13 Iraqis Killed, Including 8 in Sadr City, Where US Forces Accused of Using Prohibited Fissile Weapons, According to April 26, 2008 New Reports

13 Iraqis Killed, Including 8 in Sadr City, Where US Forces Accused of Using Prohibited Fissile Weapons, According to April 26, 2008 New Reports

Editor's Note:

Only God knows how many Iraqis are killed everyday. The following represents part of the reporting but the actual number of deaths should very much exceed what's reported.

The Iraq News Agency (INA) reported the death of two US-recruited Sahwa fighters in Al-Amiriya suicide bombing today.

Bodies of 2 civilians found in Mosul

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq

Saturday , 26 /04 /2008 Time 7:48:28

Ninewa, Apr 26, (VOI) –

Policemen found the bodies of two civilians kidnapped on Friday by unidentified gunmen in the district of Bueshiqa, 13 km east of Mosul, a police source said on Saturday. "The bodies are of two civilian Shabak Kurds who had been kidnapped in the neighborhood of al-Quds, Bueshiqa," the source, who did not want his name mentioned, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

The Shabak, a minority inhabiting Mosul, concentrated in the northeastern part of the city, are Shiite Muslims who introduce themselves as non-Arabs and non-Kurds. "The two bodies, which showed signs of having been shot in the head and chest, were removed to a morgue in Mosul," the source said. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AE

7 wounded in IED blast in Tikrit

Salah al-Din - Voices of Iraq
Saturday , 26 /04 /2008 Time 7:48:28
Salah al-Din, Apr 26, (VOI) –

Seven people, including five Salah al-Din traffic police department personnel, were "seriously" wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near their patrol in central Tikrit city on Saturday, a department source said.

"The IED detonated in the area of Arbaeen street, central Tikrit, seriously wounding five patrol personnel and two civilians near the scene," the source, who declined to have his name revealed, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

The source did not provide further details.
Tikrit, the capital of Salah al-Din province, lies 175 km north of Baghdad.

AE

13 killed, wounded in armed attacks in Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Saturday , 26 /04 /2008 Time 7:48:28
Baghdad, Apr 26, (VOI) –

Three armed operations, one of them by a suicide bomber, took place in different areas of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Saturday, leaving one man killed and 12 others wounded, police said.

"A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vehicle near a checkpoint of the (US-recruited) Sahwa (Awakening) tribal forces in the area of al-Amiriya, western Baghdad, killing one man and wounding three others," a police source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

The Sahwa councils were set up in a number of Iraqi provinces such as al-Anbar, Diala, Ninewa, and Salah al-Din with the aim of bolstering political and local tribal powers to fight armed groups, particularly al-Qaeda network, in those areas.

These councils are usually led by tribal chiefs or notables in the provinces.
The Sahwa fighters managed to flush out armed groups from a number of areas once considered strongholds of gunmen for years.

"An improvised explosive device (IED) went off near an Iraqi army checkpoint in the area of al-Suleikh, northern Baghdad, leaving thee servicemen wounded," the source added.

In the central Baghdad's al-Karrada square of al-Wathiq, the source said, gunmen opened trigger-happy fire at pedestrians, wounding six civilians, including three traffic policemen.
Earlier on Saturday, medics in Baghdad said that tight people were killed and 47 others wounded in clashes in Sadr City, eastern Baghdad, during the past 24 hours.

"The Imam Ali hospital in Sadr City received five martyrs and 19 others wounded from 8:00 p.m. on Friday until 8:00 p.m. on Saturday. Most of the victims fell in broad daylight as the hospital received only three wounded people during the night," a medic from the hospital told VOI.

Another medic from al-Shahid al-Sadr hospital, also in Sadr City, received three "martyrs" and 28 others wounded.

Sadr City, a stronghold of Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militias, has been witnessing armed clashes since Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced last month the commencement of a security operation codenamed Saulat al-Forsan (Knights' Assault) in the port city of Basra, Iraq's second largest province and an oil-hub, 590 km south of Baghdad, which he said targeted "outlaws".
Hundreds of Sadr supporters were killed or wounded in intense fighting, which still continue so far.

AE

Sadr City clashes leave 8 dead, 47 wounded

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Saturday , 26 /04 /2008 Time 7:48:28
Baghdad, Apr 26, (VOI) –

Eight people were killed and 47 others wounded in clashes in Sadr City, eastern Baghdad, during the past 24 hours, medics said on Saturday.

