Sunday, 11 December 2005.
Al-Anbar Province.
Hit.
Resistance fighters ambush US military supply train in Hit, leaving a reported 15 American soldiers dead.
In a dispatch posted at 4:55pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked an
American supply train loaded with provisions and equipment for US
occupation troops. The train was on its way from Baghdad to the cities
of al-Hadithah and al-Qa’im where the US had its al-Massah az-Zarqa’
("Blue Diamond") Base when the Resistance attacked at about noon local
time Sunday.
The Hit correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that more than
30 Resistance fighters attacked the train consisting of seven freight
cars at the western Hit junction. The attack began as Resistance bombs
exploded on the tracks. Resistance fighters then attacked, firing
shoulder-launched rockets, forcing the train to stop. American troops
then began streaming out of the train to exchange gunfire with the
Resistance fighters in a battle that went of for about half an hour.
Five freight cars were totally burned including the command
quarters, and several troops were killed in the attack. The Mafkarat
al-Islam correspondent reported a fireman who arrived on the scene as
saying that at least 15 US soldiers had been killed in the ambush.
When the correspondent arrived at the railroad complex that was the
scene of the attack, he found five railroad cars on fire and exploding
powerfully, suggesting that they had been loaded with ammunition or
explosives.
A local member of the Iraqi puppet police doubted that the train
had been loaded with such materiel, saying that the cargo was only
ordinary goods, and that if it had been carrying military materiel, the
guard for the train would have been much greater.
US troops arrived on the scene after some delay as helicopters
prowled the area searching for the Resistance fighters for some time.
The correspondent reported that the aircraft found no sign of the
attackers.
At the time of reporting, US troops were still surrounding the area
where the attack took place, having shut down all rail traffic and
arrested a number of railroad employees on charges of leaking
information about the US military train schedules in al-Anbar Province
to the Resistance.
Ar-Ramadi.
Car bomber blasts US column in ar-Ramadi leaving a reported eight American soldiers dead.
In a dispatch posted at 6:15pm Mecca time Sunday evening, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance fida’i fighter had driven an
explosives-packed car into a column of several US armored Humvees in
the Zankurah area of ar-Ramadi overlooking the Euphrates River.
The ar-Ramadi correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported Captain
Yasir al-'Isawi of the puppet police station in the city as saying that
the Resistance fida’i fighter slammed into the US vehicles crosswise
despite intense gunfire from the Americans as they tried to stop the
onrush of the vehicle towards them.
Captain al-'Isawi told Mafkarat al-Islam that the Huvmee into which
the car bomber blasted was totally destroyed and a second that had been
behind it was disabled. Numerous eyewitnesses and fishermen who were in
the area by the river, which is a popular fishing site, confirmed the
information. At least eight US solders were killed in the attack,
Captain al-'Isawi said.
When he arrived on the scene of the attack, the Mafkarat al-Islam
correspondent found US troops had already surrounded the whole area and
a number of nearby houses. The Americans believed that the Resistance
car bomber had come out from among those houses when he launched his
attack. Because of the security cordon, the correspondent was unable to
determine anything about the fate of the families in the houses raided
by the US forces.
Resistance bombards US base east of ar-Ramadi.
In a dispatch posted at 10:15am Mecca time Sunday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters had bombarded the US
military headquarters in the old Fida’i camp east of ar-Ramadi with
three heavy 120mm mortar rounds.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of the
city who witnessed the attack as saying that the US headquarters there
was struck by three mortar rounds. Immediately afterwards, sirens could
be heard wailing inside the base.
Rawah.
Resistance bomb blasts US convoy near Rawah in western Iraq.
In a dispatch posted at 11:30am Mecca time Sunday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded by a US
military column on the highway to al-Qa’im in western Iraq.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of Rawah
who witnessed the attack as saying that a bomb that had been planted on
the highway west of Rawah blew up b a convoy of several trucks and
armored Humvees. The blast disabled one truck, seriously wounding the
driver.
Al-Fallujah.
Two US troops reported killed in bomb attack in al-Fallujah.
