An urgent alert from the Iraq Freedom Congress informs us that at 3:00 AM Baghdad time on July 4, US and Iraqi government forces attacked the home of the head of IFC Safety Force, Abd-alhussein Saddam, causing serious injuries to him and his young daughter. He is now hospitalized, and we await further details.

The IFC is a coalition of civil resistance groups who oppose the occupation and seek a free, secular Iraq. The Safety Force is a civilian patrol the IFC has established to secure its areas against the various militias terrorizing Iraq's cities.

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