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Iraqi Resistance
Report 1332
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday,
4 August 2008. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member,
editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.
http://www.freearabvoice.org
Monday, 4 August 2008.
· US announces death of two US troops in bomb central Baghdad bomb attack
Monday.
· Fifteen arrested in continued operations against Sunni-sectarian al-Qa‘idah
gunmen near al-Miqdadiyah Monday.
· US, Iraqi regime forces arrest 34 “suspects” in continuing offensive
against al-Qa‘idah near al-Khalis.
· Fourteen arrested in continuing raids in al-Basrah.
Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Fallujah.
Baathist resistance group claims attack on American car.
In a dispatch posted at 3:25pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that the Iraqi resistance group that calls itself the
General Command of the Armed forces – the Iraqi Army had issued a communiqué
dated Sunday 3 August.
Yaqen reported that in the statement the Baathist organization declared that
its fighters had set conducted a raid in the al-Karmah area near al-Fallujah
in which they “destroyed a large Rio car” belonging to the US military. The
vaguely worded communiqué, which gave no indication as to when the alleged
attack had supposedly taken place, claimed that an unspecified number of
American troops had been killed and wounded.
Baghdad.
US announces death of two US troops in bomb central Baghdad bomb attack
Monday.
In a dispatch posted at 5:48pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that the US military had announced that two of its troops
had been killed and a third severely wounded in a bomb explosion in central
Baghdad’s al-Karradah district. Yaqen reported an American communiqué as
reporting the bomb attack on Monday.
Bomb kills Iraqi soldier in eastern Baghdad Monday morning.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:41pm Monday afternoon
Beijing time (11:41am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a
bomb exploded by a passing Iraqi army patron near the popular al-Mawwal
Restaurant on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad Monday morning.
Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that the
blast killed one member of the patrol and one civilian and wounded 22 more
people, 16 of them Iraqi army troops, and six civilians. The explosion also
damaged a number of nearby buildings and cars that happened to be in the
area.
Bomb wounds two policemen in southern Baghdad suburb.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:41pm Monday afternoon
Beijing time (11:41am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a
bomb exploded by an Iraqi government police patrol in the al-Mahdiyah
neighborhood of the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.
Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that the
blast damaed a police car and wounded two policemen.
Salah ad-Din Province.
Samarra’.
Resistance group claims attack on US Humvee in Samarra’.
In a dispatch posted at 10:50am Baghdad time Monday morning, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that the Iraqi resistance group that calls itself the
General Command of the Armed forces – the Iraqi Army had issued a communiqué
dated Saturday, 2 August.
Yaqen reported that in the statement the Baathist organization declared that
its fighters had set off a bomb that “completely destroyed” a US Humvee in
Samarra’, 120km north of Baghdad. The vaguely worded communiqué, which gave
no indication as to when the alleged attack had supposedly taken place,
claimed that the blast had killed all the Americans aboard the vehicle.
Diyala Province.
Al-Miqdaiyah.
Fifteen arrested near al-Miqdadiyah Monday in continued operations against
Sunni-sectarian al-Qa‘idah sectarian gunmen.
In a dispatch posted at 8:15pm Baghdad time Monday evening, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that Iraqi security forces arrested 15 people in the course
of security operations against the Sunni-sectarian al-Qa‘idah organization
in the area around al-Miqdadiyah, 85km northeast of Baghdad on Monday.
Yaqen reported a source in the al-Miqdadiyah police as announcing the
arrests but said that no further details were revealed.
Ba‘qubah.
Commander in Diyala Province releases Iranian-backed Shi‘i sectarian militia
commander arrested in offensive targeted on Sunni-sectarian al-Qa‘idah.
In a dispatch posted at 2:55pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that Staff Lieutenant General ‘Ali Ghaydan Majid al-‘Atbi,
the commander of ground forces in Diyala Province, ordered the immediate
release of Captain As‘ad Husayn Burays, hours after he had been arrested by
government troops in the course of their offensive in Diyala Province.
Yaqen reported a media source in the provincial government as saying that
Captain Burays had been wanted for his involvement with Iranian-backed
Special Units, according to the arrest warrant issued in Baghdad. Captain
Burays was released, however, the source said, following an agreement
between General ‘Ali Ghaydan al-‘Atbi with his cousin, a commander of a
Shi‘i sectarian militia linked to Iran and the Speicial Units.
The offensive in the course of which Captain Burays was briefly detained,
was launched in Diyala Province on Tuesday, 29 July. The object of the
offensive is pursuit of Sunni-sectarian al-Qa‘idah gunmen.
Al-Khalis.
US, Iraqi regime forces arrest 34 “suspects” in continuing offensive against
al-Qa‘idah.
In a dispatch posted at 11:35am Baghdad time Monday morning, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that Iraqi security forces arrested 34 “suspects” on Monday
in the course of the regime’s continuing offensive against al-Qa‘idah in
Diyala Province.
Yaqen reported Muhammad al-‘Askari, spokesman for the Iraqi Defense
Ministry, as saying that the police and Iraqi army with US air support
arrested 34 people in al-Khalis, 57km north of Baghdad, and in the village
of al-Khazraj. The Iraqi regime launched the offensive against the
Sunni-sectarian al-Qa‘idah organization in Diyala Province on Tuesday, 29
July.
Khanaqin.
Bomb kills two Iraqi army troops near Khanaqin before dawn Monday.
In a dispatch posted at 9:50am Baghdad time Monday morning, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a patrol of Iraqi army troops in the
Khanaqin area near the Iranian border northeast of Baghdad before dawn on
Sunday-Monday night.
