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My Profile Top News Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. Subscribe You are here: Home > News > International > Article Home Business & Finance News U.S. Politics International Technology Entertainment Sports Lifestyle Oddly Enough Environment Health Science Special Coverage Video Pictures Your View The Great Debate Blogs Weather Reader Feedback Do More With Reuters RSS Widgets Mobile Podcasts Newsletters Your View Make Reuters My Homepage Partner Services CareerBuilder Affiliate Network Professional Products Support (Customer Zone) Reuters Media Financial Products About Thomson Reuters Iraqi forces encircle Sunni fighters after clash Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:12am EDT Email | Print | Share | Reprints | Single Page [-] Text [+] By Waleed Ibrahim BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces besieged a Baghdad district on Sunday after Sunni neighborhood patrolmen angry at the arrest of their leader clashed with police and troops in a gunfight that killed three people. The shootout on Saturday between government forces and the guards, many of them former insurgents who switched sides and joined the U.S. military to fight al Qaeda, took place in the central Baghdad district of al-Fadhil after the arrest of Adil al-Mashhadani and at least one of his men. Ties are tense between the Shi'ite Muslim-led government and the fighters, who numbered 100,000 nationwide at one point, and many fear being targeted for their insurgent past. "Our forces are chasing only those who are wanted and who have committed crimes against innocent people," Baghdad security spokesman Qassim al-Moussawi told Iraqiya state TV as police and troops, backed by tanks and U.S. forces, encircled al-Fadhil. "We will deal harshly with anyone who carries weapons in the face of the Iraqi security forces or tries to shake the stability and security of Iraq," he said. The Awakening Councils -- "Majalis al-Sahwa" in Arabic -- are led mostly by Sunni Arab sheikhs who rose against al Qaeda in 2006 and were recruited by the U.S. military in a bid to contain a raging insurgency unleashed by their 2003 invasion. Moussawi told Reuters Mashhadani was wanted for heading a military wing of an off-shoot of Saddam Hussein's outlawed former Baath party. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has called for reconciliation with former Baathists, but his government has insisted it will crack down on anyone trying to revive Saddam's party. Seven alleged neo-Baathists were arrested in early March. FIGHTERS WARNED Three civilians were killed in Saturday's gunbattle, 15 people were wounded, and the Sunni Arab fighters took five Iraqi soldiers prisoner. There were conflicting reports about whether or not they had been released. Sporadic gunfire could be heard on Sunday, witnesses said. A Reuters Television cameraman saw U.S. military vehicles alongside Iraqi army ones using loudspeakers to warn the fighters to put down their weapons in Arabic. U.S. military helicopters hovered overhead. The U.S. military did not respond to requests for comment. Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, a leader of Iraq's national Awakening Movement, condemned the al-Fadhil fighters -- a sign the fallout from these clashes might be limited. Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! 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