"The Imam Ali hospital in Sadr City received five martyrs and 19 others wounded from 8:00 p.m. on Friday until 8:00 p.m. on Saturday. Most of the victims fell in broad daylight as the hospital received only three wounded people during the night," a medic from the hospital told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

Another medic from al-Shahid al-Sadr hospital, also in Sadr City, received three "martyrs" and 28 others wounded.

Sadr City, a stronghold of Shi'i leader Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militias, has been witnessing armed clashes since Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced last month the commencement of a security operation codenamed Saulat al-Forsan (Knights' Assault) in the port city of Basra, Iraq's second largest province and an oil-hub, 590 km south of Baghdad, which he said targeted "outlaws".
Hundreds of Sadr supporters were killed or wounded in intense fighting, which still continue so far.
Sadr on Friday had urged his followers to "observe more patience in commitment to the freeze decision," which he announced eight months ago, stressing that an "open war" he threatened to wage a couple of weeks ago "is meant against the occupiers only."

"You have been patiently committed to the freeze decision and magnificently obeyed your leader. I hope you retain your patience and faith," Sadr said in a statement to his loyalists, read on his behalf by Sheikh Muhannad al-Adhari, the imam of the al-Hikma mosque, in Sadr City during the Friday prayers.
Sadr had ordered a six-month freeze on his Mahdi Army militia activities. He ordered a second six-month hiatus after the first one expired.

In his statement, Sadr said, "I give the Iraqi government the last warning that we would wage an open war until liberation if it failed to rein in the militias infiltrated into it."

"The open war we threaten is meant against the occupiers. There is no war between us and our Iraqi brothers regardless of their sect or ethnicity," Sadr stressed.
He rejected the talks between Iraq and the U.S. administration to clinch a long-term agreement on the future missions of U.S. forces in Iraq.

"We don't want a long-term agreement…we would never accept it no matter how hard we have been fought or even killed," a defiant Sadr said.
"Dear brothers in the Mahdi Army and Iraqi forces, be one hand and stop the bloodshed. Support the resistance in all its forms so that Iraq's lands and people become secure," he added in his statement.

AE

Iraqi lawmaker Liqaa Al-Yassin accuses US forces of using prohibited fissile weapons in Sadr City attacks

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq

Saturday , 26 /04 /2008 Time 7:48:28

Baghdad, Apr 26, (VOI) –

An Iraqi legislator accused the U.S. forces on Saturday of using "internationally-banned weapons" during the military operations in the eastern Baghdad district of Sadr City.

"Cogent (pieces of) evidence were shown by the criminal investigations and forensics' reports that the occupation forces have used fissile arms during the bombardment of Sadr City," Liqaa Al-Yassin, a member of parliament from the Sadrist bloc, or Iraqis loyal to Shi'i leader Muqtada al-Sadr, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).

The Sadrists comprise a Shi'i parliamentary bloc that keeps 30 out of a total 275 seats.

"When diffused, fissile bombs hit a large number of targets and spread on the body, which was evidently clear on the bodies of the dead and wounded in Sadr City," Yassin, a member of the Iraqi parliament's Health & Environment Committee, said.

For his part, Abdul-Latif Rayan, the media advisor for the Multi-National Force (MNF) in Iraq, told VOI that the accusations were groundless.

"We only targeted armed groups in Sadr City that fired missiles at the Green Zone in central Baghdad," Rayan said.

Sadr City, a stronghold of Sadr's Mahdi Army militia, has been witnessing armed clashes since (US-backed) Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced last month the commencement of a security operation codenamed Saulat al-Forsan (Knights' Assault) in the port city of Basra, Iraq's second largest province and an oil-hub, 590 km south of Baghdad."

Hundreds of Sadr supporters were killed or wounded in intense fighting, which still continue so far.

AE/SR

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Iraq War Report for events of Friday, 25 April 2008.

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr,

member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Friday, 25 April 2008.

· Thursday bombing in al-Kubaysah reportedly leaves two US troops dead.

· US admits soldier killed in bomb attack in southern Baghdad Thursday.

· Continued US offensive against Madinat al-Sadr leaves 11 dead, 74 wounded Friday morning.

· US air raid kills two, wounds eight Iraqis late Thursday night.

Al-Anbar Province.

Al-Fallujah.

Bomb wounds Iraqi army troops in al-Fallujah.

In a dispatch posted at 6:30pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded near the ar-Raqib Mosque in the al-Jawlan area north of al-Fallujah, 60km west of Baghdad, at noon on Friday.

Al-Kubaysah.

Thursday bombing in al-Kubaysah reportedly leaves two US troops dead.

