Posted on 02/01/2007 10:07:38 PM PST by HAL9000
Iraq: total curfew on the Holy City of Najaf of fear of an attack
NAJAF (Iraq) - a total curfew was imposed and until new order on the area of Najaf, by fear of an attack of armed groups, four days after violent one engagements between a militia Shiite and Iraqi and American forces, announced Friday the local authorities.
“Fire, imposed in the night of Thursday on Friday covers It, was prolonged and it touches all the area of Najaf without exception including Koufa, in the North-East of the Holy City”, affirmed the police force of this city located at 160 km in the south of Baghdad.
A spokesman of the province of Najaf, Ahmad Douaïbel, explained that the “authorities made this decision after having received information according to which armed groups projected to launch attacks on cete city”.
“The stoppings of police force received for instruction to prohibit to enter and leave the city, and this instruction applies as well to the inhabitants of the city”, specified for its part the police force.
Initially, the authorities announced Thursday evening the entry into force of a night curfew, beginner with 22H00 (19H00 GMT) and being completed with 08H00 (05H00 GMT), while police officers set up stoppings of control downtown.
The police force had explained that they were “preventive safety measures following received information”, without specifying of which kind.
More than 200 militiamans Shiites were killed, wounded as much and nearly 600 decrees at the end of the confrontations last Sunday in the north of the town of Najaf, according to a advanced assessment Thursday by the Iraqi government.
At least six members of the Iraqi forces of safety perished in the engagements, like two American soldiers, killed in the fall of a helicopter supporting the troops on the ground.
WOW that something but I am not surprise this been terrorist smackdown target for few weeks now
Sources: Operation Baghdad starts on February 5.
The preparations for Baghdad's security operations and the reactions of politicians, people and militant groups are still taking the most prominent headlines of local news in Iraq.
The head of one of the two city councils in Sadr city told AFP that he's ready to cooperate with the Iraqi forces in implementing the security plan. In the statement that appeared on al-Mada Kareem Hassan said "The presence of popular armed committees [Sadr militias] will end automatically when Iraqi forces enter the city because the need for the committees will cease to exist"
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As we said in the last update, Maliki won unanimous support for his plan in the parliament and despite some opposition from the radical factions the major blocs are expressing their support and approval of the plan
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Oh, goody. Can't wait. And hey....I get to ride down the infamous airport road during that time. Wheeeeee!
Oh, goody. Can't wait. And hey....I get to ride down the infamous airport road during that time. Wheeeeee!
Coming home or going back?
Stay safe, PLEASE!
I need sleep. ((((nite))))
Koufa...That's a big Sadr "Army" enclave...
They must be getting short on translation people. Looks like this one was done by the guy whose day job is writing technical manuals for some of the electronics gear I've bought recently.
You know, it could be we're not doing as well in Iraq as we would like simple because half or more of what we say to them gets botched in the translation.
For example, the commander says "Get in there, kick ass and take names!" The Iraqi troops hear "Go in there and kiss some ass, and leave them with no names!"
Remember the book years ago, "The Ugly American"?
It's a machine translation. It gets us the gist of the news faster than human translation, sometimes by hours.
Perhaps if proven correct. Someone will have the common sense to line the two generals up and lay a few hundred rounds into them. Examples must start to become visible, and have meaning. If you contribute to the continued government authority's desire to end the insurgency and sectarian violance, you get shot.
Gates today said he wasn't awaire of any generals being looked at for Karbala attacks. Maybe they are not being considered that seriously.
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