Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Friday, 22 July 2005
In a dispatch posted at 4:55pm Mecca time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while before an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet patrol near the al-Jaghifi neighborhood in the north of al-Fallujah. Residents of al-Jaghifi told the al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that a bomb that was planted by the side of the main road, known as ash-Shurtah Road, blew up as a joint patrol of Americans and Iraqi puppet troops was passing by...
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Friday, 22 July 2005
Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. http://www.freearabvoice.org
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Friday, 22 July 2005.
Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Fallujah.
Resistance bomb blasts joint US-Iraqi puppet patrol in al-Jaghifi neighborhood Friday afternoon, while Resistance fighters ambush patrol in an-Nazal.
In a dispatch posted at 4:55pm Mecca time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while before an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet patrol near the al-Jaghifi neighborhood in the north of al-Fallujah.
Residents of al-Jaghifi told the al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that a bomb that was planted by the side of the main road, known as ash-Shurtah Road, blew up as a joint patrol of Americans and Iraqi puppet troops was passing by. One US soldier was killed and two more Americans wounded. Four Iraqi puppet troops were killed and three more of them injured in the explosion.
In a separate attack, Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons including RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades attacked a joint patrol of American and Iraqi puppet troops in the an-Nazal neighborhood in the central-southern part of al-Fallujah. Two vehicles belonging to the Iraqi puppet forces were destroyed and six Iraqi puppet soldiers were killed in the attack. Two more puppet soldiers were wounded, according to residents of an-Nazal who witnessed the ambush and spoke to Makfarat al-Islam.
Resistance bombards US-puppet headquarters in an-Nazal neighborhood Friday evening.
Iraqi Resistance forces mounted a mortar attack on the headquarters of US and Iraqi puppet forces in the an-Nazal neighborhood of al-Fallujah. A source in the puppet security services told the Qatari News Agency (Qana) that four Iraqi puppet troop were killed and six more wounded in the bombardment.
According to the Qana report posted at 5:43pm GMT Friday afternoon, the dead and wounded were transported to al-Fallujah General Hospital. Qana said it had no information on the extent or nature of US casualties sustained in the Resistance attack.
Resistance bomb blasts US-puppet patrol near bridge in western al-Fallujah.
In a dispatch posted at 12:10pm Mecca time Friday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-puppet troop foot patrol on the main road near the ash-Shuhada’ Bridge to the west of al-Fallujah.
The local correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying that a bomb that was planted by the side of the main road blew up as the foot patrol passed by, killing or wounding about nine US and Iraqi puppet soldiers.
After the attack, American troops opened fire indiscriminately at local people, preventing civilians and journalists from approaching their position. The invaders then closed all roads leading to the area, making an exact casualty count impossible.
Resistance car bomber blasts joint US-Iraqi puppet patrol in al-Fallujah Friday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 10:25am Mecca time Friday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier an Iraqi Resistance martyrdom fighter had driven an explosives-packed car into a joint US-Iraqi puppet patrol in the western Iraqi city of al-Fallujah.
Witnesses told the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that the attack occurred in the western part of the city, inflicting a number of US and Iraqi puppet dead and wounded. Two American military vehicles could be seen on fire and sending up clouds of smoke.
After the attack, US forces encircled the whole area and imposed a curfew. In addition, the correspondent was unable to ascertain more precisely the extent or nature of the casualties inflicted by the attack because the Americans were shooting indiscriminately at any local people who tried to approach their positions.
Ar-Ramadi.
Resistance pummels US, puppet headquarters in ar-Ramadi late Friday morning.
Iraqi Resistance forces pounded the al-Anbar provincial government building in ar-Ramadi – a facility now serving as the headquarters for US and puppet forces in the area – with six heavy 120mm mortar rounds at 11am local time Friday morning.
The Markarat al-Islam correspondent in ar-Ramadi reported shop keepers in the area around the government office building as saying that six powerful explosions shook the occupied Governorate building as six heavy mortar shells blasted into it. All the shells fell within the building, the witnesses said, hitting at least five US snipers who were perched on the roof of the structure. Heavy structural damage was inflicted on the building as well. Fires broke out and large parts of the building collapsed as a result of the attack, sending plumes of smoke billowing into the sky.
'Ar'ar.
Resistance shoots down Apache helicopter near Saudi border.
