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Al Mahdi Army

8-18-2004

Confrontations between the Al-Mahdi Army elements and the British forces in Basra

 

 

The Islam intellectual : the spokesman of the British Ministry of Defence said that the British forces went through battles with the Al Mahdi Army individuals in Basra city by south of Iraq today Tuesday .


And the speaker said that the British forces were promised two realizations but he did not clarify if was the two soldiers they were killed or they were injured in the fight that erupted with the advent of the night .


And he heard the rumble of the explosions and the sounds of the automatic weapons all over the city .


And Reuters was informed from eyewitnesses their saying the pro- the Shiite leader Moqtada Al-Sadr militiamen used the rocket propelled grenades in the fight .


And damages befell one of the hotels and injured two Iraqi civilians .


And earlier on Tuesday the spokeswoman of the British army said that the British forces in Basra saved foreigners that were taking three British vehicles after their convoy was injured in the explosion of a bomb on the sides of one of the ways .


And the speaker followed up it immediately number of the foreigners who were in the vehicles an adding did not become clear it is not injured one of in the accident that fell in the middle of Basra .


And eyewitnesses said that Sadr's militia individuals attacked the vehicles and sang a single at least from the foreigners they were injured،،

 

 

The Al Mahdi Army threatens with the explosion of the south oil pipelines

The confrontations between Al-Sadr Supporters and the American forces in Iraq took a course with more escalation after the threat of the Al Mahdi Army of the explosion of the south oil pipelines if the Americans attack Najaf City this night . And in another development Reuters was informed from an Islamic site forms of execution operation from its prescription by an agent to in Iraq

The Al Mahdi Army threatens with the explosion of the south oil pipelines

The confrontations between Al-Sadr Supporters and the American forces in Iraq took a course with more escalation after the threat of the Al Mahdi Army of the explosion of the south oil pipelines if the Americans attack Najaf City this night . And in another development Reuters was informed from an Islamic site forms of execution operation from its prescription by an agent to in Iraq .

 

 


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