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| Iraq |
| US raid kills one, arrests four in Iraq's holy city |
| 2008-06-28 |
| One civilian was killed in a US raid in Iraq's holy city of Karbala and an Iraqi judge was killed in western Baghdad on Friday, while security handover of Anbar province was postponed due to expected bad weather conditions. One civilian was killed and four were arrested Friday during a US raid targeting Karbala, 100 kilometres south of Baghdad, sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. The holy city's governor, Oqeil al-Khazaali said that the detainees were not outlaws nor did they belong to any armed group. He said that the operation took place in Ganaga district, which is the birthplace of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. 'We denounce the operation and demand an explanation from US forces, as security forces in Karbala did not know about it,' al- Khazaali said. The US army did not comment on the raid. Earlier on Friday, the director of al-Sadr's office in Karbala said that police forces arrested between 30-40 Sadrists after the Friday prayers. Also in the south, Iraqi army forces seized a number of weapons and stores of ammunition north of the southern city of Basra, the official spokesman for the US forces in Basra said. He told the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency that the weapons were confiscated in al-Karama region, north of Basra. |
| Posted by:Fred |