Iraqi Resistance Report for Monday November 7, 2005

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 7 November 2005

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. ( http://www.freearabvoice.org )

Monday, 7 November 2005.

Al-Anbar Province.

Al-Qaim.

US controls 40 percent of the city, but Resistance inflicts losses on Americans while minimizing its own casualties as it withdraws according to plan.

In a dispatch posted at 7:10pm Mecca time Monday evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported from al-Qaim that US occupation forces and Iraqi puppet troops fully controlled more than 40 percent of the city by about 3pm local time Monday afternoon. These occupied areas included the eastern and northern parts of the city and two neighborhoods in the center of the city. The occupation followed an American bombardment that lasted nearly two hours and came in addition to the on-going artillery bombardment that the US forces are mounting from outside al-Qaim.

The correspondent reported that Resistance forces pulled back to the southern part of al-Qaim and a section of the western part of the city. He described the intensity of US bombardment of the Resistance areas as "extremely heavy," as US fighter planes, tanks and artillery pounded the areas into which US Marines are planning to storm.

Despite the intensity of the American attack, the correspondent reported that the Resistance had suffered insignificant casualties, because they have been withdrawing according to a well-studied plan.

Throughout the city numerous wrecked and disabled US military vehicles can be seen. They are particularly plentiful in the area of the market in the middle of the city, where an extremely fierce battle was fought in which numerous American troops were killed or wounded, according to the correspondent.

Car bomb blasts US troops in al-Qaim early Tuesday afternoon.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Qaim near the border with Syria reported that an Iraqi Resistance car bomb blew up by a force of US troops at 2pm local time Monday afternoon.

The correspondent reported that the explosives-laden vehicle had been parked in the garage of a house in the market area in the middle of the city – a part of town that US and Iraqi puppet troops had attacked.

Eyewitnesses told the correspondent that the car blew up when it was surrounded by US troops, but no precise figures on the nature or extent of US casualties were available.

"Embedded" American reporter admits one US soldier killed in al-Qaim offensive.

Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported that an American New York Times reporter "embedded" with the US forces attacking al-Qaim had stated that one American soldier was killed and three others wounded on Monday, the third day of the US offensive on the city.

It was the first US death officially admitted by the American occupation forces since the start of their so-called "Steel Curtain" operation on Saturday, 5 November 2005, al-Jazeera noted.

Residents of al-Qaim, in refugee camps outside the city, begin burying their dead.

The people of al-Qaim, who now live in a refugee camp 11km east of their home city, buried a number of their loved-ones killed in the savage American bombing during the last two days.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported eyewitnesses as saying that 14 bodies of residents who were killed on Sunday were buried by relatives in an area about one kilometer from the highway that links the major cities of al-Anbar with the Syrian border.

The correspondent listed the names of the 14 bombing victims buried on Monday as follows: 1. Ahmad 'Abdallah Mud'in, 56, of the al-Jam'iyah neighborhood of al-Qaim.

2. 'Abdallah Ahmad 'Abdallah, 24, of the al-Jam'iyah neighborhood of al-Qaim.

3. Dalya Ahmad 'Abdallah, 23, of the al-Jam'iyah neighborhood of al-Qaim.

4. Sawsan Ahmad 'Abdallah, 17, of the al-Jam'iyah neighborhood of al-Qaim.

5. Amjidah 'Abd as-Salam al-Karif'awi, 51, of the al-Jam'iyah neighborhood of al-Qaim. (All the above were members of one family)

6. Abu Dawud (full name not known).

7. Khayun Husayn al-Mahlawi, 64, of ar-Rummanah village.

8. Wadhah Nuwwaf al-Qaysi,67, of ar-Rummanah village.

9. Ratibah Khayun Husayn, the pregnant daughter of the two above persons.

10. 'Umar 'Abd al-Fattah, a child of 3 years old.

11. Intisar Dhiyab Mahmud al-Mahlawi, 26, the mother of 'Umar 'Abd al-Fattah.

12. Burhan 'Adhdhab Mahmud al-Mahlawi, 30, the father of 'Umar 'Abd al-Fattah.

13. An unknown person.

14. An unknown person who was found with a piece of paper over his face on which was written a telephone number and the name Abu Khalid. The body had been wrapped in a blanket because the flesh was badly consumed in the fire that burned down the house in which he was living.

Pictures from the funeral can be seen at: http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=88391

Ar-Ramadi.

US soldier reported killed in Resistance bombing in ar-Ramadi early Monday.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol on the main road in the al-Mal'ab area in the middle of ar-Ramadi, some 110km west of Baghdad at 8am local time Monday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in ar-Ramadi reported residents of the al-Mal'ab area as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road leading to the center of town blew up as a patrol of four Humvees was passing by. The blast disabled one of the vehicles, killing one American soldier and wounding a second.

Al-Khalidiyah.

Two US troops reported killed in Monday morning Resistance bombing.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol on the main road in al-Khalidiyah, west of Baghdad, at 7:30am local time Monday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the area reported residents of al-Khalidiyah who witnessed the attack as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the main road in the town near the Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque blew up as a patrol of four US Humvees passed by.

The explosion disabled one of the American vehicles killing two US soldiers and wounding two more American troops. In his report posted at 10:25am Mecca time Monday morning, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that US forces were still encircling the area where the explosion took place, preventing anyone from approaching.

Hit.

Resistance bomb targets US column in Hit early Monday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column near a crossroads of the road linking Hit with al-Hadithah to the northwest at about 7am local time Monday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of Hit as saying that a bomb that had been planted on the road to al-Hadithah near the al-Mafraq area blew up by a passing patrol of several American Humvees.

The explosion set one of the vehicles on fire, but the correspondent had no information regarding the nature or extent of US casualties because the Americans quickly closed off the area.

Al-Habbaniyah.

Resistance bomb blasts Iraqi puppet army patrol near al-Habbaniyah Monday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by an Iraqi puppet army column on the road between al-Habbaniyah and the 'Amiriyat al-Fallujah area – south of the city of al-Fallujah at 9:30am local time Monday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported eyewitnesses in the city as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road blew up as an Iraqi puppet army patrol drove past. The security perimeter set up by Iraqi puppet troops following the explosion prevented the correspondent from ascertaining the nature or extent of casualties that resulted from the attack.

Al-Fallujah.

Resistance forces ambush US patrol south of al-Fallujah Monday morning.

Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a US patrol on the road linking 'Amiriyat al-Fallujah with the city of al-Fallujah to the north at 9am local time Monday morning.

The al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Resistance fighters armed wit machine guns and RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades attacked the American patrol. An RPG struck one of the US vehicles, totally burning it up and killing or wounding all five Americans who were aboard it.

After the attack, US forces surrounded the village nearby and set up a check point that closely screened all cars passing through the area, including the families who live in the area.

Resistance mounts numerous attacks on US, Iraqi puppet forces beginning late Sunday night.

In a report posted at 10am Monday morning Mecca time Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces in al-Fallujah had carried out several attacks on US and Iraqi puppet army forces in the previous 24 hours.

The correspondent in al-Fallujah reported residents of the city as saying that Iraqi Resistance forces bombarded a camp jointly used by the US occupation troops and the Iraqi puppet army in the middle of al-Fallujah with six mortar rounds at 8pm local time Sunday night.

Resistance forces also bombarded a joint US-Iraqi puppet army camp to the south of al-Fallujah with mortars at 9pm local time Sunday night.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by an Iraqi puppet army patrol on the highway near the ad-Dubbat neighborhood east of al-Fallujah. That blast disabled one of the Iraqi puppet army vehicles, killing or wounding four Iraqi puppet troops aboard it.

Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked an Iraqi puppet army camp in the al-'Askari neighborhood in eastern al-Fallujah with pipe rockets and machine guns, destroying one observation tower an killing one Iraqi puppet soldier and wounding a second.

Baghdad.

Two US troops reported killed in afternoon bombing in at-Taji.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military patrol on the road to the an-Nasr Establishment in the middle of the northern Baghdad suburb of at-Taji at 2pm local time Monday afternoon.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of at-Taji who witnessed the attack as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road near the an-Nasr Establishment blew up as a convoy of several US trucks and Humvees drove past.

The blast totally destroyed one US Humvee, killing two US troops and wounding another two, one of them seriously.

Resistance bomb kills a reported two US troops north of at-Taji midday Monday.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military convoy on the road between the northern Baghdad suburb of at-Taji and al-Mushahadah in Salah ad-Din Province at 1pm local time Monday.

Residents of at-Taji who witnessed the bombing told Mafkarat al-Islam that an explosive device that had been planted next to the road to al-Mushahadah blew up as a convoy of three Humvees and five US trucks loaded with equipment drove past. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the blast set one of the Humvees on fire, killing two US troops and wounding another two.

US admits four US soldiers killed in car bombing south of Baghdad.

An Iraqi Resistance fidai fighter drove an explosives-packed car into a US checkpoint south of Baghdad manned by American troops belonging to the so-called "Task Force Baghdad" and exploded. Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported that the US military had admitted that four American soldiers were killed in the attack. The American military failed to mention the exact location of the attack or any further details.

Salah ad-Din Province.

Ad-Dulu'iyah.

Resistance bomb rips through US column south of ad-Dulu'iyah late Monday morning.

Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a US military column on the road between ad-Dulu'iyah and Balad, north of Baghdad, at 11am local time Monday morning.

The ad-Dulu'iyah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eye witnesses as saying that the fighters, armed with light and medium weapons and pipe rockets, set on US military truck on fire and damaged a Bradley armored vehicle before withdrawing from the scene.

US forces opened fire intensively around the area and then closed it off, preventing reporters or local people from approaching and making it impossible for the Mafakrat al-Islam correspondent to ascertain the extent or nature of US casualties.

Ad-Dawr.

US soldier reported killed south of Tikrit.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol in the ad-Dawr area south of Tirkit on Monday. Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported that the explosion killed one US soldier and wounding two other US troops and an Iraqi working with the occupation forces as a translator.

Diyala Province.

Buhriz.

Resistance attacks puppet army checkpoint northeast of Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 5:50pm Mecca time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters had attacked an Iraqi puppet army checkpoint located between Nahrwan and Buhriz, northeast of Baghdad.

The Ba'qubah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons attacked the checkpoint, sparking a firefight that lasted 10 minutes and left three Iraqi puppet soldiers dead and five more wounded. One Resistance fighter was also killed and a second wounded in the engagement, the source reported.

Ninwa Province.

Tall 'Afar.

Resistance marksman kills US soldier in Mosul.

In a dispatch posted at 4:40pm Mecca time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance sharpshooter in the al-Wahdah neighborhood in southern Mosul shot and killed a US soldier on Monday.

Eyewitnesses who live in al-Wahdah told the Mosul correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that the American had been a part of a patrol driving along a side street in the neighborhood when a Resistance bullet suddenly struck him in the head, killing him instantly.

US forces then opened fire indiscriminately around the area and closed off the scene. They then began searching nearby houses but found no sign of the Resistance marksman.

US, Iraqi puppet army troops arrest 34 youths in Tall 'Afar Monday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 12:25pm Mecca time Monday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US occupation forces and Iraqi puppet army troops launched a wave of house-to-house raids and searches in the big as-Saray and ash-Shurtah neighborhoods of Tall 'Afar Monday morning. At the time of writing the sweep was still underway.

The correspondent reported a captain in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that the Americans had arrested 34 Sunni youths in their sweep, all of them suspected of being involved in launching attacks on the US and puppet army forces. One of those arrested was reportedly a leader in a local Sunni political party in the city.

At-Tamim Province.

Kirkuk.

Resistance car bomber blasts into puppet police checkpoint in western Kirkuk.

In a dispatch posted at 4:45pm Mecca time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance fidai fighter had driven an explosives-laden car into an Iraqi puppet police checkpoint in the west of Kirkuk.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in Kirkuk reported a source in the puppet "Rapid Deployment Force" as saying that the Resistance fighter drove his car thorugh the security barrier at the checkpoint and blew up, killing two Iraqi puppet policemen and wounding another 14, some of them severely.

Sources:

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Iraqi Resistance Report for September 23, 2005

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Friday, 23 September 2005

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Friday, 23 September 2005. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Friday, 23 September 2005.

� Resistance, US troops battle in ar-Ramadi.

� Resistance car bomber blasts into US armored column in Rawah Friday morning.

� Hundreds of Iraqis stranded with no supplies or money on Syrian side of the frontier following American order to seal Iraq's borders.

� Two US troops reported killed in al-Latifiyah early Friday morning bombing.

� One US soldier reported killed in roadside bombing near ad-Dujayl Friday afternoon.

Al-Anbar Province.

Ar-Ramadi.

Resistance, US forces battle in ar-Ramadi Friday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 10:55am Mecca time Friday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at that time fighting was raging between US and Iraqi Resistance forces in the as-Sufiyah area of northeastern ar-Ramadi.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including PKS machine guns and RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades battled US troops backed up by Bradley armored vehicles and other armored vehicles.

The fighting left one Humvee on fire, its crew of four dead or wounded.

Meanwhile an Iraqi Resistance bomb that had been planted by the side of the main road in the middle of ar-Ramadi blew up by a column of American tanks. The explosion disabled one tank and killed at least one US soldier. Two other American troops were wounded, according to local residents who witnessed the incident.

US tanks, for their part, shelled various areas around al-Bu Farraj village northwest of ar-Ramadi, killing two Resistance fighters and wounding a third, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported.

Al-Fallujah.

Resistance bombards joint US-Iraqi puppet army camp near as-Saqlawiyah.

In a dispatch posted at 8:10pm Mecca time Friday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired two heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the joint US-Iraqi puppet army camp at the northern entrance to the area of as-Saqlawiyah in the vicinity of al-Fallujah.

The al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that the mortar shells blasted directly into the camp, sending columns of smoke rising into the skyl

Hit.

Bomb targets joint patrol southwest of Hit Friday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the Zawiyah area southwest of Hit in western Iraq at 10:30am local time Friday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of az-Zawiyah as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road leading to Hit blew up as the joint patrol passed by.

The explosion damaged one Iraqi puppet army vehicle and killed one Iraqi puppet army soldier. Three other troops, one of them an American, were wounded in the attack.

Rawah.

Resistance car bomber blasts into US armored column in Rawah Friday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance fighter drove an explosives-laden car into a US column in Rawah in western Iraq at about 10:15am local time Friday morning.

The Rawah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents who witnessed the attack as saying that a car bomber surprised a column of several US armored vehicles and three Humvees on the road to al-Qa'im in the west, driving into them and blowing up as the column passed by.

The explosion completely destroyed one of the armored vehicles and killed or wounded five US troops who were inside it.

At the time the correspondent submitted his report, posted at 12:30pm Mecca time Friday, US troops were still encircling the area where the attack took place, preventing local people or the press from approaching.

Rabi'ah.

Hundreds of Iraqis stranded with no supplies, money on Syrian side of the frontier following American order to seal Iraq's borders.

Hundreds of Iraqi citizens have been stranded on the Syrian side of the border with Iraq following an order by the US-installed regime in Baghdad to close the border to all, even citizens of Iraq.

The al-Jazeera satellite TV station reported that among the many Iraqis stuck on the border are pilgrims back from the trip to Mecca, students and professors, people returning from having obtained medical treatment, families and government employees.

The many stranded Iraqis have appealed to humanitarian organizations to intercede with the regime in Baghdad to get it to open the border and allow Iraqi citizens back in to their own country.

The al-Jazeera correspondent reported from the Syrian al-Ya'rabiyah border outpost that one of the Iraqis stuck at the border trying to get home is a boy of 13 named 'Adnan who was returning home from Amman, where his leg was amputated. For more than a week he has been leaning on a crutch on the border of his country where his mother is waiting for his return.

'Adnan is one of hundreds of Iraqis, al-Jazeera reported - Arabs and Kurds, young and old men women and children who had been visiting relatives or friends in Syria who have been prevented from returning home. The problem, they say, is that US occupation forces have ordered the border sealed and the Iraqi puppet regime has no option but to carry out the order. The stranded Iraqis gather every day at the frontier crossing of al-Ya'rabiyah on the Syrian side, opposite Rabi'ah on the Iraqi side of the border.

One angry woman told al-Jazeera that she hadn't one cent left even to feed herself, but the Iraqi border guards could care less. She said that the Syrians in al-Ya'rabiyah, on the other hand, were looking after the needs of the women and children, giving them food and shelter.

But an Iraqi man stranded at the border demanded to know why pregnant women had been forced to give birth in a nearby mosque, without even the most basic medical care being available.

The Iraqis have called on international humanitarian agencies to help them get across the border into their country - so near, yet impossible to get to. It is feared that their plight will become a daily worsening tragedy as the health of some people deteriorates, while others run out of money waiting for the American occupation forces in Iraq to give the puppet regime in Baghdad the green light to open the gates.

Baghdad.

Resistance bombards US headquarters in al-Jihad neighborhood Friday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired five heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the headquarters of US occupation forces in the al-Jihad neighborhood in western Baghdad at 4pm local tiem Friday afternoon.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of al-Jihad who witnessed the bombardment as saying that five shells blasted into the US base producing violent explosions inside and sending columns of smoke rising into the sky.

Resistance bomb targets US fuel convoy in northern Baghdad Friday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a column of trucks hauling fuel to US occupation forces along the highway between at-Taji and ar-Rashidiyah north of Baghdad at 3:15pm local time Friday afternoon.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in the northern Baghdad suburb of at-Taji as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road to ar-Rashidiya blew up as a column of nine American trucks loaded with fuel and three Humvee escort vehicles passed by. The explosion set one of the tank trucks on fire, wounding its driver.

Resistance bomb blasts joint column in ar-Ridwaniyah area Friday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint column of US and Iraqi puppet army forces in the ar-Ridwaniyah area southwest of Baghdad at 9am local time Friday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of at-Tartan village to the south of ar-Ridwaniyah as saying that a bomb that had been planted in the middle of an unpaved farm road blew up as the joint column passed by.

The explosion damaged one of the US vehicles, wounding two American troops and one Iraqi puppet army soldier. Witnesses said that one of the Americans was severely wounded.

Resistance bombards puppet police station in al-A'zamiyah district Thursday, sparking fire fight between Resistance, puppet forces.

Quds Press reported Friday that Iraqi Resistance forces had bombarded the al-A'zamiyah puppet police station in Baghdad on Thursday, sparking armed clashes with Iraqi puppet regime forces.

The agency reported that numerous cities in Iraq have become noticeably tenser in recent days where the streets are in a constant state of readiness for the outbreak of fighting between the Iraqi Resistance and US occupation forces with their Iraqi puppet army collaborators.

Babil Province.

Al-Latifiyah.

Two US troops reported killed in early Friday morning bombing.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a column of several US Humvees on the main road in al-Latifiyah leading to the provinces of the Middle Euphrates south of Baghdad at 7am local time Friday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of al-Latifiyah as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road blew up as the US column was passing. The explosion set fire to one of the American vehicles, killing two US soldiers and wounding two other US troops.

Al-Musayyib.

Resistance bombards puppet police station Friday.

Iraqi Resistance forces bombarded the as-Sumud puppet police station in the al-Musayyib area south of Baghdad with mortars, sending clouds of smoke billowing into the sky, Quds Press reported Friday.

A source in the Iraqi puppet police acknowledged to Quds Press that several puppet police personnel had been wounded in the bombardment.

Diyala Province.

Al-Mada'in.

Resistance ambushes puppet army column.

In a dispatch posted at 7:25pm Mecca time Friday evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces lobbed hand grenades and fired machine guns at a column of Iraqi puppet army forces in the middle of the city of al-Mada'in, southeast of Baghdad.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of al-Mada'in as saying that one of the Resistance fighters was able to throw two hand grenades on one of the vehicles in a column of Iraqi puppet army pickups, heavily damaging the vehicle and killing or wounding four Iraqi puppet troops.

Resistance fighters armed with light weapons and machine guns then assaulted the column, wounding a number of Iraqi puppet soldiers. Afterwards, the Resistance attackers withdrew from the scene without having suffered any significant losses in their ranks, Mafkarat al-Islam reported.

Al-Khalis.

American, Iraqi puppet army forces seal off village, launch mass raids and arrests.

A joint US and Iraqi puppet army force surrounded the village of Kawbutah in the area of al-Khalis, northeast of Baghdad on Thursday. A source in the area told Quds Press that the US-led force imposed a blockade on the city Thursday, which was still in force Friday. The Americans together with the Iraqi puppet army forces have since then been raiding and searching homes in the village, arresting dozens of villagers for reasons not disclosed.

Salah ad-Din Province.

Ad-Dujayl.

One US soldier reported killed in roadside bombing near ad-Dujayl Friday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US armored column on the road between Balad and ad-Dujayl at 4:30pm local time Friday afternoon.

Residents of ad-Dujayl who witnessed the bombing told Mafkarat al-Islam that an explosive device that had been planted by the side of the road leading north to Balad blew up as the American column of several armored vehicles was passing by.

The blast disabled one armored vehicle, killing an American soldier and wounding three more. One civilian who was in the area at the time was wounded when US troops responded to the blast by shooting indiscriminately all around them.

Ninwa Province.

Mosul.

Resistance ambushes Iraqi puppet police patrol Friday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked an Iraqi puppet police patrol in the Tall ar-Rumman area south of Mosul at 3pm local time Friday afternoon.

The Mosul correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses living in Tall ar-Rumman as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light weapons and PKS machine guns set ire to one Land Cruiser belonging to the puppet police, killing two puppet policemen and wounding three more of them.

Sinjar.

Four truck drivers killed in Resistance ambush of US supply convoy Friday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 9:40am Mecca time Friday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces had attacked a US supply convoy on the road to Sinjar west of Mosul in northern Iraq.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of Sinjar as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including rocket launchers, attacked an American truck convoy hauling supplies on the road some 20km out from Sinjar.

The attack left four supply trucks on fire, killing four truck drivers who worked for the US occupation forces.

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Iraqi Resistance Report for September 22, 2005

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 22 September 2005

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. ( http://www.freearabvoice.org )

Thursday, 22 September 2005.

Ninwa Province.

Tall 'Afar.

Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent murdered. Badr Brigades blamed in killing of lone independent reporter in beleaguered city.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in Tall 'Afar, whose reports have been among the few to break through the US-imposed blockade on the city was found murdered in his house Thursday morning.

Salim Tu'mah Khattab al-Jabburi, 25, submitted the report two days ago on Tuesday, 20 September, that was the basis for the story "Civilians continue to die as American offensive on Tall 'Afar grinds on. Thus far 72 children and 53 women have been killed, medical sources report."

Salim's brother told Mafkarat al-Islam's editorial offices that Salim was found dead in bed at dawn Thursday, with bullet wounds in his chest, neck, and head. The brother said that no one else was living in Salim's house at the time, since the young man had sent his mother and brothers outside the city for fear of the ferocity of US bombing. Salim remained behind to cover the news in Tall 'Afar where the Americans have continued to press their offensive.

Salim's relatives blamed the murder on the Shi'i sectarian Badr Brigades, whose forces joined the US military during their invasion of Iraq in the spring of 2003 and have since then served the American occupation in puppet police and security agencies and have been linked to waves of sectarian abduction, torture, and murder.

Salim al-Jabburi was determined to report the news in the defiant city as it resisted the American onslaught. At the beginning of the US offensive on Tall 'Afar, he was one of three reporters operating secretly in the city, where US forces have arrested and imprisoned any journalist discovered reporting from the city without American permission. After the fighting intensified, Salim became the only journalist working in besieged Tall 'Afar, Mafkarat al-Islam reported Thursday.

