Monday, 20 November 2006.
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US
forces lock down cities around al-Hadithah, impose curfew, blockade, ban
on cell phone and internet use.
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Two
US troops reported killed in Resistance bombing in al-Baghdadi.
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Details emerge of abduction of puppet "Deputy Minister of Health" in
Baghdad Sunday, in sophisticated operation thought to have been carried
out by Iraqi Resistance.
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Puppet regime officials cower in "Green Zone" following abduction of
puppet "Deputy Health Minister" and spate of Monday attacks in Baghdad.
Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Hadithah.
US
forces lock down cities around al-Hadithah, impose curfew, blockade, ban
on cell phone and internet use.
In a
dispatch posted at 8:40pm Makkah time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that US occupation forces imposed a strangulation
blockade on the city of al-Hadithah and the nearby towns of
al-Haqlaniyah and Barwanah on the Upper Euphrates about 220km northwest
of Baghdad.
The
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US troops
proclaimed their blockade on the city using loudspeakers. The blockade,
which went into force in al-Hadithah at dawn on Monday, and in
al-Haqlaniyah and Barwanah on Sunday, included a curfew and ban on all
pedestrian and motor traffic. Peasants are not allowed to bring their
agricultural goods to market nor are residents of the towns currently
away from home allowed to return to their houses, forcing them to camp
out on the ground at checkpoints ringing the area.
American troops also threatened to arrest anyone caught using a cellular
telephone or accessing the Internet in the locked-down cities.
As to the reason for the sudden lockdown of the cities, the
correspondent said that it had been reported, but not confirmed, that an
Iraqi Resistance sharpshooter had killed a high-ranking US officer on
Sunday.
In a
dispatch posted at 6:51am GMT Quds Press reported that having
locked down the cities of al-Hadithah, Barwanah, and al-Haqlaniyah US
troops had been carrying out massive raids and had arrested about 20
Iraqis. Large numbers of American occupation troops were seen
patrolling the streets of the area. Quds Press reported that the
American decision to lock down the cities was prompted by a car bomb
attack on a checkpoint manned by US and Iraqi puppet troops in
al-Haqlaniyah that took place on Sunday morning.
Ar-Ramadi.
Resistance car bomb targets puppet police checkpoint in ar-Ramdi midday
Monday.
In a
dispatch posted at 4:40pm Makkah time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance explosives-laden car blew
up by an Iraqi puppet police check point in ar-Ramadi, about 110km west
of Baghdad at midday, local time, Monday.
The
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the
puppet security forces as saying that the car bomb exploded by the al-Bu
'Alyan checkpoint in the middle of the city, killing two puppet
policemen and wounding six more, three of those severely.
The
source said that the checkpoint was locate near the home of Jamil
al-Muhanna, one of the tribal leaders who joined the so-called "al-Anbar
Salvation Council" under the sponsorship of the US occupation.
US
troops kill two Iraqi civilians near checkpoint in ar-Ramadi Sunday
evening.
In a
dispatch posted at 2:37pm Makkah time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that US occupation troops shot and killed two
Iraqi civilians in eastern ar-Ramadi, about 110km west of Baghdad on
Sunday evening.
The
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as
saying that US troops at a checkpoint on a main street near the
al-Mal'ab section of eastern ar-Ramadi opened fire on a group of
civilians for no apparent reason. The witnesses said that the shooting
left two Iraqi civilians dead.
Al-Fallujah.
Resistance assaults puppet army headquarters in al-Karmah Monday
morning.
In a
dispatch posted at 2:21pm Baghdad time Monday afternoon, the Association
of Muslim Scholars of Iraq reported that fierce fighting had taken place
in the al-Karmah area just east of al-Fallujah at 9am local time Monday
morning.
The
report posted on the Association’s website said that Iraqi Resistance
fighters assaulted the headquarters of the Iraqi puppet army in the
middle of al-Karmah sparking a violent battle that lasted for more than
half an hour in which light, medium, and heavy weapons were used.
Witnesses reported that the sounds of explosions could be heard coming
from various areas during the fighting and that plumes of smoke could be
seen rising from the puppet army headquarters attacked by the Resistance
men.
