A relative calm has
settled over most of the governorate during the last few hours, except for the
sequence of military operations that took place in Ramadi: a number of mortar
rounds have struck public marketplaces in the city, leaving 5 citizens
wounded on 'Doctors' Street' in the city center. This is the second incident of
its kind after the fire that swept through the market across the street.
There have also been
intermittent clashes in the southern and southeastern suburban perimeter
districts of the city, with the arrival of gunmen who paraded around the area, causing
some residents to move out of their homes, as a result of concern over the
expected resumption of gunmen activity within Ramadi after their seizure of
more towns and villages in western Anbar.
The situation in
Haditha is still unchanged. There was some intermittent exchange of fire
between the armed groups on the town's outskirts and the security, army, and
police forces that are based around the Haditha Dam. People are afraid of the
consequences should the gunmen seize control of the dam.
In Ana, Rawa, Rutba,
Al-Qa'im the situation has remained unchanged; gunmen are in control of most of
the residential districts in those towns, while there are still some clashes
from time to time, and there have been some Iraqi air force mission that have -
according to the Anbar Central Command - have hit their targets with a high
degree of precision.
In Fallujah, with
yesterday being the first day of Ramadan, some people expected a suspension of
the reconnaissance flights and air strikes on the city. But today at least 19
people were either killed or wounded as a result of the bombardment yesterday
and today of a number of the city's residential districts.
To the northeast, Al-Garma
has been the scene of fighting near the Al-Ru'ood Bridge in northeastern
Al-Garma.
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