Salim al-Jabburi was a 2002 graduate of the College of Management and Economics of Mosul University and had worked for several Iraqi news agencies and newspapers, including the paper al-'Iraq and al-Hadba' in Mosul, before joining Mafkarat al-Islam where he worked for 10 months prior to his assassination.

In a dispatch posted at 7:40pm Mecca time Thursday, Mafkarat al-Islam, many of whose journalists have been killed in the line of duty in occupied Iraq, apologized to readers in advance for the fact that in coming days they will have difficulty reporting from Tall 'Afar, until such time as they re-organize their news bureau in that city.

Al-Anbar Province.

Ar-Ramadi.

One US soldier reported killed in morning battle in as-Sufiyah district of ar-Ramadi Thursday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces armed with light and medium weapons, including pipe rockets attacked a patrol of two US armored vehicles and three Humvees in the middle of the as-Sufiyah area of ar-Ramadi at 9am local time Thursday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the city reported residents of as-Sufiyah as saying that the attack sparked a fire fight that lasted about 20 minutes in the course of which on US Humvee was disabled and an armored vehicle set ablaze. One US soldier was killed and four others wounded. Two of the Resistance fighters were also wounded before withdrawing with the rest of their comrades after the clash.

US surrounds neighborhoods in ar-Ramadi in preparation for house-to-house raids and searches.

In a dispatch posted at 10:30am Mecca time Thursday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US forces had begun to encircle neighborhoods in preparation for raiding and searching homes there.

The Mafakrat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of the city as saying that US forces had surrounded and cut off the whole neighborhoods of al-Mal'ab, al-Mu'allimin, ath-Thilah, and al-Mukhabarat in the center of the city. Dozens of US vehicles were seen surrounding the private football field "al-Mal'ab" belonging to the ar-Ramadi football club, and the as-Siddiq mosque in the center of the city

A violent battle took place in the as-Sufiyah neighborhood of the city on Thursday morning that left several US troops dead or wounded and two American vehicles disabled (see story above).

Kilometer 160.

Resistance ambushes US column Thursday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 12:30pm Mecca time Mafkarat al-Islam reported that fierce fighting broke out between Iraqi Resistance forces and US troops in the Kilometer 160 area west of ar-Ramadi at 10:30am local time Thursday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported local witnesses as saying that about nine Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons and pipe rockets attacked a column of several US Humvees. The firefight lasted about 10 minutes and left one of the American vehicles ablaze.

After the attack, US troops opened fire indiscriminately on civilians and then surrounded the whole area, making it impossible for the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent to obtain information on the nature or extent of US casualties.

Al-Baghdadi.

Resistance bombards US 'Ayn al-Asad base Thursday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces bombarded the main US base, known as 'Ayn al-Asad, in al-Baghdadi west of Baghdad at 9:30am local time Thursday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of al-Baghdadi as saying that three medium-range Katyusha rockets blasted directly into the US base, sending up columns of smoke.

Abu Ghurayb.

Resistance fighter blasts car bomb into US patrol in Abu Ghurayb Thursday afternoon.

In a bulletin posted at 3:45pm Mecca time Thursday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded by a US patrol in the middle of Abu Ghurayb a short time earlier.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Abu Ghurayb, 30km west of Baghdad, reported a source in the Iraqi puppet army as saying that a short time earlier an Iraqi Resistance fighter drove an explosives-packed car into the American patrol in the ar-Risalah section of Abu Ghurayb, killing or wounding a number of US occupation troops.

The correspondent reported the source as saying that two US vehicles were severely damaged in the attack, which killed or wounded a number of American troops.

The correspondent was unable to ascertain the exact nature or number of casualties because US forces surrounded the entire section of the city after the attack with a very tight security cordon.

Al-Fallujah.

Resistance ambushes puppet police patrol near al-Fallujah market Thursday afternoon.

In a dispatch posted at 5:50pm Mecca time Thursday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier, Iraqi Resistance forces had attacked an Iraqi puppet army patrol on the road to the al-Fallujah market.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported shopkeepers in the area as saying that the Resistance fighters armed with hand grenades and light weapons ambushed the patrol of three pickups belonging to the Iraqi puppet army. The witnesses reported that the Resistance fighters set one of the vehicles on fire, killing or wounding four Iraqi puppet troops.

Baghdad.

Two US troops reported killed in roadside bombing south of Baghdad.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol between the area of Jurf ash-Sakhr and al-Mahmudiyah south of Baghdad at about 3:15pm local time Thursday afternoon.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Jurf as-Sakhr reported witnesses as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road south to al-Mahmudiyah blew up as the joint patrol was passing by. The explosion set one Humvee on fire and killed two US troops and wounded a third, eyewitnesses reported.

Two US soldiers reported killed in morning bombing in Baghdad's al-Mashtal area.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a column of US armored vehicles on the mian road in the al-Mashtal ("Arboretum")area of Baghdadat 10am local time Thursday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported traffic wardens who were on the scene at the time of the blast as saying that a bomb that had been planted on the side of the road blew up as the patrol of several US armored vehicles passed by.

The blast disabled one of the armored vehicles, killing two US soldiers and wounding another. One civilian who was nearby was also injured.

Resistance bomb targets patrol of puppet "shock police" in as-Sayyidiyah Thursday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a patrol of the Iraqi puppet "shock police" in the as-Sayyidiyah area south of Baghdad at about 9:15am local time Thursday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported a source in the puppet police as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road leading to as-Sayyidiyah blew up as a patrol of several pickups belonging to the "shock police" was passing by.

The explosion damaged one of the vehicles in the patrol, wounding four puppet "shock policemen," one of them severely.

Salah ad-Din Province.

Samarra'

Thousands flee Samarra' following threats by US puppet regime to launch military offensive on the city.

More than 1,200 families have fled the city of Samarra', heading towards Tirkit following threats by the US-appointed "Iraqi Defense Minister" Sa'dun ad-Dulaymi that US and Iraqi puppet troops would be launching an offensive on the city to rid it of Iraqi Resistance forces.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Samarra' reported that most of the families had to undergo humiliating searches by Iraqi puppet troops on the outskirts of the city.

The correspondent said that dozens of shops in the city had been closed and official offices and other services have been closed and shut down. The correspondent said that claims by the local governor that schools had reopened were false. "No school in Samarra' had opened out of fear of an expected military offensive against the city.

Ad-Dulu'iyah.

US continues blockade, bombing, house raids on ad-Dulu'iyah. Four civilians killed in American air raids.

US forces continued their blockade of the city of ad-Dulu'iyah, north of Baghdad on Thursday. In a dispatch posted at 9:40am Mecca time Thursday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at the time of reporting, American troops had sealed off the al-Jabbur are of the city and were carrying out house-to-house raids and searches there.

The ad-Dulu'iyah correspondent for Mafarat al-Islam reported city residents as saying that US warplanes had been bombing parts of the city on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, targeting houses of local civilian residents. Four civilians were killed, two of hem women, and three others wounded in the American attacks. Dr. Usamah al-Baz of ad-Dulu'iyah General Hospital said that two of the injured were in serious condition.

Residents of al-Jabbur told Mafkarat al-Islam that the Americans were raiding and searching many houses, particularly after hey had received word that one of he truck drivers working for them had been captured after his truck was destroyed in a Resistance ambush on an American convoy two days ago.

Diyala Province.

Al-Miqdadiyah.

Resistance forces ambush joint US-Iraqi puppet patrol north of Ba'qubah.

In a dispatch posted at 12:10pm Mecca time Thursday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters had attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the Shahraban area (al-Miqdadiyah), some 85km northeast of Baghdad.

Residents of Shahraban told Mafkarat al-Islam that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, incluing PKS machine guns, attacked the joint patrol on the road to Ba'qubah.

At-Ta'mim Province.

Al-Hawijah.

Puppet police backed up by US troops carry out mass arrests of Sunnis following attacks.

In a dispatch posted at 5:20pm Mecca time Thursday afternoon, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that Iraqi puppet "shock police" force under the US-installed "Ministry of the Interior" had launched a campaign of arrests of Sunnis in the al-Hawijah area west of Kirkuk.

The correspondent reported local witnesses as saying that the "shock police," backed up by US military forces, encircled numerous districts in the area and carried out raids and arrests of Sunni Arabs belonging to the tribes of a-Jabbur, al-'Ubayd, al-Janabiyyin, and ash-Shamar.

The correspondent reported that more than 30 young men had been rounded up in the sweeps that were carried out on the pretext that there had been attacks on US and puppet troops.

Kirkuk.

Resistance bombards US base at Kirkuk Airport early Thursday morning.

Iraqi Rseistance forces fired five mortar rounds into the main US headquarters in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk at 5am local time Thursday morning.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in the city reported eyewitnesses as saying that five mortar rounds blasted into the airport that the US forces have taken over as their base. The attack set off powerful explosions inside the US facility.

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Iraqi Resistance Report for September 21, 2005

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 21 September 2005

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 21 September 2005. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Wednesday, 21 September 2005.

� US forces seize trucks bringing humanitarian aid to Tall 'Afar refugees.

� Resistance fighters battle US troops for two hours in Baghdad's al-Mansur disrict.

� Resistance battles US, Iraqi puppet police forces in al-Ghazaliyah neighborhood of western Baghdad for one hour Wednesday morning.

� American soldier reported killed in Resistance ambush near al-Miqdadiyah.

Al-Anbar Province.

Al-Hadithah.

Resistance ambushes US column near al-Haqlaniyah Wednesday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 10:05am Mecca time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces armed with light and medium weapons, including pipe rockets, attacked a US column near he al-Haqlaniyah area southeast of al-Hadithah on the highway leading to Baghdad.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of al-Haqlaniyah who witnessed the attack as saying that Resistance fighters ambushed the column, setting one American armored vehicle on fire and killing or wounding five US troops. The US forces responded by firing indiscriminately, damaging civilian cars and wounding Iraqi civilians in the area.

Al-Fallujah.

Resistance bomb blasts Iraqi puppet police in northeast al-Fallujah.

In a dispatch posted at 7pm Mecca time Wednesday evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reorted that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by an Irqi puppet army patrol on the road dividing the ash-Shurtah neighborhood from the al-'Askari neighborhood in the northeast of al-Fallujah.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of ash-Shurtah as sayig that a bomb that had been planted under the sidewalk blew up as the puppet army patrol passed by. The explosion heavily damaged one pickup belonging to the puppet army and wounded three Iraqi puppet soldiers, one of them severely.

Resistance bomb blasts US patrol west of al-Fallujah Wednesday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol in the al-Bu 'Alwan area west of al-Fallujah at 9am local time Wednesday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of the area as saying that a bomb that had been planted on the al-Bu 'Alwan Bridge blew up as a patrol of several US Humvees passed by.

The explosion destroyed one of the vehicles, killing or wounding four US troops who were aboard the Humvee.

Resistance bomb targets joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol early Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 9:35am Mecca time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the middle of al-Fallujah, some 60km west of Baghdad.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported local residents who witnessed the blast as saying that a bomb that had been planted under the sidewalk by the main road in the area blew up as the joint patrol passed by.

The explosion set fire to one of the Iraqi puppet army pickups in the patrol, killing one Iraqi soldier and wounding three others.

Ar-Ramadi.

In a dispatch posted at 7:10pm Mecca time Wednesday evening Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters had taken prisoner 14 members of the Shi'i sectarian Badr Brigades who were planning to kill a number of leaders of the ad-Dulaym tribe. The capture took place in the middle of ar-Ramadi Wednesday morning.

Iraqi Resistance fighters were openly deployed in downtown ar-Ramadi for several hours on Wednesday morning, an unusual occurrence. Sources in the Resistance told Mafkarat al-Islam that the deployment followed the admission by the 14 captives that they were members of the Badr Brigade - the armed wing of the Shi'i sectarian Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) - and that they had three companions who were still at large in the city.

A source in the Resistance told Mafkarat al-Islam, "we received information from local residents that there were person engaged in unusual activity, driving new civilian cars who had been prowling the streets of the city since early morning. The cars were carrying 14 persons who, it was later learned, were members of the Badr Brigades. They were arrested in the middle of town."

The source said that the Badr Brigade gunmen were disguised as members of medical teams sent to inoculate children. They were driving four late-model cars, wandering around in the vicinity of a number of houses of tribal shaykhs.

The source said, "when we looked for them and then found them in the as-Sufiyah area there was an exchange of gunfire and after several minutes they surrendered to the Resistance forces. They admitted to being members of the Badr Brigades and that for two days they had been planning to kill seven leading tribal shaykhs, known for their authority in the area."

As to the reason for the planned attack on the tribal elders, the source told Mafkarat al-Islam that the captured Badr Brigade gunmen said that it was the "Minister of Defense" in the US-installed puppet government in Baghdad, Sa'dun ad-Dulaymi who personally ordered the killings because the elders of the ad-Dulaym tribe had made a public announcement that despite his name, he was not part of the ad-Dulaym tribe and could expect no protection from them.

(See "Ad-Dulaym tribe, largest tribe in al-Anbar, disowns Sa'dun ad-Dulaym, US-backed puppet 'Minister of Defense,' saying his blood may be shed." in Iraqi Resistance Report for Tuesday, 13 September 2005.)

The source told Mafkarat al-Islam that the 14 Badr Brigade gunmen were currently locked up in the city and were being interrogated in the hopes that more information might be obtained from them.

Abu Ghurayb.

Resistance battles US forces for nearly an hour in Zawbi' village Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 5:40pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that violent fighting broke out between Iraqi Resistance and US occupation forces in the Zawbi' area west of Abu Ghurayb.

Witnesses who live in Zawbi' village told the Abu Ghurayb corresponden for Mafkarat al-Islam that the fighting erupted when a US force of several armored vehicles and Humvees tried to enter the village on a campaign of searches and arrests targeting youth and men of the village. Violent fighting developed into a battle that lasted for about one hour.

In the course of the fighting, US tanks and mortars bombarded the houses of local civilians. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that more than one house was destroyed and three civilians were killed in the American shelling. Six other Iraqi civilians were wounded. Witnesses reported that about eight American troops were killed or wounded and two US military vehicles were destroyed.

Baghdad.

Resistance fighters battle US troops for two hours in Baghdad's al-Mansur disrict.

In a dispatch posted at 4:20pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters waged fierce battles with US troops backed by helicopter gunships in the al-Mansur neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Baghdad reported residents of al-Mansur who witnessed the fighting as saying that the combat began when US troops backed up by armored vehicles and helicopters attacked a house in which there were a number of Resistance fighters.

The fighting sparked by that attack raged for more than two hours and left one US vehicle disabled and a Humvee burned. Seven American troops were killed or wounded in the battle.

Witnesses said that two Resistance fighters were also killed in the engagement, and two other members of the Resistance were wounded in the battle that ended when the US tanks and helicopters bombarded the house

Resistance battles US, Iraqi puppet police forces in al-Ghazaliyah neighborhood of western Baghdad for one hour Wednesday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 4:20pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafakrat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the al-Ghazaliyah area west of Baghdad on Wednesday.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of al-Ghazaliyah who witnessed the attack as saying that Resistance fighters armed with all sorts of light and medium weapons took control of the neighborhood on Wednesday morning. They destroyed three vehicles, two of them belonging to the Iraqi puppet police and the third a US Bradley armored vehicle.

The witnesses reported that in fighting that lasted for a full hour between the Resistance on the one side and US troops and Iraqi puppet police on the other, eight Iraqi puppet policemen and American soldiers were killed or wounded.

Babil Province.

Al-Iskandariyah.

Resistance bomb blasts puppet police patrol late Wednesday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by an Iraqi puppet police patrol in the city of al-Iskandariyah on the road to Baghdad at 11am local time Wednesday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of al-Iskandariyah as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road to Baghdad blew up as the patrol of several Land Cruisers belonging to the puppet police passed by.

The explosion severely damaged one of the vehicles and wounded four puppet policemen, one of them severely, the witnesses said.

Diyala Province.

Al-Miqdadiyah.

One US soldier reported killed in Resistance ambush Wednesday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 10:25am Wednesday morning Mecca time, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters ambushed a US military column on the road to the city of al-Miqdadiyah, northeast of Baghdad.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of al-Miqdadiyah who witnessed the attack as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades, attacked the US troops near the village of Barshah, setting fire to one US vehicle and killing one American soldier and wounding a second.

Salah ad-Din Province.

Ad-Dulu'iyah.

US forces arrest dozens of members of Iraqi puppet security forces as well as local citizens in crackdown on ad-Dulu'iyah population following Resistance attacks.

US forces imposed sealed off ad-Dulu'iyah and imposed an open-ended curfew on the city north of Baghdad on Wednesday following a series of Resistance attacks.

Residents of the city told the ad-Dulu'iyah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that the chain of events began on Tuesday when Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a US truck convoy loaded with provisions for US bases in the al-Jabbur area. The Resistance set one of the trucks in the convoy on fire and took its driver prisoner.

Resistance fighters armed with light weapons and rockets also attacked a US patrol on the road leading to Samarra' in the north, setting one Humvee on fire and killing or wounding its crew of four US troops.

After the two attacks, US forces rushed to blockade the ad-Dulu'iyah area, closing all roads to the city and imposing a curfew on the city without specifying what hours it was to begin or end - a round-the-clock curfew to remain in force until further notice.

Then the Americans proceeded with raids and arrests in the city. Among those arrested were 60 members of the Iraqi puppet security forces (who are supposed to be working for the US and the American-installed Iraqi regime), about 15 of them officers. About 100 other people, most of them young men of the city were arrested and imprisoned in the 'Uqbah ibn Nafi' School in the middle of town.

Samarra'.

Resistance bombards US military headquarters in Samarra'.

In a dispatch posted at 5:10pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired three heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the US military headquarters in the al-Mu'tasim area of Samarra', 120km north of Baghdad.

The Samarra' correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of al-Mu'tasim as saying that the US headquarters, located in the as-Sikak area in the middle of the city, was directly hit by three 120mm mortar rounds that exploded and sent clouds of smoke billowing into the sky over the US-occupied facility.

Ninwa Province.

Tall 'Afar.

US forces seize trucks bringing humanitarian aid to Tall 'Afar refugees.

In a bulletin posted at 11:35am Mecca time Wednesday morning, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Tall 'Afar reported that US forces had blocked humanitarian aid convoys from getting into the area around the city to deliver food and tents to refugees from the city scattered up and down the desert road to the north outside of town.

The correspondent reported that US forces confiscated five trucks loaded with food and medical supplies, drinking water, canned goods, tents and covers belonging to the Red Crescent and a number of other Iraqi humanitarian organizations. The correspondent added that the Americans also arrested the employees and persons inside the trucks that were bringing the humanitarian aid.

Ash-Sharqat.

Resistance ambushes US supply convoy Wednesday morning.

Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a truck convoy loaded with provisions for US troops on the highway near ash-Sharqat, south of Mosul at 10:30am local time Wednesday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of ash-Sharqat who witnessed the attack reported that Resistance fighters armed with light arms and PKS machine guns ambushed a convoy of seven trucks and three Humvees, setting fire to one of the trucks and wounding one US soldier and one of the truck drivers.

Irbil Province.

Irbil.

Resistance bomb kills Pehsmergah militiaman Wednesday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a patrol of Kurdish separatist Peshmergah militiamen in the middle of Irbil in northern Iraq at 9am local time Wednesday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam in Irbil reported witnesses as saying that a bomb exploded by a Peshmergah patrol, killing one Peshmergah militiaman and seriously wounding three more.

The correspondent reported that after the blast, Peshmergah gunmen surrounded the entire area and launched a search for Resistance fighters but found nothing.

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Iraqi Resistance Report for September 20, 2005

Apologies for the absence of a tally of invader casualties. At the end of the month they will all be presented.

Jenin Fallujah

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 20 September 2005

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 20 September 2005. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Tuesday, 20 September 2005.

� US seals off, clamps curfew on residents of �Amiriyat al-Fallujah.

� Civilians continue to die as American offensive on Tall �Afar grinds on. Report: 72 children and 53 women have been killed so far.

� Eighteen �Israeli� diplomats, employees killed in car bombing in Mosul Monday.

� Resistance bombards British base in al-�Amarah early Tuesday morning.

Al-Anbar Province.

Al-Fallujah.

US forces blockade �Amiriyat al-Fallujah impose curfew following rocket attack on US headquarters.

US forces sealed off and declared a curfew in �Amiriyat al-Fallujah, a southern suburb of al-Fallujah, some 60km west of Baghdad, at noon on Tuesday.

The �Amiriyat al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported US military vehicles with helicopter air support entered the town and took up positions as other American troops closed off the town, preventing anyone from entering or leaving.

The correspondent reported that US forces declared a curfew without specifying any specific hours and refused to allow men or even children to step outside the front doors of their houses.

Local residents believe that the reason for the blockade and curfew imposed on the town was the rocket attack that the Resistance mounted on Monday night against the US forces� headquarters in the town. That assault set fires and sent smoke rising over the American-occupied facility and two huge Chinook helicopters emblazoned with the Red Cross were seen landing in the base after the attack, presumably because of a large number of casualties.

Resistance ambushes joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol Monday night.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the ad-Dubbat neighborhood of central al-Fallujah at about 9pm local time Monday night.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of ad-Dubbat as saying that Resistance fighters armed with PKS and other machine guns attacked the joint patrol, killing one Iraqi puppet army soldier and wounding three more troops � two of them Americans. The witnesses said that all the Resistance fighters withdrew from the scene.

Al-Hadithah.

Resistance bombards US camp at al-Hadithah dam late Tuesday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces three 82mm mortar rounds into the US military camp in the western Iraqi city of al-Hadithah at 5:30pm local time Tuesday afternoon.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Hadithah reported that Resistance forces bombarded the US camp at the al-Hadithah dam. Witnesses said that three explosions rocked the camp and sent columns of smoke up into the sky.

Hit.

US soldier reported killed in bombing to the south of Hit Tuesday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the industrial zone to the south of the city of Hit in western Iraq at 9:30am local time Tuesday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported a member of the Iraqi puppet army as saying that a bomb that had been planted in the middle of a dirt road to the south of the industrial zone in the city blew up as the joint patrol passed over it.

The blast set one of the American vehicles on fire and damaged an Iraqi puppet army pickup. One American soldier was killed and two others wounded. One Iraqi puppet army soldier was also wounded.

Baghdad.

Resistance bomb blasts US patrol west of Baghdad late Tuesday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol on the road between the az-Zaydan and ar-Ridwaniyah areas west of Baghdad at 5:15pm local time Tuesday afternoon.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Abu Ghurayb reported residents of az-Zaydan as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road to ar-Ridwaniyah blew up as a patrol of several Humvees was passing by.

The explosion completely destroyed one vehicle, killing or wounding the five US troops aboard it.

Resistance bomb blasts US column in al-�Amiriyah Tuesday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded in the al-�Amiriyah area of western Baghdad at 2:30pm local time Tuesday afternoon.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of al-�Amiriyah as saying that a bomb that was planted by al-Madayif Road in the middle of al-�Amiriyah blew up as a column of several US Humvees passed by. The explosion set fire to one of the Humvees, killing or wounding four American troops aboard it.

Resistance ambushes US patrol in ad-Durah early Tuesday.

Iraqi Resistance fighters planned and carried out a violent ambush on a US patrol in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah at 8:30am local time Tuesday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of ad-Durah who witnessed the attack as saying that the ambush began with the explosion of a bomb by a patrol of three US armored vehicles and three Humvees in the �Arab Jabbur area south of ad-Durah. The explosion disabled one of the American armored vehicles.

At that point Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades, PKS machine guns, and rockets attacked the patrol, destroying another armored vehicle and a Humvee.

The attack killed five US troops and wounded about four more American soldiers. Residents of �Arab Jabbur who saw the attack said that three Resistance fighters were wounded in the engagement.

