Friday, July 13, 2007
AMSI reports explosion at tribal lerder's house targeting recruits
Security, Tribal
(Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq) - Massive explosions rip through meeting near al-Fallujah Wednesday afternoon where collaborationist tribal leader was calling for volunteers to serve US occupation. In a dispatch posted at 9:58pm Baghdad time Wednesday night, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq (AMSI) reported that a massive explosion blew apart the home of the shaykh of the al-Jamilat tribe in the town of al-Karmah, 14km east of al-Fallujah (which is 60km west of Baghdad) on Wednesday afternoon. The attack came as the Shaykh was calling on his fellow tribesmen to volunteer to join the American run puppet army and police in order to support the occupation against the Iraqi Resistance.
The AMSI reported a source in the puppet police in al-Karmah as saying: “it is believed that four people wearing explosive belts blew themselves up at the diwan meeting of Shaykh Mushhin al-Khalaf, a leader of the al-Jamilat tribe in al-Karmah at 5pm local time Wednesday afternoon, killing 21 people and wounding 46, most of those in extremely grave condition. The wounded were transported to al-Fallujah General Hospital for treatment.
Isma‘il Ahmad Khalaf, a relative of Shaykh Mushhin reported: “two people wearing explosive belts entered the house and the diwan of Shaykh al-Khalaf, a shaykh of the al-Jamilat tribe, and blew themselves up with the explosive belts, killing many.”
A medical source at al-Fallujah General Hospital said that ambulances and police cars transported 21 bodies and 46 wounded people, most of those in critical condition, to the hospital. He expected the number of dead eventually to rise.
The AMSI reported a source in the puppet police in al-Karmah as saying: “it is believed that four people wearing explosive belts blew themselves up at the diwan meeting of Shaykh Mushhin al-Khalaf, a leader of the al-Jamilat tribe in al-Karmah at 5pm local time Wednesday afternoon, killing 21 people and wounding 46, most of those in extremely grave condition. The wounded were transported to al-Fallujah General Hospital for treatment.
Isma‘il Ahmad Khalaf, a relative of Shaykh Mushhin reported: “two people wearing explosive belts entered the house and the diwan of Shaykh al-Khalaf, a shaykh of the al-Jamilat tribe, and blew themselves up with the explosive belts, killing many.”
A medical source at al-Fallujah General Hospital said that ambulances and police cars transported 21 bodies and 46 wounded people, most of those in critical condition, to the hospital. He expected the number of dead eventually to rise.
Labels: al-Jamilat tribe, al-Karmah, Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq, Fallujah, Shaykh Mushhin al-Khalaf, tribal leader