Yaqen reported Major Qadir ‘Abd al-Karim of the Iraqi Army’s 18th Brigade as
saying that the blast occurred in the Imam Ways area, 35km southwest of
Khanaqin. The blast killed two soldiers and wounded three more of them. The
operation came as the troops were engaged in the offensive against al-Qa‘idah,
launched in Diyala Province on Tuesday, 29 July.
Babil Province.
Al-Hillah.
Governor of Babil Province survives bomb attack in Baghdad Sunday.
In a dispatch posted at 6:31pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that the governor of Babil Province survived an
assassination attempt on Sunday, when a bomb went off by the governor’s
motorcade as he was on his way to Baghdad for meetings with government
officials.
Yaqen reported Engineer ‘Abd ar-Razzaq an-Nasrawi, official press spokesman
for the governor, as saying that the bomb exploded by the motorcade of
Governor Salmi Salih al-Muslimawi as he drove near the Umm at-Tubul Mosque
in Baghdad Sunday. Al-Muslimawi survived the blast, which caused no
casualties among the personnel in his motorcade. The explosion did severely
damage one of the guards’ vehicles, however.
Al-Muslimawi last survived an assassination attempt in May this year, when a
car bomb went off near his motorcade in the al-Qadisiyah neighborhood of
western Baghdad when he was on his way back to al-Hillah from the Iraqi
capital. Seven of the governor’s guards and four civilians were wounded in
that attack.
Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.
Exploding vegetable cart wounds four policemen, three civilians in al-Mawsil
Monday.
In a dispatch posted at 12:32am Baghdad time after midnight Tuesday morning,
the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq (AMSI) reported that an
explosives-laden vegetable cart blew up by a patrol of Iraqi police in
western al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, on Monday.
The AMSI reported a source in the Ninwa Province security forces as saying
that the explosion of the vegetable cart wounded four policemen and three
civilians. The source said that the bomb consisted of explosives and mortar
shells. The casualties were taken to hospital for treatment.
Since 10 May, the US and its Iraqi regime allies have been waging an
offensive against the al-Qa‘idah organization, known for its suicide
attacks, in al-Mawsil and surrounding Ninwa Province.
Bomb targets official convoy in western al-Mawsil Monday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 9pm Baghdad time Monday night, the Yaqen News Agency
reported that a bomb exploded by the motorcade of the deputy governor of
Ninwa Province in western al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, on Monday
afternoon.
Yaqen reported Captain Muslih Isma‘il, Commander of the Deputy Governor’s
bodyguard, as saying that the bomb went off as the motorcade of Khusraw
Kawran, the Deputy Governor’s motorcade drove through al-Yarmuk Square in
western al-Mawsil. Captain Isma‘il said that the Deputy Governor was not
actually in his motorcade at the time, but added that one of his guards was
killed and five more of them wounded in the explosion. The injured were
admitted to al-Mansur Hospital for treatment.
Khusraw Kawran announced that he was not present in the motorcade when the
bomb explosion, saying only that his motorcade was on an “official mission”
at the time.
Since 10 May, the US and its Iraqi regime allies have been waging an
offensive against the al-Qa‘idah organization, known for its suicide
attacks, in al-Mawsil and surrounding Ninwa Province.
Gunmen attack Iraqi army post west of al-Mawsil.
In a dispatch posted at 4:33pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that gunmen attacked an observation tower manned by Iraqi
army troops in the Tall ar-Rumman area west of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of
Baghdad, on Sunday-Monday night.
Yaqen reported witnesses as saying that a bomb exploded Sunday near the
headquarters of the Iraqi government army in Tall ar-Rumman, and afterwards
gunmen attacked an observation tower at a checkpoint in the area. The
witnesses had no information regarding the nature or extent of casualties,
if any.
For their part, a source in the Iraqi army said that Iraqi troops had killed
a gunman planning a bomb at an army post in the Tall ar-Rumman area. The
spokesman said that the army was conducting extensive raids and searches in
the area in search of gunmen.
Since 10 May, the US and its Iraqi regime allies have been waging an
offensive against the al-Qa‘idah organization, known for its suicide
attacks, in al-Mawsil and surrounding Ninwa Province.
Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.
“Dangerous gang leaders” arrested south of al-Basrah Monday.
In a dispatch posted at 7:26pm Baghdad time Monday evening, the Yaqen News
Agency reported that Iraqi government police arrested two heads of what it
describes as the “most dangerous gangs” in the southern province of al-Basrah
on Monday.
Yaqen reported Colonel ‘Abd al-Karim az-Zaydi as saying that the police
arrested the two men on the road to Safwan, across the border from Kuwait.
The two are accused of kidnapping and robbing victims on the outer road from
al-Basrah south to Safwan. The source said that a search was under way for
the members of the gangs.
Fourteen arrested in continuing raids in al-Basrah.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 5:53pm Monday afternoon
Beijing time (12:53pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that
Iraqi Interior Ministry forces in the southern city of al-Basrah, arrested
14 people it said were “wanted for terrorism and crimes” in the last 24
hours.
Xinhua reported a source in the al-Basrah Province police, who asked to
remain anonymous, as saying that the arrests were the result of raids
throughout the al-Basrah area and that in addition to the people arrested,
the troops seized 25 Faz rockets and 13 anti-personnel landmines.
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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http://www.yaqen.net/?p=10199
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=10198
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=10197
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=10194
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=10193
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=10192
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=10191
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=10189
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=10188
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=10186
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=10185
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=10184
http://www.yaqen.net/?p=10183
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http://www.yaqen.net/?p=10179
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