Threats to separate Southern Iraq
Iraq, Politics, 8/10/2004

In protest of continued confrontations between the American forces and al-Sader supporters forces, the deputy governor of Basra, Salaam al-Malki, and the representative of Muqtada al-Sader in the city threatened to separate the governorates of al-Basra, al-Amara, al-Nasereyah and establish " the southern district" of Iraq in case the American forces will not withdraw from Najaf and the Iraqi prime minister Eyad Allawi and his government do not give an official apology for al-Sader and al-Sader trend and compensate the families of the killed and damaged people in al- Sader army.

Al-Malki stressed that al- Sadr trend ordered the south oil company to stop Iraqi oil exports until his demands are met, while the governorate decided to make a general strike on Monday and today.

Meantime, four Iraqis were killed in a car explosion on the main road in al-Khaledeyah town to the west of Baghdad.

This, however, came after the killing of six persons including five police men and wounding of other 18 in a booby trapped car explosion yesterday that targeted Aqil Hamid, the deputy governor of Deyali, who survived the explosion and was admitted to hospital. The explosion took place in Bulldozers area, to the southern east of Baqouba.

In Baghdad, the building of the ministry of oil and other governmental building were exposed to mortar bombardment.

One police man was killed and other three injured in an attack launched by unidentified gunmen at a police patrol in al-Maseib area to the south of Baghdad. The Iraqi police was able to detain the executors of the attack after they were chased for a short time.

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