Iraqi upheaval and the violence is something which a same mind can call a hell on the earth. The survival and peace are not only becoming difficult but possibilities for the same are fading with each passing day. Moreover, there are the upheavals whereby US now looking to divide Iraq in what it called to be a ‘Soft Partition’. It’ll prove nothing more than a final nail in the coffin. It’ll divide Iraq into three parts as there are three factions Viz. Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds. This idea will lead to total debacle. Nevertheless, here are the excerpts that Iraq went through this week.
September 30, 2007
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In a major break through against insurgents in Iraq, US and Iraqi forces killed more than 60 insurgent and militia fighters in intense battles with most of the casualties believed to have of been al-Qaeda fighters.
The growing Iranian influence in Iraq came to fore when US military claimed to seize many sophisticated Iranian-made surface-to-air missiles that were being used by insurgents in the war-torn country against US forces.
In yet another incident, the unidentified gunmen killed a Sunni politician, affiliated with the Iraqi Islamic Party, and three bodyguards. Militants showered bullets on the car of the leader in the main Northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province.
On the other hand, three Sunni clerics were also killed. Those who killed include: Sheikh Azhar Mohammad Hussein al-Dulaimi, an Imam at the al-Sahaba mosque, Sheikh Salem Sheet Mohammad in front of the Mahmoud al-Sadiq mosque in the al-Tahrir neighborhood, Sheikh Ganim Qasim, an Imam for the al-Huda mosque was also killed in front of his house in the al-Mithaq neighborhood. They all were killed on separate locations in the city of Mosul.
October 1, 2007
There is a considerable reduction in the civilian casualties in Iraq in the month of September. The Iraqi government says that in September violence killed 884 civilians which is less than half the figure for August. The Govt. claimed that the number of Iraqi civilians killed per month in bombings and shootings has fallen to the lowest level this year. The US troop causalities, 62, are also at the lowest ebb in this month in more than a year.
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In another development over the shipment of Iranian arms into Iraq, US has pledged to respond positively if Iran stops sending arms and training militias against US forces in Iraq. This is what General David Petraeus, US commander in Baghdad said in this regard, America is prepared to “reciprocate” if Iran halts shipments of arms to Iraq’s Shia Muslim militia.
A new chapter added to the Blackwater episode in Iraq. Iraqi investigators have a videotape that clearly shows that Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians without provocation last week that left 11 people dead and the case is now referred to the Iraqi judiciary.
October 2, 2007
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Coalition of willing is gradually disappearing from Iraq. Britain, the biggest US ally in war on terror is reducing its troops from Iraq as the fourth year is nearly comes to an end. In an unannounced visit to Baghdad, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that he would pull 1,000 more British troops out of Southern Iraq by the end of the year.
Erik Prince, the boss of US security contractor Blackwater, denied his staff ran riot like “cowboys” and defended their act as appropriate in a Baghdad shootout which left at least 10 Iraqis dead.
The largest Shiite political coalition in Iraq demanded that US military should abandon its recruitment of Sunni tribesmen into the Iraqi police. They fear that arming the Sunnis directly means arming them against Shias. They also fear that some these groups are the members of “armed terrorist groups” who engage in killing, kidnapping and extortion under the guise of fighting the insurgent group, al-Qaeda.
October 3, 2007
The Polish ambassador to Iraq, Gen. Edward Pietrzyk, 57, was slightly wounded and one civilian was killed in a car bomb attack in downtown Baghdad. The Ambassador was admitted to a US military hospital and his injuries were most likely not life-threatening.
October 4, 2007
the whole day in the Iraq is marked with the violent occurrences. A series of bombings in Iraq killed at least 12 people, including a town mayor, the day after the Polish ambassador narrowly survived an attack in the capital. In two separate car bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital, killed at least seven people and injured scores. On the other hand, a bomb in a minibus exploded in Al-Zafaraniyah in southeastern Baghdad killing four people and wounding eight, while another killed three and wounded eight in Garage Amana in the centre of the capital.
A leader of a Sunni Arab tribal council, Sheikh Muawiya Jebara, has been killed in a roadside bomb attack North of Baghdad. Jebara, who was a senior member of the Salahuddin Awakening Council and opposed al-Qaeda in Iraq, was killed along with his three bodyguards as his convoy was attacked when it traveled near Samarra.
October 5, 2007
In a significant success against the militants in Iraq, US forces have killed 25 suspected insurgents in heavy fighting near Baquba. The military said that the target of operation had been a Shia militia commander linked to the elite Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. The militants opened fire on the US troops with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades and the in retaliation 25 militants were killed. However, Iraqi officials said women and children were among the dead.
While the confrontation between Iran and US goes on there are rare chances that the both will ever enjoy the cordial relationship. The cover war goes on between the two. For that reason, Iran has significantly escalated its involvement in Iraq, “raising the heat” by supplying more sophisticated weaponry that is used against U.S. targets and undermining progress made by the U.S. troop increase, Iraqi National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie said today.
October 6, 2007
A deadly US air strike on an Iraqi village was sparked by confusion in the night when civilian guards fired at US ground forces thinking they were Al-Qaeda rebels. The US military said 25 suspected Iranian-linked insurgents were killed in Friday’s early morning double air strike on Jayzani Al-Imam village, 30 miles (50 kilometres) north of Baghdad
Two of Iraq’s most influential Shiites, radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and powerful politician Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, signed a deal on Saturday aimed at ending months of deadly rivalry. The three-point agreement was aimed at enhancing relations between the two groups and to maintain the Islamic and national interest. There is the necessity to maintain and respect the Iraqi blood (to stop bloodletting) under whatever circumstances or by any party. It also agreed that Bloodletting is contrary to all legislations and morals.
