoted Iraqi regime officials as saying
that the casualty toll in the three belt bomb attacks was 32 dead and 102
wounded. Most of the dead were women and children, according to police and
health officials.
Tuesday marks the anniversary of the Imam’s death according to the Islamic
calendar. Musa al-Kazim was reportedly poisoned on orders of the then
Caliph Harun ar-Rashid, a Sunni, in the year 799 C.E.
It was thought likely that the Sunni-sectarian al-Qa‘idah organization,
which has recently begun using women to carry out suicide attacks, was
behind Monday’s sectarian slaughters of civilians.
Diyala Province.
Baladruz.
Four civilians, one of them a woman, killed in Baladruz bomb attack Monday.
In a dispatch posted at 11am Baghdad time Monday morning, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that four people were killed when a bomb exploded in the
Baladruz area, about 70km northeast of Baghdad on Monday.
Yaqen reported a source in the Baladruz police as saying that the bomb went
off by a private car, killing four people aboard, one of them a woman.
Babil Province.
Al-Latifiyah.
Tribal policeman killed in attack on checkpoint near al-Latifiyah.
In a dispatch posted at 10:33am Baghdad time Monday morning, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that armed men attacked a checkpoint manned by tribal
“Awakening” police in the “ash-Shakhkhah 5” near al-Latifiyah, 40km south of
Baghdad, on Monday.
Yaqen reported a source in the Babil Province police as saying that the
attack left one “Awakening” policeman dead.
At-Ta’mim/Kirkuk Province.
Kirkuk.
Woman bomber kills 25 civilians in suicide attack on demonstration in Kirkuk
Monday morning.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 8:20pm Monday evening Beijing
time (3:20pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a suicide
bomber wearing a belt bomb had attacked a gathering of Kurdish separatist
demonstrators outside the provincial government building in Kirkuk, 250km
north of Baghdad, on Monday morning. The rally was in protest against the
Iraqi government’s postponement of a referendum, which was thought likely to
result in the transfer of the oil-rich city to the control of the Kurdish
separatist enclave in northern Iraq. Such a transfer is opposed by Iraq’s
Arab majority, as it is by many residents of the city of Kirkuk, the
majority of whom are ethnic Arabs and Turkomans.
Xinhua reported Brigadier General Burhan Wasif of the provincial police
command as saying that the blast left 22 people dead and another 187
wounded. The American Associated Press (AP) reported that 25 people were
killed and 187 wounded when a woman suicide bomber blew herself up amidst
the Kurdish demonstrators. The AP quoted General Burhan Tayyib Taha as
saying that the attacker in Kirkuk, like the three suicide bombers in
Baghdad on Monday, was a woman.
It was thought likely that the Sunni-sectarian al-Qa‘idah organization,
which has recently begun using women to carry out suicide attacks, was
behind the three anti-Shi‘i bombings in Baghdad and the slaughter of Kurdish
civilians in Kirkuk.
Following the suicide bombing, Kurdish demonstrators vented their rage on
the nearby headquarters of a Turkoman political party. The Kurds opened
fire on the guards posted outside the party headquarters, wounding five,
including one with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Kurdish mobs also set
fire to about 15 private cars that happened to be in the vicinity.
Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.
Resistance group claims mortar attack.
In a dispatch posted at 1:30pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that the Iraqi resistance group that calls itself the
Ennabling Brigades (Kata’ib at-Tamkin), a constituent member of the Jihad
and Change Front had issued a communiqué.
Yaqen reported the statement as claiming that fighters for the group had
fired two mortar shells at the US camp in the al-Qusur area in the
northeastern al-Mawsil neighborhood of al-Hudaba’. The communiqué, which
failed to indicate when the alleged attack had taken place, stated that the
shells scored direct hits and sent smoke rising into the sky.
Irbil Province.
Makhmur.
US, Iraqi forces capture 57 al-Qa‘idah gunmen in operation in northern Iraq
Sunday night.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 3:28pm Monday afternoon
Beijing time (10:28am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that US
and Iraqi government troops clashed with gunmen belonging to the al-Qa‘idah
Sunni-sectarian fundamentalist organization in the Makhmur area, 90km
southeast of al-Mawsil in northern Iraq
Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi army as saying that US and Iraqi
regime forces surrounded a group of al-Qa‘idah fundamentalists in the
village of Jadidah in the area of Makhmur, 68km southwest of Irbil in
northern Iraq and close to the border between Ninwa and Irbil provinces.
The source said that the aim of the operation was to try to capture the
general commander of al-Qa‘idah in the city of al-Mawsil, ‘Abdallah ash-Shafi‘i.
The source said that US and Iraqi government troops surrounded the village
late Sunday and then stormed in, sparking a fierce battle between a large
force of al-Qa‘idah gunmen and the joint US and Iraqi government troops.
Four government troops, including a lieutenant were killed, as were three of
the al-Qa‘idah fundamentalists. Six Iraqi government troops were also
wounded in the engagement.
The source said that more than 50 al-Qa‘idah gunmen were arrested and a
cache of supplies and documents was seized. There was no information as to
whether ‘Abdallah ash-Shafi‘i was among the prisoners. The source said that
preliminary interrogations indicated that the captive gunmen had received
training from al-Qa‘idah and were part of the so-called “Islamic State of
Iraq,” the al-Qa‘idah front organization. The fighters were all residents
of villages in the area of Makhmur.
An American spokesman announced that the attack had led to the capture of 57
al-Qa‘idah gunmen. In addition to the dead and wounded among the Iraqi
government forces and the al-Qa‘idah militants, the US statement noted that
one American soldier had also been injured in the battle.
Since 10 May, the US and its Iraqi regime allies have been waging an
offensive against the Sunni sectarian al-Qa‘idah organization in al-Mawsil
and surrounding Ninwa Province.
Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.
In continued preparations for US attack on Iran, Iraqi police arrest five
pro-Iranian Shi‘i-sectarian militiamen in raids, searches in al-Basrah.
In a dispatch posted at 12:01pm Baghdad time midday Monday, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that Iraqi police had arrested five members of the
Iranian-backed Shi‘i fundamentalist Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in raids in
various parts of the southern city of al-Basrah.
Yaqen reported a source in the Iraqi Interior Ministry as saying that the
police also seized twenty-five 60mm mortar rounds in the Shatt al-‘Arab
area, most of them recently manufactured Iranian products.
Since March, the US-backed Iraqi regime has been actively engaged in an
offensive against the pro-Iranian Sadr Movement and its armed wing, the
Jaysh al-Mahdi militia, in Iraq, in what is believed to be preparation for
an American attack on Iran.
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