Iraqi Resistance
Report for events of Saturday, 12 July 2008. Translated and/or compiled
by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.
http://www.freearabvoice.org
Saturday, 12 July 2008.
· US-backed “Awakening” police in al-Qa’im arrest 30 people recently
released from prison by American forces in open campaign to kill all
former prisoners.
· Bomb explodes by US column in northwest Baghdad at dawn Saturday.
· US, Iraqi regime forces capture al-Qa‘idah “Minister” in Diyala
Province.
· Shabak minority leader assassinated east of al-Mawsil.
· In continued preparations for American attack on Iran, Iraqi regime
police arrest nine anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen in raids,
searches in al-Basrah.
Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Qa’im.
US-backed “Awakening” police arrest 30 people recently released from
prison by American forces in open campaign to kill all former prisoners.
In a dispatch posted at 3:50pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the
Yaqen News Agency reported that US-backed tribal “Awakening” police in
the city of al-Qa’im, near the Syrian border, had been carrying out
raids and arrests in which they captured individuals who had recently
returned home after being released from US prison camps in the country.
It is the largest such operation by the “Awakening” tribal police, known
for murdering people released by US forces.
Yaqen reported witnesses as saying that more than 30 former prisoners
had been captured by the tribal police and taken to unknown
destinations. All had been released from US camps in recent days.
The wave of captures is the latest in a campaign being waged for several
months by the commander of the al-Anbar tribal “Awakening” police, ‘Ali
Hatim as-Sulayman, in which people released by the US forces have been
kidnapped and murdered. ‘Ali Hatim appeared on various satellite TV
channels several months ago to call for the killing of all those
released from prison and the confiscation of their homes and property.
Baghdad.
Resistance group claims attack on US Humvee.
In a dispatch posted at 12:17pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the
Yaqen News Agency reported that an Iraqi resistance group calling itself
the Jaysh as-Sabirin, a constituent member organization of the Baath-dominated
Jihad and Liberation Front, had claimed that its fighters had set off a
bomb that destroyed a US Humvee somewhere in Salah ad-Din Province.
Bomb wounds two civilians in southern Baghdad Saturday.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:55pm Saturday afternoon
Beijing time (11:55am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that
a bomb exploded amidst a group of civilians near the as-Salam Bridge in
the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah on Saturday.
Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that
the blast wounded two civilians who were taken to hospital afterwards.
Bomb explodes by US column in northwest Baghdad at dawn Saturday.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 4:55pm Saturday afternoon
Beijing time (11:55am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that
a bomb exploded by a US patrol in northern Baghdad’s Sunni district of
al-A‘zamiyah at about 4am local time Saturday morning.
Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that
the Americans rushed to close off the area after the blast and therefore
no information on the nature or extent of US casualties, if any, was
available.
Salah ad-Din Province.
Ash-Sharuqat.
Bomb explodes by bus taking villagers to market in ash-Sharuqat Saturday
afternoon, wounding five.
In a dispatch posted at 8:55pm Baghdad time Saturday night, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that a bomb exploded by a civilian vehicle in the
city of ash-Sharuqat, 250km north of Baghdad, on Saturday afternoon.
Yaqen reported a source in the regional government as saying that a
vehicle that was taking villagers to a market was the target of a bomb
attack that wounded all five people aboard.
The source said that some of the victims suffered serious injuries and
were taken to hospital for treatment. The vehicle was heavily damaged.
Diyala Province.
Buhriz.
US, Iraqi regime forces capture al-Qa‘idah “Minister” in Diyala
Province.
In a dispatch posted at 1:41pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the
Yaqen News Agency reported that US occupation forces and Iraqi regime
police had carried out an air borne landing in the Bazayiz area near
Buhriz, 60km northeast of Baghdad, as a result of which 10 members of
the al-Qa‘idah organization were captured, including three commanders
and the “Minister of Agriculture” in the so-called “Islamic State of
Iraq” – an al-Qa‘idah front organization.
Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that the Saturday raid
had targeted a stronghold of al-Qa‘idah where the organization’s
“Agriculture Minister” for Diyala Province, Majid Hamid al-Jumayli had
been arrested.
Al-Qa‘idah announced the formation of its so-called “Islamic State of
Iraq” in October 2006. The “Islamic State” brings together six small
Islamist groupings under the control of al-Qa‘idah. Al-Jumayli was
appointed to his post three days ago, following the arrest of the
previous “Minister,” Muthanna ad-Dulaymi.
At-Ta’mim/Kirkuk Province.
Kirkuk.
Woman killed in bomb attack targeted on police officer in Kirkuk
Saturday morning.
In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 6:32pm Saturday afternoon
Beijing time (1:23pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a
bomb that exploded near a high-ranking Iraqi military officer killed a
woman in the city of Kirkuk, 250km north of Baghdad, on Saturday.
