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(回答先: シーア派教徒殺害の映像 スンニ派過激派組織 ［共同通信］【「サドル師と米情報機関の隠された親密な関係について告白」と】 投稿者 あっしら 日時 2004 年 10 月 13 日 03:21:53)
NYT関連記事：
サドル派民兵が、重火器の引き渡しで、現金受領し、米軍が停戦。
かなり長文で、事情は非常に複雑に入り組んでいる。
イラク傀儡政権の軍も関係している。
サドル市の停戦交渉の経過である。
全文を訳すことができる方、募集。
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/12/international/middleeast/12iraq.html?oref=login&th
October 12, 2004
Cleric's Militia Begins to Yield Heavy Weapons
By DEXTER FILKINS
and EDWARD WONG
AGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 11 - Militiamen loyal to the rebel Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr surrendered hundreds of weapons on Monday, in what appeared to be an encouraging start to a deal struck with the Iraqi government and the American military to end months of fighting in the rundown eastern Baghdad neighborhood known as Sadr City.
On another violent day in which 3 American soldiers were killed and 14 wounded in two separate incidents, dozens of guerrillas came forward to hand over heavy weapons like mortars, grenade-launchers, machine guns and hundreds of artillery shells.
The group's surrender of its heavy weapons is the principal element of an agreement struck over the weekend with the interim Iraqi government and American military forces.
In exchange, American commanders agreed to halt military operations against the group, known as the Mahdi Army, and to begin hundreds of millions of dollars worth of reconstruction projects in the impoverished and dilapidated area. The Iraqi government also promised to release any member of the Mahdi Army, among the dozens picked up in sweeps here, who has not been charged with a crime.
By day's end, an undetermined number of weapons had been turned over, though by the look of the piles of guns and ammunition stacked up, the numbers appeared to reach into the hundreds. Under the agreement, the Iraqi government agreed to pay above-market prices for the weapons: $250 for a mortar, $170 for a grenade launcher and, for a bullet, 25 cents. Still, given the firepower deployed by the militiamen, the total turned in Monday probably represents only a fraction of what the group presumably has stored away. Under the agreement, the Mahdi Army has until Friday to turn over its heavy weapons, after which American commanders said they would assess Mr. Sadr's compliance and, if necessary, resume military operations and conduct house-to-house searches.
Mr. Sadr, who has been in hiding for weeks, has not spoken publicly about the agreement, although his senior aides say he has endorsed it. In the past, Mr. Sadr has shown a penchant for making deals amid great fanfare and then failing to follow through.
In addition, because the Mahdi Army itself is less a discrete military organization than a populist movement, it will be difficult to tell whether it has actually disbanded. Col. Robert B. Abrams, the commander of the First Brigade of the First Cavalry Division, which is overseeing Sadr City, said he intended to examine the militia's command structure to see if it hangs together after the disarmament.
Still, for all the reservations harbored by the Americans and the Iraqi government, the first day of the weapons surrender suggested a level of cooperation on the part of Mr. Sadr that has been missing in the past. If the guerrillas did not turn in all of their weapons on Monday, they at least made a start, and there were indications that more weapons were on the way.
"We have decided to give up our weapons, to disband," said Syed Aziz Abid, a representative of Mr. Sadr who was dispatched to one of the police stations where the weapons were being turned over. "God willing, there will be no more fighting."
Mr. Abid, like other acolytes of Mr. Sadr, indicated that the Mahdi Army might be holding onto the bulk of its heavy weapons until later in the week, to make sure that the Americans and the Iraqi government were serious in keeping their part in the bargain.
The disarming of Mr. Sadr's militia in Sadr City, his stronghold, would represent a major victory for the Iraqi government and its intention to hold nationwide elections by the end of January. But the Mahdi Army would still retain hundreds of fighters in other cities across southern Iraq, and officials here have expressed fears that the militia could still hold what amounts to veto power over the elections.
But circumstances have changed drastically for Mr. Sadr in recent weeks, and American and Iraqi leaders are confident that he might finally be truly ready to disband.
Mr. Sadr's attempt to commandeer the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf failed two months ago, when his militia was mauled by American forces and he was personally upstaged by the mainline Shiite religious establishment. In Sadr City, Mr. Sadr's militia has been under relentless military pressure. Mr. Abid, the emissary sent to inspect the weapons sites, said he harbored no love for the American forces. Two of his brothers, both Mahdi Army fighters, have died in recent weeks at their hands, he said.
"If it were not for Moktada's orders, I would still be fighting," he said.
The weapons drop-off sites brought out an array of characters, some of them Mahdi Army loyalists following orders to turn in their weapons and some of them unemployed Iraqis looking to exchange their old army equipment for some quick cash.
One Mahdi Army member named Ali Abdullah approached the Habibiya police station to drop off his AK-47 assault rifle, his face wrapped in a white scarf for fear that someone would try to photograph him. He said he would use the $150 he received for his rifle to buy a cart to sell sandwiches on the street.
"If Moktada says drop our weapons, then why should I resist?" Mr. Abdullah said. "He is the leader and he knows better than me what to do."
"Look at my clothes," he said, pointing to his oil-spattered shirt and pants. "I can do any work you ask me, just give me a chance. I've got a family to support. I'll take the $150. Believe me, most of the people here are just ignorant and oppressed."
Colonel Abrams said he was "cautiously optimistic" about the chances for peace in the area, in part because he believed Mr. Sadr had concluded that this was probably his last chance to enter the political mainstream.
"If he were to bring his militia back together, he knows he'll never have that chance again," Colonel Abrams said.
Mr. Sadr began to move toward the negotiating table about a month ago, about the same time as the Americans began staging almost nightly airstrikes in Sadr City, using fighter jets and an AC-130 gunship to rake the streets with missiles and cannon fire.
Even on even a slow day, Colonel Abrams said, his troops kill at least 10 Mahdi Army fighters, more than 40 on a medium-paced day and on a busy day, more than 100. Asked how many busy days his soldiers had experienced, he said: "A lot, a lot."
One of the most daunting problems faced by the Iraqi government and the Americans in the area is setting up a viable Iraqi security force that can replace Mr. Sadr's militia. At the moment, Colonel Abrams said, only about 500 Iraqi police officers show up for work out of the 800 assigned. He estimated that a force of about 7,000 officers would be needed in the area, which has a population of more than two million.
"They're out-manned, out-gunned and until recently, out-led by the militia," he added.
Indeed, at the gates of one of the weapons-disposal sites, the Iraqi security officers checked the identification card of an American reporter and then made him an offer.
"Do you want to buy the weapons inside?" he asked. "Just $150 for a Kalashnikov."
The American casualties on Monday resulted from a pair of attacks in Baghdad and Mosul. In the first, 2 American soldiers were killed and 5 wounded in a rocket attack in south Baghdad. In the second, one American soldier was killed and 9 wounded when a car bomb crashed into a convoy in Mosul.
Nuclear Materials Reported Missing
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 11 (Reuters) - Equipment and materials that could be used to make nuclear weapons are disappearing from Iraq, but neither Baghdad nor Washington appears to have noticed, the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency reported Monday.
Satellite imagery shows that entire buildings in Iraq have been dismantled. They once housed high-precision equipment that could help a government or terrorist group make nuclear bombs, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report to the Security Council.
Equipment and materials helpful in making bombs have also been removed from open storage areas in Iraq and have disappeared, according to the satellite pictures, the agency's director general, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, said.
Iraqi employees of The New York Times contributed reporting for this article.
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