The Americans leave Kirkuk

American troops left their base in the center of Kirkuk in the north of Iraq, the French media reported with reference to a senior representative of the Iraqi police.

According to him, the command decided to withdraw military personnel in connection with repeated attacks on the base over the past six weeks and a tense situation in Kirkuk.

The representative of the Iraqi police did not specify where the American units are re -bought up, RIA Novosti reports.

On Thursday , two explosions thundered in Kirkuk . According to updated data, six people died as a result of explosions at the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PSK).

The United States is preparing to withdraw troops from Ramadi. On Thursday, an American soldier died here

One American soldier died, two more were injured today as a result of an explosion of a bomb near the Iraqi city of Ramadi (100 km west of Baghdad). According to the representative of the US Armed Forces in Iraq, the explosive device was laid on the road and worked at the moment when the American patrol was moving through it. Details of the incident are specified.

Ramadi is part of the so -called Sunni triangle, where, as observers note, the positions of supporters of the former regime of Saddam Hussein are still strong.

The other day, at a press conference in Baghdad, the commander of the Western coalition troops, General Ricardo Sanchez said that the number of attacks on American soldiers in Iraq has increased sharply. According to him, daily Americans are subjected to more than 30 attacks, while before the number of sabotage did not exceed a dozen.

Now the United States is preparing to withdraw their troops from the Iraqi city of Ramadi, which is considered the center of armed resistance. This became known from sources in the occupation coalition.

In particular, the commander of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Charles Swinnek said in an interview with the newspaper New York Times that the American forces deployed in Ramadi west of Baghdad can be prepared for the beginning of next year, and Iraqi formations will take their place.

7 members of the "Anticoalition cell" were arrested in Falludge

In the Iraqi city of Falluja (60 km west of Baghdad), 7 members of the Anticoalition cell were arrested on Wednesday, the representative of the American troops in Iraq, who was widespread on Thursday, said.

According to him, the “Independent Anticoalition Cell” was led by Cudria Turks Ali. In addition to Kudria Ali, 6 of her sons were included in the cell.

The arrested are suspected not only of planning armed attacks on the occupation forces, but also in coordinating the attack on the civil transport convoy in the Falluja area, as a result of which 2 people were killed.

Kurdia Ali, emphasizes in the statement, protect women serving in the American military police.