Faced with rejection by Iraqi Resistance movement, Az-Zarqawi, al-Qa�idah backtrack from call for �war on the Shi�ah.

Reeling from a total rejection by the Iraqi Resistance of his call for a �total war� on the Shi�i population of Iraq, Jordanian Islamist Abu Mus�ab az-Zarqawi and his al-Qa�idah Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers issued a statement distributed around mosques in Baghdad on Tuesday in which an exception was made for the followers of the Shi�i movements of Muqtada as-Sadr, Muhammad Mahdi al-Khalisi, and the Shi�i religious authority Ahmad al-Hasani al-Baghdadi.

The statement, which reversed az-Zarqawi�s earlier call for sectarian warfare, now effectively affirmed the political rather than sectarian character of the struggle.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in Baghdad, who obtained a copy of the latest al-Qa�idah statement, reported that the document made exceptions from the earlier �total war� proclamation for the movements of Muqtada as-Sadr, Muhammad Mahdi al-Khalisi and Ahmad al-Hasani al-Baghdadi � all Shi�i religious leaders who reject the US occupation and oppose the puppet regime of American-installed �Prime Minister� Ibrahim al-Ja�fari. The new document stated that the blood of Shi�i followers of those movements was not to be shed because those leaders stand against the occupation and its stooges and because they take patriotic positions and have not stood against the Sunni people in Iraq.

The latest al-Qa�idah document renewed its threats against long-time US allies that took part in the American invasion of Iraq in the spring of 2003 and since then have helped the American forces rule Iraq. The document specifically threatened: the Shi�i sectarian Da�wah Party, led by US-appointed �Prime Minister� al-Ja�fari; the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), led by �Abd al-�Aziz al-Hakim; the SCIRI�s armed wing the Badr Brigades; the Iraqi National Congress Party led by Ahmad Chelebi; the National Accord Party led by Iyyad �Allawi; and the parties led by Kurdish separatist commanders Jalal at-Talibani and Mas�ud al-Barzani, whom the document called �henchmen of the Jews.� The latest Iraqi al-Qa�idah statement said that the blood of the members of those movements �may be shed by the swords of the Mujahideen, who are watching them wherever they go.�

Salah ad-Din Province.

As-Dujayl.

US soldier reported killed in ambush on American patrol late Tuesday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a US patrol near ad-Dujayl on the road leading to the city of Samarra�.

The Samarra� correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of ad-Dujayl as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light weapons and pipe rockets attacked a patrol of several Humvees at 4pm local time Tuesday afternoon.

The witnesses said that the attack left one US vehicle on fire and killed one American soldier. Three other US troops were wounded. One Resistance fighter was also severely wounded in the engagement but left the scene along with the other Resistance fighters after the battle.

At-Tarimiyah.

Resistance ambushes truck convoy north of Baghdad Tuesday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a convoy of trucks loaded with concrete barriers for US bases in the city of at-Tarimiyah, on the highway north of Baghdad at 10:30am local time Tuesday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the area reported residents of at-Tarimiyah as saying that Resistance fighters armed with machine guns and medium weapons attacked the convoy. They were able to stop two of the trucks and then destroy them, killing the two drivers who were working for the US occupation forces.

Bayji.

Resistance bombards US base with Katyusha rockets Tuesday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired three medium-range Katyusha rockets into the US base located in the as-Siniyah area west of Bayji at 10am local time Tuesday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported a source in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that three Katyusha rockets blasted various parts of the base. The source said that one of the missiles slammed into a place where US vehicles were parked, totally destroying one of the vehicles and disabling a second. Another Katyusha struck near a building and wounded three US troops, one of them severely. The third rocket hit an open field and caused no damage, the source said.

Babil Province.

Al-Yusufiyah.

Resistance ambushes Iraqi puppet army column in al-Yusufiyah.

In a dispatch posted at 6:45pm Mecca time Tuesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons including RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades attacked an Iraqi puppet army column in the 37 area in the middle of al-Yusufiyah, south of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in al-Yusufiyah reported eyewitnesses as saying that about seven Resistance fighters attacked the column, sparking a battle that lasted about 15 minutes. The Resistance fighters destroyed two puppet army troop carriers, killing five Iraqi puppet army troops and wounding another four.

Diyala Province.

Salman Bak.

One US soldier reported killed in afternoon bombing of armored column.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US armored column near the highway in the Salman Bak area southeast of Baghdad at 4pm local time Tuesday afternoon.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of Salman Bak as saying that a bomb that had been planted in the middle of a farm road south of the city blew up as a column of several US Bradley armored vehicles passed by. The explosion disabled one of the armored vehicles, killing one US soldiers and wounding two others.

Ninwa Province.

Tall �Afar.

Civilians continue to die as American offensive on Tall �Afar grinds on. Thus far 72 children and 53 women have been killed, medical sources report.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the heart of Tall �Afar, under attack by US and Iraqi puppet army forces, managed to get to the field hospital set up in the west of the city on Monday evening where he took pictures of the bodies of people that the Americans and their puppet army spokesmen call �terrorists� lying there in the morgue.

The correspondent reported that 72 children and 53 women and girls were killed in the US bombing and shelling of houses and apartments. These figures are the official statistics, the correspondent said, given him by a doctor in the Tall �Afar Field Hospital.

The medical source told the correspondent: �the number of dead continues to increase because of the ferocity of the fighting in the city, particularly since there are still families trapped in their houses who have not been able to flee.�

The source said that no bodies of Resistance fighters had been brought to the hospital �because their comrades bury the bodies of their martyrs in the yards of houses, under the sidewalks, in car parks, and in public squares.�

Asked about the statement by the US-appointed �Minister of Defense� in the puppet government who said that no more than 18 civilians had been killed in the fighting in Tall �Afar, the source said the regime would be in great trouble with the Iraqi people if the real numbers were revealed. �They would shake their credibility, which is already completely shaken,� the source observed.

The correspondent wrote that for religious considerations, Mafkarat al-Islam would not be posting any pictures of women killed in the American offensive. Mafkarat al-Islam also noted that the US forces had made the field hospital strictly off limits to any independent correspondents for fear that images from the facility would reach the outside world. It was thus with extreme difficulty that Mafkarat al-Islam has been able to provide the accompanying photographs.

(See pictures posted at: http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=82373)

Mosul.

Eighteen �Israeli� diplomats, employees killed in car bombing in Mosul Monday.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Mosul managed to piece together information on a massive car bomb attack on an �Israeli� convoy near the US base in the city on Monday.

In a dispatch posted at 4:05pm Tuesday afternoon Mecca time, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent wrote that an Iraqi Resistance fighter drove an explosives-laden car into a column of four-wheel-drive GMC vehicles in the area of the al-Islah az-Zira�i neighborhood of Mosul opposite the front gate of Mosul University on Monday. The column of vehicles had been on its way into the American al-Ghazlani military base in Mosul when the deadly attack occurred.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Mosul said that a captain in the Iraqi puppet army�s �rapid deployment unit� reported at midday Tuesday that a Resistance fighter was sitting in a black �Prince� car behind a large digging project that the �Ministry of Agriculture� was doing in the city. A witness interviewed by investigators after the attack said that when the column of four GMCs came into view, the Resistance fighter suddenly and unexpectedly burst out at them, slamming right into the midst of the four vehicles and blowing up, killing a number of foreigners. The captain was unable or unwilling to specify the number or identity of the foreigners killed in the Monday attack.

Witnesses told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent, however, that three vehicles were totally destroyed and were visibly on fire. The fourth GMC was heavily damaged too, the witnesses said.

For their part the Iraqi puppet police in Mosul reported that the number of those killed or wounded in the attack was 19 persons, two of them Iraqis. Medical sources in the city confirmed, however, that all the dead were foreigners, not one of them an Iraqi.

A statement by al-Qa�idah in the Land of the Two Rivers claiming responsibility for the attack circulated in Mosul, as did another communiqu� issued by the Army of the Ansar as-Sunnah. Both statements said that the attack killed 18 Zionist diplomats and employees in Iraq. The statements said that all of them had come out from Baghdad on a visit to the US military headquarters in Mosul.

Maysan Province.

Al-�Amarah.

Resistance bombards British base early Tuesday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired a medium-range rocket into the British base located south of al-�Amarah at 7:30am local time Tuesday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported local residents as saying that the rocket set off a violent explosion inside the camp when it landed.

Dhi Qar.

An-Nasiriyah.

Puppet governor of an-Nasiriyah: Italian forces to be reduced by end of the year.

The puppet governor of the southern Iraqi city of an-Nasiriyah, �Aziz Qaddum �Alwan, told the Italian News Agency that Rome would be reducing the size of its occupation forces based in an-Nasiriyah by the end of 2005, on condition that the �security situation in the city improves continuously.�

The Italian News Agency, as monitored by Mafkarat al-Islam reported �Alwan as saying, �We want this partial withdrawal to be completed and at the same time an increased number of local Iraqi [puppet regime] forces who are regularly trained by the Italians will arrive.�

�Alwan said, �of course, we cannot set a specific time schedule for attaining this goal at the present time.�

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Iraqi Resistance Report for September 19, 2005

Note: Apologies for the lack of daily summaries on invader casualties in the past three weeks. At the end of the month, the numbers reported in the Resistance reports will be compiled and posted.

Jenin Fallujah

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 19 September 2005

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. ( http://www.freearabvoice.org )

Monday, 19 September 2005.

Ninwa Province.

Tall ‘Afar.

Interview with field commander in Tall ‘Afar, as the battle against the US attackers continues.

Contrary to reports in much of the western and Arab media, the Iraqi Resistance is still fighting in the northern city of Tall ‘Afar, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the city reported on Monday.

The correspondent wrote that the Resistance is not only still in the city where it attacks the US and Iraqi puppet army troops from time to time, tu it remains in control of several neighborhoods, specifically the neighborhoods of ash-Shurtah, as-Saray, al-Mu‘allimin, and the area of the covered market. Altogether the parts of the city that the Resistance controls constitute 55 percent of Tall ‘Afar.

To demonstrate that the Resistance is still fighting in Tall ‘Afar the correspondent submitted the photographs accompanying his story (and posted on the internet at: http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=82172 ).

The correspondent reported that he had set out at 6am Monday morning and observed the Resistance fighters with their varied and modern weapons deployed in various areas of the city. The fighters gave him permission to take their pictures – after first covering their faces – so as to tell the world outside the city that the Resistance is still striking hard at US and puppet army forces inside the city.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent met the commander of one of the fighting Resistance detachments who went by the name of Abu Hatim. Asked about the claims made by the US-installed puppet regime that “dozens” of Resistance fighters had been killed and captured, Abu Hatim replied, “the total number of Resistance fighters who have fallen as martyrs is no more than 40 men. Most of them died under the bombs of the aircraft, and not in clashes between the occupation forces and ourselves.”

Abu Hatim said, though, that the regime’s claims about the number of Resistance fighters killed are more accurate than the claims about the number captured, since all the fighters have vowed to fight to the death and are prepared for that eventuality at any time.

As to the number of Americans and Iraqi puppet army troops killed in the fighting, Abu Hatim declared, “we killed 35 American soldiers just by picking them off with sniper fire, that’s to say nothing of how many we killed with our rockets and grenades, and the bombs that we planted on every street of the city.”

When the correspondent asked Abu Hatim’s opinion of the poor news coverage the Resistance had received, that left most of their successes unreported, Abu Hatim replied, “We don’t need them. We’ve filmed most of the battles and we’ll broadcast them soon. But we challenge them to bring even just one cameraman into the city and allow him to film their the Americans’ corpses and their wrecked vehicles in the city and then show that to the people. As to us, they reported that they’ve captured dozens and killed dozens of us. So let them show on the satellite TV news just one of those dead or captives, not even 10 of them, if they’re telling the truth.”

Asked how long the Resistance can continue to fight in the city, Abu Hatim replied, “God has facilitated some things that we weren’t expecting in this battle, so we’re going to stay and continue fighting in the city as long as God wills it. We’ll never turn our backs and flee, no way, by God!”

Heavy fighting breaks out Monday night in Tall ‘Afar.

In a dispatch posted at 9:20pm Mecca time Monday night, the Tall ‘Afar correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at the time of writing intermittent but violent clashes were taking place in the center of Tall ‘Afar – specifically in the area of the market where Resistance fighters were battling US and Iraqi puppet army troops.

The correspondent reported that at the time of writing the Resistance was firing intense barrages of mortar rounds and pipe rockets into the US and Iraqi puppet army troops concentrated on the first of the main streets in the area. At the moment of reporting US and Iraqi puppet forces appeared to be retreating from the street. A Bradley armored vehicle with fire blazing out of its rear had apparently been hit by a shell as it turned to flee.

Meanwhile, the western side of the city was being heavily bombed by US warplanes according to information supplied by informed sources. The correspondent was unable to reach that area of the city to see for himself due to the intensity of the bombing and fighting.

Resistance blows up cigarette stand amidst gathering of Marines Monday night.

In a bulletin posted at 10pm Mecca time Monday night, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Tall ‘Afar reported that a short while earlier, the Iraqi Resistance had blown up a cigarette kiosk in the ash-Shurtah neighborhood of Tall ‘Afar in front of a gathering of US Marine foot soldiers. The correspondent who was close by was able to see a number of dead or wounded Marines as a US helicopter flew in to evacuate them.

This was the third incident in which the Resistance detonated a booby-trapped kiosk on US or Iraqi puppet troops in Tall ‘Afar.

In another story, US aircraft carried out new attacks on the mosques in the city. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that after flattening the Muslim places of worship in the “city of minarets” al-Fallujah and then razing the mosques of al-Qa’im, US forces were now engaged in repeating the pattern in Tall ‘Afar.

The correspondent reported that US forces had bombarded the ‘Ammar ibn Yasir mosque. The correspondent said that the reason for the attack was that the loudspeakers on the minaret had been chanting “God is Greatest!” other messages and prayers of encouragement to the Resistance fighters, battling US troops in the city.

Al-Anbar Province.

Al-Habbaniyah.

American snipers kill three Iraqis, one a 4-year-old girl, in unprovoked attack early Monday.

US snipers shot and killed three Iraqi civilians in al-Habbaniyah, west of Baghdad, at about 8:30am local time Monday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported local shopkeepers and passersby who witnessed the killings as saying that three Iraqi civilians – two men and one little 4-year-old girl – were shot and killed when US snipers in one of the American military camps on the main road in the city opened fire at them for no known reason as they were going along the road. The three fell dead immediately, the little girl and one man struck in their heads and the other man through the heart.

The witnesses confirmed that there was no apparent cause that might have prompted the Americans to open fire.

Al-Fallujah.

Resistance marksman shoots and kills US soldier in al-Fallujah.

In a dispatch posted at 6:45pm Mecca time Monday evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance marksman had shot and killed a US soldier in the ad-Dubbat neighborhood of central al-Fallujah, some 60km west of Baghdad.

The correspondent reported residents of the neighborhood as saying that the American soldier had been in a patrol of four Humvees on one of the side streets in ad-Dubbat. The American was perched atop one of the vehicles and his exposed position gave the Resistance sharpshooter a good target. The soldier was hit in the head and died instantly.

Immediately afterwards, US troops encircled the area and began searching houses, looking for the attacker, but as of the time of reporting had still found nothing.

Ar-Ramadi.

Resistance bombards US headquarters east of ar-Ramadi early Monday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired four heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the US headquarters set up in the former Agricultural College of al-Anbar University loacated at the eastern entrance to ar-Ramadi at 2:30pm local time Monday afternoon.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in ar-Ramadi, 110km west of Baghdad, reported witnesses as saying that the mortar shells blasted into the US headquarters sending clouds of smoke billowing up over the facility.

Rawah.

One American soldier reported killed in roadside bombing west of Rawah early Monday.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column in Rawah on the road to al-Qa’im in the west, at 9:30am local time Monday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of Rawah as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road west of the city blew up as a US patrol of several Humvees and armored vehicles passed by. The explosion disabled one armored vehicle, killing one US soldier and wounding two others.

Al-Qa’im.

Resistance forces attack US camp near al-Qa’im early Monday.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US camp near the eastern entrance to the city of al-Qa’im in western Iraq near the Syrian frontier at 7am local time Monday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of the city who witnessed the attack as saying that Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons and rocket launchers attacked the camp in an assault that lasted about 10 minutes. US forces responded with an artillery barrage.

The Resistance fighters were able to withdraw from the area and bombard the camp with mortars from two different directions, destroying large parts of the American-occupied facility and sending fire rising into the sky.

Baghdad.

Resistance ambushes joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in al-‘Amiriyah Monday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the western Baghdad area of al-‘Amiriyah at 4pm local time Monday afternoon.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Baghdad reported residents of al-‘Amiriyah as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including PKS machine guns and pipe rockets, ambushed the joint patrol as it was entering al-‘Amal ash-Sha‘bi Street in the middle of al-‘Amiriyah.

The witnesses reported that the fighting lasted about 15 minutes and left two Iraqi puppet army vehicles on fire and one US Humvee disabled. Five Iraqi puppet army soldiers were killed and three others wounded. Two US troops were also injured, one of them seriously, witnesses said.

Resistance car bomber blasts into column of mercenary “security contractor” vehicles on Airport Road midday Monday.

In a dispatch posted at 11:50am Mecca time Monday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier, an Iraqi Resistance fighter drove an explosives-packed car into a column of armor-plated cars of the type used by mercenary “security contractors” working for the US military on the highway leading to Saddam International Airport.

The correspondent reported residents of the al-Jihad neighborhood in western Baghdad as saying that a Resistance fighter surprised a column of four armor-plated cars and blew up as they were passing, setting one of the cars on fire and killing or wounding four foreigners who were inside it.

Zionist Maariv newspaper reports: Iraqi oil to be piped to “Israel.”

The “Israeli” newspaper Maariv reported on Sunday that a tripartite agreement between the United States, “Israel,” and Jordan to transport oil from occupied Iraq to Tel Aviv is now taking shape.

Maariv reported that “Israeli” Prime Minister Ariel Sharon met Jordan’s King ‘Abdallah II severel days ago in New York in which a number of bilateral economic deals were discussed. The discussion, according to Maariv, covered a project to set up a pipeline from Iraq through Jordan to the city of ‘Asqalan in the south of occupied Palestine.

The report said that the oil would be exported from ‘Asqalan to European countries accustomed for years to importing oil from Iraq.

Mafkarat al-Islam, which reported on the Zionist newspaper report said that Maariv did not say why Iraqi oil had to be exported to Europe from “Israel” rather than directly out of Iraq or via a Jordanian port, as previously was done.

The newspaper reported that “Israeli” Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom had sent a message to Jordan’s King ‘Abdallah concerning the pipeline project three weeks earlier, and that Amman had expressed its “agreement in principle” to the arrangement.

Nephew of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein sentenced to life in prison for Resistance activities.

A spokesman for the US-installed Iraqi regime announced on Monday that a sentence of life in prison had been handed down to the nephew of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on charges that he had been funding Iraqi Resistance operations and manufacturing explosives.

Ayman as-Sab‘awi, the son of al-Hasan as-Sab‘awi Ibrahim – Saddam Hussein’s half brother – was captured in May when Iraqi puppet security service troops were carrying out raids in the city of Tikrit. Ayman as-Sab‘awi’s father, who had been a presidential adviser to Saddam Hussein before the US invasion, had himself been captured two months earlier.

The American Associated Press (AP), in a story monitored by Mafkarat al-Islam, reported that the Iraqi puppet regime had made no announcements regarding any trial of Ayman as-Sab‘awi. Tariq Khalaf Mazzal, who was arrested with Ayman as-Sab‘awi and charged with the same “offenses,” was sentenced to six years in prison.

Salah ad-Din Province.

As-Dawr.

Resistance bomb blasts US truck convoy south of Tikrit late Monday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US truck convoy near the ad-Dawr area, south of Tikrit on the road leading to Samarra’ at 5pm Monday afternoon local time.

The Tikrit correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of the ad-Dawr area as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road blew up as a column of several trucks hauling provisions to US bases in Samarra’ was passing by.

The explosion completely burned one of the trucks, injuring two drivers working for the US occupation forces.

Samarra’.

Resistance fighters ambush joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol late Monday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the al-Jubayriyah area south of Samarra’ at 11am local time Monday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of Samarra’ as saying that Resistance fighters armed with rockets, PKS and other machine guns ambushed a joint patrol as it was passing along the road leading to the popular market in al-Jubayriyah.

The attack left one of the vehicles belonging to the Iraqi puppet army on fire, killing or wounding four American and Iraqi puppet soldiers. One of the Iraqi Resistance attackers was also wounded in the assault, according to residents of al-Jubayriyah who witnessed the incident.

Diyala Province.

Al-Mada’in.

Resistance fighters bombard joint US-Iraqi puppet army camp late Monday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired eight mortar rounds into the joint US-Iraqi puppet army camp north of al-Mada’in (which is southeast of Baghdad) at 11:30am local time Monday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of al-Mada’in as saying that the Resistance barrage struck the camp and the surrounding area, sending columns of smoke billowing into the sky. US and Iraqi puppet army forces struck back with indisrcriminate fire at nearby civilians.

Ba‘qubah.

Resistance ambushes joint US-Iraqi puppet army column Monday morning.

Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet army column on the road to Buhriz, south of Ba‘qubah at 9:30am local time Monday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of Ba‘qubah as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades and PKS machine guns attacked the joint column setting one US Humvee and Zeal troop transport vehicle belonging to the Iraqi puppet army on fire. After the attack, the Resistance fighters withdrew from the area having suffered no losses.

The correspondent had no direct information on the nature or extent of US and puppet army casualties. Witnesses told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent, however, that the Iraqi puppet army troop carrier was loaded with about 20 Iraqi puppet army soldiers and the vehicle was totally burned up as was the American Humvee.

Babil Province.

Al-Latifiyah.

Resistance car bomb blasts joint US-puppet “shock police” patrol.

In a dispatch posted at 6pm Mecca time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet “shock police” force patrol on the main road in al-Latifiyah, some 25km south of Baghdad.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the area reported a source in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that an explosives-packed car that had been parked by the side of the road blew up by the joint patrol, destroying one pickup belonging to the puppet “shock police” and killing three puppet “shock policemen,” and wounding six more. One US soldier was reported to have been severely wounded in the attack as well.

Al-Basrah Province.

Al-Basrah.

British, Iraqi puppet forces arrest Jaysh al-Mahdi commander in al-Basrah.

British occupation forces arrested Ahmad al-Fartusi, the Commander of the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia loyal to Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr in al-Basrah on Sunday.

The al-Basrah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a commander in the as-Sadr movement in the city as saying that a joint group of British and puppet “national guard” forces raided al-Fartusi’s home in al-Jam‘iyat section of the city and arrested him in the early hours of Sunday morning.

As a result of the arrest, Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen deployed in the streets of al-Basrah and set fires in car tires, closing the main streets in the city to traffic.

The Jaysh al-Mahdi threatened the British and their stooges with “events whose outcome would not be good” if al-Fartusi is not released.

For its part, the Jaysh al-Mahdi opened fire on a British helicopter in the al-Qiblah area southwest of al-Basrah, causing it to flee having dropped fireballs to ward off heat-seeking missiles.

Jaysh al-Mahdi thought behind mortar attack on house of puppet governor of al-Basrah Province Sunday night.

The puppet chairman of the al-Basrah Provincial Assembly Sa‘dun al-‘Abadi told a press conference on Monday that the home of the provincial governor had been heavily damaged and one person wounded in an attack on Sunday night.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Basrah reported that al-‘Abadi failed to mention who carried out the attack or what type of attack it ws but the correspondent quoted local witnesses as saying that six mortar rounds had blasted into the house.

