Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Saturday, 21 June 2008. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. 

Saturday, 21 June 2008.

·        US announces death of American soldier in triple bombing somewhere in Diyala Province.

·        Two bombs target US troops in Baghdad Friday evening.

·        Bomb targeting US military column shuts down electricity power station in al-Kut.

·        Five elected members of Maysan Province Assembly arrested by US-backed regime as preparations for American attack on Iran continue.

Baghdad.

Taxi driver killed in drive-by shooting in western Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 8:45pm Baghdad time Saturday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a taxi driver was killed when gunmen in a private car unleashed a hail of light-arms fire on him in the west Baghdad district of al-Bayya‘, on Saturday morning.

Yaqen reported witnesses as saying that the cab driver was killed on the spot and that security men rushed to the scene and began investigating.

Bosnia to send more troops to aid US occupation of Iraq.

In a dispatch posted at 4:45pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US-client state of Bosnia, a predominantly Muslim republic in the former Yugoslavia, had decided to send another 49 troops to increase its occupation force serving the US in Iraq.

Yaqen reported that the Bosnian regime would send 49 troops of its 6^th Infantry Division to serve as guards for the American “Camp Victory,” located at Baghdad International Airport, in August this year.  At the present time, 36 soldiers from the US satellite state of Bosnia serve the American occupation troops stationed near the city of ad-Diwaniyah, 180km south of Baghdad in al-Qadisiyah Province.  The regime of the Muslim state of Bosnia first sent troops to support the American occupation of Iraq in 2005.

Bomb wounds aides to Iraqi government minister Saturday.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:31pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time (3:31pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that an adhesive bomb had exploded in the car of the Director of the Office of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the al-Iskan neighborhood of western Baghdad on Saturday.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that the blast wounded two of the minister’s aides.

US troops fire percussion grenades to break up gathering of police recruits in west Baghdad, wounding four.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:31pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time (3:31pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a US patrol fired four percussion bombs at a gathering of recruits near the police station in the al-Furat neighborhood of western Baghdad.

Xinhua reported a source in the government police as saying that the attack wounded four of the police volunteers.  The source said that the American troops fired the grenades in an attempt to break up the gathering of the volunteers.

Two bombs target US troops in Baghdad Friday evening.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 3:56pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time (11:56am in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that two bombs exploded by US troops in Baghdad on Friday evening.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi government police as saying that one bomb went off in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah and the other exploded by a US patrol on Beirut Square in east Baghdad.  No information on the nature or extent of US casualties, if any, was available.

Car bomb near west Baghdad restaurant kills three civilians.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 3:56pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time (11:56am), the Xinhua News Agency reported that a car bomb exploded by a popular restaurant in the west Baghdad district of al-Harithiyah on Friday evening.

Xinhua reported a source in the police as saying that the carbomb went off near the al-Fusul al-Arba‘ah (“Four Seasons”) Restaurant in al-Harithiyah, killing three people and wounding 10 more, in addition to damaging the restaurant and a number of nearby cars and buildings.

US announces death of American soldier in triple bombing somewhere in Diyala Province.

In a dispatch posted at 9:40am Baghdad time Saturday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the US military had admitted that one of its troops had been killed and five more wounded when three bombs exploded near an American patrol in Diyala Province.

Yaqen reported an American communiqué as announcing the deaths, but failing to specify precisely where, when, and under what circumstances the three-bomb attack took place.

Ninwa Province.

Al-Mawsil.

Attacks continue to target Iraqi government policemen in al-Mawsil Saturday.

In a dispatch posted at 10:35pm Baghdad time Saturday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that gunmen killed one one Iraqi government policeman and wounded a second as other gunmen blew up a house that had been used by guards who manned a roadblock in the city of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, on Saturday.

Since 10 May, the US and its Iraqi regime allies have been carrying out an offensive against al-Qa‘idah in al-Mawsil.

Wasit Province.

Al-Kut.

Prominent leader of anti-occupation Sadr Movement wounded, arrested in gun battle in al-Kut.

In a dispatch posted at 9:55pm Baghdad time Saturday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that Iraqi regime forces backed by the US occupation regime arrested a prominent member of the anti-occupation Sadr Movement in the city of al-Kut, 180km south of Baghdad, on Saturday.

