Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 2 July 2008. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. 

Wednesday, 2 July 2008.

·        Bomb in Sunni Baghdad district kills street sweeper Wednesday.

·        US rockets Baghdad neighborhood late Tuesday night.

·        Jaysh al-Muslimin claims responsibility for bomb attack on US Humvee in Tikrit.

·        US, Iraqi regime forces raid home of Maysan Province governor, arrest 30 members of governor’s bodyguard, as preparations for US attack on Iran continue.

·        Top officials in Maysan Province arrested Wednesday, as US-backed regime continues preparations for US attack on Iran.

Baghdad.

Bomb in Sunni Baghdad district kills street sweeper Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 7:16pm Baghdad time Wednesday evening, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a bomb exploded near the al-A‘zamiyah Municipality Roundabout in the Sunni district of northern Baghdad on Wednesday.

Yaqen reported a source in the Baghdad Sanitation Service as saying that the homemade bomb had been planted by the side of the road and went off near sanitation workers, killing one street cleaner as he was doing his job for the people of the area.

Resistance group claims credit for bomb attack on US vehicle in southern Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 2:05pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the Iraqi resistance group known as the Jaysh ar-Rashidin, a constituent member of the Jihad and Change Front, had issued a communiqué on Wednesday claiming that its fighters had set off a bomb by a US vehicle to the south of Baghdad.

Yaqen reported the communiqué as indicating that the blast disabled the vehicle, wounding the soldiers aboard it.  The communiqué did not, however, indicate when or exactly where its fighters had allegedly carried out the attack.

Resistance group claims credit for disabling US truck somewhere in al-Anbar Province.

In a dispatch posted at 12:45pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the Iraqi resistance group known as the Saraya ad-Da‘wah wa-ar-Ribat, a constituent member organization in the Jihad and Change Front, had claimed credit for detonating a bomb by a US column somewhere in al-Anbar Province.

Yaqen reported a communiqué issued by the faction as claiming that its fighters detonated a bomb by one of the military transport vehicles in a US column, disabling the vehicle and killing or wounding the troops aboard it.  The communiqué, which was dated 2 June 2008, did not indicate where in al-Anbar Province or when its men had allegedly carried out the attack.

Bomb rocks east Baghdad neighborhood Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 11:45am Baghdad time Wednesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a powerful explosion had rocked the neighborhood of Zuyunah in eastern Baghdad.

Yaqen reported eyewitnesses as saying that the blast occurred on a side street in Zuyunah, sending clouds of smoke rising into the sky.  Iraqi regime forces immediately converged upon the scene, but witnesses were unable to say what caused the explosion or whether there had been casualties or damage, as no one was being allowed to approach the scene as of the time of initial reporting.

US rockets Baghdad neighborhood late Tuesday night.

In a dispatch posted at 11:10pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US forces bombarded the al-‘Amil neighborhood of Baghdad late on Tuesday night, firing six rockets into the area.

Yaqen reported witnesses as saying that the six rockets were fired from the US base in the neighborhood and killed one local citizen and severely wounded eight more of them, among them women and children.  The barrage also damaged local residents’ houses.

The witnesses said that the attack, for no discernable reason, roused local residents to take to the streets to protest the American assault.  Local residents marched to the US base chanting angry slogans and denouncing the attack.  The US responded with an apology, Yaqen reported.

Salah ad-Din Province.

Tikrit.

Jaysh al-Muslimin claims responsibility for bomb attack on US Humvee in Tikrit.

In a dispatch posted at 11:15am Baghdad time Wednesday morning, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the Iraqi resistance group known as the Jaysh al-Muslimin, a constituent member in the Jihad and Chainge Front in Iraq, had issued a communiqué on Wednesday in which it took responsibility for setting off a bomb by a US column in Tirkrit.

Yaqen quoted the communiqué as saying that the Jaysh al-Muslimin bomb disabled one American Humvee and wounded the troops aboard.  The communiqué failed to specify when the attack had taken place.

Ninwa Province.

Al-Mawsil.