There were also reports that the Jaysh al-Mahdi was behind the attack which followed the expiration of a deadline that the militia had given British and Iraqi puppet regime forces to release the commander of the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia Ahmad al-Fartusi.

Journalist working for New York Times found killed.

Medical sources reported that the body of an Iraqi who worked as a correspondent for the US New York Times newspaper has been discovered in the southern city of al-Basrah on Monday.

Reuters, as monitored by Mafkarat al-Islam, reported that a physician in the forensics section of al-Basrah Hosptal as saying that the body of Fakhir Haydar, who had worked for the American paper for two and a half years, was found bound with a gunshot wound to the head.

Staff of The New York Times working in Baghdad reported that they could not immediately confirm the death of Haydar. One of Haydar’s brothers told Reuters, however, that four masked men abducted the man after he had got to his family home at midnight on Sunday. The brother said that the four men said they were from the puppet regime’s intelligence service and that they needed to talk to Haydar concerning their investigations.

The journalist’s body was found hours later in an abandoned area on the outskirts of al-Basrah.

Haydar was the second journalist kidnapped and killed in al-Basrah in two months, the report concluded.

Abu al-Khasib.

Resistance disables British tank in Monday afternoon ambush.

Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a British patrol in the Abu al-Khasib area south of al-Basrah.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Basrah reported witnesses as saying that Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons and rocket launchers attacked the column of four British tanks and two armored cars at 3pm local time Monday afternoon.

The witnesses reported that the Resistance attack disabled one British tank and set another on fire. Five British soldiers were killed or wounded in the ambush, the witnesses said.

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Iraqi Resistance Report for September 18, 2005

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 18 September 2005

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Sunday, 18 September 2005.

Al-Anbar Province.

Al-Baghdadi.

One US soldier reported killed in afternoon bombing in al-Baghdadi.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol on the road leading to the US 'Ayn al-Asad military base in the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi at 4pm local time Sunday afternoon.

The al-Baghdadi correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road leading to the US base in the city blew up as a patrol of several Humvees passed by.

The source said that the blast disabled one of the vehicles, killing one American soldier and wounding a second.

Al-Fallujah.

Resistance forces attack Iraqi puppet army patrol in al-Fallujah Sunday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 11:20am Mecca time Sunday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a patrol of Iraqi puppet troops on the main road between the an-Nazal neighborhood and the ash-Shuhada' neighborhood in the south of al-Fallujah, 60km west of Baghdad.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Fallujah reported residents of an-Nazal who witnessed the attack as saying that the attack began when an Iraqi Resistance bomb that had been planted by the side of the road leading to the ash-Suhada' neighborhood exploded by a passing patrol of pickups belonging to the Iraqi puppet army. The blast set fire to one of the vehicles.

Then at 10am Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including PKS machine guns, attacked the patrol. Witnesses said that the explosion and the attack that followed killed or wounded seven of the Iraqi puppet army soldiers.

Three Iraqi puppet army troops killed.

Iraqi Resistance forces abducted and killed three Iraqi puppet army soldiers who were guarding a US camp in the al-Jawlan neighborhood of al-Fallujah.

In a dispatch posted at 10:10am Mecca time Sunday morning, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of al-Jawlan as saying that the bodies of the three had been found near the American camp, which was still under construction. Their throats had been slit.

Residents of the area said that Resistance fighters abducted the soldiers, killed them and then dumped their bodies less than an hour later about 3km from the location of the US base.

Al-Habbaniyah.

Resistance pounds US as-Saqr Base before dawn Sunday.

Iraqi Resistance forces mounted a fierce bombardment on the main US base in al-Habbaniyah, west of Baghdad, known as the as-Saqr ("Falcon") Airbase.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Habbaniyah reported residents of the al-Fallahat area and the al-Bu Dhiyab area, both of which are near the US base, as saying that shortly after midnight, at about 1am Sunday morning, Iraqi Resistance forces fired 10 heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the US-occupied facility, setting off 10 violent explosions that shook the base and then were followed by the sound of numerous secondary blasts.

Abu Gurayb.

Two US troops reported killed in late afternoon Resistance ambush.

Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a US patrol on the Old Road near the an-Nasr wa-as-Salam area west of Abu Ghurayb, some 30km west of Baghdad.

The Abu Ghurayb correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including RPK machineguns and RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades surprised the US patrol as it was passing along the Old Road at 5:30pm local time Sunday afternoon.

The witnesses said that the Resistance fighters disabled one of the US Bradley armored vehicles, killing two American soldiers and wounding two more US troops.

Two of the Resistance fighters were also wounded in the engagement, one of them seriously, the witnesses reported.

Resistance bombards notorious Abu Ghurayb prison administrative buildings.

In a dispatch posted at 5:40pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces bombarded the notorious US prison camp at Abu Ghurayb with six heavy 120mm mortar rounds.

The Abu Ghurayb correspondent for Mafakarat al-Islam reported local residents as sayint that all the mortar shells blasted into the administrative buildings where US soldiers are inside the camp. The barrage sent columns of smoke rising over the facility.

Baghdad.

Resistance fighters attack train hauling fuel to US bases in ad-Durah.

In a dispatch posted at 5:15pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons ambushed a train loaded with fuel for US bases in the south of the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance fighters, armed with RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons set fire to two railway tank cars loaded with fuel. After the attack the Resistance fighters withdrew from the area having suffered no casualties, witnesses reported.

Resistance bombards US camp in Jurf as-Sakhr, south of Baghdad Sunday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired four mortar rounds into the US military headquarters in Juf as-Sakhr, south of Baghdad at 2:30pm local time Sunday afternoon.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Jurf as-Sakhr reported residents of the village of Sandij in the area as saying that all four mortar shells blasted into the camp. Afterwards, US Black Hawk helicopters were seen landing inside the US-occupied facility.

Resistance attacks joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol south of Baghdad late Sunday morning.

Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol on the road that links the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah with as-Sayyidiyah at 11am local time Sunday morning.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the traffic police who was near the scene of the attack at the time said that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons attacked the joint patrol, killing or wounding about five US and Iraqi puppet army troops. The Resistance fighters then withdrew from the area, the source said.

Resistance bombs leave a reported three US troops dead near ar-Rashidiyah early Sunday.

Two Iraqi Resistance bombs exploded in the path of a US column in the ar-Rashidiyah area just north of Baghdad at 7:30am local time Sunday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of at-Tarimiyah as saying that two bombs that had been planted by the side of the farm road that passes through groves and farm fields south of their city blew up nearly simultaneously as a column of several American Humvees and three Bradley armored vehicles passed by.

The correspondent reported that the blast disabled one Bradley and one Humvee, killing three US troops and wounding four others.

In his dispatch posted at 9:45am Mecca time Sunday morning, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that swarms of US helicopters were flying about over the area as American ground troops moved to close off the area and prevent residents and journalists from approaching.

Iraqi Resistance assassinates official in team trying Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Iraqi Resistance fighters assassinated a member of the committee trying Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in eastern Baghdad late on Saturday.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that the US-installed Iraqi "Ministry of the Interior" announced that Resistance fighters had killed 'Awn 'Abd al-Ghani, an official in the committee charged with investigating and trying the Iraqi President. The attack came after 'Abd al-Ghani had left his heavily guarded house on his way to work in the high-security area around the Republican Palace in Baghdad - the part of the Iraqi capital where the US and Britain have their embassies which is known to the Americans as the "green zone."

The Resistance distributed a communiqué around several mosques in Baghdad in which it took responsibility for the assassination, saying that it had eliminated one of the chief lackeys in Baghdad.

Twenty bodies discovered in the Tigris River.

The Iraqi puppet police announced that they had discovered 20 bodies in the Tigris River north of Baghdad on Sunday. No further details on the identity of the bodies were available according to a report on the discovery issued by Reuters as monitored by Mafkarat al-Islam.

Salah ad-Din Province.

Samarra'.

Resistance bombards joint US-Iraqi puppet army camp near Samarra' Sunday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired three heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the joint headquarters of US and Iraqi puppet army forces in the an-Na'iriyah area northeast of Samarra' at 8:15am local time Sunday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of an-Na'iriyah as saying that they heard three powerful explosions shake the camp, sending columns of smoke rising into the sky.

Ad-Dujayl.

Member of US-created "Iraqi parliament" assassinated Saturday night.

A group of Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with machine guns attacked the motorcade of Faris Nasir Husayn and Haydar Qasim, two members of the US-created "Iraqi parliament" in the ad-Dujayl area north of Baghdad on Saturday evening Reuters, as monitored by Mafkarat al-Islam, reported a source in the puppet "parliament" as saying.

The spokesman for the puppet "Iraqi parliament" said that Faris Nasir Husayn was killed in the attack and that Haydar Qasim was seriously wounded and then taken to hospital. Three companions of Husayn, one of them his brother, were also killed in the ambush.

Both men, the source said, had been candidates on the Kurdish list and were heading to Baghdad at the time of the attack.

Babil Province.

Al-Latifiyah.

Resistance bomb blasts US column south of Baghdad mid-afternoon Sunday.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column near the southern entrance to al-Latifiyah, some 25km south of Baghdad at 3pm local time Sunday afternoon.

The al-Latifiyah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the main road blew up as a column of several Humvees was passing. The explosion disabled one of the vehicles, killing or wounding three US soldiers who were aboard it.

Ninwa Province.

Mosul.

Helicopter downed, five US troops reported killed in two Resistance attacks Saturday, Sunday.

Iraqi Resistance forces in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul carried out two attacks in 24 hours on the left bank of the Tigris River in the city near the an-Nabi Yusuf Mosque, bringing down one American Apache helicopter and killing three US troops.

An Iraqi Resistance fighter fired a shoulder-launched surface-to-air rocket at a US Apache helicopter near the al-Ma'arid area of western Mosul. The missile scored a direct hit on the aircraft, destroying it instantly and killing its crew. The helicopter had been on a reconnaissance mission, Mafkarat al-Islam reported.

Other US helicopters tried to hunt down the Resistance fighter who shot down the Apache but failed to find him and succeeded only in opening fire indiscriminately at civilians who were near the crash site to prevent them from approaching the wreckage. After that, several US vehicles and Bradley armored vehicles arrived and surrounded the area. The US troops then recovered the bodies of the two crewmen and the wreckage of the helicopter.

In a separate incident, Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including PKS machine guns and RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades, attacked a column of several American Humvees and three US armored vehicles on the left bank of the Tigris River near the an-Nabi Yunus Mosque in the west of the city. The Resistance fighters destroyed one of the armored vehicles completely and disabled one Humvee. Three US troops were killed and three more wounded in the attack, Mafkarat al-Islam reported.

Residents of the area told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Mosul that the Resistance fighters withdrew from the area having suffered no losses in their ranks. But the US troops, as is their habit, responded to the ambush by opening fire indiscriminately at civilians and nearby houses, wounding two civilians, one of them severely, and inflicting material damage on the houses.

An-Najaf Province.

An-Najaf.

Iraqi puppet regime cancels US$7 million deal to import vegetable oil from Jordan in keeping with pro-American Shi'i cleric's fatwa to boycott Arab countries.

In keeping with a religious ruling issued by pro-American Shi'i clerical authority 'Ali as-Sistani on Wednesday, 14 September, calling for Iraq to boycott neighboring Arab countries, the Iraqi government has cancelled a deal worth US$7 million to import vegetable oil from Jordan.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in an-Najaf reported that a source in the religious hierarchy in an-Najaf had been informed of the cancellation in keeping with the religious edict (fatwa). According to the source, the contract for the vegetable oil - an item supplied to the Iraqi population by the government in exchange for ration coupons - had gone to suppliers "in another country" even though the agreement on the imports had already been concluded.

The vegetable oil was supposed to enter Iraq before the start of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, due to begin on about 5 October this year.

Seeking confirmation of the story, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Baghdad contacted a source in the administrative section of the US-installed puppet "Iraqi Ministry of Trade." The source confirmed that the agreement between Iraq and Jordan had indeed been cancelled after the fatwa. The source said that his "Ministry" had justified the cancellation on the pretext of "production defects" in the Jordanian oil, which would amount to an imposition of a ban on Jordanian oil from now on.

The source noted that the level of economic exchange between Iraq and Saudi Arabia and Syria were much less than the trade between Iraq and Jordan, and that a boycott, if implemented, would therefore have a minimal effect on those other two Arab countries. The source said that a boycott of Syria, for example, could take the form of a ban on Syrian truck drivers from entering Iraq.

In any case, the source told Mafkarat al-Islam, any boycott would be carried out using economic pretexts such as "low quality" or "high price" or "the balance of the volume of trade between the two countries" but the real reason, which would not be stated openly, would be the as-Sistani fatwa, which the Shi'i sectarian politicians now installed at the helm in US-occupied Iraq, would take as an unbreakable rule.

Meanwhile, a Shi'i religious authority associated with Muqtada as-Sadr disclosed on Sunday that as-Sistani had issued his fatwa calling for a boycott of neighboring Arab countries after the US-installed politicians in occupied Baghdad had called on him to issue such an edict (see story below).

(See also "'Ali as-Sistani issues fatwa calling on Iraq to boycott Arab states, rather than 'Israel.'" in Iraqi Resistance Report, Wednesday, 14 September 2005.)

Shi'i religious leader denounces as-Sistani fatwa calling for boycott of Arab countries.

Shi'i religious leader Fadil al-Asadi of the Muqtada as-Sadr office told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent that the religious ruling (fatwa) issued by Shi'i religious authority 'Ali as-Sistani last Wednesday in which he called for a boycott of surrounding Arab states, only served to widen the gap between Iraqi Shi'ah and the Arab peoples, most of whom are Sunni.

Fadil al-Asadi told Mafkarat al-Islam that the ruling by as-Sistani, in which the pro-American Shi'i cleric called for a political and economic embargo on neighboring Arab states on the pretext that they are "exporting terror and terrorists" to Iraq, "was not in fact a religious ruling or a ruling on Islamic law, but rather only pre-planned political ruling."

Al-Asadi pointed out that as-Sistani issued the fatwa a few days after Shi'i politicians and leaders of the pro-American puppet regime in the country demanded such a ruling from him.

Al-Basrah Province.

Al-Basrah.

Resistance attack leaves two British soldiers dead, one wounded in al-Basrah Sunday.

In a dispatch posted at 2:32pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance fighter drove an explosives-laden motorcycle into a joint British-Iraqi puppet army patrol on al-'Ashshar Street in the middle of al-Basrah.

The al-Basrah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a source in the Iraqi puppet army addressed a number of Iraqi journalists concerning the incident ant told them that a Resistance fighter had driven a motorcycle bomb into the joint patrol, destroying one vehicle belonging to the Iraqi puppet army and disabling one British military vehicle. The spokesman said that two British soldiers were killed in the attack and a third wounded. Three Iraqi puppet army troops belonging to the Eighth Brigade in al-Basrah were also killed.

The correspondent noted that although the Iraqi puppet army had admitted the attack and the casualties, the British had still made no announcement about either at the time of reporting.

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Iraqi Resistance Report for September 17, 2005

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Saturday, 17 September 2005

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Saturday, 17 September 2005.

Al-Anbar Province.

Ar-Ramadi.

Three US troops reported killed in afternoon roadside bombing.

In a dispatch posted at 4pm Mecca time Saturday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short time earlier an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded in the path of a US military patrol in the area of al-Mal'ab ("Playing field") in ar-Ramadi, the same area where a car bomb exploded earlier in the day.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in ar-Ramadi reported residents of the al-Mal'ab area as saying that a bomb that had been planted under a paving stone in the sidewalk nest to the main road in the area blew up as an American patrol was passing by on its way to encircle the neighborhood.

The explosion set one American Humvee on fire and killed three US troops and wounded a fourth.

US soldier reported killed in mid-morning car bombing in ar-Ramadi.

An Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet army column on the main road in the al-Mal'ab ("Playing field") area of central ar-Ramadi at about 10:30am local time Saturday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported eyewitnesses who live in the area as saying that an explosives-packed car that had been parked by the side of the main road in the al-Mal'ab area (which leads to the main street in ar-Ramadi) blew up when a joint column of two US Humvees, two armored vehicles, and three troop carriers belonging to the Iraqi puppet army was passing by. The explosion destroyed one of the Iraqi puppet army troop carriers and set one American Humvee onfire. One US soldier was killed and two others US troops were wounded. About seven Iraqi puppet army troops were also injured in the blast.

In his report posted at 11:50am Mecca time Saturday morning, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that US forces still had the area encircled and were hauling away the wreckage and the bodies of the dead and wounded from the area.

Four US troops reported killed in early morning bombardment of US base.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired five Katyusha rockets into the US military headquarters east of ar-Ramadi, which the Americans set up in the former Agricultural college of al-Anbar University. The attack took place at 7am local time Saturday morning.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in ar-Ramadi reported eyewitnesses as saying that the barrage left four American soldiers dead when one of the rockets struck an observation post occupied by US forces. No further information on the damage or casualties caused inside the US-occupied facility was available.

Hit.

US soldier reported dead in afternoon bombing in Hit.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the al-Mu'allimin neighborhood of central Hit at 5pm local time Saturday afternoon.

The Hit correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of al-Mu'allimin who witnessed the attack said that a bomb that had been planted under a pile of rubbish by the side of one of the side roads in the neighborhood blew up as a joint patrol was passing by.

The explosion disabled one US Humvee and damaged a pickup belonging to the Iraqi puppet army. One American soldier was killed and another wounded. An Iraqi puppet soldier was also seriously wounded.

Al-Fallujah.

Resistance car bomber blasts two US Humvees in al-Fallujah Saturday morning.

In a bulletin posted at 10:50am Mecca time Saturday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while before an Iraqi Resistance fighter drove an explosives-laden car into a US military column in the ash-Shuhada' neighborhood of al-Fallujah, 60km west of Baghdad.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent who was in the vicinity of the blast reported that he saw two US Humvees intensely on fire, but had no specific information on the nature or extent of casualties as a result of the attack.

Abu Ghurayb.

Eleven Iraqi civilians killed in savage US airraids on houses at dawn.

In a dispatch posted at 11:20am Mecca time Saturday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US warplanes and helicopter gunships, launched a violent attack on several houses in the area of Abu Ghurayb, 30km west of Baghdad, killing 11 Iraqi civilians and wounding more than 20 others.

The Abu Ghurayb correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a medical source in the town as saying that US fighter planes had bombed or rocketed four Iraqi houses in the as-Samilat district north of the city at dawn. A government office building was also bombed on the grounds that there were Resistance fighters inside, the source said.

The medical worker said that among those killed in the savage raids were a woman and two children under six.

At the time of reporting the correspondent wrote that the neither the US military nor its Iraqi puppet regime had made any comment on the bomb raids. A soldier in the Iraqi puppet army who asked not to be identified told the correspondent that the attacks were carried out on the basis of tips the US military had received from "Iraqi citizens" as the puppet soldier put it.

Four US troops reported killed in midday bombing in Khan Darri.

An Iraqi Resistance land mine exploded by a US military patrol in the Khan Darri area on the main road linking Baghdad with Abu Ghurayb at 1pm local time Saturday.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in Abu Ghurayb reported eyewitnesses as saying that an explosion occurred by a passing US patrol in Khan Darri, destroyed a US Humvee, and killing four American troops and wounding three more.

After the explosion, US occupation troops closed the road and encircled the area as they evacuated the bodies and hauled away the wreckage.

Al-Khalidiyah.

Four Iraqi puppet police killed in roadside bombing in al-Khalidiyah.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by an Iraqi puppet army patrol in the area of al-Khalidiyah, about 60km west of Baghdad on Saturday.

A source in the Iraqi puppet police told the correspondent for Quds Press that a bomb that had been planted by the side of a road in central al-Khalidiyah blew up in the afternoon as a patrol of the Iraqi puppet forces was passing by.

The blast totally destroyed a vehicle belonging to the Iraqi puppet forces and killed four of the Iraqi puppet army troops and wounded another two. The wounded troops were transported to hospital after the attack.

The bomb attack followed a campaign of house-to-house raids and searches carried out by the Iraqi puppet police and puppet army in the area, in the course of which eight Iraqi civilians were rounded up and taken to prison.

Al-Hadithah.

Resistance bombards US base in al-Hadithah Friday night.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired four Katyusha rockets into the US base at the al-Hadithah dam at about 10pm local time Friday night.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of the area who witnessed the attack as saying that four rockets blasted into the US-occupied facility setting off violent explosions that shook the base and sent tongues of flame and plumes of smoke rising into the sky. US helicopters flew in and about the area for an hour after the barrage.

Baghdad.

Resistance bomb kills two Iraqi puppet army soldiers in ash-Shu'lah district Saturday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet army column in the ash-Shu'lah district of northwest Baghdad at 3pm local time Saturday afternoon.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported a source in the Iraqi puppet army who asked not to be identified as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road to Abu Ghurayb blew up as a joint column was passing by.

The correspondent reported that the explosion set one of the troop transports belonging to the Iraqi puppet army on fire, killing two Iraqi puppet army soldiers and wounding five more, two of them seriously.

Fighting rages in western Baghdad Saturday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces clashed with US occupation troops and Iraqi puppet forces in the al-Jami'ah (University) area of western Baghdad on Saturday morning.

A source in the Iraqi puppet police told Quds Press that as a result of the fighting the occupation authorities closed off the whole area and brought in helicopters. The correspondent for Quds Press reported that the sound of explosions could be heard coming from the closed-off area.

Two US troops reported killed in Saturday morning bombing by al-Ghazaliyah bridge.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column at the al-Ghazaliyah bridge on the highway west of Baghdad at 9am local time Saturday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported sources in the Iraqi puppet army as saying that the blast destroyed a truck loaded with supplies for US forces. The sources said that two US soldiers were killed in the attack.

American forces closed all the roads leading to the area after the blast. They also arrested a photographer working for Reuters when he tried to take pictures of the wrecked truck.

Salah ad-Din Province.

Al-Ishaqi.

Five US troops reported killed in Resistance bombing Saturday.

In a dispatch posted at 10:25am Mecca time Saturday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol in the al-Ishaqi area on the main road linking Baghdad with Mosul.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported a source in the Iraqi puppet army as saying that a homemade bomb that was planted by the side of the highway blew up as the US patrol passed by. The explosion destroyed a US Zeal personnel carrier, killing five US troops and wounding two more.

The correspondent confirmed the presence of US helicopters emblazoned with the red cross near the scene of the blast, transporting dead and wounded American soldiers away from the scene. US forces closed the road for two hours after the attack, producing a huge traffic jam.

Ad-Dujayl.

Resistance bomb blasts US Humvee Saturday afternoon.

In a dispatch posted at 3:55pm Mecca time Saturday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier, an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded by a US armored column near the ad-Dujayl village south of Balad on the road to Samarra'.

The Balad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of ad-Dujayl who witnessed the attack as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the main road to Samarra' blew up at 2:30pm local time Saturday afternoon as a column of several US armored vehicles and two Humvees was passing.

The witnesses added that the blast disabled one of the armored vehicles and killing or wounded three US soldiers who were aboard it.

Balad.

Resistance fires rockets into joint US-Iraqi puppet force base in Balad late Friday night.

Iraqi Resistance fighters fired four S5K rockets into the joint US-Iraqi puppet military headquarters in the city of Balad, north of Baghdad late on Friday night.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that explosions could be heard inside the joint base and flame and smoke rose over the facility. No information on the nature or extent of the damage or casualties was available due to the security cordon around the facility and the information blackout imposed by the occupation. US aircraft did fly about the sky over the base after the attack.

Babil Province.

Al-Musayyib.