In a dispatch posted at 10:47am Mecca time Friday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces shot down a US Apache helicopter in the area of the 'Ar'ar border complex on the frontier with Saudi Arabia.
Witnesses told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in 'Ar'ar that they saw US forces hauling the wreckage of a helicopter in a big truck towards the interior of al-Anbar Province.
US forces have encircled the whole area and are carrying out searches of Bedouin tents in the area, interrogating them after confiscating even their hunting rifles from them. The fate of the American crew is unknown.
Hit.
US admits soldier killed in Resistance bombing near Hit Thursday.
The US military occupation forces admitted on Friday that an American Marine died on Thursday of wounds received when an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded during combat operations in the area of Hit. No further details were provided by the report, carried by the Qatari News Agency (Qana).
Baghdad.
US soldier reported killed in bomb attack on convoy in Abu Ghurayb Friday evening.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a convoy of US military trucks loaded with provisions and supplies for American troops on the highway in the Khan Darri area in western Abu Ghurayb at about 7pm local time Friday afternoon.
Residents of Khan Darri told the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that a bomb that was planted by the side of the International Highway that links Baghdad with the west of the country blew up when the American convoy of eight trucks passed by.
The explosion set one of the truck on fire, killing one soldier and wounding a second.
Four US troops reported killed in late afternoon ambush in as-Sayyidiyah.
A detachment of Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet patrol in as-Sayyidiyah to the south of Baghdad at 6:30pm Friday afternoon.
Residents of as-Sayyidiyah told a Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that the Resistance fighters, armed with light and medium weapons, including RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades and BKC machine guns, attacked a joint patrol in one of the lanes of the neighborhood.
The Resistance attackers set two US Humvees and one pickup belonging to the Iraqi puppet forces on fire. Four US troops and six Iraqi puppet soldiers were killed and six Americans were wounded.
Witnesses said that two Iraqi Resistance fighters were martyred and three others wounded in the engagement.
Two Resistance attacks target puppet police cars in eastern Baghdad’s al-Baladiyat area Friday morning.
Iraqi Resistance fighters opened fire on a car carrying puppet policemen in eastern Baghdad’s al-Baladiyat section on Friday morning. In a report posted at 11:27am Mecca time Friday, the Saudi Press Agency (WAS) reported a source in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that two puppet policemen were killed in the attack – one of them an officer. A third puppet policeman was wounded.
In a separate attack, covered in the same report, Iraqi Resistance fighters opened fire on a puppet police car in eastern Baghdad’s al-Baladiyat section, killing one puppet policeman and two other Iraqi individuals.
Resistance attacks puppet forces in ad-Durah Friday.
Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a joint patrol of Iraqi puppet troops and puppet police in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah sparking a fierce battle, the Qatari News Agency (Qana) reported in a dispatch posted at 2:15pm GMT Friday. Qana quoted puppet security agency spokesmen as claiming that two Resistance fighters were killed in the clash and three others arrested, while omitting to mention casualties among the puppet forces.
Doctors, medical staff continue strike against puppet police attacks on medical practitioners.
As doctors and other medical staff of the al-Yarmuk Teaching Hospital in western Baghdad continue their strike against puppet police assaults on medical workers, the administrative deputy for the so-called "Iraqi minister of health" proclaimed Friday that he and his ministry were "in solidarity" with the striking doctors and staff.
Puppet "administrative deputy" Dr. Jalil ash-Shamari said that his "ministry" denounces the puppet police attacks because they have an effect on the morale of the doctors and nurses and inhibit their ability to do their jobs of saving lives and helping the sick.
Despite such pronouncements of "support," the Qatari News Agency (Qana) reported in a dispatch posted at 5:52pm GMT Friday that attacks by puppet police personnel on doctors and medical staff have continued. The attacks still take place despite previous assurances given by the puppet so-called "ministry of health" and the relevant puppet authorities in the puppet so-called "ministries of defense and the interior" that they would put an end to attacks by puppet policemen on doctors.
Diyala Province.
Ar-Rashidiyah.
Two US troops reported killed in Friday morning bomb attack on fuel convoy.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US fuel truck convoy in the ar-Rashidiyah area just north of Baghdad at 10am local time Friday morning.
Residents of ar-Rashidiyah told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent that a bomb that was planted in the middle of a farm road in ar-Rashidiyah exploded under the convoy of eight loaded fuel tankers and four Humvees.
