·       Resistance car bomber blasts US patrol in ar-Ramadi leaving five US troops reported dead.

·       US troops abuse bodies of two Resistance fighters, dragging them around western Baghdad’s al-'Amiriyah district tied to their Humvees.

·       Four American troops reported killed in Resistance bombing in the south Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.

·       US soldier reported killed in Resistance bombing in Ba'qubah.

Al-Anbar Province.

Ar-Ramadi.

Resistance car bomber blasts US patrol in ar-Ramadi leaving five US troops reported dead.

In a dispatch posted at 5:50pm Makkah time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance fida’i fighter drove a car bomb into a US military patrol near an observation point manned by US troops on the highway north of ar-Ramadi, about 110km west of Baghdad.

The ar-Ramadi correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that the Iraqi Resistance car bomber blasted into the American patrol near a highway bridge upon which an American observation point was located.  When the US patrol passed under the bridge, the Resistance fida’i fighter blasted into them, destroying two American military vehicles and killing six US troops and wounding five more American soldiers witnesses said.

Al-Fallujah.

Resistance ambush leaves two puppet "Iraqi National Guards" dead.

In a dispatch posted at 3:30pm Makkah time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons attacked a patrol of Iraqi puppet "National Guards" on the main road in eastern al-Fallujah, about 60km west of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in the ad-Dubbat neighborhood of eastern al-Fallujah as saying that the Resistance fighters completely  destroyed a patrol vehicle, killing two puppet "National Guards" and wounding four more of them.

Hit.

Resistance bomb destroys American mine sweeping vehicle, wounding four US troops.

In a dispatch posted at 10:20am Makkah time Monday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a patrol of several American armored Humvees and mine sweepers in the city of Hit, about 140km west of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in Hit as saying that the bomb destroyed one American mine sweeper, wounding four American soldiers who were aboard it.

Baghdad.

US troops abuse bodies of two Resistance fighters, dragging them around western Baghdad’s al-'Amiriyah district tied to their Humvees.

In a dispatch posted at 9:35pm Makkah time Monday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that two Iraqi Resistance fighters were attempting to plant a bomb in the path of a US patrol that was in the western Baghdad area of al-'Amiriyah near the al-Bayt al-'Iraqi car lot when the Americans came upon them and shot and killed them.  The Americans then desecrated the bodies.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that after shooting the two Resistance fighters, the Americans used a rope and tied the bodies to two of their Humvees and drove around four streets in the predominantly Sunni district of al-'Amiriyah dragging the bodies behind them as trophies.  The correspondent reported that the American troops dragged the bodies up and down al-'Amal ash-Sha'bi Street, al-Madayif Street, al-Munazzamah Street, and the densely populated residential street that links the two sides of the al-'Amiriyah neighborhood.

The Americans then cut the bodies loose and tied them to the hoods of their Humvees instead and drove around the district displaying them, yelling and shouting hysterically in English "no more after today."

The US occupation troops finally dumped the Resistance fighters’ bodies at the end of al-'Amal ash-Sha'bi Street in the al-Jihad neighborhood.  The bodies by then had been badly lacerated by being dragged around the streets and burned by the heat of the Humvee engines.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that the Americans displayed and dragged the bodies of the Resistance fighters through densely populated neighborhoods, knowing that the Resistance would not want to attack them there, where there would have been heavy civilian casualties.  For that reason, the Americans knew that they could behave as they liked without fear of ambush. 

American-sponsored show "trial" of Iraqi President Saddam Husayn holds session in Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 1:10pm Makkah time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the US-sponsored show "trial" of Iraqi President Saddam Husayn and seven other imprisoned Iraqi leaders resumed for another session on Monday.

The subject of Monday’s program was the 1982 plot against the Iraqi President and for the overthrow of the government, in which 148 conspirators in the area of ad-Dujayl were eventually executed.

The BBC, as monitored by Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an issue discussed was whether the signatures on the execution orders for those found guilty in the 1982 plot had been authentic.  Iraq’s chief of Intelligence until 1984, Barzan at-Tikriti, the half brother of President Saddam Husayn, told the gathering that he doubted the authenticity of the signatures and noted how simple it was for signatures to be forged.

At-Tirkiti also accused the puppet "prosecutor" in the American show "trial" of exploiting the ignorance of many people regarding the details of the ad-Dujayl case in order to smear the reputations of the "defendants."

In a dispatch posted at 3:15pm Makkah time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the American-run show trial had been adjourned until 15 May after hearing tapes purporting to be recordings of Iraqi leaders discussing the punishment for the ad-Dujayl plotters.

Resistance bomb wounds puppet policemen in western Baghdad’s al-Mansur district.