Resistance ambushes convoy of mercenary "security contractor" cars late Saturday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a column of armor-plated vehicles of the type used by foreign mercenary contractors working for the US occupation forces on the road to the US base in al-Musayyib, about 35km north of al-Hillah at 11:30am local time Saturday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the area reported residents of al-Musayyib who saw the attack as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons including PKS machine guns and RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades.

The attack lasted about 10 minutes and left two of the armor-plated vehicles belonging to the American mercenaries ablaze, the witnesses said. Five of the mercenaries were killed or wounded. Two members of the Iraqi Resistance were also wounded in the attack but withdrew from the field with the rest of the attackers.

Diyala Province.

Al-Mada'in.

Resistance bombards joint US-Wolf Brigade headquarters in al-Mada'in, southeast of Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance forces bombarded the joint headquarters of US troops and the Iraqi puppet "Wolf Brigade" in al-Mada'in with five 82mm mortar rounds at 6pm Saturday afternoon.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in Baghdad reported residents of al-Mada'in who witnessed the attack as saying that all the shells blasted into the headquarters setting off violent explosions and sending clouds of smoke billowing up into the sky.

At-Ta'mim Province.

Al-Hawijah.

One US soldier reported killed, another wounded by land mine Saturday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance land mine that had been planted by the side of a farm road west of al-Hawijah, southwest of Kirkuk blew up by an American armored column at 10am local time Saturday morning.

Owners of farm fields and groves in the area who saw the attack told Mafkarat al-Islam that a mine planted by the road that links up to the main road blew up as a column of US armored vehicles and some soldiers on foot was passing by. They said that the explosion disabled one of the armored vehicles, killing one of the foot soldiers and wounding a second.

Ninwa Province.

Mosul.

Resistance bombards puppet police station with US troops inside Saturday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired six heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the Tall ar-Rumman puppet police station in the south of Mosul as a patrol of several US Humvees was entering the station at 3:30pm Saturday afternoon, reportedly in order to hold a meeting with the puppet police commander there.

Witnesses told the Mosul correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that the mortar shells flew in from two directions, but all six blasted into the interior of the station, causing major material damage to the building. Columns of smoke rose from all parts of the puppet police station, in particular over the front courtyard where US and Iraqi puppet police vehicles were parked.

After the attack, US troops began shooting indiscriminately around the area and then kept local residents and journalists from approaching, making it impossible to get any information on the nature or extent of casualties.

Al-Basrah Province.

Al-Basrah.

Iraqi Resistance in al-Basrah bombards Danish occupation headquarters with Katyusha rockets Saturday evening.

In a bulletin posted at 8pm Mecca time Saturday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces in the southern city of al-Basrah had bombarded the Danish base in the southeast of the city.

The correspondent reported a source in the Iraqi puppet army which deployed throughout the city after the barrage as saying that four Katyusha rockets blasted into the headquarters of the Danish occupation troops, set up in what was a base of the Army of the Republic of Iraq prior to the US invasion in spring 2003. The source declined to provide any further details of the attack or the casualties it caused.

Mutilated body of Sunni youth arrested eight days ago turns up in morgue.

The body of the Sunni youth Isma'il 'Ali 'Abd al-Latif al-Hamdani was discovered at the forensics laboratory in the southern city of al-Basrah on Saturday, according to the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the city.

Al-Hamdani, 20, had been arrested by the puppet regime's intelligence police eight days earlier. On Thursday it was confirmed that he was in a cell in the intelligence police prison. A witness told Mafkarat al-Islam that the body had been mutilated badly and was still in a freezer in al-Basrah General Hospital.

Al-Hamdani, a student in the Technical College of al-Basrah University was arrested - together with a number of other Sunnis who are apparently still in the same notorious prison - in connection with a car bombing in the al-Hayyaniyah district.

There were unconfirmed press reports that British troops had carried out a quick investigation of the incident because they went into the intelligence police prison and witnessed the practice of torture by the puppet police there and expressed their disgust at what was going on.

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Iraqi Resistance Report for September 16, 2005

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Friday, 16 September 2005. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Friday, 16 September 2005.

* Seven American soldiers reported killed in car bomb attack on US checkpoint in Rawah Friday morning.

* Eleven US troops reported killed in Resistance attacks in Baghdad area Friday.

* Five mercenary "security contractors" working for US military killed in bomb attack near Ba'qubah.

* Resistance fighters blow up house over US troops, reportedly killing 13 Americans in Tall 'Afar.

Al-Anbar Province.

Rawah.

Seven US troops reported killed in car bomb attack on checkpoint Friday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance fighter drove an explosives-laden BMW car into a US checkpoint in the city of Rawah in western Iraq at 9am local time Friday morning.

The Rawah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that the BMW blew up as it got to the checkpoint that the US forces had set up at the eastern entrance to the city.

The blast heavily damaged the checkpoint and killed seven American troops and wounded another five of them.

After the attack, US troops closed the main road and called in helicopters, which were seen landing and evacuating the dead and wounded to a nearby US base.

Al-Fallujah.

Resistance bombards US base in agricultural area east of al-Fallujah early Friday.

Iraqi Resistance forces seven mortar rounds into the US base known as "the Farm" in the agricultural area east of al-Fallujah at 7:30am Friday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported eyewitnesses as saying that the shells blasted into the base and sent tongues of flame and plumes of smoke into the sky. The sounds of explosions reverberated in the area as the mortar rounds struck home and warning sirens wailed in the early morning air.

With the base, naturally, closed off from the surrounding area and US forces already deployed in force on the main street near the facility, no information on the nature or extent of casualties or damage was available.

Al-Qa'im.

Bodies of five "Iraqi National Guard" puppet troops found dead Friday morning.

The bodies of five puppet "Iraqi National Guards" were found shot to death and dumped near the stone works not far from al-Qa'im in western Iraq near the Syrian border on Friday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported witnesses as saying that the bodies had all been shot in the area of the head and that their uniforms identified them as members of the US-created "Iraqi National Guard" forces.

Ar-Ramadi.

Resistance bombards US al-Warrar base late Thursday night.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired six Katyusha rocket into the US al-Warrar base at 9pm Thursday night.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported witnesses as saying that flame and smoke rose into the sky over the stricken US base as helicopter gun ships hovered in the sky of the city. The American forces did not venture to return fire, however.

Baghdad.

Resistance pounds "green zone" late Friday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired seven heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the area of the Republican Palace in Baghdad - the part of the city known to the Americans as the "green zone" where the US and Britain have their massive embassies and the "government" they installed in Baghdad has its headquarters.

The bombardment took place at 6pm Friday evening local time and witnesses told the Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that it sent plumes of smoke rising into the sky from within the compound where sirens wailed in accompaniment to the explosions.

Three US troops reported killed in bombing in ar-Rashidiyah late Friday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded on the main road in the ar-Rashidiyah area to the north of Baghdad at 11am local time Friday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Baghdad reported sources n the Iraqi puppet police as saying that the bomb exploded as a US patrol passed by along the highway in the ar-Rashidiyah area. The blast destroyed a Humvee and killed three American troops and wounded another three American soldiers, the sources said.

After the bombing, American troops launched a search of the area looking for other bombs while other US soldiers evacuated the wounded and transported the dead away from the scene.

Four US troops reported killed in morning bombing near at-Taji.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column on the road from Sab' al-Bur to the northern Baghdad suburb of at-Taji at 10am local time Friday morning.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported sources in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of that road blew up as a US column was passing by, destroying one Bradley armored vehicle and killing four American troops.

After the explosion, American forces deployed on the road, encircled the area, and evacuated the bodies from the scene. They also hauled away the wrecked hulk of the armored vehicle from the road.

Four US troops reported killed in morning bomb attack in western Baghdad.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol on the highway near the al-'Adl neighborhood in the west of Baghdad at 8am local time Friday morning.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported sources in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that a bomb that was planted at the intersection of the al-'Adl Bridge and al-'Amiriyah road blew up as a US patrol passed by. The blast destroyed a Humvee, killing four US troops.

American forces then closed the road and surrounded the area, not letting anyone approach.

New Norwegian Labor government to pull its 20 troops out of Iraq.

The victor in Norway's Monday elections, the Labor Party's Jens Stoltenberg has informed US President George Bush that Norway would be withdrawing its 20 soldiers from Iraq, according to a spokesman. Stoltenberg is to become the new Norwegian prime minister following the formation of a coalition government in Oslo.

The 20 Norwegians serve as troop trainers in administrative officers' centers in the sectors of Iraq occupied by British and Polish troops, Mafkarat al-Islam reported Reuters as saying.

Stoltenberg, 46, said that US President Bush called to congratulate him on his election victory. "We explained that we believe that Norway must not have forces in Iraq," Stoltenberg told Bush, according to the report. He added, however, that Norway would plan on continuing close cooperation with the United States in fighting "terrorism."

Norway did not support the American invasion of Iraq in the spring of 2003, but agreed to send troops after the United States declared that the war in the Arab country "had ended."

Salah ad-Din Province.

Samarra'.

Resistance fighters ambush US truck convoy near Samarra' leaving three trucks ablaze.

In a dispatch posted at 8pm Mecca time Friday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces armed with light and medium weapons attacked a US convoy of supply trucks and fuel tankers on the main road linking Samarra' with provinces in the north.

Witnesses told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Samarra' that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons including rockets ambushed the convoy of seven trucks and six tankers loaded with fuel as it was headed towards US bases. They set two of the supply trucks and one fuel tanker on fire, killing four drivers and wounding another two.

The witnesses reported seeing fire blazing in the three vehicles as US troops closed off the road, keeping people away, while they brought in helicopters.

Balad.

Two US troops reported killed in roadside bombing near Balad early Friday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US truck convoy hauling provisions for American occupation troops along the road between Balad and provinces to the north at 8:30am local time Friday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Balad reported eyewitnesses as saying that the blast destroyed one supply truck and killed two US troops.

After the explosion American forces closed the highway, extinguished the fire in the truck and evacuated the bodies from the scene.

Diyala Province.

Ba'qubah.

Five mercenary contractors killed in Resistance bombing late Friday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded near Ba'qubah, northeast of Baghdad, by a convoy of four armor-plated, four-wheel drive vehicles of the type used by foreign mercenary contractors working for the US occupation forces in Iraq.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in Ba'qubah reported witnesses as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the main road to the city blew up as the four cars passed by at 6pm local time Friday afternoon.

The explosion destroyed one of the armor-plated cars and disabled another. Five mercenary contractors were killed in the attack, the witnesses said.

After the explosion, US troops closed off the area.

Ninwa Province.

Tall 'Afar.

Thirteen American soldiers reported killed when house blows up over them.

In a dispatch posted at 5:10pm Mecca time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short time before a house in the city of Tall 'Afar that had been booby trapped by the Iraqi Resistance was blown up over US occupation troops inside.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported a source in the Iraqi Medical Relief Committee as saying that a huge explosion had brought the house down on US troops just minutes after they entered it.

The correspondent reported the source as saying that the US forces were conducting raids and searches of residences in the Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas neighborhood, hunting for weapons and Resistance fighters. About 10 to 15 American soldiers would raid each house.

The source said that when the Americans raided one two-story house at the end of the street known as al-Midakhkhah Street the whole house blew up over them, totally destroying the house. The source said that not one of the Americans - about 13 men according to Iraqi puppet army sources - came out of the house. All were killed in the attack the sources confirmed.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent saw up close the US occupation vehicles, cranes, earth moving and excavating equipment that were going through the rubble to extract the bodies.

Al-Basrah Province.

Al-Basrah.

Eleven Iranian illegal border crossers captured with drugs, cash.

Iraqi puppet army forces arrested 11 Iranian individuals who entered Iraqi territory via the border area of ash-Shalamijah ("Shalamcheh"). The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Basrah reported sources in the command of the puppet army's Border Guard force as saying that the army had arrested the 11 Iranians who were found to be carrying 11 million Iranian Tumans in cash as well as locally-manufactured drugs.

The source told Mafkarat al-Islam that the Iranians were at that moment in prison and under interrogation.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent noted that Iranian illegal border crossers are regularly found and arrested every month in large numbers, but they are seldom reported to the media. The US-installed regime as a rule reports only unauthorized border crossings from Jordan and Syria.

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Iraqi Resistance Report for September 15, 2005

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 15 September 2005. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Thursday, 15 September 2005.

* Iraqi Resistance organizations denounce call by Abu Mus'ab az-Zarqawi for "total war against the Shi'ah population."

* Resistance mounts major attack on US forces in ar-Ramadi Thursday morning.

* American officer shoots 56-year-old Iraqi woman to death in her home in Hit early Thursday.

* Five US troops reported killed in Thursday morning car bombing in Abu Ghurayb.

* The Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq denounces Abu Mus'ab az-Zarqawi's call for "total war" against Shi'ah population.

* American troops shoot and kill Palestinian in Baghdad's al-Baladiyat section.

* US offensive slackens in Tall 'Afar, but roundups, arrests of civilians in US-occupied zones increase.

* Three British troops killed in midday on al-Faw Peninsula.

Al-Anbar Province.

Ar-Ramadi.

Iraqi Resistance organizations denounce call by Abu Mus'ab az-Zarqawi for "total war against the Shi'ah population."

A group of the best-known and established Iraqi Resistance organizations, reflecting both the patriotic and the Islamic trends within the Resistance movement, issued a declaration in al-Anbar Province on Thursday, rejecting the call for "total war on the Shi'ah" both civilians and combatants" - that was made by Abu Mus'ab az-Zarqawi, the head of the Islamic fundamentalist al-Qa'idah in the Land of the Two Rivers, the day before.

The Resistance organizations made clear that they "had nothing to do with that call."

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in al-Anbar Province quoted the Resistance declaration as saying, "The aim of the Iraqi Resistance is the expulsion of the occupation, making it an example for anyone who might dare to think in the future about occupying any Arab or Islamic state."

The declaration stated: "the Resistance would set as its aim and direct its strikes at the occupation and its stooges, and no one else. A call to kill the Shi'ah is a fire that burns all Iraqis, Sunni and Shi'i alike," the declaration said.

The Iraqi Resistance declaration was signed by the First Army of Muhammad, the Islamic Army, the al-Qa'qa' Brigades, the Army of the Mujahideen of Iraq, and the an-Nasir Salah ad-Din Brigades.

Resistance mounts major attack on US forces in ar-Ramadi Thursday morning.

In a bulletin posted at 10:25am Mecca time Thursday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces were at the time of writing engaged in one of their largest military operations in the city of ar-Ramadi in western Iraq.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in the heart of ar-Ramadi reported that more than 100 Resistance fighters armed to the teeth with what were described as unconventional weapons were engaged in combat with US troops on 17 Street and 20 Street in the as-Sufiyah district of the city. Clouds of smoke that rose high into the sky enveloped whole parts of the area as a result of the fighting.

The correspondent reported that two Humvees could be seen burning with the bodies of US soldiers inside.

US warplanes were flying over the area along with several helicopters, but apparently were unable to strike at any targets for fear of hitting their own troops who were engaged in close combat with the Resistance.

US bombs houses in ar-Ramadi; six civilians reported killed, including women and children.

In a bulletin posted at 11am Mecca time Thursday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US forces had just families in homes in residential areas in the eastern and central parts of ar-Ramadi in an attempt to force the Iraqi Resistance to halt its attacks on US occupation troops in the city.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in the city reported that six people were killed in the bombing, three of them children and one of them the children's mother.

The correspondent reported that the city of 800,000 people was completely without movement other than the activity of the Resistance fighters and the US occupation troops and their Iraqi puppet army supporters.

The Resistance at the time of writing were continuing to wage one of their largest offensives in the city.

The Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq, the highest Sunni religious authority in occupied Iraq reported on its website that the al-Jazeera satellite TV station reported that doctors in ar-Ramadi's hospitals had issued a call for blood donors following the Thursday morning American air attacks on the city.

The Association website reported that US aircraft bombed the areas of al-Bu Farraj and as-Sufiyah in ar-Ramadi as fighting raged in the center of the city. Resistance forces also pounded the US headquarters outside the city with mortars, added the report, posted at 3:25pm local time Thursday afternoon.

Four US troops on foot patrol reported killed in bombing late Thursday afternoon.

In a dispatch posted at 5:59pm Mecca time Thursday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a bomb exploded in the path of a US foot patrol in the as-Sufiyah area in northern ar-Ramadi at about 6pm local time Thursday afternoon.

The correspondent reported sources in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that the blast killed four US troops.

Since dawn on Thursday, ar-Ramadi has been the scene of intermittent battles between Iraqi Resistance troops and US occupation troops and their Iraqi puppet army supporters.

Hit.

American officer shoots 56-year-old Iraqi woman to death in her home early Thursday.

US forces shot and killed a 56-year-old Iraqi woman when they invaded her home to search it Thursday morning.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in Hit reported the chilcren of al-Hajjah Umm Khattab as saying that US forces on Thursday morning raided their neighborhood as they habitually do on their searches every week or so. "They stormed our family home," Umm Khattab's sons said, "when the three of us were off at work."

"Our mother asked the officer to wait a second before entering so that the women in the house could put on their veils and scarves," the sons said. "But the officer refused, and he and his troops just burst into the house by force, pushing our mother, al-Hajjah Umm Khattab, aside. She responded by spitting in the officer's face and insulting him and he shot her four times in the chest, killing her instantly."

The correspondent reported medical sources in ar-Ramadi Hospital as saying that four bullets had lodged in the body of al-Hajjah Umm Khattab. Witnesses said that they hear the sound of gunfire from inside her house, but said they couldn't get into her house to see what had happened until the American troops had gone. They said, though, that the US soldiers left the house hastily and at great speed after the shooting.

Al-Fallujah.

Two US troops reported killed in roadside bombing near Industrial Zone of al-Fallujah Thursday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet "order protection force" patrol in the Industrial Zone of al-Fallujah at 5:30pm local time Thursday afternoon.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported witnesses as saying that the explosives-packed car had been parked by the side of as-Sadd Road near the Industrial Zone in al-Fallujah and when a joint US-Iraqi puppet force patrol passed by, it blew up. The explosion destroyed one US Humvee and one vehicle belonging to the Iraqi puppet force. Two US soldiers and three Iraqi puppet "order protection force" troops were killed in the blast.

In a dispatch posted at 5:45pm Mecca time, the correspondent reported that at the time of writing US troops and Iraqi puppet forces had closed the main road and were surrounding the Industrial Zone and the nearby an-Nazal neighborhood and were launching a wave of searches and inspections in the area.

Three US troops reported killed in roadside bombing Thursday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol on the highway that links al-Fallujah with as-Saqlawiyah at 4pm local time Thursday afternoon.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported witnesses as saying that the bomb destroyed one American Humvee, killing three US troops, but that at the time of reporting - in a story posted at 5:15pm Mecca time Thursday afternoon - the US forces had made no announcement of the attack.

Abu Ghurayb.

Five US troops reported killed in Thursday morning car bombing in Abu Ghurayb.

An Iraqi Resistance fighter drove an explosives-laden car into a US military column in Abu Ghurayb at 9am local time Thursday morning.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in Abu Ghurayb reported that an Iraqi Resistance fighter drove a car bomb into a US column on the main road in the middle of Abu Ghurayb, destroying a Humvee and killing five US troops.

After the attack, US troops closed the main road and evacuated their dead from the area.

Baghdad.

The Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq denounces Abu Mus'ab az-Zarqawi's call for "total war" against Shi'ah population.

The Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq, the highest Sunni Muslim religious authority in the occupied country issued a statement on Thursday denouncing the proclamation by Abu Mus'ab az-Zarqawi of a "total war" on the Shi'ah of Iraq.

The Association of Muslim Scholars said in their statement:

"Several satellite TV stations broadcast a voice recording attributed to Abu Mus'ab az-Zarqawi in which he declared a total war on the Shi'ah in revenge for the Sunnis who have been killed in Tall 'Afar."

The Association commented:

"The Shi'ah of Iraq do not bear the guilt for the brazenly open sectarian policy that the government is pursuing with American blessings. They are not at fault for the naked aggression carried out by the government forces against Tall 'Afar and other cities, nor for the terrorist crimes against the peaceful people. On what religious basis can "revenge" against an innocent person rather than a guilty one be acceptable? How can an innocent person be called to account for the sins of a criminal? A widely known principle of the Holy Law is that 'No soul with its own burdens must be made to bear the burden of another.' [Qur'an 6:154] How can it be correct for someone who wants to rule according to the Law of God to succumb to emotional impulses of revenge or anger in issuing edicts of this type? This sort of dangerous proclamation achieves the thing that the occupation desires most - to split up the country and ignite civil strife between the people. It also achieves for the interim government what it requires, having lost everything due to its terrorist policy: it causes the Iraqi street to rally around it."

In conclusion, the Association of Muslim Scholars called on az-Zarqawi, "to step back from those threats, because they only besmirch the image of the jihad and hinder the success of the jihadi program of the Resistance in Iraq, while driving the country towards greater bloodletting among innocent Iraqis."

American troops shoot and kill Palestinian in Baghdad's al-Baladiyat section.

US troops killed a Palestinian in the al-Baladiyat area of eastern Baghdad after storming into the area with their tanks and other vehicles.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the area reported that US forces killed Ziyad Salih Mahmud, a youth as he was returning home from work. The US shot struck him in the head and he died instantly.

Residents of the area who witnessed the killing said that Mahmud was carrying a bag with some medicine for his mother and a cake when the Americans shot him, so there was no reason why he should have seemed suspicious or been shot.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Baghdad reported that the American military's fifth unit, which is in charge of the eastern part of the city is a large unit which has Jewish members, according to Iraqi translators who work with the troops.

Six US troops reported killed in high-yield bomb blast in the al-Jihad area of Baghdad late Thursday afternoon.

A high-explosive Iraqi Resistance bomb blew up by a US military column in the al-Jihad section of Baghdad at about 5pm local time Thursday afternoon.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported witnesses as saying that the explosion took place as a US column was passing along a road in the western Baghdad district of al-Jihad. The blast destroyed one American armored vehicle, killing six US troops and wounding more than three other US soldiers.

American forces encircled the area and closed the road after the explosion. Troops were seen evacuating the dead and wounded from the scene.

Baghdad has experienced an escalation in Resistance attacks in the last two days, Mafkarat al-Islam noted.

Resistance bombards "green zone" with heavy mortars at noon.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired five heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the area of the Republican Palace in Baghdad - the part of the city known to the Americans as the "green zone" where the US and Britain have their massive embassies and the "government" they installed in Baghdad has its headquarters.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Baghdad reported witnesses as saying that the five mortar rounds blasted into the "green zone" at 12 noon local time Thursday, setting off explosions inside the zone and sending tongues of flame rising into the sky.

Thirty-five puppet regime "shock troops" killed in ad-Durah car bomb attack.

In a dispatch posted at 1:10pm Mecca time Thursday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance fighter drove an explosives-laden car into a gathering of vehicles belonging to puppet "Iraqi interior ministry shock troops" in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah on Thursday morning.

The ad-Durah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying that a Resistance fighter blasted a car bomb into a gathering of the shock troops, destroying four vehicles and killing 35 of the puppet troops.

After the blast US and Iraqi puppet army forces converged on the area and encircled it, preventing anyone approaching. Ambulances were seen evacuating the bodies of the dead from the area.

Ten puppet "national guards" killed in car bomb attack in ad-Durah early Thursday.

An Iraqi Resistance fighter drove an explosives-packed car into a patrol of the puppet so-called "Iraqi National Guard" on the highway in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah at about 8am local time Thursday morning.

The ad-Durah correspondent for Mafakrat al-Islam reported sources in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that the blast destroyed two pickup trucks, killing 10 members of the "National Guard."

