Some 12 Nepalese kidnapped in Iraq, a threat to Salvador, air, artillery bombardment on al-Najaf

The American tanks and planes yesterday bombarded positions for the fighters of al-Mahdi army in the surrounding of Imam Ali shrine in the northern part of Najaf city today at dawn, the American forces also exchanged fire with al-Sader supporters deployed in the area according to witnesses.

Meantime, five American marines were killed in different incidents in al-Anbar and al-Musil governorates. In two separate statements, the American army announced the death of four of its soldiers in al-Anbar province on Saturday while the fifth was killed on Sunday in a bomb explosion in Musil.

In Musil, also two Iraqis were killed and one from Indonesia and one from the Philippinese was injured. The Iraqi police said that the four men are working in a foreign telecommunications company and their car was ambushed in the downtown of the city.

Meantime, the spokesman for al-Shaheed al-Sader office in al-Nasereyah Ous al-Khaffaji said he was able to release the American journalist Miga Garen who was held in al-Nasereyah. Al-Khafaji said that the group responded to the call made by al-Shaheed ( Martyr) al-Sader office and released the man.

On the other hand, the "Iraqi Sunni supporters" group showed pictures on its web on the Internet for 12 Nepalese kidnapped in Iraq, saying that these pictures are " a lesson for each and every one who tries to fight Islam and Muslims and support the crusaders forces in Iraq."