Spoetnik
23-12-04, 17:12
Mosul in lockdown after blast
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. forces have sealed off entire districts of the Iraqi city of Mosul and raided homes in a hunt for suspects following a guerrilla attack that killed 18 Americans and four Iraqis.
Mosul's governor issued an order banning use of the five bridges that span the River Tigris in the city, and said anyone breaking the order would be shot. Residents said Iraq's third city was a virtual ghost town, with no one in the streets.
The order from Governor Duraid Kashmoula was broadcast on local television and came into effect at 4 a.m. (1 a.m. British time).
Military investigators are still probing whether Tuesday's attack on a dining tent at the Marez U.S. base in Mosul was a mortar strike or possibly even a suicide bomber. It was the deadliest attack on Americans since they invaded last year.
In Mosul, people were afraid: "Students went to school but were told to go home. People went to the shops, saw American troops in the streets, and went home," said Ahmad, 25, a car dealer who declined to give his surname.
"The place is shut down," said another resident, adding that mosques and markets were also virtually empty.
The U.S. military said a 9 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew, imposed several weeks ago, remained in place and confirmed it had stepped up operations in the search for suspects.
"We are conducting offensive operations to target specific objectives," Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hastings, a spokesman for U.S. forces in the area, said.
Witnesses said U.S. forces, backed by Iraqi National Guards, sealed off neighbourhoods in western and south-eastern Mosul and raided homes. "They're looking in the areas that are known hotspots," one resident in the west of the city said.
Hastings said the cause of the explosion was still unknown.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=642617
De genocide uitgericht in Falujjah gaat nu dus ook worden uitgevoerd in Mosul, waarschijnlijk met als doel de Sunni bevolking te verjagen. Zoals ik eerder dit jaar al berichtte waren de Amerikanen van plan om etnische zuiveringen in het noorden uit te voeren om de Koerden tevreden te stellen.
Over de aanslag: nadat het verhaal van een raket aanslag werd veranderd tot een aanslag door een iraakees met een backpackbom, is het nu mogelijk dat er beelden zijn van de aanslag. Een schimmige groepering beweert beelden te hebben van de aanslag die volgens hun zou zijn uitgevoerd met behulp van een truckbom.
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. forces have sealed off entire districts of the Iraqi city of Mosul and raided homes in a hunt for suspects following a guerrilla attack that killed 18 Americans and four Iraqis.
Mosul's governor issued an order banning use of the five bridges that span the River Tigris in the city, and said anyone breaking the order would be shot. Residents said Iraq's third city was a virtual ghost town, with no one in the streets.
The order from Governor Duraid Kashmoula was broadcast on local television and came into effect at 4 a.m. (1 a.m. British time).
Military investigators are still probing whether Tuesday's attack on a dining tent at the Marez U.S. base in Mosul was a mortar strike or possibly even a suicide bomber. It was the deadliest attack on Americans since they invaded last year.
In Mosul, people were afraid: "Students went to school but were told to go home. People went to the shops, saw American troops in the streets, and went home," said Ahmad, 25, a car dealer who declined to give his surname.
"The place is shut down," said another resident, adding that mosques and markets were also virtually empty.
The U.S. military said a 9 p.m.-to-5 a.m. curfew, imposed several weeks ago, remained in place and confirmed it had stepped up operations in the search for suspects.
"We are conducting offensive operations to target specific objectives," Lieutenant Colonel Paul Hastings, a spokesman for U.S. forces in the area, said.
Witnesses said U.S. forces, backed by Iraqi National Guards, sealed off neighbourhoods in western and south-eastern Mosul and raided homes. "They're looking in the areas that are known hotspots," one resident in the west of the city said.
Hastings said the cause of the explosion was still unknown.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=642617
De genocide uitgericht in Falujjah gaat nu dus ook worden uitgevoerd in Mosul, waarschijnlijk met als doel de Sunni bevolking te verjagen. Zoals ik eerder dit jaar al berichtte waren de Amerikanen van plan om etnische zuiveringen in het noorden uit te voeren om de Koerden tevreden te stellen.
Over de aanslag: nadat het verhaal van een raket aanslag werd veranderd tot een aanslag door een iraakees met een backpackbom, is het nu mogelijk dat er beelden zijn van de aanslag. Een schimmige groepering beweert beelden te hebben van de aanslag die volgens hun zou zijn uitgevoerd met behulp van een truckbom.