After the attack US and Iraqi puppet regime forces showed up on the scene closing the highway and surrounding the area. Ambulances were seen transporting the bodies out of the area. It was the third Iraqi Resistance bomb attack on US or Iraqi puppet regime forces the same road in 48 hours.

Ninwa Province.

Tall 'Afar.

US offensive slackens, roundups, arrests of civilians in occupied zones increase.

In a report posted on its website at 2:55pm Baghdad time on its website, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq, the highest Sunni Muslim religious authority in the occupied country said that the intensity of the daily US shelling and bombing of the civilian areas of the city of Tall 'Afar - including the districts of Hasan Koy and as-Saray - had diminished, but raids and arrests of citizens in the US-controlled parts of the city have been on the increase.

The Association's report said that there continued to be sweeps in which citizens between the ages of 15 and 60 were being rounded up in large numbers. Many of those people had remained in their houses despite the American shelling and bombing to protect them from looters, but they were then rounded up by the US forces and their Iraqi puppet supporters and paraded before TV cameras as "captured terrorists" the Association of Muslim Scholars reported.

US occupation forces and the puppet Iraqi so-called "National Guards" and puppet police continued to blockade the Hasan Koy and as-Saray areas, having set up barbed-wire fences around the neighborhoods more than two meters (6 feet) high, after having bombarded those neighborhoods from 4 September until 9 September.

As regards the treatment received by people who have fled the carnage in the city, witnesses cited by the Association of Muslim Scholars said that the Americans and their puppet Iraqi troops were separating and arresting the adult males from the other refugees, while the remnants of the families - the women and children - are sent to camps outside the city.

The remaining neighborhoods in the city - as-Salam, al-'Urubah, and al-Buri Street - the witnesses said that US and puppet Iraqi military forces rounded up all the residents of those neighborhoods on a large square and then arrested many of them, depending on concocted denunciations.

Meanwhile the puppet so-called "National Guard" is preventing aid workers - such as doctors and relief suppliers - from bringing assistance to the victims of the Tall 'Afar attack. On 12 September, the Association of Muslim Scholars report states, those puppet regime forces prevented medical assistance teams from a human rights organization from getting into the city to treat those wounded in the American bombardment.

Some residents of the city said that they were surprised at the fact that the offensive by the US-installed regime of Shi'i sectarian "Prime minister" Ibrahim al-Ja'fari had not included all the districts of Tall 'Afar in the sweep, since he had proclaimed that the offensive was to eradicate "terrorists" the residents noted that districts of the city that had not bee attacked by the US and puppet regime troops [where the population is Shi'i] had been havens for snipers from certain political parties before the offensive, and in fact their attacks on the population were what led to what they called a "deterioration" in the security situation in the city and the exodus of many residents - the very problem that al-Ja'fari cited as the reason for the offensive.

Mosul.

Resistance car bomb leaves a reported five US troops dead.

An Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded by a column of US troops in Mosul at 1:30pm local time Thursday afternoon.

The Mosul correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying that a Kia car blew up by the US column on the outer road linking Baghdad with Mosul. The blast destroyed two Humvees, killing five US troops and wounding four more American troops.

After the explosion, US troops closed the road and helicopters were seen flying in to evacuate the casualties.

At-Ta'mim Province.

Kirkuk.

Two US troops reported killed in morning bombing in Kirkuk.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the al-'Askari neighborhood of Kirkuk at about 10am local time Thursday morning.

The correspondent in Kirkuk reported sources in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that a bomb exploded as the joint patrol was passing by along the main road in the al-'Askari neighborhood in the east of Kirkuk.

The blast destroyed one American Humvee, killing two US troops, and it damaged one vehicle belonging to the Iraqi puppet army, leaving three Iraqi puppet army soldiers dead.

Afterwards, US forces encircled the neighborhood and evacuated the bodies from the area.

An-Najaf Province.

An-Najaf.

Third man in Iraq's Shi'i religious hierarchy assassinated in an-Najaf.

In a bulletin posted at 2:40pm Mecca time, Thursday afternoon Mafkarat al-Islam reported that shortly before armed men had opened fire on the motorcade of Shi'i religious authority Mahdi al-'Attar near the Shi'i religious center in an-Najaf, to which the cleric was returning from a visit to Baghdad. The cleric and two of his companions were killed in the attack.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that al-'Attar was regarded as the third man in the Shi'i religious leadership in Iraq, the first two being the clerics as-Sistani and al-Mudarrisi.

Al-Basrah Province.

Al-Faw Peninsula.

Three British troops killed in midday on al-Faw Peninsula.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a patrol of British occupation troops on the al-Faw Peninsula east of al-Basrah near the Iranian frontier at 1pm local time Thursday.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Basrah reported witnesses as saying that a bomb that had been planted by a road in al-Faw blew up as a British patrol was passing by. The explosion destroyed a British Jeep and killed three British soldiers and wounded a fourth.

After the blast, British force surrounded the area and carried out massive searches after hearing that there were more bombs in the vicinity.

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Iraqi Resistance Report for September 14, 2005

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 14 September 2005. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Wednesday, 14 September 2005.

Al-Anbar Province.

Al-Baghdadi

Eleven US troops reported killed when car bomb blasts US troop carrier Wednesday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded by a US column near the stone works in the town of al-Baghdadi, about 170km northwest of Baghdad, at about 3pm local time Wednesday afternoon.

The al-Baghdadi correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eye witnesses who saw the attack as saying that a Caprice taxi that was parked by the side of the main road leading into al-Baghdadi exploded by the passing American column.

The blast destroyed an American Zeal troop carrier, killing 11 American soldiers who were inside.

A US helicopter flew in to recover the bodies from the scene of the attack and they were airlifted to the so-called 'Ayn al-Asad American base in al-Baghdadi. At the time of writing, the US military had made no announcement of the attack.

Al-Khalidiyah.

Three US troops reported killed in Resistance barrage on headquarters Wednesday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired seven heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the US military headquarters in the al-Khalidiyah area west of Baghdad at about 4pm local time Wednesday afternoon.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported eye witnesses as saying that seven 120mm mortar rounds blasted into the US headquarters in al-Khalidiyah, east of ar-Ramadi. The barrage killed three US troops according to sources in the Iraqi puppet police.

Al-Fallujah.

Resistance bombards puppet "Order Protection Forces" headquarters in al-Fallujah.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired four 80mm mortar rounds into the headquarters of the puppet "Order Protection Forces" in al-Fallujah, 60km west of Baghdad at 9am local time Wednesday.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Fallujah reported local residents as confirming that four mortar rounds blasted into the former as-Su'dud Primary School which has been taken over by the puppet security forces and turned into one of their headquarters.

The witnesses reported that the barrage killed four Iraqi puppet force troops and wounded three others who were taken afterwards to al-Fallujah General Hospital. US troops and Iraqi puppet army soldiers afterwards encircled the al-Jaghifi neighborhood and launched extremely wary foot patrols.

Four US soldiers reported killed in bombing in al-Fallujah early Wednesday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol in the al-'Askari neighborhood of al-Fallujah in western Iraq at 7am local time Wednesday morning.

The al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of the neighborhood as saying that a bomb that had been planted in a drain pipe blew up as the US patrol was passing by.

The explosion destroyed one Humvee, killing four US soldiers and wounding two more. The US troops afterwards closed all the roads leading to the neighborhood, which they encircled, prior to evacuating the bodies and the wounded.

Al-Qa'im.

Iraqi Resistance shoots down unmanned US spy plane at dawn Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 11:15am Wednesday morning Mecca time, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters shot down an unmanned US spy plane near the city of al-Qa'im in western Iraq near the Syrian border.

The al-Qa'im correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying that a US reconnaissance plane was seen falling into a farm field in the Sa'dah village area near al-Qa'im at dawn Wednesday.

The Iraqi Resistance announced its responsibility for the downing in a communiqué, a copy of which the correspondent for Mafakarat al-Islam obtained.

Ar-Ramadi.

US forces arrest ar-Ramadi correspondent for al-'Arabiyah satellite TV.

In a dispatch posted at 7:35pm Mecca time Wednesday evening, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in ar-Ramadi reported that a short while earlier US occupation troops arrested a correspondent for the Dubai-based al-'Arabiyah satellite TV network in the city.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that no further information was immediately available on the reasons for the arrest.

Baghdad.

Six American troops reported killed in Resistance car bombing in ad-Durah Wednesday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance fighter drove an explosives-packed car into a US military column on the highway linking the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah with Baghdad al-Jadidah at 2pm local time Wednesday afternoon.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in Baghdad reported sources in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that the Resistance fighter drove his car into the Ameican column as it proceeded along the highway near ad-Durah. The explosion left six American soldiers dead and three others wounded.

US forces encircled the attack zone after the explosions and American helicopters flew in and landed to evacuate the dead and wounded.

Three US troops reported killed in bombing in ad-Durah midday Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 1:15pm Mecca time Wednesday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while before an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded on the ad-Durah highway that links the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah with Baghdad al-Jadidah.

Witnesses told the ad-Durah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that a bomb exploded by a US patrol on the ad-Durah highway, destroying a Humvee and killing three US troops.

Immediately, US troops closed the highway in both directions and called in helicopters that landed and evacuated the bodies of the dead from the area.

Deputy "interior minister" assassinated in al-A'zamiyah Wednesday afternoon.

In a dispatch posted at 3:45pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that it had been reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters in the Baghdad district of al-A'zamiyah had attacked the motorcade of the "Deputy Minister of the Interior" in the US-installed Iraqi "government" as it was returning from an inspection trip to view the aftermath of the bombing in al-Kazimiyah that left 117 people dead and more than 140 others wounded.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in Baghdad reported that sources in the Iraqi puppet police had said that the "Deputy Minister" - one of three "deputy ministers of the interior" was killed along with six of his companions in the ambush.

At the time of reporting, US forces continued to encircle the area where the attack occurred with an unusually large force.

Iraqi Resistance car bomber blasts US military column in al-'Amiriyah Wednesday afternoon.

In a bulletin posted at 3:35pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-'Amiriyah in Baghdad reported that an Iraqi Resistance fighter had just driven an explosives-laden car into a US military column at the entrance to al-'Amal ash-Sha'bi Street in the al-'Amiriyah section of western Baghdad.

The correspondent reported witnesses as saying that the blast destroyed one American Humvee, killing a number of US troops.

At the time of reporting American soldiers had encircled the whole area and helicopters were flying in at low altitude.

Witnesses confirmed that one of the helicopters tried to land to evacuate the dead and wounded, but that a warning that bombs had been planted in the area prevented it from touching down. The main street in the area and the surrounding roads were completely blocked by US troops and Iraqi army puppet forces.

Resistance attacks on US and Iraqi puppet targets in Baghdad overshadowed by bombing in al-Kazimiyah that killed 117, most of whom reportedly worked on US military bases.

More than 11 car bombs and rocket attacks struck US and Iraqi puppet regime facilities and headquarters in Baghdad on Wednesday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported from the occupied Iraqi capital.

At the same time a large explosion ripped through the largely Shi'i al-Kazimiyah area of northern Baghdad. A source in the Iraqi puppet "Ministry of Health told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent that the number of casualties in the al-Kazimiyah blast had reached 117 killed and 140 wounded, most of them in serious condition.

The source told Mafkarat al-Islam that the attack targeted residents of the Shi'i neighborhood, most of them construction workers, shopkeepers, and hawkers. Colonel Sa'd as-Sa'dun of the Iraqi puppet army told a press conference, attended by a correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam, that the US and Iraqi puppet military were incapable of stopping attacks and that they can do nothing more than watch as bystanders after such attacks.

For its part the Islamic fundamentalist organization al-Qa'idah in the Land of the Two Rivers, which is led by the Jordanian Islamist Abu Mus'ab az-Zarqawi, took responsibility for the al-Kazimiyah bombing in a statement distributed among a number of mosques, a copy of which was obtained by the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam. The al-Qa'idah statement sought to justify its attack by asserting that the al-Kazimiyah district was a stronghold for the Shi'i sectarian Badr Brigades.

Later on Wednesday evening, the Mafakrat al-Islam correspondent in Baghdad reported a source in the US-installed "government" Center for Criminal Research as saying that 90 percent of the dead in the al-Kazimiyah bombing had been day workers employed on bases of the US occupation forces in the Iraqi capital as well as construction and excavation workers and truckers who also worked for the American army.

The source, who asked not to be identified said that the place where the explosion took place was a daily gathering point for those workers, a place where US armored vehicles arrive regularly every day to take them to the American bases to work.

The source said that the US military had resorted to those workers after Asian contract workers fled Iraq out of fear of being kidnapped or killed by Resistance fighters.

Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq condemns al-Kazimiyah bombing.

In a statement posted on its website Wednesday evening, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq denounced the bombing attack in al-Kazimiyah as a "painful event that was unjustifiable regardless of the reasons or motivations that led to it." The statement from the highest Sunni Muslim religious authority in occupied Iraq said that the US occupation and the puppet "Interim Government" bore responsibility for everything that takes place in the Iraqi arena.

The Sunni Muslim scholars said: "although we understand perfectly well that our children are being killed in Tall 'Afar and other places by hateful sectarians, we realize at the same time that this government and its agencies that are carrying out a vicious international plan to destroy the country do not represent the aspirations of the people of Iraq and that the massacres that they have committed in Tall 'Afar have thrown the doors wide open to this sort of act. The Association of Muslim Scholars sees this as a violation of the principles of the Holy Law which provides that just punishment can be meted out only to the person who commits a crime and retribution must be exacted from that person and none other. It is enough for us to note in this connection what God has said in the Qur'an: 'No soul with its own burdens must be made to bear the burden of another.' [Qur'an 6:154]"

For his part Dr. Harith ad-Darri, the General Secretary of the Association of Muslim Scholars denounced the military operations being carried out by the occupation forces, the "Interim Government," and other shadowy groups against cities in the west of Iraq. Ash-Shaykh ad-Darri made the remarks at a memorial service for the late Mufti of Iraq 'Abd al-Karim al-Mudarris. Shaykh ad-Darri said: "We condemn all the criminal acts committed against the innocent people of our country who are being targeted by many shadowy forces. These bombings and the acts of revenge, the raids, the abductions of dozens to places unknown where they are butchered, this is all precisely the same criminal activity. We call on our people to take a stand against this social subversion (al-fitnah) wherever it comes from, whoever its targets are for all of it serves the interests of our enemies."

'Ali as-Sistani issues fatwa calling on Iraq to boycott Arab states, rather than "Israel."

Pro-American Shi'i clerical authority 'Ali as-Sistani issued a fatwa (religious legal ruling) on Wednesday in which he called on the US-installed Iraqi "government" to impose an economic and political boycott on the Arab countries neighboring Iraq.

The Mafakrat al-Islam correspondent in Baghdad who obtained a copy of as-Sistani's fatwa, indicated that as-Sistani, himself a citizen of the non-Arab country of Iran, denounced Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria as "countries that claim to be Arab."

In the document the Iranian-born cleric based his boycott call on the grounds that the neighboring countries of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria supposedly were "exporting" what he called "terror and terrorists" into occupied Iraq "to kill Iraqis, in particular the Shi'ah." The correspondent noted that the fatwa was written in the form of an order to the members and personnel of the US-installed Iraqi "government."

The pro-American cleric's fatwa read in part: "the Wahhabis who denounce others as infidels and the followers and supporters of the infidel Saddam are continuing their series of genocidal attacks on the Shi'ah supporters of the hereditary dynasty of the Prophet Muhammad, and those countries that claim to follow Islam and to be Arab continue to export terror and terrorists to Iraq to kill more of the people here. Therefore we call on our sons and brother Believers the members of the government and the merchants to boycott those countries that export terror to us without compassion or mercy."

As-Sistani went on to say, "We consider those countries [Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria] to be the first countries that we should subject to economic boycott, so let no commercial contracts be concluded between them and us, nor any agreements until after they stop exporting their death to us."

By saying that those Arab states were the "first" countries that Iraq should boycott, as-Sistani was alluding to the Arab boycott of "Israel" to which Iraq has traditionally adhered, saying that the boycott of that state was relatively unimportant.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent noted in that the Iraqi Agency for Measurement and Quality Control announced in August that more than 10,000 types of Zionist commodities had entered Iraq and were being traded by the population, including food items, electrical appliances, household appliances, and construction materials, and that these goods have adversely affected local Iraqi industries significantly in recent months. Despite that fact, the Shi'i clerical authority as-Sistani issued no fatwa banning such economic penetration, but contented himself with a call on the government not to allow such goods into Iraq. The correspondent asserted that distributors of Zionist goods in Iraq were at times among as-Sistani's followers.

Four US troops reported killed in Resistance bombing in eastern Baghdad midday Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 1:10pm Mecca time Wednesday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while before an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol on the Canal Road (Tariq al-Qanat) in the east of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying that a bomb exploded by the US patrol as it proceeded along the al-Qanat Highway. The blast totally destroyed a Humvee, killing four American soldiers and wounding another five.

The correspondent reported that US troops afterwards closed the road and encircled the area and evacuated the bodies and the wounded, creating a huge traffic jam.

Seven US troops reported killed in Iraqi Resistance bombing in at-Taji Wednesday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column in the northern Baghdad suburb of at-Taji at 8:30am local time Wednesday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in at-Taji reported that a bomb that had been planted by the main road in the Hur al-Basha area blew up as a US column was passing by. The explosion destroyed one American Zeal troop carrier, killing seven US troops and wounding another three American soldiers.

After the blast US forces encircled the whole area, closing all the roads leading in or out as they called in helicopters to transport the dead and wounded. Other American troops meanwhile launched a campaign of raids on near-by houses, accusing the householders of planting the bombs. Four local people were arrested on charges of being "suspects" in the bomb attack.

Three US soldiers reported killed in morning bombing in Khan Darri area.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol in the an-Nasr wa-as-Salam neighborhood of Khan Darri west of Baghdad at 8am local time Wednesday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the area reported a source in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that a bomb that was planted in the middle of the main road blew up as the US patrol passed by, destroying one US Humvee and killing three American soldiers.

After the blast, US forces closed the main road and encircled the area as they evacuated the bodies.

Salah ad-Din Province.

Balad.

Two Americans reported killed in afternoon bombing of truck convoy.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a convoy of US trucks loaded with provisions for the American occupation army near Balad on the main road from Baghdad to provinces in the north of the country at 4:30pm local time Wednesday afternoon.

The Balad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying that the bomb exploded near the Balad station south of the city. The blast set one of the American trucks on fire, killing two US personnel inside.

Samarra'.

Four US troops reported killed in late-morning bombing in Samarra'.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol in Samarra', north of Baghdad at 11am local time Wednesday morning.

Witnesses told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Samarra' that a bomb exploded as a US patrol was passing along the main road in the ad-Dubbat neighborhood in the middle of the city. The blast destroyed a Humvee and killed four American troops instantly.

Afterwards, US troops closed the road and evacuated the bodies and the wreckage from the area.

Diyala Province.

Ba'qubah.

Resistance rockets US headquarters in Ba'qubah.

In a dispatch posted at 4:35pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired five Katyusha rockets into the US headquarters in the al-Kharnabat area of Ba'qubah, northeast of Baghdad.

The Ba 'qubah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying that the barrage sent tongues of flame rising into the sky above the US-occupied facility as the sound of explosions resounded inside the base.

No information on the nature or extent of casualties was available due to the security cordon that the US had set up around the headquarters.

Ninwa Province.

Tall 'Afar.

US makes offer to Iraqi Resistance in Tall 'Afar after American offensive bogs down.

In a dispatch posted at 4:25pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the US occupation forces that control a number of neighborhoods in the northern Iraqi city of Tall 'Afar issued a statement directed at the Iraqi Resistance fighters in which they made an offer whereby the Resistance fighters would be allowed to leave the city without a fight in return for an end to combat and an announcement that the US military was in complete control of the city.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Tall 'Afar wrote that at that moment he could hear the giant American loudspeakers mounted on armored vehicles broadcasting the announcement: "To all the gunmen . . . The Joint American-Iraqi Command has agreed to make you an offer, namely for you to go out of the city before nightfall, leaving it completely free of any signs of armament in return for a cessation of fighting and permission to the Iraqi Security forces and the Marines to enter Tall 'Afar."

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent noted that the American proposal did not include the usual American language of threats and intimidation to which the Resistance fighters are accustomed. It was, rather, a call for negotiations, inasmuch as the American announcement also said, "We await a representative from you who will deliver your response, whether that be acceptance or rejection."

The reason for the American offer, according to the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent is that the US occupation forces had until Thursday to clear all the so-called "terrorists" - meaning Resistance fighters - out of Tall 'Afar. But at the present time more than 55 percent of the city was not under American control.

The correspondent estimated that the US forces would require at least another month of fighting during which the Resistance would be cut off from supplies before they could seize the rest of the city.

Mosul.

Four US troops reported killed in bomb attack on US column Wednesday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column in Mosul at 4pm local time Wednesday afternoon.

The Mosul correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eye witnesses who saw the attack as saying that a bomb that had bee planted by the side of a road in the al-Iskan neighborhood in the city blew up as a column of US troops were passing by. The blast destroyed one Humvee, killing four American troops.

After the attack, US forces launched a wave or raids of houses in the neighborhood, arresting four people they considered "suspects" as other American troops kept the neighborhood surrounded.

At-Ta'mim Province.

Kirkuk.

Three US troops reported killed in Kirkuk bombing Wednesday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in Kirkuk at 5pm local time Wednesday afternoon.

The Kirkuk correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a Resistance bomb went off by a joint patrol on Dumiz Street in the city, destroying a US Humvee and a vehicle belonging to the Iraqi puppet army. Three American soldiers and two Iraqi puppet army troops were killed in the blast.

After the attack, US forces closed the road and encircled the entire area as the bodies were evacuated.

Al-Basrah Province.

Al-Basrah.

Bomb blasts US consulate car near al-Basrah on Tuesday.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a car convoy from the US consulate in al-Basrah as it went through the Khur az-Zubayr area about 80km south of al-Basrah on Tuesday.

In a dispatch posted at 12:40pm Mecca time Wednesday, the al-Basrah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eye witnesses as saying that the blast destroyed one of the vehicles in the US consulate convoy and wounded two US soldiers.

The correspondent reported that this was the second such attack in two weeks. In the first attack, another car belonging to the US consulate was attacked in northern al-Basrah.

Campaign of sectarian arrests against Sunnis mounts in al-Basrah.

The campaign of raids and arrests launched two days ago after the end of the general strike called by Sunnis in al-Basrah for the release of prisoners has been escalating.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in al-Basrah reported that the demonstrations and general strike, and the call of the strikers to form their won "defesive army" to protect the Sunni population and its rights have shaken the occupation and its servitors in al-Basrah.

The puppet police forces have been arresting participants in the weekend rally.

The campaign of arrests has focused on az-Zubayr, a largely Sunni area 12km south of al-Basrah, where the police even raided the al-Hasan al-Basri religious school and arrested boys younger than 15. As usual women have been arrested in the hopes that their husbands, sons, or brothers will turn themselves in in exchange.

The correspondent reported that az-Zubayr lives in a state of fear as a result of the arrests, particularly as none of the satellite news stations are willing to cover the story.

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Iraqi Resistance Report for September 13, 2005

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Tuesday, 13 September 2005. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Tuesday, 13 September 2005.

* 250 civilians reported killed so far in US offensive on Tall 'Afar where fighting still rages.

* Massive US, Iraqi puppet regime reinforcements reported heading west from Baghdad for new offensive in al-Anbar Province.

* Ad-Dulaym tribe, largest tribe in al-Anbar, disowns Sa'dun ad-Dulaym, US-backed puppet "Minister of Defense," saying his blood may be shed.

