·       American warplanes demolish private home killing family of six near al-Fallujah.

·       US troops gun down elderly farmer as he waters his fields in al-Karmah, near al-Fallujah.

·       Pro-US Shi'i sectarian militias burn 14 Sunni students with sulfuric acid, drill holes in their heads with electric drills.  Families must bribe ambulance drivers to get bodies of tortured murdered loved ones.

·       US, Iraqi puppet regime, said holding secret talks with former generals in Iraqi Army.

·       Resistance car bomb reportedly kills three mercenaries on Baghdad’s as-Sa'dun Street.

·       Imprisoned Iraqi President Saddam Husayn still on hunger strike, lawyer says.

·       Two US troops reported killed in Resistance bombing near Yathrib.

Al-Anbar Province.

Hit.

Resistance bombards US military headquarters in Hit.

In a dispatch posted at 4:25pm Makkah time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired four 82mm mortar rounds into the Teachers Training Institute – a facility that US forces have taken over and turned into their headquarters in the city of Hit, about 170km northwest of Baghdad.

The Hit correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that the mortar shells scored direct hits on the American-occupied building, sending plumes of smoke rising into the sky.

Al-Fallujah.

American warplanes demolish private home killing family of six near al-Fallujah.

In a dispatch posted at 10:49am Makkah time Sunday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US warplanes struck a residential home in the area of as-Sqlawiyah, northwest of al-Fallujah, about 60km west of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses who live in as-Saqlawiyah as saying that American fighter bombers struck a civilian home in the az-Zagharid area of as-Saqlawiyah, completely demolishing the house and killing the entire family of six who lived there – three women, one man, and two children.

US troops gun down elderly farmer as he waters his fields in al-Karmah.

In a dispatch posted at 10:49am Makkah time Sunday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US troops had shot and killed an elderly Iraqi peasant in the al-Karmah area east of al-Fallujah.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Ameican troops opened fire on the elderly farmer as he was irrigating crops in his field.  There was no apparent reason for the murder.

Abu Ghurayb.

Resistance bomb disables US minesweeper in Abu Ghurayb.

In a dispatch posted at 10:39am Makkah time Sunday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US column on the highway near the al-Bu Munaysir area of Abu Ghurayb, about 30km west of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that the bomb went off by a column of several troop transports, Humvees, and minesweepers.  The blast disabled a minesweeper, wounding four US troops who were aboard it.

Baghdad.

Pro-US Shi'i sectarian militias burn 14 Sunni students with sulfuric acid, drill holes in their heads with electric drills.  Families must bribe ambulance drivers to get bodies of tortured murdered loved ones.

In a dispatch posted at 8:55pm Makkah time Sunday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that fourteen bodies of Sunni youths who had been savagely tortured and murdered were delivered on Sunday to the Forensic Medicine Center in central Baghdad’s Bab al-Mu'azzam district.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported families of the victims area said that all 14 were college students who were about to finish up and graduate.  But on Friday, 23 June, pro-American Shi'i sectarian militiamen, wearing the uniform of the American-backed Iraqi puppet army, arrested them from their homes in the predominantly Hur Rajab section of Baghdad and took them away.

Their bodies showed up Sunday in the Forensic Medicine Department where the medical experts issued a report saying that the victims had been burned with concentrated sulfuric acid and electric drills were used to punch holes in their skulls.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the families were only able to retrieve the bodies of their sons by paying two ambulance drivers a million Iraqi dinars to get them out of the morgue. Pro-American Shi'i sectarian militias have positioned themselves around hospitals for about one month, ready to arrest Sunnis who come to pick up the bodies of their loved ones.  This has prevented Sunni families from being able to recover bodies of relatives tortured and murdered by the sectarian militias that operate with the backing of the US occupation regime.

The families in Hur Rajab therefore collected a million Iraqi dinars as a bribe to pay the ambulance drivers so that they might bring the bodies of the victims to a neutral place in the occupied Iraqi capital where the relatives would be able to recover them.

Resistance forces ambush puppet "Shock Troops" in western Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 4:20pm Makkah time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a patrol of puppet "Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)" in the western Baghdad district of al-Ma’mun.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-Ma’mun as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons attacked the patrol, damaging two patrol vehicles and killing one puppet "Shock Troop" soldier and wounding four more of them, two of those severely.

US, Iraqi puppet regime, said holding secret talks with former generals in Iraqi Army.

