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Troops storm major Baghdad mosque
Three people are reported to have been killed when Iraqi security forces, backed by US troops, raided one of Baghdad's most important Sunni mosques.
Eyewitnesses said clashes broke out when 300 National Guards entered Abu Hanifa mosque after Friday prayers.
The guards are said to have used stun grenades before opening fire. Dozens were arrested, including the imam.
The interim Iraqi government has said it will clamp down on those who "incite violence", including clerics.
The mosque, near the city centre, is associated with opposition to US-led coalition forces.
It is believed the security forces were looking for insurgents who escaped from Falluja during the US-led military assault, including foreign militants.
Several people were injured in the clashes.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4026505.stm
Two Iraqis have been killed and nine wounded in violence in an important Sunni Muslim place of worship in Baghdad on Friday.
The clashes broke out after Iraqi national guardsmen raided al-Hanifa mosque in Baghdad's Adhamiya neighbourhood following Friday prayers, hospital sources said.
"We have received two killed and nine wounded, eight of them in serious condition," Amin Lamin of Al-Numan hospital said.
Al-Hanifa, considered one of the most important Sunni Muslim mosques in Iraq, has already been raided several times by US forces in recent months.
After prayers, some 200 to 300 national guardsmen stormed the mosque, throwing sound grenades and firing shots in the air.
The purpose of the raid was not immediately clear but some worshippers, gathered outside the mosque, said the security forces had arrested the mosque imam, Shaikh Muayid al-Adhami.
Soon afterwards, US forces arrived on the scene, entered the mosque to post soldiers on the roof. Women were allowed to leave the premises but men were kept inside.
Dozens of the mosque's guards were forced to lie on the ground by the US troops.
During his sermon, the imam had charged that after their devastating onslaught on the city of Falluja in western Iraq, US forces would target Latifiya.
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F9CF63A1-2E18-4FE0-90C0-E1567204096B.htm
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi forces, backed by U.S. soldiers, stormed one of the major Sunni Muslim mosques in Baghdad after Friday prayers, opening fire and killing at least three people, witnesses said. In the battle for control of Mosul, Iraqi forces raided several areas overnight, killing 15 insurgents, Iraqi and U.S. military officials said.
At least 13 other insurgents were captured in Mosul, authorities said.
About 40 people were arrested at the Abu Hanifa mosque in the capital's northwestern Azamiyah neighbourhood, said the witnesses, who were members of the congregation. Another five people were wounded.
It appeared the raid at Abu Hanifa mosque, long associated with anti-American activity, was part of the crackdown on Sunni clerical militants launched in parallel with military operations against the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
On Thursday, the Iraqi government warned that Islamic clerics who incite violence will be considered as "participating in terrorism." A number of them already have been arrested, including several members of the Sunni clerical Association of Muslim Scholars, which spoke out against the U.S.-led offensive against Fallujah.
"The government is determined to pursue those who incite acts of violence. A number of mosques' clerics who have publicly called for taking the path of violence have been arrested and will be legally tried," said Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's spokesman, Thair al-Naqeeb.
Elsewhere in Baghdad, a suicide car bomber rammed into a police patrol setting up a checkpoint, killing one police officer and injuring as many as 10 other people, including police officers, authorities said.
At the Abu Hanifa mosque, U.S. troops were seen securing the outer perimeter and sealing it off. Some American soldiers also were seen inside the compound.
Witnesses heard explosions coming from inside the mosque, apparently from stun grenades. Inside the office of the imam, books, including a Qur'an, and a computer were found scattered on the floor, and the furniture was turned upside down.
At least 10 U.S. armoured vehicles were parked at the mosque, along with two vehicles carrying about 40 Iraqi National Guards, witnesses said.
Read More
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/041119/w111942.html
The guards are said to have used stun grenades before opening fire. Dozens were arrested, including the imam.
The interim Iraqi government has said it will clamp down on those who "incite violence", including clerics.
The mosque, near the city centre, is associated with opposition to US-led coalition forces.
It is believed the security forces were looking for insurgents who escaped from Falluja during the US-led military assault, including foreign militants.
Several people were injured in the clashes.
Read More
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4026505.stm
Two Iraqis have been killed and nine wounded in violence in an important Sunni Muslim place of worship in Baghdad on Friday.
The clashes broke out after Iraqi national guardsmen raided al-Hanifa mosque in Baghdad's Adhamiya neighbourhood following Friday prayers, hospital sources said.
"We have received two killed and nine wounded, eight of them in serious condition," Amin Lamin of Al-Numan hospital said.
Al-Hanifa, considered one of the most important Sunni Muslim mosques in Iraq, has already been raided several times by US forces in recent months.
After prayers, some 200 to 300 national guardsmen stormed the mosque, throwing sound grenades and firing shots in the air.
The purpose of the raid was not immediately clear but some worshippers, gathered outside the mosque, said the security forces had arrested the mosque imam, Shaikh Muayid al-Adhami.
Soon afterwards, US forces arrived on the scene, entered the mosque to post soldiers on the roof. Women were allowed to leave the premises but men were kept inside.
Dozens of the mosque's guards were forced to lie on the ground by the US troops.
During his sermon, the imam had charged that after their devastating onslaught on the city of Falluja in western Iraq, US forces would target Latifiya.
Read More
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F9CF63A1-2E18-4FE0-90C0-E1567204096B.htm
BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi forces, backed by U.S. soldiers, stormed one of the major Sunni Muslim mosques in Baghdad after Friday prayers, opening fire and killing at least three people, witnesses said. In the battle for control of Mosul, Iraqi forces raided several areas overnight, killing 15 insurgents, Iraqi and U.S. military officials said.
At least 13 other insurgents were captured in Mosul, authorities said.
About 40 people were arrested at the Abu Hanifa mosque in the capital's northwestern Azamiyah neighbourhood, said the witnesses, who were members of the congregation. Another five people were wounded.
It appeared the raid at Abu Hanifa mosque, long associated with anti-American activity, was part of the crackdown on Sunni clerical militants launched in parallel with military operations against the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
On Thursday, the Iraqi government warned that Islamic clerics who incite violence will be considered as "participating in terrorism." A number of them already have been arrested, including several members of the Sunni clerical Association of Muslim Scholars, which spoke out against the U.S.-led offensive against Fallujah.
"The government is determined to pursue those who incite acts of violence. A number of mosques' clerics who have publicly called for taking the path of violence have been arrested and will be legally tried," said Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's spokesman, Thair al-Naqeeb.
Elsewhere in Baghdad, a suicide car bomber rammed into a police patrol setting up a checkpoint, killing one police officer and injuring as many as 10 other people, including police officers, authorities said.
At the Abu Hanifa mosque, U.S. troops were seen securing the outer perimeter and sealing it off. Some American soldiers also were seen inside the compound.
Witnesses heard explosions coming from inside the mosque, apparently from stun grenades. Inside the office of the imam, books, including a Qur'an, and a computer were found scattered on the floor, and the furniture was turned upside down.
At least 10 U.S. armoured vehicles were parked at the mosque, along with two vehicles carrying about 40 Iraqi National Guards, witnesses said.
Read More
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/041119/w111942.html
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