In a bulletin posted at 10:30am Mecca time Sunday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that the Iraqi Resistance had detonated an explosive
device under a US military patrol on the main road north of
al-Fallujah.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of
al-Fallujah who witnessed the attack as saying that a bomb that had
been planted by the side of the road in the al-Mu'allimin neighborhood
went off by a passing column of several US Humvees. The explosion
disabled one Humvee, killing two US troops and wounding two more
Americans.
Abu Ghurayb.
US carries out raids, arrests in Abu Ghurayb.
In a dispatch posted at 4:25pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US forces had carried out an extensive
campaign of raids and arrests of Sunni Arabs in the town of Abu
Ghurayb, some 30km west of Baghdad.
The Abu Ghurayb correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
residents of the city as saying that US troops backed up by Iraqi
puppet army soldiers closed the main roads in the area of the market
and the al-Baytarah area in the market and carried out raids in the
course of which they arrested more than 20 local residents, on the
claim that they had carried out attacks on US occupation forces in the
city.
One American soldier reported killed in bombing east of Abu Ghurayb.
In a dispatch posted at 10:15am Mecca time Sunday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded in the
path of a US military patrol in the 'Akr Kuf area east of Abu Ghurayb
(which lies some 30km west of Baghdad).
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of the
'Akr Kuf area who witnessed the attack as saying that a bomb that had
been planted by the old farm road on which the patrol of four US
Humvees was traveling blew up. The blast disabled one of the vehicles,
killing an American soldier and wounding three more of them.
Baghdad.
Resistance bomb blasts puppet army patrol south of Baghdad.
In a dispatch posted at 3:45pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by an
Iraqi puppet army column on the road between Jurf as-Sakhr, south of
Baghdad and al-Mahmudiyah, further to the south.
The Jurf as-Sakhr correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
eyewitnesses as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of
the road to al-Mahmudiyah blew up by the Iraqi puppet army patrol,
destroying one Zeal troop transport vehicle and killing two Iraqi
puppet army troops. Three other puppet troops were wounded in the
bombing.
Resistance bomb blasts puppet police patrol in ad-Durah.
In a dispatch posted at 9:45am Mecca time Sunday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded by a
puppet police patrol in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of
ad-Durah who witnessed the attack as saying that a bomb that had been
planted by the side of the main road near the eastern entrance to
ad-Durah blew up by the puppet police patrol, destroying one patrol
vehicle and killing three puppet policemen and seriously wounding a
fourth.
Babil Province.
Al-Latifiyah.
Resistance bombards puppet military camp.
In a dispatch posted at 9:50am Mecca time Sunday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired four 82mm mortar
rounds into the headquarters of the puppet "Iraqi Interior Ministry
Scorpion Brigade" in the al-Latifiyah area south of Baghdad.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of
al-Latifiyah who witnessed the attack as saying that the barrage sent
clouds of smoke rising into the sky as sirens wailed inside the camp.
Salah ad-Din Province.
Al-Mushahadah.
Resistance battles US troops in al-Mushahadah following ambush.
In a dispatch posted at 3:20pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that fierce clashes had broken out between
Iraqi Resistance fighters and US occupation troops in the city of
al-Mushahadah, just north of Baghdad.
The al-Mushahadah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
eyewitnesses as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and
medium weapons surprised a US patrol, disabling one American Humvee and
wounding four US soldiers, two of them seriously.
Balad.
Resistance ambush leaves three US soldiers reported killed.
In a dispatch posted at 3pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces mounted a two pronged
attack on a US military column on the main road in the city of Balad,
north of Baghdad on Sunday.
The Balad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses
as saying that the attack began with the explosion of an Iraqi
Resistance bomb by the column of several armored Humvees, destroying
one of the vehicles in the column.
Then Resistance fighters armed with light weapons and pipe rockets
attacked the column, destroying another American vehicle. In all three
US soldiers were killed and five others wounded in the ambush, the
correspondent reported.
Diyala Province.
Al-'Azim.
Resistance bomb blasts US convoy near al-'Azim.
In a dispatch posted at 4:20pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded
by a US military column in the al-'Azim area on the road to Baghdad
southeast of Kirkuk.
The Kirkuk correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
eyewitnesses as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the main
road north of al-'Azim blew up by a column of several trucks and
armored vehicles, destroying one armored vehicle and wounding three US
soldiers, one of them seriously.