Policeman killed in clash with suspected al-Qa‘idah gunmen in al-Mawsil Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 9:47pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that clashes erupted between gunmen and a patrol of the Iraqi government police in the Industrial Zone of eastern al-Mawsil Wednesday.

Yaqen reported a source in the al-Mawsil police as saying that one policeman was killed another person wounded in the engagement.

Since 10 May, US forces and their Iraqi regime allies have been pursuing an offensive against the al-Qa‘idah organization in al-Mawsil and surrounding Ninwa Province.

Bomb targets Iraqi police patrol in western al-Mawsil Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 9:47pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that a homemade bomb exploded by a police patrol in the Shaykh Fathi area to the west of al-Mawsil, 420km northwest of Baghdad, on Wednesday.

Yaqen reported a source in the al-Mawsil police as saying that two of the policemen in the patrol were injured in the blast.

Since 10 May, US forces and their Iraqi regime allies have been pursuing an offensive against the al-Qa‘idah organization in al-Mawsil and surrounding Ninwa Province.

Maysan Province.

Al-‘Amarah.

US, Iraqi regime forces raid home of Maysan Province governor, arrest 30 members of governor’s bodyguard, as preparations for US attack on Iran continue.

In a dispatch posted at 9:03pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Yaqen News Agency reported that US and Iraqi army and police forces raided the home of the Maysan Province governor and arrested 30 members of his bodyguard.  The office of the anti-occupation Sadr Movement in the province issued a statement saying that the raid by US-backed regime forces had been intended to arrest the governor himself.

Yaqen reported a source in the provincial police as saying that a joint force of US and Iraqi regime troops raided the home of ‘Adil al-Muhawdir, Governor of Maysan Province, after noon on Wednesday.  Governor al-Muhawdir was not home at the time of the raid, the source said, and the report that the governor had been arrested was false.

For his part ‘Adnan as-Saylawi, Director of the Sadr Movement Office in Maysan confirmed that the raid had taken place and that members of the governor’s bodyguard had been arrested in pursuance of an attempted arrest of the provincial governor himself.

As-Saylawi said that the US and Iraqi regime forces also arrested three members of the provincial council, one of them the Chairman of the Council.  All the mentioned individuals are members of the anti-occupation Sadr Movement.

Since 15 June, Maysan has been the scene of an offensive by US and Iraqi regime forces against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia and other Iranian-backed groups in apparent preparation for an American attack on Iran.

Top officials in Maysan Province arrested Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 12:17pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Yaqen News Agency reported that the chairman of the Maysan provincial council and the deputy chairman of the public security committee in that council had been arrested by Iraqi government forces.

Yaqen reported a source in the Maysan governing council as saying that a force of police and army troops arrested ‘Abd al-Jabbar Wahid al-‘Ukayli, the chairman of the Maysan provincial council, after surrounding his home in the ‘Awwashah area.

The government security forces also arrested Fadil Ni‘mah, the deputy chairman of the public security committee.  Both al-‘Ukayli and Ni‘mah are members of the al-Fikr al-Husayni Club – an organization backed by the movement of Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr, an outspoken opponent of the US occupation.

Then, in a dispatch posted at 3:35pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, Yaqen reported that the chairman of the health committee in the Maysan provincial council had been arrested by Iraqi regime forces – the third high ranking provincial official to be arrested on Wednesday.

Yaqen reported a source in the Maysan provincial council as saying that government forces known as the Basha’ir as-Salam (“Harbingers of Peace”) had arrested ‘Abd al-Latif Jawad, the Chairman of the Health Committee of the Council.  The source provided no information on the reasons for the arrest, other than to say that it was in line with a serious of other arrests of council leaders who were members of the al-Fikr al-Husayni Club – an organization backed by the movement of Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr, an outspoken opponent of the US occupation.

Since 15 June, Maysan has been the scene of an offensive by US and Iraqi regime forces against the anti-occupation Jaysh al-Mahdi militia and other Iranian-backed groups in apparent preparation for an American attack on Iran.

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