Yaqen reported Captain ‘Aziz Lafif al-Imarah of the Iraqi regime’s Rapid Deployment Forces, as saying that his men had arrested Sayyid Tahsin, a prominent leader in the Sadr Movement in the city.  Al-Imarah asserted that weapons of an unspecified quantity were found in Tahsin’s home in the ad-Damuk neighborhood of eastern al-Kut.  He added that a gun battle took place at the time of the arrest, in the course of which Tahsin was wounded in the right leg.

Al-Imarah announced that Tahsin was believed to have been involved in 45 armed attacks on US-backed security forces.

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.

Bomb targeting US military column shuts down electricity power station in al-Kut.

In a dispatch posted at 6:14pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded under a high-tension tower, shutting down the old electricity station in al-Kut, 180km south of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported a source in the al-Kut police as saying that the explosion occurred on the road between al-Kut and al-‘Amarah on Saturday when a column of US troops was passing through the area.  The blast cut electric lines and shut down the al-Kut power station, which supplies half of the city of al-Kut with electricity.  The source had no information regarding the nature or extent of US casualties if any.

Maysan Province.

Al-‘Amarah.

Fourteen members of anti-occupation militia reported arrested in Maysan Province.

In a dispatch posted at 7pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a spokesman for the US-backed Iraqi regime’s Defense Ministry had announced that 14 members of the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia had been arrested in the course of the government’s on-going offensive against the Sadr Movement and its armed wing in Maysan Province.  Yaqen reported Major General Muhammad al-‘Askari as announcing the arrests.

On Thursday the Iraqi government launched its security sweep of Maysan Province, another step in the general offensive by the US-backed regime against the anti-occupation Sadr Movement and its Jaysh al-Mahdi militia launched in March this year.  That sweep has involved pitched battles and mass arrests in southern al-Basrah Province and in Baghdad’s Madinat as-Sadr and other districts.

US-backed regime troops discover bomb factory in continued offensive against anti-occupation Sadr Movement.

In a dispatch posted at 1:20pm Baghdad time Saturday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that government troops had discovered a factory for making adhesive bombs located east of the city of al-‘Amarah, 290km southeast of Baghdad, in their continuing offensive against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in the province – an operation that is seen as part of American preparations for an attack on Iran.

Yaqen reported a source in the provincial police as saying that the bomb-making factory was found between the towns of al-Kahla’ and al-Mashrah, 20km east of al-‘Amarah.  The authorities broke up the plant and transported the materials found there to their headquarters in al-Butayrah near al-‘Amarah.

On Thursday the Iraqi government launched its security sweep of Maysan Province, another step in the general offensive by the US-backed regime against the anti-occupation Sadr Movement and its Jaysh al-Mahdi militia launched in March this year.  That sweep has involved pitched battles and mass arrests in southern al-Basrah Province and in Baghdad’s Madinat as-Sadr and other districts.

Five elected members of Maysan Province Assembly arrested by US-backed regime as preparations for American attack on Iran continue.

In a dispatch posted at 10:45am Baghdad time Saturday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the Iraqi government in the southern province of Maysan had announced the arrest Saturday of five members of the elected Provincial Assembly who were also members of the anti-occupation Sadr Movement.  The arrests of the elected officials came in the course of US-backed operations targeting the Jaysh al-Mahdi and Sadr Movment in Maysan in apparent preparation for a US attack on Iran.

Yaqen reported a source in the police as saying that the five were on a list of 16 current government officials in Maysan Province, now listed as “wanted” by the American backed regime in Baghdad.

On Thursday the Iraqi government launched its security sweep of Maysan Province, another step in the general offensive by the US-backed regime against the anti-occupation Sadr Movement and its Jaysh al-Mahdi militia launched in March this year.  That sweep has involved pitched battles and mass arrests in southern al-Basrah Province and in Baghdad’s Madinat as-Sadr and other districts.

Al-Basrah Province.

Al-Basrah.

In continued preparations for American attack on Iran, Iraqi regime troops arrest eight people raids, searches in al-Basrah.

In a dispatch posted on its Arabic website at 7:41pm Saturday afternoon Beijing time (3:41pm in Baghdad), the Xinhua News Agency reported that Iraqi Interior Ministry forces arrested eight people in the course of its continued raids and searches in al-Basrah targeting the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.

Xinhua reported a source in the Iraqi government forces as saying that the regime’s troops also seized 100 artillery shells in the an-Nashwah area, 40km north of al-Basrah and one anti-tank mine and one Katyusha rocket, in addition to a remote control device.

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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