In a dispatch posted at 6:30pm Makkah time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded by a puppet police patrol in the al-Mansur district of western Baghdad.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-Mansur as saying that an explosives-laden car that had been parked by the side of the main road near the 'Iraquna cellular telephone company office blew up as a puppet police patrol was driving past.  The explosion disabled one patrol vehicle, wounding four puppet policemen, local witnesses said.

Two car bombs reportedly kill, wound puppet police, civilians in Baghdad al-Jadidah early Monday afternoon.

In a dispatch posted at 3:30pm Makkah time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that two car bombs exploded one after the other in the Baghdad al-Jadidah area in the eastern part of the occupied Iraqi capital.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of Baghdad al-Jadidah who witnessed the bombings as saying that two explosives-packed cars that had been left near an Iraqi puppet police check point not far from the al-Ghadir Bridge blew up one after the other at about 1:10pm local time Monday afternoon.

US and Iraqi puppet army forces surrounded the area after the explosions making it impossible for the correspondent to ascertain the nature or extent of casualties caused by the explosions.  Local residents confirmed, however, that there were dead and wounded puppet policemen and civilians who had been in the area.

Car bomb wounds three policemen, six other persons in al-Karradah.

In a dispatch posted at 3:20pm Makkah time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a car bomb exploded in southeastern Baghdad’s al-Karradah district.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the Iraqi puppet police assaying that an explosives-laden car that had been left by the side of the main road near the puppet "Directorate for the Combat of Major Crimes" in the district resulted in the wounding of three puppet policemen and six other people.

Mysterious car bombs blast civilians near al-Mustansiriyah University.

In a dispatch posted at 1:30pm Makkah time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that two car bombs exploded simultaneously in the Palestine Street area in eastern Baghdad.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of the Palestine Street area as saying that two explosives-packed cars that had been left by the side of the street near al-Mustansiriyah University were detonated by remote control simultaneously at about 11:30am local time Monday morning.

The two blasts destroyed six civilian cars and killed three civilian Iraqis and wounded another 16 of them.

In contrast to Iraqi Resistance attacks, which have clear and defined targets – occupation troops or armed forces, officials, or collaborators with the US-installed puppet regime – these two blasts appeared targeted exclusively on civilians.

Such mysterious attacks are widely viewed as a part of an Anglo-American effort to rescue their failing fortunes in Iraq by sparking a sectarian civil war in the country enabling them to fulfill their plans of partitioning the country along ethnic and religious lines.

Car bomb kills misses puppet police patrol, kills five civilians in Baghdad’s al-Mu'azzam district.

In a dispatch posted at 11:10am Makkah time Monday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a car bomb exploded as a puppet police patrol was passing through the Bab al-Mu'azzam area of northeastern Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported shop keepers in the area who witnessed the bombing as saying that the explosives-laden car that had been parked by the side of al-Khulafa’ Street went off by a puppet police patrol at 9:45am local time Monday morning.  The explosive charge did not detonate until after the puppet police patrol had driven past, and therefore it resulted in the deaths of five civilians and the wounding of 19 more.

Four American troops reported killed in Resistance bombing in the south Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.

In a dispatch posted at 10:10am Makkah time Monday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in ad-Durah as saying that a Resistance bomb exploded by the side of a passing American patrol on the main road to the at-Tu'mah area in ad-Durah.  The blast completely destroyed a Humvee, killing the four US troops who were aboard it.

Resistance bomb blasts puppet police in western Baghdad’s al-'Amil neighborhood.

In a dispatch posted at 9:40am Makkah time Monday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by an Iraqi puppet police patrol on the main road in the al-'Amil neighborhood of western Baghdad.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-'Amil as saying that a bomb that had been planted bythe side of the main road to the industrial area went off by a puppet police patrol, destroying a patrol vehicle and killing one puppet policeman and wounding two more of them.

Diyala Province.

Ba'qubah.

US soldier reported killed in Resistance bombing in Ba'qubah.

In a dispatch posted at 10:50am Makkah time Monday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol on a farm road in the village of as-Sadah east of Ba'qubah, about 65km northeast of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in as-Sadah village as saying that the bomb destroyed a Humvee in the American patrol, killing one US soldier who was aboard it and wounding two more of them.

Babil Province.

Al-Mahmudiyah.

Resistance bomb kills two puppet "Iraqi National Guards" in al-Mahmudiyah.

In a dispatch posted at 10am Makkah time Monday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a patrol of Iraqi puppet "National Guard" troops in the middle of al-Mahmudiyah, about 30km south of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-Mahmudiyah as saying that a bomb that had been planted on the sidewalk next to the main road in the middle of town exploded by a passing puppet "National Guard" patrol, completely destroying a patrol vehicle and killing two puppet "Guards" and wounding four more of them.

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