* Iraqi Resistance pounds American, Iraqi puppet regime targets in Baghdad early Tuesday, attacks US patrol in al-A'zamiyah Tuesday afternoon.

* British troops, puppet regime launch house-to-house raids, searches, arrests targeting Sunni residents in al-Basrah.

Ninwa Province.

Tall 'Afar.

Fighting continues in Tall 'Afar, were 250 civilians now reportedly have been killed.

In a dispatch posted at 8:35pm Mecca time Tuesday night, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Tall 'Afar reported that he had been informed that the numer of civilians killed by the US offensive on the city was now in excess of 250, some of them still under the rubble of their bombed-out homes.

The correspondent reported that the number had not been communicated to the US-installed "Ministry of Health" in Baghdad because local residents and charitable individuals have been burying most of the bodies in the gardens of houses, parking lots and empty squares in the city.

The correspondent wrote, "there were still explosions and the sound of bombs going off in the Sunni neighborhoods of the city where Resistance fighters since Tuesday morning have been engaged in desperate battle with the American attackers. The self-sacrificing struggle has been called 'zakat al-jasad' or 'giving one's body as alms'."

At the time of writing, the correspondent reported, "US forces and the Iraqi puppet army appear to control some of the neighborhoods in the city that are exposed to air attack and which are easily bombed or rocketed. Other parts of the city, however, where the lanes are narrow and where fighters can maneuver and appear and disappear with ease, are under the control of Iraqi Resistance sharpshooters. On the sidewalks on those narrow lanes are dozens of fighters carrying shoulder-launched pipe rockets, and they are engaged in constant battle with the occupation forces."

"Dozens of men have been arrested, but all of them are civilian residents of the city, not Resistance fighters," the correspondent reported. Noting that on Saturday, 10 September 2005, all the Resistance fighters vowed to die as martyrs and more than 90 percent of the fighters are wearing explosive belts," the correspondent reported.

Asked by the editors about the television pictures broadcast by the al-'Iraqiyah TV network that is controlled by the US occupation, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent replied that "they showed areas that they call 'liberated' which are the areas under their control. But if viewers look carefully at the broadcasts by al-'Iraqiyah and al-'Arabiyah satellite TV they will notice that the films themselves are silent, and that most of the filming has been cut and edited so that the sound of the rockets being fired by the Resistance and the intense gunfire are not heard in those scenes.

The correspondent added that Shi'i sectarian "Badr Brigade fighters have been brought into the city along with the US forces and they have been destroying and stealing whatever they see before them, according to what eye witnesses have been saying."

The correspondent, in the heart of Tall 'Afar, said that representatives of the Shi'i Waqf board (board of pious endowment property) have usurped possession of two Sunni mosques and turned them into Shi'i Husayniyah places of worship - these are the Mosque of the Mother of the Faithful Khadijah, and the Hassan ibn Thabit Mosque.

Such actions have given a serious sectarian color to the US campaign of destruction in Tall 'Afar.

US, Iraqi puppet troops rob, ransack houses of Iraqis in Tall 'Afar.

Residents of Tall 'Afar, a city still the target of a continuing US offensive, reported that American and Iraqi puppet army forces attacking their city have robbed houses of money, gold jewelry, and other easily portable valuables belonging to people who fled the city under the indiscriminate bombing of their homes by the Americans.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Tall 'Afar reported witnesses who were forced out of their homes by the Americans and the Iraqi puppet forces as saying that the acts of robbery took place when their homes were ransacked on the pretext of searches for Resistance fighters and weapons.

A resident of the Sa'd neighborhood who refused to disclose his name and who left the city on Tuesday told Mafkarat al-Islam that the Iraqi puppet army troops attacked and beat him badly when he tried to stop them stealing his money and some gold jewelry belonging to his wife as they searched his home. They then threatened to arrest him if he told anything about it to any journalists or reporters.

Another witness said that the US and Iraqi puppet army soldiers break the furniture in houses as they search them or they throw incendiary loaves or hand grenades in, setting the houses on fire after they have finished searching them. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent wrote that these reports were confirmed by many residents of Tall 'Afar who were leaving the city on Tuesday.

Mosul.

Resistance mounts three attacks on US, puppet Iraqi army, mercenary forces in Mosul Monday.

In a dispatch posted at 9:30am Tuesday morning Mecca time, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces mounted three attacks on US and Iraqi puppet army forces in Mosul in the previous 24 hours.

The Mosul correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying that Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons attacked a column of armor-plated vehicles of the type used by foreign mercenary contractors working for the US military near the al-Ma'arid crossing in the middle of Mosul. The Resistance fighters destroyed two armored vehicles and killed or wounded six foreign mercenaries.

A source in the Iraqi puppet police told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent that Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the west of the city. The Resistance fighters set a US Humvee and a pickup belonging to the Iraqi puppet troops ablaze, killing or wounding seven US and Iraqi puppet army troops.

In the third incident, Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with machine guns attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the middle of Mosul. They killed one Iraqi puppet soldier and wounded a second in that attack, the correspondent reported.

Al-Anbar Province.

Al-Habbaniyah.

Resistance bombards US al-Habbaniyah base; American artillery "return fire" kills four, including a woman.

In a dispatch posted at 5:20pm Mecca time Tuesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired 11 rockets into the US base in al-Habbaniyah, west of al-Fallujah - the largest US base in the area.

The al-Habbaniyah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a captain in the puppet "National Guard" as saying that 11 rockets of an undetermined type blasted into the US base at al-Habbaniyah, inflicting casualties among the occupation forces.

The captain, who asked not to be identified, said that he and his men came to the area around the US base hoping to catch the Resistance fighters who mounted the attack, but they found no one.

The correspondent reported that US heavy artillery responded to what was believed the source of the barrage in the rural al-Jazirah area area. That American shelling killed four local people, one of them a woman, and injured five others - all of whom were taken to hospital.

The correspondent in the vicinity of the US base said that columns of thick smoke were rising over the middle of the facility at the time of writing and US Apache helicopters would be seen flying in over the area.

Ar-Ramadi.

Massive US, Iraqi puppet reinforcements said heading west for new offensive.

In a bulletin published at 11:30am Mecca time Tuesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier two battalions of the Iraqi puppet army and two US Marine units set out from Baghdad for al-Anbar.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that the main roads to the west were completely closed to regular traffic to ensure that the US and Iraqi puppet army units with their hundreds of cars and armored vehicles - under heavy air cover from warplanes and helicopter gun shipps - could get to their destination unimpeded.

The US-installed "Iraqi Defense Minister," Sa'dun ad-Dulaymi, made an official statement on Tuesday saying that the US and Iraqi puppet army forces were coming to al-Anbar Province to "clean it out of terrorist religious extremists."

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Karmah, near al-Fallujah, reported that the US forces had closed the road leading to al-Fallujah for fear that they might be the target of Iraqi Resistance attacks in the vicinity of that city - where they were expected to arrive in coming hours.

Abu Ghurayb.

Resistance ambushes US patrol on old road to al-'Amiriyah Tuesday afternoon.

Iraqi Resitstance fighters ambushed a US patrol on the old road in the Abu Ghurayb area that leads to the al-'Amiriyah area west of Baghdad at 3pm local time Tuesday afternoon.

The Abu Ghurayb correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying that about seven Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons and pipe rockets attacked a patrol of several American Humvees on the road leading to al-'Amiriyah. The assault left one Humvee ablaze and five American troops killed or wounded.

Baghdad.

Ad-Dulaym tribe, largest tribe in al-Anbar, disowns Sa'dun ad-Dulaym, US-backed puppet "Minister of Defense," saying his blood may be shed.

Iraq's ad-Dulaym tribe - the largest tribal group in al-Anbar Province - declared on Tuesday afternoon that as far as they were concerned it was alright to shed the blood of Sa'dun ad-Dulaym, the puppet "Defense Minister" in the US-backed regime in Baghdad. The tribe announced that it did not recognize him as one of their members, adding that neither he nor his ancestors were members of the tribe and that the tribe therefore did not recognize them.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Baghdad obtained a copy of a statement issued by Shaykh Muhammad al-Mushhin, the Shaykh of the ad-Dulaym tribe, which said in part:

"The ad-Dulaym tribe announces before God that it is innocent of the stooge and apostate Sa'dun ad-Dulaymi, and affirms that that impostor has nothing to do with them. He is nothing but a filthy plaything of the occupation and its stooges who attributed this lackey of theirs, Sa'dun, to our tribe because it is Sunni, so that they could claim that a large portion of the Sunnis of Iraq are taking part in the government and its authority."

The tribal statement continued: "we have searched through the roots and branches of our tribe to find any relationship or any line of descent that links us with that lackey, but we have found nothing whatsoever. We believe he is nothing but an Iranian - a bastard offspring of a "temporary marriage" - who has come to butcher Sunni Iraqis in the name of the Sunnah. We make this announcement to the public so that there may be no confusion and so that the stooge Sa'dun may not be a mark of shame upon the tribe for something it has not committed."

By denying any relationship with Sa'dun ad-Dulaymi, the members of the ad-Dulaym tribe - which could normally be expected to exact revenge on anyone who harmed him - have established that as far as they are concerned Sa'dun ad-Dulaymi may be killed and the matter will be no concern of theirs.

Resistance ambushes US truck convoy in ad-Durah early Tuesday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a truck convoy hauling concrete barriers for the American troops on the highway near the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah at 2pm local time Tuesday afternoon.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of ad-Durah as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light weapons and pipe rockets ambushed the convoy and completely destroyed one of the trucks. Two drivers who were working for the US occupation forces were killed in the attack.

Puppet "Interior Ministry" to set up 36 roadblocks in ad-Durah to try to stem rising Resistance attacks undeterred by existing high security measures.

The US-installed "Iraqi Interior Ministry" is setting up 36 security checkpoints in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah, according to Brigadier General Najm al-'Iqabi, the commander of the so-called "Falcon Brigade" of "Interior Ministry" troops.

Quds Press reported General al-'Iqabi as saying that the move was needed to fill the "security vacuum" left by the withdrawal of the regime's security forces during daylight hours. During the day time, the puppet general said, the Iraqi Resistance carries out its attacks between the hours of 10am and 1pm taking advantage of the hours when the areas of al-'Udwaniyah, al-Bu 'Itha, 'Arab Jabbur, Suwayb, and areas all the way out to al-Yusufiyah in the south and al-Fallujah in the west are accessible to the Resistance logistics.

The general said that the Resistance had been able to operate in ad-Durah despite the intensive security measures in force there, where house raids and searches by the puppet regime's security forces are common.

Resistance attacks US patrol in al-A'zamiyah early Tuesday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a US patrol in the Baghdad district of al-A'zamiyah at 2:30pm local time Tuesday afternoon.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported a traffic warden who happened to be on the scene when the attack took place as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons including PKS machine guns and RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades attacked a US patrol, setting one Humvee on fire and killing or wounding four American troops aboard it.

Resistance pounds US, Iraqi puppet regime targets in "green zone."

Iraqi Resistance forces reportedly carried out their threat, made on Sunday to attack US occupation and puppet regime headquarters if they failed to halt the offensive against Tall 'Afar.

On Tuesday morning, Iraqi Resistance forces fired rockets not only at the area of the Republican palace - the area known to the Americans as the "green zone," but at the puppet regime's "Ministry of the Interior," "Foreign Ministry," "Defense Ministry," and the building of the "National Security" forces in the al-Jihad neighborhood in Baghdad.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Baghdad reported sources in the so-called "Green Zone Guards" as saying that five rockets blasted into the "green zone" and that four of them had chemical warheads. The sources said that a "large number" of US and Iraqi puppet army forces were taken to hospital as a result of the attack.

The correspondent himself witnessed US and Iraqi puppet army troops wearing gas and chemical masks after the attack as they recovered bodies. Thick white clouds could be seen rising over the buildings of the "Interior Ministry" and the "Defense Ministry."

The al-Qa'idah Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers announced its responsibility for Tuesday morning's attacks in Baghdad, threatening not to stop so long as what it called "the butchery in Tall 'Afar by the worshippers of the cross" continues.

Resistance pounds "green zone" Tuesday morning.

In a bulletin posted at 10:05am Tuesday morning Mecca time, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while before the Iraqi Resistance had fired a barrage of medium-range Grad rockets and other types of missiles into the Republican Palace area of Baghdad - the part of the city known to the Americans as the "green zone" where the US and British embassies as well as the offices of the American-installed puppet "government" are located.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of the al-Karradah district which is near the "green zone" as saying that about a half an hour earlier three medium-range Grad rockets blasted into the buildings inside the "green zone," sending columns of smoke rising inside the area. Violent explosions shook the zone when the rockets landed. Those were followed by secondary blasts inside the "green zone."

Witnesses said that a short while before two medium-range rockets of some other type struck the "green zone" and they set off extremely powerful explosions inside the zone and the surrounding areas. Sirens wailed inside the "green zone" but it the casualty toll was unknown, the correspondent reported.

Diyala Province.

Buhriz.

Resistance attacks US column northeast of Baghdad Tuesday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US column in the area of Buhriz south of Ba'qubah at 4pm local time Tuesday afternoon.

Witnesses told the Ba'qubah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that the attack began when Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons attacked and this was followed up with a bombardment of 82mm mortar shells targeted on the column.

The correspondent reported that about 15 Resistance fighters, armed with light and medium weapons and shoulder-fired pipe rockets, attacked the column of two armored vehicles and several Humvees. They disabled one of the armored vehicles, killing two US troops and wounding three more.

The correspondent reported that after the fighters left the area of the attack, another Resistance detachment unleashed a barrage of six 82mm mortar rounds into the American column, setting fire to a Humvee and killing or wounding its crew of four.

Salah ad-Din Province.

At-Tarimiyah.

Resistance bombards US-Iraqi puppet army joint headquarters Tuesday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired three heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the joint US-Iraqi puppet army headquarters in at-Tarimiyah, north of Baghdad at 10am local time Tuesday morning, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in at-Tarimiyah reported witnesses as saying.

Samarra'.

Two US troops reported killed in morning bombing near Samarra'.

In a dispatch posted at 9:58am Mecca time Tuesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a column of US Humvees on the road between Samarra' and ad-Dawr to the north.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of Samarra' who witnessed the attack as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the main road leading from Samarra' to the north blew up as a column of several US Humvees passed by.

The blast destroyed one of the American vehicles, killing two US soldiers and wounding two more.

Irbil Province.

Irbil.

Nine Peshmergah Kurdish separatist gunmen killed in Resistance attack Monday night.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a patrol of the Kurdish separatist Peshmergah in the as-Sulaymaniyah area of the city of Irbil late on Monday night.

A source in the Iraqi puppet police told Mafkarat al-Islam's correspondent in Irbil that the Resistance fighters attacked four Peshmergah military vehicles, setting all of them on fire and killing nine Peshmergah gunmen.

A medical source in Irbil City Hospital said that the facility had received the bodies of nine Kurdish Peshmergah militiamen, one of them an officer.

The separatist US-installed so-called "Government of the Kurdistan Region" reported the attack without mentioning casualty figures among the Peshmergah, saying only that three Resistance fighters were killed and two more taken prisoner. Puppet policemen on the street, denied that, however, and expressed surprise Tuesday morning when they heard the official claim about the dead and captured Resistance fighters.

Al-Basrah Province.

Al-Basrah.

British troops, puppet regime launch house-to-house raids, searches, arrests targeting Sunni residents in al-Basrah.

In a dispatch posted at 8:40pm Mecca time Tuesday night, the al-Basrah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that British occupation forces and Iraqi puppet army soldiers were at the time of writing carrying out a campaign of arrests and house-to-house raids among Sunnis in the middle and southern parts of al-Basrah.

The correspondent had sent in a bulletin a short time before the story was posted to say that every single Sunni home was being searched and many men arrested. More than 20 individuals had been arrested at the time of reporting. The houses are also being robbed of valuables during the searches.

The correspondent reported that Shi'i sectarian Badr Brigades gunmen dressed in their well-known black pants and black t-shirts are accompanying the British and Iraqi puppet army troops on their raids.

When the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent asked an Iraqi puppet policemen the reason for the sweep, the puppet policeman - who was not taking part in the searches and arrests - responded by saying that "wherever you find a Sunni, you find a terrorist with him. They are like a disease, and al-Basrah must be cleansed of them," he said. The Badr Brigades are also the backbone of the puppet police forces in much of occupied Iraq and such sectarian sentiments reflect their attitudes.

The latest sectarian attacks are a part of a campaign waged against the Sunni population by the US-installed puppet "Prime Minister" Ibrahim al-Ja'fari

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Iraqi Resistance Report for Monday September 12, 2005

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 12 September 2005

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

*Fighting continues in Tall 'Afar as US searches for four lost Marines. Three Americans reported killed Monday afternoon when booby-trapped house blows up over them.

*Iraqi Journalists' Union: 17 journalists imprisoned in US camp for trying to cover Tall 'Afar fighting without US permission. America enforces blackout of news. Only three writers operating in Tall 'Afar, all covertly, due to US censorship.

*Resistance ambushes US patrol as it tries to enter ar-Rutbah near Jordanian border.

*Four US troops reported killed in car bomb attack on US column in at-Taji Monday morning.

Monday, 12 September 2005.

Ninwa Province.

Tall 'Afar.

US forces search for four Marines who disappeared late Sunday night.

In a dispatch posted at 2:25pm Mecca time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that its correspondent inside the city of Tall 'Afar, which has been the target of a major US offensive for several days, had said that at the time of reporting American troops were carrying out a search for four US Marines who went missing on Sunday night in the west of the city.

Witnesses told the correspondent in Tall 'Afar that the US troops have gone through the neighborhoods of Sa'd, al-Mu'allimin, the Market, and other adjacent neighborhoods searching for the four Marines.

The witnesses said that Iraqi and Lebanese translators were working with the US troops, broadcasting an appeal to the people of Tall 'Afar to help by giving any information they might have about the fate of the four Marines who disappeared from a checkpoint in the west of the city late on Sunday night.

The US forces fear that the Marines were captured by the Iraqi Resistance, which is still fiercely embattled with US troops in a number of districts of Tall 'Afar.

In a dispatch posted at 8:20pm Mecca time Monday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces detonated a booby-trapped house in the al-Mu'allimin neighborhood of Tall 'Afar at 5pm local time Monday afternoon. A group of US and Iraqi puppet army soldiers were inside the house at the time.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Tall 'Afar reported a soldier in the Iraqi puppet army which is taking part in the American offensive against Tall 'Afar that a group of US troops backed up by Iraqi puppet army forces were coming and searching houses in the al-Mu'allimin neighborhood in the city. American and Iraqi puppet troops raided one house, looking for Resistance fighters only to have the house blow up in a violent explosion when they were inside.

The correspondent reported that the sudden blast totally destroyed the house, killing three American troops and two Iraqi puppet army soldiers who were inside at the time. Four other US troops were wounded in the blast.

At the time the correspondent filed his report, US occupation troops were still digging through the rubble of the building and recovering bodies of the dead and wounded.

US enforces blackout on news from Tall 'Afar. Iraqi Journalists' Union: 17 reporters imprisoned in US camp for trying to cover fighting without American permission. Only three journalists are reporting from Tall 'Afar, all under cover due to US censorship.

In a dispatch posted at 3:30pm Mecca time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a spokesman for the Ninwa Province branch of the Iraqi Journalists' Union, Mr. Ahmad Khalil al-Mawsili gave an exclusive statement to the Mosul correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in which he said that US and Iraqi puppet troops had been maltreating Iraqi journalists, preventing them from entering the city of Tall 'Afar to cover the battle raging there.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent quoted al-Mawsili as saying on behalf of the Journalists' Union that more than 17 journalists have been imprisoned inside an American camp because they tried to enter the city with their cameras and video equipment without the knowledge of the American occupation forces.

Al-Mawsili said that the American forces imprisoned the reported in order to cover up and black out what is taking place in Tall 'Afar, including the heavy casualties that the Resistance is inflicting on the US and the crimes that the Americans are committing against the people of the city.

The spokesman for the Journalists' Union said that at the present time there are only three journalists in the city, one of them the correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, and that they operate covertly. He said, "if they are discovered, they will share the fate of the 17 journalists now being held prisoner, or possibly worse."

Al-Mawsili emphasized that the occupation authorities are responsible for the well-being of the captive journalists inside their military camp.

In closing, the spokesman told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent that "Iraqi journalists are seeking to take the certificate of journalistic honor away from those reporters who accompany the occupation troops and slant their news reports in their favor in return for a handful of dollars."

Mosul.

US casualties reported as Resistance fires rocket barrage into American al-Ghazlani base in Mosul midday Monday.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired four medium-range Grad rockets into the US al-Ghazlani base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul at 12:30pm local time Monday.

A source in the Iraqi puppet police told the Mosul correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that three of the rockets blasted directly into a building inside the base, destroying parts of it and killing or wounding about nine US troops.

Resistance shoots down US Black Hawk helicopter Monday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 9:30am Mecca time Monday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short time before, Iraqi Resistance forces had shot down a Black Hawk helicopter in the al-Wahdah neighborhood area south of Mosul.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of al-Wahdah as saying that an Iraqi Resistance fighter shot a shoulder-launched rocket towards the US aircraft that was providing air cover for some US patrols in the area. The rocket struck the Black Hawk and brought it down immediately, 4km from the area where the burning wreckage could be seen.

Some witnesses reported that the two-man crew of the helicopter were killed. US troops at the time of writing had encircled the crash site.

Al-Anbar Province.

Rawah.

Two US troops reported killed in Resistance bombing near Rawah Monday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column on the road linking the western Iraqi city city of Rawah with 'Anah a little to the south.

The Rawah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road to 'Anah blew up as a column of four US armored vehicles and three American Humvees was passing by at 4pm local time Monday afternoon.

Witnesses said that the explosion set one of the armored vehicles ablaze, killing two US troops and wounding two more American soldiers.

Ar-Rutbah.

Resistance ambushes US patrol as it tries to enter ar-Rutbah near Jordanian border.

In a dispatch posted at 11:15am Mecca time Monday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters had ambushed a US column that was at the eastern entrance to the town of ar-Rutbah near the Jordanian border in western Iraq.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in ar-Rutbah reported residents of the town as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including PKS machine guns and pipe rockets, attacked the US patrol, detonating two bombs that they had planted by the side of the side road along which the US troops were advancing toward the town. The American forces were on a mission to pursue Iraqi Resistance fighters in the area.

The explosion destroyed one Humve and disabled a second. About six American soldiers were killed or wounded in the attack, which lasted about 10 minutes and ended when the Americans withdrew to another side road.

Hit.

Resistance bombards US-Iraqi puppet army joint headquarters in Hit Monday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired four 82mm mortar rounds into the joint US-Iraqi puppet army headquarters that has been set up in the former Teacher Training Institute in the middle of Hit at 3:30pm local time Monday afternoon.

The Hit correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying that the four mortar rounds all blasted directly into the headquarters sending columns of smoke rising into the sky.

Al-Fallujah.

Resistance bomb targets joint US-Iraqi patrol Monday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint patrol of US and Iraqi puppet army forces in the al-'Askari neighborhood in the east of al-Fallujah at 10:30am local time Monday morning.

Residents of al-'Askari told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent that a bomb that had been planted by the side of al-'Amal ash-Sha'bi Street blew up as the patrol was passing by, setting one pickup belonging to the Iraqi puppet army on fire and killing two Iraqi puppet army soldiers and wounding two more.

Abu Ghurayb.

Two US troops reported killed in bombing of joint military patrol in Abu Ghurayb Monday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet army column in the an-Nasr wa-as-Salam area west of Abu Ghurayb at about 10am local time Monday morning.

