These are the main security incidents reported this evening from Iraq by the Independent Iraqi News Agency Aswat Al Iraq translated and summarised from Arabic. Additionally I can now have confirmation from the team members resident in Iraq of the reports from Baghdad yesterday that the American army of occupation in Iraq is completing it’s preparations to besiege and assault Sadr city. Given their record of disregard for the lives of civilians during such operations all of us expect massive civilian casualties. In this context it is worth noting that both Generals Odierno and Petraeus have overseen such operations during their previous terms in Iraq.

Baghdad: Sadr City: American Preparations for Siege And Assault Confirmed

The reports yesterday in the Iraqi media such as the one below from WNA that American Army of occupation troops are attempting to encircle seal off Sadr city have now been confirmed by all the Gorilla’s Guides team members resident in Baghdad separately:

Eyewitnesses said that a joint American Iraqi forces imposed a security barricade on the Sadr City since early morning today, Tuesday.
The witnesses said to Iraqi National News Agency that the joint forces closed tight on the movement of incoming and outgoing of the city and demanded departures to leave their cars and to head out of the city on foot.
Joint forces did not explain the reason for these sudden measures.
The Sadr City, which is considered the stronghold of the Mahdi Army loyal to the Shiite leader Muqtada AL-Sadr, has in the past weeks witnessed a raid in search of gunmen believed to be the work of sectarian violence in Baghdad

Source: وكالة الانباء الوطنية العراقية - ونا: American Iraqi forces imposed a security barricade on Sadr City

Mohammed, Ali, Laith, and Omar all have now all confirmed this and similar reports separately by mail.

Karbala: One killed Two Wounded in Attack on Taxi

A father and son and their taxi driver came under attack by 3 gunmen who fired into the cab. 35 year old Hashim Saleh Hamad was killed instantly his son and the taxi driver [no details givem for either - mfi] were wounded . The motive for the attack is unknown.

Source: Aswat al Iraq

Mosul: Convoy of 4 Trucks Intercepted by Gunmen: Trucks Seized : Drivers Kidnapped

A convoy of 4 trucks was stopped and seized by gunmen near Mosul. The drivers all of whom are Turkish have been kidnapped.

Source: Aswat al Iraq

Hit: American Occupation Troops Attacked : Open Fire Indiscriminately 

Eyewitness reports from Hit in Al Anbar. Say that American troops occupying the town came under fire and returned fire indiscriminately.

The death among civilians from yesterday’s indiscriminate firing by American troops occupying the town has now risen to three due to the death in hospital of one of the wounded.

Link to Aswat al Iraq

Basrah: Detainees Released : British Occupation Bases Attacked

Two of the eight people detained by British occupation troops amid much fanfare and boasting a “terrorist cell” being smashed in Basrah have been released.

The 3 British base underwent the usual nightly shelling - with Katyusha rockets. Last night’s total was 19.

Source: Aswat al Iraq

Kut: US Occupation Warplanes Overflights

US Occupation forces overflew Kut repeatedly at low altitude during the day.

[Kut is relatively peaceful but since when did that ever stop the flyboys from heating things up? - markfromireland]

Source: Aswat al Iraq

Kut: Weapons Cache Seized

A cache of weaponry mostly light to medium firearms and some explosives have been seized during a search of the farming district north of Aziziyah.

Source: Aswat al Iraq

Ramadi: American Occupation Patrol Bombed

No reports of casualties. The bombing was just south of the stadium.

Source: Aswat al Iraq

Diwaniyah: 2 Grenade Attacks

The first attack was on a private residence. The second on a hair dressing salon. No casualties in either attack.

Source: Aswat al Iraq

Fallujah: Green Zone Government Base Attacked

Aswat al Iraq have published an English translation of this report. There are no significant diffences between the English and Arabic versions. The text below is from the English version:

Falluja, Jan 12, (VOI) – An Iraqi army base was attacked on Friday in the restive Anbar’s city of Falluja, a police source said.
“Gunmen attacked today afternoon an Iraqi army base in eastern Falluja,” the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The source added “the gunmen fired RPGs at the base and then engaged in a 15-minutes-long fight with the soldiers there.”
“There were casualties among the base personnel,” the source added but declined to give a specific figure

Link to English Translation on Aswat al Iraq Source: Aswat al Iraq [Arabic]

Yusufiyah: Weapons Cache Seized 3 Detained

Green zone government police seized a quantity of arms, including an anti-aircraft machine gun, some ammunition, explosives, bomb making materials, and an RPG in a raid. Of the three detainees two are being held for possession of arms. The third is believed to be a coordinator.

Link to Aswat al Iraq

Mosul : Former District Mayor Murdered

Aswat al Iraq have published an English translation of this report. There are no significant diffences between the English and Arabic versions. The text below is from the English version:

Ex-district mayor killed near Mosul
By Ibrahim Zannun
Mosul, Jan 12,(VOI) – The Iraqi police said on Friday unknown gunmen shot dead former mayor of Baaj district near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
“Gunmen shot and killed late last night former Baaj district mayor Ali Abdullah Fahd outside his house in Baaj, northwest of Mosul,” an official source at Ninewa police department told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
The source added “the motive behind Fahd assassination was still unknown.”
In a separate incident, the source said, police patrols last night killed a gunman and arrested another after policemen chased and opened fire at the car the two gunmen were riding in.
“The incident occurred at al-Faysaliyah neighborhood in east of Mosul,” the source added.
“The patrols found a quantity of arms in the gunmen’s car,” he added.
Mosul is 402 km north of Baghdad.

Source: Aswat al Iraq [Arabic] Source: Aswat al Iraq [English]

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