US
troops arrived on the scene after the fighting had died down and
cordoned off the area, preventing any information on the nature or
extent of casualties and damage from leaking out.
Al-Baghdadi.
Two US troops reported killed in Resistance bombing in al-Baghdadi.
In a
dispatch posted at 12:44pm Makkah time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US
military patrol in the city of al-Baghdadi, about 200km northwest of
Baghdad
The
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of
al-Baghdadi who witnessed the attack as saying that a US patrol was
driving along the main al-Baghdadi Street near one of the American
headquarters when the bomb, which had been planted by the side of the
road, blew up. The witnesses said that the blast totally destroyed a
Humvee, killing at least two American troops and wounding two or three
more.
Baghdad.
Resistance fighters attack puppet police patrol in northern Baghdad
Sunday afternoon.
In a
dispatch posted at 11:44am Makkah time Monday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance men equipped with light arms
attacked an Iraqi puppet police patrol in northern Baghdad on Sunday
afternoon.
The
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the
Iraqi puppet police as saying that the Resistance men opened fire
intensely on a puppet police patrol in the as-Salikh neighborhood of
northern Baghdad, sparking a 15-minute fire fight with light arms.
Afterwards, the puppet police closed off the entire area surrounding the
scene of the ambush. No information on the nature or extent of
casualties was available. Eyewitnesses said, however, that two patrol
vehicles were clearly damaged in the attack.
Details of the abduction of puppet "Deputy Minister of Health" in
Baghdad Sunday.
In a
dispatch posted at 7:55pm Makkah time Monday night, Mafkarat al-Islam
reported that it had obtained details of the abduction of the deputy
puppet "Minister of Health" 'Ammar as-Saffar from his home in Baghdad on
Sunday evening, by men wearing uniforms of puppet security agencies.
As-Saffar was taken from his home in the al-Maghrib Ministerial area of
northern Baghdad. As-Saffar is a member of the pro-American Shi'i
sectarian Da'wah party, to which the American-installed puppet "Prime
Minister" Nuri al-Maliki also belongs.
Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the
Iraqi puppet security apparatus, who asked not to be identified, as
saying that at 5:45pm local time Sunday evening four white cars with
tinted windows driven by men wearing official black uniforms pulled up
by the deputy puppet "Minister’s" house, as did two "Monica" vehicles
(Toyota Landcruisers) belonging to the puppet "Iraqi Interior Ministry"
driven by men wearing the uniform of the Iraqi puppet "Special Forces."
Upon
arriving at the house, located on al-Maghrib Street on the edge of
al-A'zamiyah and near the Hospital for Diseases of the Kidney, the men
in the vehicles got out, raised the iron roadblock and asked the seven
guards, who were equipped with modern arms, to tell the deputy puppet
"Minister" that an important person was urgently waiting for him in the
so-called "Green Zone" where the American occupation has its
headquarters in Baghdad.
When
the puppet "Deputy Minister" as-Saffar came out in casual attire, he was
asked respectfully to get into one of the cars. He told the men that he
had to change first, however. The men told him that the matter was
urgent and there was no need for him to change clothes. This caused the
puppet "Deputy Minister" to question their identity and also their
identity papers, which indicated that they were with the puppet
"Personal Guards Department."
The
men then pushed as-Saffar forcibly into one of the cars. One of the
bodyguards at the home moved to open fire on the men, but they shot him
on the spot. The other guards ran for cover and began firing at the
kidnappers from a distance but by that time the cars had driven off at
"insane speed" and had reached the far end of al-Maghrib Street.
About 15 minutes later, the source said, US and Iraqi puppet army forces
arrived and surrounded the area. They found nothing significant but
were still surrounding the puppet "Deputy Minister’s" home on Monday
morning.
The
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that this account of
the abduction of the puppet "Deputy Minister" strongly suggested that it
was the Iraqi Resistance that had kidnapped as-Saffar in a hitherto
unprecedented highly sophisticated operation.
This
supposition appeared to be confirmed by the spate of attacks on puppet
regime officials that swept occupied Baghdad on Monday. Targeted for
attack on Monday were the puppet "Minister for the Tribes," Muhammad
al-'Uraybi; the puppet "Deputy Administrative Minister of Health," Hakim
az-Zamili; a "General Director" in the puppet "Ministry of Trade," Amir
Ahmad; and a high ranking officer in the 2nd Division of the
Iraqi puppet army.
