Friday, March 23, 2007
Fadhila Party's HQ in Basra burnt down
Politics, Security
(Voices of Iraq) - The headquarters of the Shiite Fadhila (Virtue) party in Basra was completely burnt down during clashes with armed men besieging the house of the Basra mayor and trying to storm it, a source from the party said on Thursday. “The headquarters of the Shiite Fadhila (Virtue) party was completely burnt down… because of gunmen’s attacks,” the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) by the phone.
“We are fighting now inside the house of Mayor Mohamed Musbeh al-Waeli to end the siege, as the attackers are trying to storm it,” he added. Local authorities imposed a curfew on Thursday in the southern Iraqi city of Basra after clashes between followers of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and gunmen from the Shiite Fadhila (Virtue) party, eyewitnesses had said earlier.
“We are fighting now inside the house of Mayor Mohamed Musbeh al-Waeli to end the siege, as the attackers are trying to storm it,” he added. Local authorities imposed a curfew on Thursday in the southern Iraqi city of Basra after clashes between followers of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and gunmen from the Shiite Fadhila (Virtue) party, eyewitnesses had said earlier.
Labels: Basrah, Fadhela party, Mohamed Musbeh al-Waeli
