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Polish troops kill top Sadr aide in Kerbala-police
KERBALA, Iraq, April 7th, 2004 (Reuters) - Polish troops killed the head of militant Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadrâs office in Kerbala during overnight clashes in the holy Shiâite city which killed at least seven people, Iraqi police said on Wednesday. Iraqi police spokesman Rahman Mashawi told Reuters Murtada al-Mussawi, who ran Sadrâs Kerbala office, was killed in fighting with Polish troops in the centre of town. A spokesman for the Polish forces, who head a multinational division in the area, said he could not confirm the report but was checking. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Strzelecki said the overnight clashes with Sadrâs militias had ended at around 7 a.m. (0300 GMT). He said seven Iraqis were killed and five Iraqi security officials wounded. There were no Polish casualties, he said. Sadrâs militias have been battling occupying forces across south and central Iraq since Sunday. Sadr has rallied supporters with calls for an end to the occupation. The U.S. army said on Wednesday it would destroy his militia. Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-04-08 |
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