In a dispatch posted at 6:25pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a US patrol in the city of al-Kubaysah, 185km northwest of Baghdad, on Thursday, prompting the Americans to seal off the city on Friday.

Yaqen reported eyewitnesses as saying that the blast killed two US soldiers and wounded six more of them in addition to destroying two Humvees. After the attack, the witnesses said, the Americans carried out raids and searches in the city. The witnesses said that the US followed up by sealing off the city, preventing medical and food supplies from getting in. The Americans also arrested 10 people on charges of carrying out attacks on the US troops. As of the time of reporting, the American side had not confirmed the reported attack.

Baghdad.

Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters reportedly attack Iraqi regime checkpoint sparking battle.

In a dispatch posted at 7pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen in a car opened fire on a checkpoint manned by Iraqi army troops in the al-Qahirah district of northern Baghdad, prompting the troops to return fire and kill the attackers.

Yaqen reported a source in the police as claiming that Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters wounded three Iraqi regime troops before the soldiers could return fire. When they did the car, which reportedly was carrying a quantity of arms and ammunition, blew up.

Yaqen noted that the al-Qahirah neighborhood of northern Baghdad is dominated by the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.

US admits soldier killed in bomb attack in southern Baghdad Thursday.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:47pm Friday evening Beijing time (3:47pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb had exploded and killed a US soldier in southern Baghdad on Thursday.

Xinhua reported that the American communiqué failed to provide any further information about the attack or its circumstances.

Continued US offensive against Madinat as-Sadr leaves 11 dead, 74 wounded Friday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 2:20pm Baghdad time Friday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that 11 people were killed and 74 more wounded in battles and US air raids on the impoverished Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad at dawn on Friday.

Yaqen reported a source in the al-Imam ‘Ali Hospital in Madinat as-Sadr as saying that nine people had been killed and 39 wounded in the previous few hours. Meanwhile the as-Sadr Hospital also in Madinat as-Sadr, received the bodies of two people who had been killed and another 35 who had been wounded in the combat and US attacks. The source said that the number of dead was expected to rise as many of the injured had been severely wounded. The source noted that their medical work had been greatly complicated by the continued American bombardment of the district.
For some three weeks the US has been waging an offensive against the Madinat as-Sadr district, a stronghold of support for the anti-occupation Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr. The American offensive is believed to be in preparation for an eventual US attack on Iran.

Fierce fighting reported in Madinat as-Sadr, Thursday-Friday night.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 3:27pm Friday afternoon Beijing time (11:27am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that fierce fighting and US attacks targeted the Madinat as-Sadr district of eastern Baghdad on Thursday night.

US air raid kills two, wounds eight Iraqis late Thursday night

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 3:27pm Friday afternoon Beijing time (11:27am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that US aircraft blasted the al-Husayniyah area of northern Baghdad late on Thursday night.

Salah ad-Din Province

Tikrit

Bomb kills administrative officer at police academy in Tikrit Friday.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 6:45pm Friday afternoon Beijing time (2:45pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by the car of an officer in the Iraqi regime police in Tikrit, 180km north of Baghdad on Friday.

Samarra

US military vehicle reported destroyed near Samarra’ Friday

In a dispatch posted at 10:40am Baghdad time Friday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a US patrol between ad-Dur and Samarra’, 120km north of Baghdad on Friday.

Babil Province

Al-Iskandariyah

Policeman killed in attack near al-Iskandariyah Friday morning

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:26pm Friday afternoon Beijing time (12:26pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that armed men opened fire on an “Awakening” tribal policeman in al-‘Asriyah village near al-Iskandariyah, 40km south of Baghdad no Friday morning.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi police as saying that following the shooting, which left one policeman dead, security forces carried out raids in the area, during which they arrested six “suspects.”

Al-Mahawil

Armed men assault checkpoint

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:26pm Friday afternoon Beijing time (12:26pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that armed men attacked a police checkpoint in the al-Mahawil area, 65km south of Baghdad, on Friday morning.

Al-Basrah Province

Al-Basrah

Hand grenade reportedly thrown into wedding party in al-Basrah

In a dispatch posted at 9:01pm Baghdad time Friday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that unknown people threw a hand grenade into a wedding party in the southern Iraqi city of al-Basrah on Friday.

Yaqen reported eyewitnesses as saying that the attack occurred at a wedding party in the al-‘Abbasiyah area of the city and that it left one child dead and 25 other wedding guests wounded.

The al-Basrah police and the local government professed to have no knowledge of the attack, Yaqen reported.

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