Fartass Jewad wrote:
> Iraq police crack down on Mahdi Army; dozens held
>
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=March2008&file=World_News2008031622436.xml
>
> Web posted at: 3/16/2008 2:24:36
> Source ::: REUTERS
> KUT, Iraq . Iraqi police arrested dozens of members of ****a cleric
> Muqtada Al Sadr's Mahdi Army militia yesterday, hours after two
policemen
> were killed in gun battles in the southern city of Kut, police said.
>
> Clashes this week between Iraqi security forces and the militia in
> Kut, 170km southeast of Baghdad, have raised fears a ceasefire called by
> Sadr may unravel, although the violence has so far been confined to Kut.
>
> It is the first major violation of the seven-month-old truce,
which
> has been credited by the US military with helping to reduce violence
between
> majority ****a and Sunni Muslims that has killed tens of thousands of
Iraqis.
>
> Sadr clarified the conditions of the truce last week, telling
> followers they could defend themselves if attacked, an apparent response
to
> complaints among his fighters that US and Iraqi forces were exploiting
the
> ceasefire to target them.
>
> "This operation started in the early morning and so far we have
> arrested 25 wanted people from the Mehdi Army," said Lieutenant Aziz Al
> Amara, who commands a rapid
>
> reaction unit.
>
> Another police official, who declined to be named, said 70 people
had
> been detained. There was a heavy presence of Iraqi and US forces in the
> city. US military spokesmen have given few details about their
involvement
> in the clashes.
>
> Police say at least 13 people have been killed in fighting since
> Tuesday.
>
> Separately, the US military said eight Iraqi civilians were
wounded in
> a rocket attack on a US facility in Hilla, 100 km south of Baghdad, late
on
> Friday which Iraqi police blamed on an unspecified ****a militia.
>
> Hilla police chief Brigadier-General Fadhil Al Sultani said a
suspect
> had been arrested after the attack, which damaged three homes and a
school.
>
> The latest outbreak of violence in Kut took place on Friday night
when
> police tried to enter two neighbourhoods in Kut where there is a strong
> Mahdi Army presence. Clashes erupted and residents re****ted the sound of
> gunfire and explosions.
>
> Amara said two policemen were killed and eight wounded on Friday,
six
> of whom were in a serious condition and had to be transferred to the
local
> US military base for treatment.
>
> A US military spokeswoman said US forces were aware of three
policemen
> being wounded in fighting involving small arms fire and rocket-propelled
> grenades. A mortar attack early yesterday wounded six people, including
> three members of the same family, Kut police said.
>
>
>
>
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