It
would appear, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent said, that
as-Saffar had provided useful information to his captors about other top
officials in the puppet regime, facilitating the Monday attacks.
Iraqi Resistance seen behind spate of attacks on puppet regime officials
in Baghdad on Monday.
An
ambush and attempt to abduct the puppet "Minister for the Tribes,"
Muhammad al-'Uraybi took place on Muhammad al-Qasim Road in Baghdad.
The puppet "Minister" miraculously escaped, fleeing to an American camp
together with his bodyguards.
An
attempt was made on the life of the puppet "Deputy Administrative
Minister of Health," Hakim az-Zamili in the predominantly Sunni al-Fadl
District of central Baghdad Monday. Az-Zamili was traveling in a
motorcade and it was his armor-plated car alone came under attack. Two
of az-Zamili’s bodyguards were killed and four more of his staff were
wounded, including his driver. It is possible but has not been
confirmed that az-Zamili himself was also wounded in the attack.
Amir
Ahmad, the puppet "General Director of the Southern Branch of the Public
Seed Company" was the target of an assassination attempt in the
as-Salikh section of Baghdad. No further information was published
about that assault.
Five
Iraqi puppet army troops were killed when armed men attacked the
motorcade of puppet army Staff Major General Husayn Sa'dun Salim on the
highway in the al-Ghazaliyah area of western Baghdad.
A
Sunni collaborator who is a member of the American created puppet
"Parliament" told Mafkarat al-Islam that in view of the
kidnapping of as-Saffar and the spate of attacks on other puppet
officials, everyone who has had personal dealings with as-Saffar has
been taking special precautions. Some of them have simply decided to
stay permanently in the "Green Zone" not going out for fear of being
killed.
'Ammar Husayn as-Saffar was born in an-Najaf in 1956. He fled to Iran
after a death sentence was passed against him after he was convicted of
giving aid to the Iranian "Revolutionary Guard" during the Iran-Iraq
War. As-Saffar settled in Iran and attained a high post in the Shi'i
sectarian Da'wah Party. He is known for having a narrow Shi'i sectarian
mentality, a fact displayed recently when he refused to let employees of
the 'Adnan Khayrallah Hospital Blood Bank provide blood for victims of a
sectarian attack on the predominantly Sunni al-A'zamiyah section of
Baghdad, and when he refused to allow oxygen to be sent to the
Provincial Hosptial for Premature Infants in predominantly Sunni
al-Anbar Province, on the pretext that the Resistance can use oxygen
tanks in the manufacture of bombs.
As-Saffar was given the post of puppet "Deputy Minister of Health" in
the current cabinet of fellow Da'wah Party member Nuri al-Maliki despite
widespread reports that his medical degree was a forgery which he was
nevertheless able to get "confirmed" in the puppet "Ministry of Higher
Education" after the American occupation of the country when forgery of
documents had become rife.
At-Ta’mim Province.
Kirkuk.
Resistance bomb targets puppet police patrol in ar-Riyad, south of
Kirkuk, Monday morning.
In a
dispatch posted at 12:36pm Makkah time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by an Iraqi
puppet police patrol south of Kirkuk on Monday morning.
The
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 in the ar-Riyad area, some 30km south of Kirkuk, went
off as a puppet police patrol drove past.
Eyewitnesses said that the blast heavily damaged one patrol vehicle and
wounded three puppet policemen in varying degrees of severity. They
were later taken to hospital for treatment.
US forces carry out searches, arrests in villages south of Kirkuk Sunday
night.
In a
dispatch posted at 12:36pm Makkah time Monday afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that a joint force of US troops and their Iraqi
puppet army allies launched a campaign of searches and arrests south of
Kirkuk on Sunday night.
The
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as
saying that occupation troops and their allies raided and searched
villages in the Daquq area supposedly looking for "gunmen," the
expression they used for Iraqi Resistance fighters.
Eyewitnesses reported that three local villagers were arrested but the
witnesses affirmed that non of them belonged to any armed organization.
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