Friday, March 28, 2008
Map courtesy of CENTCOM
I haven’t been by Mohammed Fadhil’s Blog, Iraq The Model, in a while but today I went by and as usual... found another very informative read by the man. Fadhil is a Baghdad Editor for Pajamas Media.
Click his latest post out at link below...
Behind the Bloodshed in Basra
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Let’s see what else is being reported about Iraq today...
* NewsOnAir.com has this take on the news out of Iraq today...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Friday extended the deadline to April 8 for Shia militiamen to hand over weapons or face severe penalties... In a statement he said that all those who would deliver heavy and intermediate weapons to security forces within these timeframe would be rewarded financially. Al-Maliki has already vowed to go all out in fight against the Shia militia...
Read the rest at link below...
Iraqi PM extends deadline of surrender to April 8, al-Sadr fights on
* CHRON.com reports the news out of Iraq this way...
U.S. forces stepped deeper Friday into the Iraqi government's fight to cripple Shiite militias, launching airstrikes in the southern city of Basra and firing a Hellfire missile in the main Shiite stronghold in Baghdad... The American support occurred as Iraqi troops struggled against strong resistance in Basra and retaliation elsewhere in Shiite areas — including more salvos of rockets or mortars into the U.S.-protected Green Zone in Baghdad... It was the first time American jets have been called to attack militia positions since Iraqi ground forces launched an operation Tuesday to clear Basra of the armed groups that have effectively ruled the streets of the country's second-largest city for nearly three years...
Read this report in full at link below...
US attacks Shiite targets
* IHT.com has this report...
American aircraft hit targets in Basra late Thursday and Friday, joining for the first time an onslaught by Iraqi security forces intended to oust Shiite militias in the southern port city...
U.S. military joins Iraqi Army in Basra assault
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