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U.S.: Man Held is Not Leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq
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Abu Mustafa reported "light clashes" with American and Iraqi forces Thursday, saying that patrols had been sent deeper into the district from multiple directions. The patrols turned back, he said, after being confronted by Mahdi Army fighters.
Abu Mustafa said American helicopters were also bombing houses in the area.
American and Iraqi commanders have said they are taking precautions to limit the impact on innocent civilians and property.
Also Thursday, fighters launched two rockets from Sadr City that struck a home in central Baghdad, killing two Iraqi civilians and wounding eight others, the U.S. military said.An Iraqi police official said at least four fighters and 22 other people were wounded in the district when militiamen clashed with Iraqi forces backed by U.S. helicopters.
In Salahuddin province, north of Baghdad, a suicide bomber killed Mulla Nadhum al-Aswadi, a leader of the U.S.-backed Sunni force known as the Awakening, who was traveling in a convoy with the police chief in the town of Duluiyah.
In Samarra, about 65 miles north of Baghdad, U.S. forces backing the Awakening fighters killed five senior members of al-Qaeda in Iraq in a pre-dawn offensive, according to Mohammed al-Nesani, a local Awakening leader.
Special correspondent Dlovan Brwari in Mosul contributed to this report.
