Posts Tagged ‘Adhamiya’
Sadr City Conditions Worsen
Written by Editors on May 16, 2008 – 5:38 pm“It’s like you’re deciding to commit suicide if you want to go on top of the roof because you will be at the mercy of American snipers and aimless barrages of bullets from the militants.”
Hospitals are short on electricity and small public and private clinics have shut down altogether.
Air strikes by US forces have inflicted the most damage in the area, known as a stronghold against the US-led occupation. Yet some in the district are sharply critical of the militias who hold sway here.
Sadr City Conditions Worsen by By an IWPR-trained reporter in Baghdad (ICR No. 258, 14-May-08)
The reporter is an IWPR-trained journalist in Baghdad who asked to remain anonymous because of security concerns.
Weeks of fighting have shut off many essential services in the Shia neighbourhood.
Living conditions in Sadr City, already one of Baghdad’s most impoverished slums, have deteriorated sharply following weeks of fighting between Shia militiamen and United States-backed Iraqi troops that has killed hundreds, according to Iraqi lawmakers.
“The situation has deteriorated significantly because most of the services have been stopped,” said Aliyah Nassif Jassim, a member of parliament from the Iraqia bloc, who recently visited the district as part of a parliamentary delegation. “Many civilian homes have been destroyed as a result of the air strikes and the military operations.”
A fragile four-day ceasefire agreement between radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and the Iraqi government signed on May 12 has reduced but not halted fighting in the area, a Shia neighbourhood run by Sadr militiamen. The US military has maintained that Iranian fighters are supporting Sadr loyalists there. Iran has denied having a military presence in Iraq.
Salih al-Agili, an MP loyal to Sadr who lives in Sadr City, said more than 100 houses have been destroyed by the continuous skirmishing and air strikes since the outbreak of hostilities more than a month ago.
Tags: Adhamiya, American Assault on Sadr City, Baghdad Hospitals, Electricity Crisis (Irak), Imam Ali Hospital, Israel, IWPR, Mahdi Army, Sadr City, Sadr City (Hospital), Sadrist Bloc, Sadrist leaders - detention campaign by GZG/Badr, Water Crisis (Iraq)
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مصرع قائد صحوة الدورة اثر اشتباكات مسلحة
Written by Editors on April 17, 2008 – 8:16 pm- A senior “awakening” commander has been killed. Saad Hamoud Al Makki died today, Thursday, after being attacked by gunmen.
- 5 “awakening” fighters were killed by a bomb targeting their checkpoint in Akhtal St, in Adhamiyah, north Baghdad
- Three GZG soldiers were killed in a grenade attack on their patrol in East Baghdad, two other members of the patrol were captured, taken to another place, and shot dead.
لقي قائد صحوة الدورة سعد مكي حمود النعيمي مصرعه مساء اليوم الخميس اثر قيام مسلحين مجهولين باطلاق النار عليه.
وفي سياق متصل اكد المصدر نفسه مصرع ستة اشخاص خمسة منهم من عناصر الصحوة واصابة اربعة مدنيين بجروح اثر انفجار عبوة ناسفة في منطقة راغبة خاتون شمالي بغداد.
امنيا ايضا لقي ثلاثة جنود من الجيش العراقي مصرعهم في منطقة الحبيبية شرقي العاصمة اثر قيام مسلحين مجهولين بمهاجمة احدى الدوريات ما اسفر عن مصرع ثلاثة من افرادها .
واشار المصدر الى ان المهاجمين اختطفوا اثنين من جنود الدورية تم العثور عليهم مقتولين فيما بعد بمكان قريب من محل الحادث.
Tags: Adhamiya, Attack on schoolchildren by green zone government force, Attacks on Awakening council fighers, Attacks on Awakening leaders, Baghdad
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Reuters - FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 22 | التطورات الامنية في العراق يوم السبت | أخبار الشرق الأوس | Reuters
Written by Editors on March 22, 2008 – 3:21 pmMarch 22 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1230 GMT on Saturday.
* denotes new or updated item
* ISHAQI - A U.S. air strike on a U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrol checkpoint in Ishaqi, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, killed six people, police and a local tribal leader said. The U.S. military said it was checking the report.
* MAHAWEEL - Police found two bodies with signs of torture and gunshot wounds in Mahaweel, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
* LATIFIYA - One decapitated body was found in Latifiya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded three rubbish collectors in the Adhamiya district of northern Baghdad, police said.
* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb blast near a neighbourhood patrol checkpoint wounded six people in the Mansour district of western Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers and two civilians when it hit a U.S. patrol northwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
HILLA - One body was found with gunshot wounds to the head in Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
KIRKUK - A roadside bomb killed one civilian and wounded four others, including two policemen, when it blew up near a police patrol in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
Source: Reuters AlertNet - FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 22
(رويترز) - فيما يلي التطورات الامنية التي أعلن عنها في العراق يوم السبت حتى الساعة 1230 بتوقيت جرينتش:
الاسحاقي - قالت الشرطة العراقية وزعيم عشائري ان ضربة جوية أمريكية على نقطة تفتيش تتبع احدى وحدات مجالس الصحوة في الاسحاقي على بعد 100 كيلومتر شمالي بغداد أسفرت عن مقتل ستة أشخاص.
المحاويل - قالت الشرطة انها عثرت على جثتين عليها علامات تعذيب واثار أعيرة نارية في المحاويل على بعد 75 كيلومترا جنوبي بغداد.
اللطيفية - قالت الشرطة انها عثرت على جثة مقطوعة الرأس في اللطيفية على بعد 40 كيلومترا جنوبي بغداد.
بغداد - قالت الشرطة ان انفجار قنبلة على جانب طريق أدى الى اصابة ثلاثة من جامعي القمامة في حي الاعظمية بشمال بغداد.
بغداد - قالت الشرطة ان انفجار قنبلة على جانب طريق قرب نقطة تفتيش تتبع احدى وحدات مجالس الصحوة أدى الى اصابة ستة أشخاص في حي المنصور بغرب بغداد.
بغداد - قال الجيش الامريكي ان ثلاثة من جنوده واثنين من المدنيين قتلوا واصيب جندي امريكي آخر عندما انفجرت قنبلة على احد الطرق في دوريتهم شمال غرب بغداد.
الحلة - قالت الشرطة العراقية انه عثر على جثة مصابة بطلق ناري في الرأس في الحلة على بعد 100 متر جنوبي بغداد.
كركوك - قالت الشرطة العراقية ان مدنيا قتل واصيب اربعة اخرون بينهم شرطيان في انفجار قنبلة على احد الطرق بالقرب من دورية للشرطة في كركوك على بعد 250 كيلومترا شمالي بغداد
المصدر : التطورات الامنية في العراق يوم السبت | أخبار الشرق الأوس | Reuters
Tags: Adhamiya, al Mansour, American attacks on Awakening fighters, Attacks on American Invaders, Awakening Councils, Baghdad, bomb, Hilla, Kirkuk, Latifiya, Reuters, Surge Failure
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