At-Ta’mim Province.
Kirkuk.
Resistance bomb blasts Iraqi puppet army forces.
In a dispatch posted at 10:40am Mecca time Sunday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded by a joint
US-Iraqi puppet army column on the main road near the Tazah area in the
sought of Kirkuk.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of the
Tazah area as saying that the bomb blew up by the patrol, destroying a
vehicle belonging to the Iraqi puppet army and killing one Iraqi
soldier.
Ninwa Province.
Tall 'Afar.
Resistance blows up booby-trapped house with Iraqi puppet troops inside, killing 12.
In a dispatch posted at 3:10pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces had ambushed
Iraqi puppet soldiers in the city of Tall 'Afar, west of Mosul in
northern Iraq.
The Mosul correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses
as saying that the Resistance booby trapped a house that the Iraqi
puppet forces were preparing to turn into a military camp for
themselves in the middle of Tall 'Afar. The Resistance fighters blew up
the house as Iraqi puppet troops were going into it, completely
destroying the building and killing 12 Iraqi puppet troops and wounding
20 more, most of them seriously.
Mosul.
Resistance marksman kills US soldier in Mosul.
In a dispatch posted at 11:50am Mecca time Sunday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance marksman had shot and killed
an American soldier in the al-Wahdah neighborhood in the south of
Mosul.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of
al-Wahdah who witnessed the attack as saying that the soldier was a
part of a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the area when an Iraqi
sharpshooter’s bullet struck and killed him instantly.
Afterwards, US troops surrounded the area and searched nearby houses but found no sign of the sharpshooter.
An-Najaf Province.
An-Najaf.
Locals believe puppet regime behind claims that Saudi agents were arrested in southern Iraqi desert.
In a dispatch posted at 8:35pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the so-called Fifth Border Force had
announced that it had arrested two "suspicious" soldiers who were
carrying Saudi identity documents in the as-Samawah desert.
Sa'dun al-Jabiri, a spokesman for the occupation forces gave an
official announcement to a number of correspondents in an-Najaf in
which he said that two suspicious soldiers had been arrested Sunday
carrying Saudi identity documents in the as-Samawah desert.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported al-Jabiri as
saying that Major Muhammad Sa'id 'Abdallah al-Qahtani, a Saudi born in
1970 and an officer for the Saudi Interior Ministry and Hadi 'Ammash
Sulayman al-'Ali ash-Shamari Mudarrab, born in 1972 and a native of the
Saudi city of Hayil were picked up driving a four-wheel-drive GMC
vehicle in which were various types of communication instruments,
US$100 in cash in American and Saudi currency, and valid insurance
cards. The puppet authority spokesman said that the two men had
admitted under preliminary interrogation that they had entered the
country to carry out military operations during the US-sponsored
"elections" set for Thursday, 15 December.
Al-Jabiri told the press that the two men had been sent to Baghdad to complete the interrogation and investigation.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in an-Najaf reported that the
announcement about the arrest had been confirmed by various sources but
that there were different versions of the incident coming out of
different sources in the border forces.
Local people in an-Najaf and Muthanna Provinces believe the whole
story was made up by the US-installed Shi'i sectarian regime in order
to bring down criticism of Saudi Arabia just as Syria has been a target
of western pressure. Residents of an-Najaf expressed surprise at how
quickly the two had been arrested and confessed that they planned to
carry out armed operations in Iraq, when the prisons and torture
chambers run by the pro-American Shi'i religious authorities have been
unable to extract confessions from people they capture despite months
of torture.
In an interview with Mafkarat al-Islam, a Shaykh of the Shamar
tribe in an-Najaf, who happens to be a Shi'i, but who asked not to be
identified, said "it appears that the last meeting between the Saudi
authorities and the tribes of southern Iraq greatly raised the fears of
the Shi'i religious authorities. It was therefore better to make up an
accusation about some military operation than to accuse Saudi Arabia of
trying to influence the southern Iraqi tribes. Accusing the Saudis of
planning some military operation would arouse hostility among the Arab
tribes of southern Iraq against Saudi Arabia, and push them closer to
the Shi'i religious authorities, the Shaykh explained.
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