in the Zarka area north of Najaf fifteen years ago, specifically on the eighth,
and the twenty of January of the year two thousand and seven Iraq witnessed one of the strangest
the battles were the most mysterious and controversial. A mini-war that lasted for more
of thirty hours in a land area not exceeding three hundred square meters. Many fell
hundreds of dead and wounded people, and heavy weapons were used,
and aircraft. A great danger and confusion for the Iraqi scene. After I think
that it will provoke a bloody war that will tear the Shiite house in its stronghold
the most dangerous. The holy city of Najaf for Shiites across the world. Despite all this
. No one until the moment knows the right of certainty. Between whom and who the battle took place.
. If there was almost unanimity on the first party that the forces
Iraqi government planes, backed by US military intervention. However, the
other, despite the passage of a decade and a half that was not agreed upon. The question remains. Are you
were the Iraqi government forces fighting at the time? Frozen religious group of
a strict Shiite sectarian called Jund al-Samaa, headed by a person who claimed that
Imam Mahdi? He added to this by claiming that it came from the sperm and egg of
Imam Ibn Abi Talib and his wife Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad
Peace be upon him. Or was the Iraqi government at the time the dominant
against it were from well-known Shiite currents, they wanted a pretext to liquidate the current of Jund
the sky, who are against the Twelver Shiite groups, then they provoked clashes
between one of the checkpoints and an armed group before it calls for support from units
army and US forces bombed Shiite pilgrims in Najaf before clashing with
soldiers of the sky and their liquidation. In a site that gained its name Zarqa from the region
one in which it took place to distinguish between this mysterious and controversial battle,
battle of Najaf, which took place between Al-Sadr's forces and the US forces, a year
, two thousand and three. And the agency completed a complete documentary work in a series of battles for the
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but now do not go far. Because it is surprising what happened in the battle of Al-Zarka, why
after. The soldiers of the sky and the awaited imam. Fifteen years later, the
, the issue of the Soldiers of Heaven movement still preoccupied Iraqi society.
exciting and mysterious details of the events of the country's modern history. And almost
Kara clans did not come out. His full name is Dia Abdel-Zahra Kazem Al-Karaawi.
He did not exceed his secondary education. He was the son of an average environment.
he left Iraq during Saddam Hussein's rule. And returned after the invasion
many in his biography, and even the details of his life still make the arrival and the
for the fact that it is very difficult. For his followers, he is a Shiite young man,
religious graduates of seminaries. As for his opponents in
's gaps . At the time he did not complete his education. And sometimes a college graduate
, acting and performing arts. Thanks to his talent, he was able to play the role of the Mahdi , the
After the awaited part remained . To believe in him and establish the anti-Shiite Jund al-Sama movement as
Sadrist movement, the Twelver Sistani, or even the Al-Hakim movement. According to
the book "The Soldiers of Heaven Movement", written by the Iraqi judge, Zuhair Kazem Abboud
taken from the case papers in the Iraqi courts. Al-Karaawi,
, who was no more than thirty-five years old, when the battle
zirka was an ordinary person who did not study the principles of religion. But it turned on the night
nights for a religious person. After he miraculously survived a car accident in which he was broken, he
his backbone. And he began to promote that Imam Al-Mahdi contradicts all the narratives of the
Shiites and even Sunnis. According to Al-Karaawi's allegations, he was persuaded by the
followers and the book transmitted it. It is only a sperm from Ali bin Abi Talib, which was taken by
, Gabriel from him is an egg from Fatima, the daughter of the Messenger. And God took her to heaven,
To implant it in the womb of an Iraqi woman. She is the mother of Dia Al-Karaawi. Thus, he was born
according to the allegations of the expected Mahdi. He is the same Al-Karaawi. Who scrambled
returned to Iraq after touring Syria and Lebanon following the overthrow of a regime
Saddam Hussein in April two and three. His followers claimed that he will not be
, and dies. Even if the Iraqi force had a different opinion. According to the government account, the
which she said began to monitor the movement of the Heaven’s Soldiers. Although no source did
succeeded in presenting compelling documents about the sources of the movement's weapons and their capabilities
materialism and its political and religious relations. Especially with the multiplicity of tales of the
And interpretations that talk about the secrets of the movement of the soldiers of heaven. However, the government
the Iraqi classified as a terrorist movement. She attributed the high armament to
movement. To the success of some relatives of Al-Karaawi in gathering large numbers of
with light, medium and even heavy weapons from the army stores,
Iraqi support after the fall of Saddam's regime. Including Kalashnikov machine guns in numbers
that may exceed two thousand machine guns. And an unspecified number of Arbekai
light Russian expertise. The BKC Russian medium. And weapons
North Korean Dimitrov is heavy. In addition to the RPG launchers, ships
the Estrella-type anti-aircraft missile launchers. Besides the amounts
other huge ammunition and gear. The Battle of the Mysterious Zerka. At the time of his
clashes that shocked the Iraqi power. Which tried to arrest
the huge number of Al-Karaawi's army, Al-Aali's armament, and their
combat. Before the unit in charge of arrest had to request
from other Iraqi units. In addition to two American intervention battalions, each
their equipment. And with the intensification of battles in a small space. The snipers of the soldiers
of the sky were stationed on the roofs of houses. Iraqi units had to request the intervention of
, including American planes. Before the supporters of the Jund al-Sama movement were able to
to drop what raised their morale. And they began broadcasting through radio channels
police cars seized. The Mahdi is with them and wat to purify the earth.
, except for the Iraqi forces, progress further. To collide with a large number of
Underground trenches began . Which are well hidden in the farms area,
that were a haven for the Heaven Soldier. What made the clashes last for hours
hours. Until the number of Heaven's Soldiers ranged between three hundred and five hundred , he
according to various sources, including Al-Karaawi, who was killed and was not shot by the
for the morale of his men erupted, who discovered that they were in front of an ordinary man dying
like others. At that time, the Iraqi forces were able to resolve the battle and capture
six hundred and fifty people of Heaven's Soldiers after killing and wounding hundreds.
, while eleven Iraqi soldiers were killed. It is two military plus
to dozens of wounded. And the ado about the battle of the Zerka did not end here. As he knocked out
many have questioned the Iraqi government's story about it. Considering
A massacre occurred during the tenth of Muharram visit. With the aim of liquidating a Shiite movement
against the government. When the ruling Shiite parties invoked the arrival of
, intelligence information that the Soldiers of Heaven intended to target shrines,
imams. Except for the security alert and the Americans' notification of the presence of
crowds of terrorists in the village of Zarqa. When I explored the American plane
village party spotted an unusual human crowd that did not realize that it was a religious procession marching towards its
Karbala. Except by planes, the Shiite pilgrims were bombed by eight
combat machine guns. The movement of the Sky Soldiers responded by shooting down an aircraft. To erupt
A battle whose victims, according to this account, were mostly visitors to
Karbala. To die and become a victim of a Shiite Shiite power struggle.
until this story, which Iraqis believe in. She goes to that
the Iraqi government, which was broadcast through the waves of police dispatches. Voices
the militants of the Soldiers of Heaven. They are chanting a message. Imam
Mahdi is coming. Imam Mahdi is coming. In order to justify the killing of pilgrims
and liquidate the opposition Shiite movement in the Al-Zarka area. And you, for any account of the
two mysterious and controversial accounts of the Battle of Zerka tend.
until