The US tanks control entries of Sadr City which will bury its deaths
The American tanks controlled Monday morning at least two of the entries of the district Shiite of Sadr City in Baghdad, after the violent ones confrontations from the day before who made at least 22 died and 85 wounded Iraqi side and seven died among the American soldiers.
A person in charge for the office of the radical leader Shiite Moqtada Sadr in this underprivileged district, Bitter Al-Husseini, declared with the AFP which "Moqtada Sadr called with the return to a state of calm but that the partisans want to fight against the American troops".
"We want peace and not the confrontation but if the Americans enter the district, there will be engagements", warned this person in charge Shiite. Thirteen American tanks blocked two entries of this district, stronghold of Moqtada Sadr, and the soldiers excavated all the cars, noted a journalist of the AFP.
In front of the office of the Sadr movement, several thousands of people were gathered, of which some of weapons, in order to take part in funerals of the victims of the fixings without precedent with the forces of the coalition. Crowd stressed: "There is not an other god that God and America is the enemy one of God".
The American forces took again position in front of the principal police station which they had left Sunday after having dislodged the partisans of Sadr of them.
A procession of about fifty children was formed in front of the office. They held up red flags.
Land-mark Al-Husseini in addition gave a report on arrests in the rows of "Armée of Mehdi ", militia of the Sadr movement, the American forces.
"Moqtada Sadr called with the return to a state of calm but that the partisans want to fight against the American troops".
If Sadr wants a state of calm, he should not have ordered his followers to commit terrorism against Americans.
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | April 5th 2004 | Joseph Farah
The Navy American announces an operation of scale in Falloujah
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The Navy American announced Monday the launching of an operation of scale in the rebellious city of Falloujah, to 50 km in the west of Baghdad, after the murder Wednesday of four civil American.
"Our goal is clear, we want to capture the men that we seek. We do not want to go there and to draw in all the directions ", affirmed lieutenant James Vanzant.
The sunnite city was encircled and the soldiers allowed only the cars carrying number plates of Falloujah to reach it.
The officer of the Navy added that the operation would last several days.
(Translation note: "Navy American" = U.S. Marines)