In a dispatch posted at 3:40pm Makkah time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that for three days the US-installed puppet government of Nuri al-Maliki had been holding secret talks with high-ranking US military commanders and former generals and officers the Iraqi Army from before the American invasion.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a highly placed source who asked to remain anonymous as claiming that serious and high-level talks were under way and that 30 commanders of the Iraqi Army from before the US invasion – including men with the rank of Lieutenant General, Major General, and Brigadier General – were taking part in the discussions along with the American occupation commanders.

The source alleged that the talks are focused on several issues, including returning officers in the former Iraqi Army to their posts and giving them their back pay for the period from 9 April 2003 until the present.  Other points under discussion include the hand over of command in the American-created Iraqi puppet forces to the Iraqi commanders from the pre-invasion era.  Another point on the agenda under discussion is the release of all the currently-imprisoned Iraqi officers – naval, air force, and ground forces – in return for a complete halt of their military and material support for the Iraqi Resistance, and an effort to convince the Resistance to lay down its weapons and join the US-sponsored political system, in which Resistance commanders would be given governmental posts.

The source told Mafkarat al-Islam that the negotiations were still underway on a daily basis, having begun three days earlier. The source refused to say whether the former Iraqi Army commanders were going along with the proposals or not.

Resistance car bomb reportedly kills three mercenaries on Baghdad’s as-Sa'dun Street.

In a dispatch posted at 2:30pm Makkah time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded by a column of armor-plated four-wheel drive vehicles used by foreign mercenary contractors working for the US occupation forces on as-Sa'dun Street in the middle of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported shopkeepers on as-Sa'dun street as saying that an explosives-packed car that was parked by the side of the street was set off by remote control as the column of mercenary cars drove past.  The explosion completely destroyed one of the vehicles and damaged a second, killing three foreign mercenaries and wounding three more of them.

Imprisoned Iraqi President Saddam Husayn still on hunger strike, lawyer says.

In a dispatch posted at 2:20pm Makkah time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that attorney Khalil ad-Dulaymi denied reports created by the US military command that Iraqi President Saddam Husayn had ended his hunger strike over the murder of one of his defense lawyers.

Khalil ad-Dulaymi, the chairman of the legal defense team representing President Saddam Husayn at the American show "trial" underway in Baghdad, said that Saddam Husayn had not ended his hunger strike as the US military claimed.  Ad-Dulaymi said that the Iraqi President planned to remain on hunger strike until specific demands, brought up by the murder of attorney Khamis al-'Ubaydi on Wednesday, 21 June, had been met.

Mafkarat al-Islam reported ad-Dulaymi as saying that the Iraqi President Saddam Husayn was demanding that the murderers of al-'Ubaydi be punished and that permission be granted for the formation of a body to ensure the protection of the lawyers and their transportation.

Ad-Dulaymi said that the aim of the American military in claiming that Saddam Husayn had gone off his hunger strike was to try to "avoid responsibility for maintaining the security of the subjects of states under American occupation."

The American-run show "trial" of Saddam Husayn is set to resume on 10 July.

Resistance bomb targets Shi'i sectarian gunmen in eastern Baghdad’s ash-Shurjah.

In a dispatch posted at 1:15pm Makkah time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a group of pro-American Shi'i sectarian militiamen in the marked in the eastern Baghdad district of ash-Shurjah on Sunday morning.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported shopkeepers in ash-Shurjah as saying that the bomb targeted Shi'i sectarian militiamen who were gathered in front of one of the shops.  The explosion killed three of the Shi'i sectarian gunmen and wounded four more.

Resistance car bomber blasts Iraqi puppet army checkpoint in eastern Baghdad’s Zuyunah district.

In a dispatch posted at 12:01pm Makkah time midday Sunday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance fida’i fighter drove a car bomb into a check point manned by Iraqi puppet army soldiers in the Zuyunah area of eastern Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in Zuyunah as saying that an Iraqi Resistance fighter drove an explosives-laden car into a temporary checkpoint on ar-Rabi'i Street in Zuyunah.  The blast killed two of the Iraqi puppet army troops and wounded 11 more of them, as well as six civilians who were nearby at the time. 

Resistance bomb destroys American Humvee on patrol in ad-Durah.

In a dispatch posted at 11:17am Makkah time Sunday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military patrol in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that the bomb went off on the main road to the at-Tu'mah area as a US patrol was driving past.  The bomb completely destroyed an American Humvee, killing or wounding the four US troops aboard it.

Salah ad-Din Province.

