In Ramadi,
intermittent clashes have taken place in the southern sector snd the
countryside areas outside the city along the banks of the Euphrates .
Within the city similar clashes have taken place in the western parts of the
city adjacent to the Anbar Operations Command and the 8th Brigade HQ. At this
time we do not yet have casualty figures for any of the clashes. A number of
gunmen have been reported killed in the southern sector in military operations,
according to security and political sources at the Anbar Council.
In Fallujah, there have been attacks on the northern sector of the city and along the main Baghdad-Fallujah
highway in a coordinated operation between Fallujah and Al-Garma,
according to Defense Ministry sources. A number of residential districts in the
city have been shelled, including Al-Sichir to the north and Al-Nu'aimiya to
the south. The casualty count between last night and noon today shows that 17
residents have been killed and 39 others wounded, the highest count for more
than a week. In one incident all 6 members of one family were killed by the
shelling.
The main towns in
western Ramadi are still under the gunmen's control and it is they who are
running the day-to-day situation in those areas.
The negative reaction of many Anbaris to the election of Saleem Al-Juburi as
Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament is similar to that when Usama Al-Nujaifi was elected as Speaker and
Saleh Al-Mutlag as Deputy Prime Minister in the past. As they all belong to the same class and
the same sect of those who live in Anbar.
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