BAGHDAD, Jan 11 (PL).—The Ulemas Council of Iraq today described as a horrific crime the bombing of a suburban area of the capital perpetrated yesterday by U.S. planes.
The Council – the leading organization of the Sunni Muslim community – charged the U.S. armed forces with attacking a residential area in Arab Jabour, a suburb south of Baghdad.
The clerics affirmed in a communiqu̩ that the target of the bombing Рwhich resulted in dozens of dead and injured Рwas a civilian district with no military positions of any insurgent organization.
There has been no official statement from the occupation forces on deaths or material damages in Arab Jabour, which U.S. combat planes flew over yesterday, dropping 18,000 kilograms of explosives.
The religious leaders are holding the United States responsible for any consequences resulting from that action against civilians, and called on the Arab League to make a statement on the issue.
Yesterday’s attack was executed by two B-1 bombers and four F-16 hunters and is linked to Operation Phantom Phoenix, a series of offensives by U.S. and national troops on territories where they claim the resistance is active.
The U.S. command, which did not respond to the accusations of the Ulemas Council, alleged that the objective of current military operations is to dismantle rebel bastions and their logistic support networks.
Translated by Granma International
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