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Al-Anbar Province.
Ar-Ramadi.
MASSACRE IN AR-RAMADI:
US tank mows down 40 civilians as they emerge from mosque after Friday prayers. Nineteen killed instantly, including 7 children.
An American tank that was parked outside the as-Sajariyah mosque in western ar-Ramadi opened fire with its machine guns on worshippers as they emerged from the place of worship after the congregational prayers at midday Friday, cutting down more than 40 people.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in ar-Ramadi, some 110km west of Baghdad, reported in a dispatch posted at 6:40pm Mecca time Friday evening, that a US tank that was parked near the mosque in the as-Sajariyah neighborhood opened fire with its machine gun at worshippers as they came out of the door of the mosque following prayers early Friday afternoon. More than 40 people were shot.
Dr. Umar al-Ani, the Director of ar-Ramadi Hospital told the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that 19 of those shot were killed instantly. Seven of the dead were children. The rest of those shot by the tank machine gun were taken to the hospital in serious condition.
Witnesses told the correspondent that the soldier who was standing on the back of the tank continued firing the machine gun at the worshippers for about three minutes. They emphasized that the attack was no accidental discharge and that there had been no attack on the Americans when the people were pouring out of the mosque a claim made by the US forces in their version of the horrific incident broadcast by US military propaganda radio beamed at local residents.
Shaykh Ahmad an-Niyabi, the Imam of the as-Sajariyah mosque, told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent that funeral for the martyrs killed by the American tank would be held in ar-Ramadi on Saturday, 13 August.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent wrote that the shooting reflected the sense of panic and fear that has gripped US troops in Iraq. They display particular fear of mosques because of what they mean for the Iraqi people in general and the Resistance in particular. It also indicated, the correspondent wrote, that what US President George W. Bush said about the American forces being calm was a lie.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent wrote that since the US invasion in 2003, mosques in ar-Ramadi, Mosul, and al-Fallujah have been the scene of attacks on civilians, but none as savage as the massacre in ar-Ramadi on Friday.
http://blogs.cjb.net/Tiswatvandaag/29894/
Pcitures from the MASSACRE