Second Iraqi person killed in al-Falouja, a Baathist official arrested in al-Musil
Iraq-USA, Politics, 6/9/2003

One Iraqi citizen was killed in al-Falouja city to the west of Baghdad which has been witnessing repeated armed attacks between armed Iraqis and the American soldiers.

The US central leadership said that the citizen was killed after the soldiers returned fire to an attack launched by an armed Iraqi group and in an attempt to stop looting operations against one factory in al-Falouja.

The American soldiers also arrested several persons in the city, threatening they will jail every one who is caught stealing or looting. An American armored vehicle roved the streets of al-Falouja with a loudspeaker telling people not to carry out looting operations.

Another Iraqi was killed on Sunday evening by the fires if the American occupation forces after thee forces were exposed to a missile attack from al-Falouja, one of the premises of the conservative Islamist trend.

In al-Musil city to the north of Iraq, the US occupation forces arrested 6 persons including a former Baath party official on pretext of planning for attacks against the American forces.

In a statement, the American forces said the suspected persons were arrested during a break-in operation yesterday at a house in the city which is 400 Km to the north of Baghdad and among the detainees is the former official of the Baath party who as a ruler in Sanjar area, close to the border with Syria.

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