Yathrib.

Two US troops reported killed in Resistance bombing near Yathrib.

In a dispatch posted at 12:55pm Makkah time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column on the main road to the US-occupied al-Bakr Air Base in Yathrib, about 70km north of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-Yathrib as saying that the bomb went off on the road to the al-Bakr Air Base – a facility that the Americans have taken over and dubbed "Camp Anaconda."  The explosion completely destroyed a US Humvee, killing two American troops and severely wounding three more of them.

Al-Mushadah.

Four American troops wounded when bomb blasts Humvee in al-Mushahadah.

In a dispatch posted at 10:36am Makkah time Sunday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column on the main road in al-Mushahadah, about 25km north of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that the blast disabled a Humvee, wounding four US troops.

Diyala Province.

Ba'qubah.

Resistance fighters kill captain in puppet police in western Ba'qubah.

In a dispatch posted at 1:55pm Makkah time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters shot and killed an officer in the Iraqi puppet police in the al-Mu'allimin neighborhood of western Ba'qubah.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in Ba'qubah as saying that Resistance fighters armed with machine guns attacked a captain in the puppet police as he drove his car through the neighborhood, killing him instantly.

Resistance bomb rips through puppet "Iraqi National Guard" patrol in Ba'qubah.

In a dispatch posted at 10:53am Makkah time Sunday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a patrol of Iraqi puppet "National Guard" troops in the at-Tahrir neighborhood of Ba'qubah, about 65km northeast of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in at-Tahrir as saying that the bomb went off by the puppet "National Guard" patrol on the main road in the neighborhood.  The blast destroye a troop transport, killing owe Iraqi puppet soldier and wounding four more of them.

Al-Miqdadiyah.

Resistance bomb blasts puppet army patrol in al-Miqdadiyah Sunday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 10:03am Makkah time Sunday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by an Iraqi puppet army patrol in al-Miqdadiyah, about 85km northeast of Baghdad on Sunday morning.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-Miqdadiyah as saying that the bomb, which was planted by the main road in the as-Sarihah area of the city, blew up, destroying a puppet army pickup and wounding three Iraqi puppet army soldiers.

Ninwa Province.

Al-Mawsil.

Resistance car bomb targets pro-American SCIRI headquarters in al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted at 3:25pm Makkah time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded near the headquarters of the pro-American Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) in the al-Hamdaniyah section of eastern al-Mawsil in northern Iraq.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-Hamdaniyah as saying that an explosives-laden car that had been left near the SCIRI headquarters was detonated by Remote control, damaging the building and killing one of the guards.  Two other guards and two civilians who were near the SCIRI building at the time were injured.

Al-Qadisiyah Province.

Ad-Diwaniyah.

Resistance forces ambush puppet "Shock Troop" patrol in ad-Diwaniyah.

In a dispatch posted at 12:45pm Makkah time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a patrol of puppet "Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)" in the middle of ad-Diwaniyah, about 120km southeast of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in the al-'Asri neighborhood in the middle of the city as saying that Resistance fighters equipped with light arms and rocket launchers ambushed the patrol, sparking a 20-minute firefight.  The battle left one of the "Shock Troop" vehicles destroyed and six of the puppet "Shock Troops" dead or wounded.

Resistance mortars blast "Camp Echo" in ad-Diwaniyah.

In a dispatch posted at 12:45pm Makkah time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired six 82mm mortar shells at the headquarters of occupation forces – thought to be Polish – in ad-Diwaniyah, about 120km southeast of Baghdad, at dawn on Sunday.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the shells blasted directly into Camp Echo, sending smoke rising over the base.

Muthanna Province.

As-Samawah.

Japanese occupation forces begin retreat from Iraq.

In a dispatch posted at 1:30pm Makkah time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Japanese occupation troops began their retreat from Iraq on Sunday.  Trucks carrying Japanese armored vehicles left the Japanese-occupied base in the southern Iraqi city of as-Samawah.

Reuters, as monitored by Mafkarat al-Islam, reported that at least 15 trucks were seen leaving the Japanese occupied base loaded with armored personnel carriers and other vehicles.  At least one Japanese armored vehicle let the base apparently to accompany the convoy.  Supplies and equipment belonging to the Japanese occupation forces were expected to begin leaving in coming weeks, a British military spokesman said.

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi declared 20 June that the occupation force of about 550 Japanese would withdraw from their base in as-Samawah. The pull out is expected to be completed by the end of July.