Xinhua reported Brigadier General Burhan Wasif of the Kirkuk police
command as saying that the bomb exploded near Colonel Ahmad Shumayrani,
the Administrator of the provincial rescue police as he was walking
through the al-Khadra’ neighborhood of central Kirkuk Saturday morning.
Wasif said that Shumayrani and two other officers in the police who were
with him were slightly wounded in the explosion, but a woman who just
happened to be on the scene at the time was killed in the blast. The
three officers were taken to hospitalized, received treatment, and were
then released, their injuries being relatively slight.
It was the second time that Colonel Shumayrani has survived an
assassination attempt; he was the target of an earlier attack on 30
April this year.
Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.
Shabak minority leader assassinated east of al-Mawsil.
In a dispatch posted at 10:10pm Baghdad time Saturday night, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that a member of the Political Bureau of the Shabak
Democratic Coalition had been murdered by gunmen in the agricultural
area near Ba‘shiqah in Ninwa Province on Saturday.
Yaqen reported a source in the provincial government as saying that
gunmen shot and killed the member of the Shabak ethnic minority near the
village of ‘Umar Qaji in the Ba‘shiqah area, 30km east of al-Mawsil.
Yaqen noted that Ba‘shiqah is an ethnically mixed area where
“Christians, Yazidis, Arabs, Kurds, and Shabak reside.”
The Shabak are a minority listed as numbering 80,000 in the official
1977 census and resident in the Ninwa area. A deputy representing the
Shabak in the US-installed parliament, Hanin al-Qadu, asserts that the
minority numbers between 300,000 and 400,000 persons.
The Shabak speak a language similar to Zakaki and Kurdish and many
follow a religion that reportedly is similar to that of the Yazidis.
Other Shabaks are Muslim and practice a version of Sufism.
Since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 American-backed Kurdish separatist
parties have tried to assert control over Shabak areas with a view to
annexing them to an eventual Kurdish state. The Democratic Shabak
Coalition seeks separate representation for the Shabak community and its
members have been the target of repression by Kurdish separatist
Peshmergah gunmen on occasion.
Gunmen kill two Iraqi government policemen in al-Mawsil.
In a dispatch posted at 6:20pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the
Yaqen News Agency reported that armed men had ambushed a police patrol
in the Cultural Complex in al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad.
Yaqen reported a source in the Ninwa Province police as saying that two
policemen were killed and a traffic policeman wounded in the ambush,
which took place near the University Tunnel in the Cultural Complex
area. The police patrol was in the area in response to a message from
the attackers that lured them there. The traffic policeman, who was
wounded in the attack, happened to be in the area at the time of the
ambush on the patrol.
Since 10 May, the US and its Iraqi regime allies have been waging an
offensive against the al-Qa‘idah organization in al-Mawsil and
surrounding Ninwa Province.
Tall ‘Afar.
Bodies of seven kidnapped Turcomans found near Tall ‘Afar.
In a dispatch posted at 9:20pm Baghdad time Saturday night, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that Iraqi government army troops had found the
bodies of seven ethnic Turcomans who had been kidnapped near a village
in the Tall ‘Afar area Friday.
Yaqen reported a source in the army as saying that the seven bodies were
found dumped near the village of Rifayn near al-Mahlabiyah to the south
of Tall ‘Afar. The seven Turcomans were residents of Tall ‘Afar who
were kidnapped by gunmen on Friday when they were on their way to al-Mawsil
on the main highway.
Since 10 May, the US and its Iraqi regime allies have been waging an
offensive against the al-Qa‘idah organization in al-Mawsil and
surrounding Ninwa Province.
Policeman killed in bomb attack near Tall ‘Afar Saturday.
In a dispatch posted at 7:15pm Baghdad time Saturday evening, the Yaqen
News Agency reported that a bomb had exploded in the Tall ‘Afar area,
55km west of al-Mawsil in northwestern Iraq on Saturday.
Yaqen reported a source in the Ninwa Province police as saying that the
bomb, which had been planted by the side of a road in the al-‘Ayyadiyah
area, killed one policeman.
Since 10 May, the US and its Iraqi regime allies have been waging an
offensive against the al-Qa‘idah organization in al-Mawsil and
surrounding Ninwa Province.
Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.
In continued preparations for American attack on Iran, Iraqi regime
police arrest nine anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen in raids,
searches in al-Basrah.
In a dispatch posted at 6:55pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the
Yaqen News Agency reported that the Iraqi government police had carried
out raids in various parts of al-Basrah in southern Iraq on Thursday and
arrested nine more members of the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi
militia.
Yaqen reported the police as adding that they had found an Austrian
rocket and five mortar shells near the an-Najibiyah Electric Power
Station, 10km north of al-Basrah as well as quantities of ammunition in
the course of their raids.
Since March, the US-backed Iraqi regime has been actively engaged in an
offensive against the anti-occupation 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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