Shopkeepers on the main road in the an-Nasr wa-as-Salam area who witnessed the attack told Mafkarat al-Islam that a bomb that was planted by the side of the road under the sidewalk in the median between the two lanes of traffic exploded as the joint patrol of three US Humvees and a pickup and two troop transports belonging to the Iraqi puppet forces passed by.

The explosion disabled one American Humvee and damaged an Iraqi puppet-regime troop carrier. Two American troops were killed and one US soldier and two Iraqi puppet army troops were wounded in the blast.

Baghdad.

Resistance bombards US troops in Jurf as-Sakhr.

In a dispatch posted at 7pm Mecca time Monday evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired three medium-range Katyusha rockets into US forces in the Jurf as-Sakhr area south of Baghdad.

Residents of Jurf as-Sakhr told the Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that following the barrage they could see flames and smoke rising over the US position.

American helicopters then flew in over the scene of the attack and surrounding areas searching for the Resistance attackers.

US and Iraqi puppet army forces launched a wave of arrests among the Sunni population of Jurf as-Sakhr, the correspondent reported.

Four US troops reported killed in car bomb attack on US column in at-Taji Monday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance car bomber attacked a US military column in the northern Baghdad suburb of at-Taji at 9:30am local time Monday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of at-Taji as saying that a resistance martyrdom fighter surprised column of nine US armored vehicles on the road to the northern provinces, blowing himself up near one of their vehicles.

The blast totally destroyed one American armored vehicle, killing at least four US troops and wounding three more American soldiers.

Resistance car bomb blows up next to joint US-Iraqi puppet police patrol in al-Gahzaliyah.

An Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet police patrol in the al-Ghazaliyah area of western Baghdad at 1pm local time Monday.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a source in the Iraqi puppet police said that an explosives-laden car that had been parked by the side of a side road in the al-Ghazaliyah neighborhood blew up as a joint patrol passed by, setting one Iraqi puppet police vehicle on fire and killing or wounding four Iraqi puppet policemen.

Salah ad-Din Province.

Tikrit.

US soldier reported killed in Resistance ambush in Tikrit Monday afternoon.

In a dispatch posted at 6:40pm Mecca time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters had attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the al-'Awjah area of Tikrit, north of Baghdad.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Tikrit reported a source in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including PKS machine guns and shoulder-fired pipe rockets, ambushed the patrol as it was entering the an-Nawasir neighborhood of the town.

The source said that one vehicle belonging to the Iraqi puppet army was set on fire and one American soldier killed and another wounded in the assault. Three Iraqi puppet army troops were also killed and two more of them wounded. The source said that one of the Resistance fighters also died in the engagement.

At-Ta'mim Province.

Kirkuk.

Two US troops reported killed north of Kirkuk midday Monday.

An Iraqi Resistance land mine exploded by a US patrol in the ad-Dibs area northwest of Kirkuk at 1pm local time Monday.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported eye witnesses as saying that a landmine that had been planted in the middle of an unpaved dirt road north of ad-Dibs blew up under a US patrol of four armored vehicles and three Humvees. The explosion set one of the armored vehicles on fire, killing two US troops and wounding four more American soldiers.

Al-Basrah Province.

Al-Basrah.

Sunni professor at al-Basrah University abducted by gunmen Monday morning.

Unknown gunmen kidnapped Dr. Haytham 'Awdah, Vice Chiarman of the Chemical Engineering Department in al-Basrah University when he wet out to work on Monday morning.

Witnesses told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Basrah that an unknown car stopper Professor 'Awdah when he was on his way to work. Three gunmen got out and force him into their car and then drove off to an uknown destination.

The correspondent wrote that Sunni professors in the city have been a target for assassination and kidnapping by armed groups loyal to parties that came in with the US invasion in spring 2003. University faculty are understandably extremely concerned as another school year under occupation gets under way.

Sunni religious leader shot and wounded in al-Basrah Monday.

Unknown armed men opened fire on Shaykh Iba' 'Abd al-Mun'im the Imam of the al-Fayha' Mosque in the al-Amn ad-Dakhili district in western al-Basrah.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that Shaykh Iba' 'Abd al-Mun'im was attacked as he was driving his car on one of the city streets. He was seriously wounded in the attack and was taken to a hospital where he underwent surgery. Afterwards his condition was listed as stable.

It was the second attack on a Sunni personality in the city within 24 hours, the first being the abduction of Professor Haytham 'Awdah of al-Basrah University.

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 11 September 2005

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.    Sunday, 11 September 2005.   ·       Fighting rages on in Tall ‘Afar.  Red Cross: 211 Iraqi civilians killed, 140 civilian homes destroyed.  US troops reportedly rape three Iraqi girls Sunday morning after some neighborhoods occupied.  Iraqi Resistance threatens “unprecedented blows,” “chemical bombs” if Americans fail to halt offensive by dawn Monday.   ·       Four Resistance attacks reported in al-Fallujah Sunday.   ·       Two US troops reported killed in midday Resistance bombing in ar-Ramadi.   ·       Sunni rally in al-Basrah for release of prisoners, against sectarian persecution continues on Sunday as Shi‘i religious authorities offer support to Sunni demands.   Ninwa Province. Tall ‘Afar.   In heavy fighting during Saturday-Sunday night, US forces seize control of neighborhoods in east and northeast of Tall ‘Afar but fighting continues.   US occupation forces on Saturday night gained control of most of the eastern and northeastern parts of the city of Tall ‘Afar after fierce fighting that lasted for six hours according to a communiqué issued by the Iraqi Resistance.   The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that the Resistance vowed in coming hours to take back the areas seized by the occupation troops.   The correspondent reported that the Americans had managed to seize the Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas neighborhood, the as-Saray neighborhood, and a number of other local neighborhoods.   In his report, posted at 10:30am Mecca time Sunday morning, the correspondent reported that the combat was still under in a large number of neighborhoods at the time of writing.   Red Cross official: 211 Iraqi civilians killed so far in on-going US offensive on Tall ‘Afar; more than 140 homes destroyed by American fire targeted on residences.   In a bulletin posted at 10:50am Mecca time Sunday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported an International Red Cross official as saying that the extent of destruction in Tall ‘Afar had reached very serious and unexpected levels.   The Red Cross official said that so far 211 Iraqi civilians had died in the American assault.  Most of the bodies of those killed by the US forces were still buried in the rubble of their homes which were bombed over them.  Women and children are among the dead, the IRC official said.   Nine mosques, five schools, water and electricity stations have been destroyed – key vital facilities for the population.  Also destroyed have been more than 140 private homes and residences.   The Red Cross official said that the number of dead continues to rise because the US occupation forces are deliberately bombarding houses, claiming that it is their way to force the Resistance to surrender.  The latest assault followed two days during which the Resistance inflicted serious losses on the US occupation troops, Mafkarat al-Islaam noted.   Tall ‘Afar Resistance calls on world’s Muslims to pray for support and protection of the people of Tall ‘Afar.   In a dispatch posted at 11:05am Mecca time Sunday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that members of the Iraqi Resistance inside the city of Tall ‘Afar had issued an appeal to all the world’s Muslims to add to their worship at sunset on Sunday a prayer for God’s support for the Iraqi Resistance and to save Tall ‘Afar and its people from what it described as the “Crusader campaign” against them.   Mafkarat al-Islam correspondents in al-Anbar Province, Baghdad, Mosul, and the provinces of Salah ad-Din Province, Diyala, at-Ta’mim, and al-Basrah reported that more than 300 Sunni mosques urged believers in their area to make sure to attend sunset prayer services in the mosques to make the special supplication to God asking for support for the Resistance in Tall ‘Afar.   Resistance wipes out convoy bringing supplies to US forces west of Tall ‘Afar midday Sunday.   In a dispatch posted at 12:40pm Mecca time Sunday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters had destroyed a convoy of trucks loaded with supplies and equipment for the US and Iraqi puppet army forces blockading and attacking Tall ‘Afar.   The attack took place near the al-Millah Jasim area west of Tall ‘Afar.  The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Mosul reported residents of al-Millah Jasim who witnessed the attack as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light weapons and pipe rockets ambushed the convoy and destroyed all five trucks in the column.  Six truck drivers who were working for the US military were killed in the assault.   Iraqi Resistance in Iraq gives US forces until dawn Monday to halt their offensive against Tall ‘Afar or else “unprecedented strikes” and “chemical bombs” would be used.   In a dispatch posted at 3pm Mecca time Sunday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance detachments had issued a statement at noon on Sunday in which they threatened the US and Iraqi puppet army with dire consequences if they continued their offensive on the city of Tall ‘Afar.  The Resistance statement gave the Americans and their Iraqi puppet allies 24 hours to halt their attack on the city and withdraw their forces.   The statement, issued at the noontime prayer in Baghdad and several other provinces in Iraq said that the Resistance had prepared “unprecedented blows” that will be directed at the occupation troops and the Iraqi puppet army forces if they do not stop their attack on Tall ‘Afar.  The statement threatened that Resistance forces would use chemical weapons that they have developed in order to take the lives of more US occupation troops and their collaborators.   The statement, a copy of which was obtained by Mafkarat al-Islam’s correspondent, said that the 24-hour grace period that the Resistance was giving the Americans would expire at dawn on Monday.   In a dispatch posted at 3:35pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported informed medical sources in Tall ‘Afar as confirming that three Sunni girls were raped during morning during raids and searches of houses in the Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas neighborhood on Sunday morning.   US troops rape three Iraqi women after seizing neighborhood in Tall ‘Afar.   A medical source in the city who asked not to be identified told Mafkarat al-Islam that Su‘ad Ahmad ‘Umar, 22; Labibah Khalid Jarallah, 31; and Farah Nuwaf al-‘Anzi, 18, were raped in their homes by US occupation troops after the American invaders took control of the neighborhood and arrested all the men.   The medical source said that one of the young women had died as a result of gang rape by several US soldiers.  The other two girls were both brought to hospital having been bloodied by the ordeal.   In view of the seriousness of the charge and the absolute need to confirm it, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Tall ‘Afar sought confirmation of the report from a consulting physician in the Red Cross.  The doctor confirmed that the crime had taken place but said that the commander of the US cavalry unit whose men were engaged in combat against the Iraqi Resistance in the city ordered the American soldiers who committed the crime suspended and detained.   For his part, the correspondent of the al-‘Iraqiyah television station – a propaganda mouthpiece of the US-installed regime – flatly denied the report of the rapes after the news spread around Tall ‘Afar.  Local people confirmed the news, however.   US, puppet forces threaten, restrict news media.   Meanwhile, the Iraqi puppet army published a statement on Sunday in which it threatened to arrest any Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the city or any of the journalists who send news reports to al-Jazeera satellite TV if they are charged with “falsification of facts” as the document put it.  The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent noted that the US occupation forces were only allowing reporters from the al-‘Arabiyah satellite TV network as well as the puppet regime’s al-‘Iraqiyah network, and the Virginia, USA-based al-Hurrah network to report news of the US military and the Iraqi puppet army from Tall ‘Afar.   Humanitarian crisis afflicts Tall ‘Afar.   Relief agencies in Iraq have issued warnings that a humanitarian disaster is stalking the town of Tall ‘Afar where a massive American offensive is now under way, according to a report by British media monitored by the Qatari News Agency (QANA).   QANA reported Salam Isma‘il al-‘Ubaydi a physician inspecting the temporary refugee camps set up outside Tall  ‘Afar, as saying that the refugees he had met told him after fleeing the city that there are American tanks, rockets and bombs in every neighborhood of the city and that many residents have been killed.  Some of them were simply buried under the rubble of their homes.  Doctors and nurses have been banned from entering the city, according to the Qatari News Agency.   Witnesses said that the situation in the town is tragic, particularly in the three Sunni neighborhoods al-Qadisiyah, as-Saraya and Hasan Kurd.  Food and medical assistance have been absolutely banned from the city, whose remaining residents are without food, water, and electricity.   Ambulances have also not been allowed to get to the wounded and the bodies of the dead remain strewn about the streets.  Journalists too, have not been allowed in to cover the story.   Mosul.   Resistance shoots down US helicopter in al-Karamah area of Mosul.   Iraqi Resistance fighters shot down a US helicopter in the al-Karamah area of the city of Mosul on Sunday.   In a dispatch posted at 19:14 GMT, the Qatari News Agency (QANA) reported witnesses as saying that the helicopter went down near the Umm ar-Rabi‘ayn Preparatory Vocational School and that US forces surrounded the area immediately, preventing local people and journalists from approaching the crash zone.   Resistance fire forces helicopter down.   Iraqi Resistance forces opened fire on a US helicopter on the left bank of the Tigris River in Mosul, compelling the aircraft to make a forced landing.   In a dispatch posted at 14:08GMT Sunday, the Qatari News Agency (QANA) reported eyewitnesses in the area as saying that the helicopter came under intense Resistance fire, causing it to lose balance and suddenly plunge down.   US forces closed all the roads leading to the area where the helicopter went down and US tanks under air cover from other helicopters rushed to the scene   Al-Anbar Province. Al-Fallujah.   Resistance mounts three attacks on US, Iraqi puppet army troops Sunday.   In a dispatch published at Mecca time Sunday afternoon, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Fallujah reported that Iraqi Resistance forces had mounted three attacks on US and Iraqi puppet army patrols on Sunday.   Fierce fighting broke out between the Resistance and US and Iraqi puppet army forces on the main street in the middle of al-Fallujah.  Witnesses reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons killed one US soldier and two Iraqi puppet army troops and wounded another two Iraqi puppet soldiers in the clash.   In a second incident, an Iraqi Resistance bomb that had been planted next to a side street in the al-Jawlan neighborhood in the northwest of al-Fallujah blew up as an Iraqi puppet army patrol was passing by.  One pickup truck was destroyed and four Iraqi puppet army troops were killed in the attack.   In the third attack, an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a patrol of several American Humvees on the main Market Street in the cit at 3pm local time Sunday afternoon.  The blast disabled one of the American vehicles and wounded three US troops.   Resistance assaults joint US-Iraqi puppet army camp Sunday morning.   In a bulletin published at 10am Mecca time Sunday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short time earlier Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons and mortars had mounted a violent attack on a camp jointly occupied by US occupation troops and Iraqi puppet soldiers in the al-Jaghifi neighborhood in northern al-Fallujah.   The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents in al-Jaghifi who witnessed the attack as saying that the Resistance fired three 60mm mortar rounds into the camp and then attacked the facility with light and medium weapons, including PKS machine guns and RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades.   The correspondent reported that the Resistance fighters had set two guard posts on fire and wounded at least six American troops and two Iraqi puppet army soldiers.   Ar-Ramadi.   Two US troops reported killed in midday bombing east of ar-Ramadi.   An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column on the road linking ar-Ramadi with al-Khalidiyah west of Baghdad at 1pm local time Sunday.   Residents of the al-Jazirah area east of ar-Ramadi who witnessed the bombing told Mafkarat al-Islam that an explosive device that had been planted by the side of the road leading to al-Khalidiyah blew up as a column of several American Bradley armored vehicles and two Humvees passed by.   The correspondent reported that the explosion disabled one of the armored vehicles, killing two US troops and wounding two other American soldiers.   Al-Habbaniyah.   Resistance bombards US airbase in al-Habbaniyah.   In a dispatch posted at 6:20pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon, the al-Habbaniyah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces had fired five heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the main US base in al-Habbaniyah west of Baghdad.   Residents of the Kulikum area which lies near the US “as-Saqr” Airbase told the correspondent that the barrage sent clouds of smoke rising into the sky over the facility.   Ar-Rutbah.   US announces operation “Storm” near Jordanian border allegedly aimed at al-Qa‘idah.   The US military occupation announced in Iraq that it had begun an operation to search for members of the al-Qa‘idah organization in the area of ar-Rutbah near the Jordanian border in Iraq’s western al-Anbar Province.   An American communiqué, quoted by the Qatari News Agency QANA said that “Operation Storm” that was carried out in the early hours of Sunday was aimed at members of the al-Qa‘idah organization in Iraq who were supposedly operating in the ar-Rutbah area.   Baghdad.   Resistance ambushes joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in Hur Rajab.   In a dispatch posted at 11:55am Mecca time Sunday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the Hur Rajab area south of the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.   The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of Hur Rajab who witnessed the attack as saying that a patrol of three US Humvees and six vehicles belonging to the puppet army when it approached the entrance to the Hur Rajab area.  The Resistance fighters, armed with light and medium weapons including PKS machine guns and RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades were able to surprise the patrol.   The Resistance attackers set three Iraqi puppet police vehicles and one American Humvee on fire, killing or wounding 12 soldiers, among them three US troops.   Iraqi Resistance kills Major General in puppet “Interior Ministry.”   Iraqi Resistance fighters shot and severely wounded Major General ‘Adnan ‘Abd al-Hamzah, a high official in the US-installed Iraqi puppet “Ministry of the Interior.”  The General later died of his wounds.   The Qatari News Agency (QANA) reported that Resistance fighters attacked ‘Abd al-Hamzah west of Baghdad early on Sunday.  He was seriously wounded in the attack and was taken to an intensive care center where QANA reported he died in a dispatch posted at 18:32 GMT Sunday.   Resistance kills three women suspected of collaboration with US forces.   Iraqi Resistance fighters opened fire on a car carrying three Iraqi women in the al-A‘zamiyah section of Baghdad on Sunday.   In a dispatch posted at 18:32 GMT, the Qatari News Agency (QANA) reported that Iraqi puppet police responded to the shooting and found the three women in the car dead.  With them in the car were American military uniforms, large quantities of cash and a number of cellular telephones.   Resistance car bomber blasts into US patrol in al-Ghazaliyah.   An Iraqi Resistance fighter drove an explosives-laden car into a US patrol on Jami‘ as-Siddiq Street in al-Ghazaliyah to the west of Baghdad on Sunday, according to dispatch posted by the Qatari News Agency (QANA) at 13:54 GMT.   QANA reported the US military as saying that that the blast wounded several US troops Iraqi civilians.   Resistance kills chief of puppet “Prime Minister’s” guards.   An Iraqi Resistance organization issued a communiqué that was distributed around Baghdad mosques on Sunday morning saying that their group had assassinated the commander of the personal guards of US-installed Iraqi “Prime Minister” Ibrahim al-Ja‘fari.   In its statement, a copy of which was obtained by the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent, the “at-Ta’ifah al-Mansurah” Army announced that Salih Hasan al-Jabburi, the commander of the guards around Ibrahim al-Ja‘fari, had been killed in Baghdad on Saturday night.   A source in the puppet regime’s “shock police” acknowledged that the commander of al-Ja‘fari’s personal guards had indeed been killed.  The source told Mafkarat al-Islam that the guard commander had survived another attempt on his life about a month previous.   Resistance barrage strikes puppet police station in al-Yarmuk section of Baghdad.   Iraqi Resistance forces fired three rockets into the headquarters of the Iraqi puppet police in al-Yarmuk in western Baghdad on Sunday.  Quds Press reported a source in the Iraqi puppet “Interior Ministry” as saying that the attack inflicted no casualties but did cause material damage to the building.   The same puppet police station was struck by a similar bombardment two weeks earlier, Quds Press reported.   Salah ad-Din Province. Samarra’.   US soldier reported killed in Resistance bombing midday Sunday.   In a dispatch posted at 12:50pm Mecca time Sunday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a patrol of US occupation troops on the main street in the city of Samarra’, some 120km north of Baghdad.   The Samarra’ correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying that a bomb that was planted by the side of the road blew up as a US patrol was passing by.  The blast disabled one American Humvee, killing one US soldier and wounding three more American troops.   The Qatari News Agency (QANA) reported in a dispatch posted at 13:54GMT that the US military had admitted that one US soldier was killed and two more wounded when an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded near their patrol in Samarra’.   Resistance bombards US base in Samarra’ Sunday morning.   Iraqi Resistance forces fired six heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the US occupation headquarters in the as-Sikak neighborhood in the middle of Samarra’, north of Baghdad at 9:15am local time Sunday morning.   The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of the as-Sikak neighborhood around the base as saying that the barrage was fierce and set off violent explosions that shook the facility and sent clouds of smoke up over various parts of the facility.   Diyala Province. Ba ‘qubah.   Resistance fighters wound puppet provincial official from Diyala Province.   Iraqi Resistance fighters shot and wounded Majid ‘Ali, a member of the Diyala puppet provincial council in an attack that took place north of Baghdad.  Three of ‘Ali’s guards were also wounded.   The Qatari News Agency (QANA) reported a source in the Ba‘qubah puppet police as saying that ‘Ali was shot as he was on his way to work.   At-Ta’mim Province. Kirkuk.   Four Iraqi puppet policemen injured in bomb blast.   An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded in the Baghdad Garage in the area of Kirkuk in northern Iraq.  In a dispatch posted at 13: 54GMT the Qatari News Agency QANA reported that the blast wounded four Iraqi puppet policemen.  US troops rushed to close off the area after the attack.   Al-Basrah Province. Az-Zubayr.   Sunni rally for release of prisoners, against sectarian persecution continues on Sunday as Shi‘i religious authorities offer support to Sunni demands.   The general strike called by Sunni community leaders on Friday entered its second day on Sunday as Sunnis closed businesses to protest arbitrary arrests and sectarian targeting by the US-installed regime’s security services.   The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that crowds gathered around the Muz‘il Basha Mosque were joined by a representative of the Shi‘i religious authority in an-Najaf, as-Sayyid Ahmad as-Saliti.  As-Saliti delivered a speech in which he expressed the Shi‘i religious leader’s support for the Sunni leaders as part of a joint effort to get out of the circle of indiscriminate arrests and raids.   As-Saliti told the Sunni demonstrators, “We are with you with our hearts and souls in all your demands from the provincial council.”   The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam noted that a joint statement had been issued by the Sunni leaders and the Shi‘i religious authorities of az-Zubayr. The rally ended with calls of “God is greatest!” and demonstrators agreed to give the al-Basrah provincial council one day to agree to negotiate with Sunni representatives regarding their demands.   Faced with the rallies and joint Sunni-Shi‘i response, the provincial council announced that it was seeking a meeting with representatives of the protesters on Sunday morning concerning the Sunni demands.  The protestors vowed to continue their rally in front of the provincial council on Monday if their demands had not been met by then.  They pledged to bring the families of the many Sunnis now languishing in prisons, detained by the provincial puppet authorities and to bring together the biggest Sunni rally ever in al-Basrah.   Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Iraqi puppet police prohibited the news media from getting in to where the demonstration was being held on the pretext that the puppet police command of al-Basrah had issued orders prohibiting all photography or interviews with the leaders of the demonstrations.   Sources: http://www.qudspress.com/data/aspx/d39/14799.aspx http://www.qnaol.com/linkit-1.php?date=2005-09-11&no=0118 http://www.qnaol.com/linkit-1.php?date=2005-09-11&no=0115 http://www.qnaol.com/linkit-1.php?date=2005-09-11&no=0076 http://www.qnaol.com/linkit-1.php?date=2005-09-11&no=0073 http://www.qnaol.com/linkit-1.php?date=2005-09-11&no=0065 http://www.qnaol.com/linkit-1.php?date=2005-09-11&no=0036 http://www.qnaol.com/linkit-1.php?date=2005-09-11&no=0034 http://www.qnaol.com/linkit-1.php?date=2005-09-11&no=0013 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80986 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80977 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80951 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80943 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80936 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80932 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80930 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80920 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80907 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80904 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80899 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80898 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80892 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80890 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80888 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80882 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80880 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80875 http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=80868 http://www.freearabvoice.org http://www.albasrah.net/moqawama/english/iraqi_resistance.htm