The blast set one of the fuel trucks on fire, killing two American soldiers.
Salah ad-Din Province.
Tikrit.
Eight US troops reported killed in double car-bomb attack on US column Friday morning.
Two Iraqi Resistance martyrdom fighters drove two car bombs into an American armored column in Tikrit on the main road linking Baghdad with the northern provinces at 8:30am local time.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported a member of the puppet so-called "Iraqi rapid deployment force," who asked not to be identified, as saying that two martyrdom attackers drove two cars at extremely high speed into the US column and blew up simultaneously.
The blasts destroyed two US armored vehicles and disabled a third, killing eight American troops and wounding three more.
After the attack, US forces surrounded the area, where the still were when the correspondent filed his report, posted at 10:20am Mecca time Friday morning. US helicopters were observed landing in the area, apparently to haul away the wrecked vehicles and the bodies of the dead and wounded Americans.
Al-Mushahadah.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US armored column on the main road from Baghdad to the north in the city of al-Mushahadah at 4pm local time Friday afternoon.
Residents of al-Mushahadah told the local correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that a bomb that was planted by the side of the main road leading to Samarra’ blew up as a column of four American armored vehicles and four Humvees.
The explosion disabled one of the armored vehicles, killing one US soldier and seriously wounding four more.
Samarra’.
Resistance forces attack joint US-Iraqi puppet patrol in Samarra’.
Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a joint patrol of US and Iraqi puppet forces in Samarra’ sparking a fierce battle, the Qatari News Agency (Qana) reported in a dispatch posted at 2:15pm GMT Friday. Al-Jazeera satellite TV quoted puppet security sources as claiming that one puppet soldier and three Iraqi bystanders were killed and 11 wounded in the clashes, but had no information on the nature or extent of casualties among the US troops.
Babil Province.
Al-Mahmudiyah.
Five US troops reported killed when Resistance car bomb blows up armored vehicle.
An Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded by a US military column in al-Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad at 5pm local time Friday afternoon.
Witnesses told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Mahmudiyah that an explosives-packed car that was parked at the entrance to the city by the side of the highway to al-Hillah blew up when a column of six American armored vehicles and two Humvees passed by.
The witnesses said that the blast set one of the American armored vehicles on fire, killing its five-man crew.
At-Ta’mim Province.
Al-Hawijah.
Resistance bomb targets occupation army patrol Friday.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a patrol of the occupation forces on the main road near the at-Tahaddi Bridge in the area of al-Hawijah, southwest of Kirkuk on Friday. In a dispatch posted at 1:25pm GMT Friday, the Qatari News Agency (Qana) said that no details on the extent or nature of the casualties were available.
Ninwa Province.
Mosul.
Double pronged attack strikes US column in Mosul Friday morning.
Iraqi Resistance forces carried out two consecutive attacks on a US military column at the entrance to the al-Islah az-Zira'i neighborhood in northwestern Mosul at about 9am Friday morning local time.
Residents of the al-Islah az-Zira'i neighborhood told Mafkarat al-Islam that first, an Iraqi Resistance bomb that was planted by the side of the main road at the eastern entrance to the neighborhood exploded by a passing column of six armored vehicles and four Humvees, disabling one of the armored vehicles.
Then after the column had come to a halt following the bomb blast and were engaged in tending to the dead and wounded, Iraqi Resistance fighters fired eight mortar rounds into the American column, destroying one Humvee and setting an armored vehicle on fire. In all, eight US troops were killed or wounded.
Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.
Resistance sharpshooter guns down British soldier in al-Basrah early Friday.
An Iraqi Resistance marksman shot and killed a British soldier in the middle of al-Basrah at 7am Friday morning.
Residents of al-Ma'qil area in the middle of the city told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent that an Iraqi Resistance sharp shooter shot one of the British troops taking part in a foot patrol of their neighborhood. The soldier was seen falling to the ground, blood flowing from his face.
After the attack, British forces started searching houses and apartment buildings in the area and cars coming in and out of the vicinity looking for the attacker, but to no avail.
Iraqi Resistance forces shot and killed Husayn Hamid ad-Darraji, the chairman of the puppet municipal councils of al-Basrah when he was leaving the al-Basrah Provincial puppet government building, according to a report by the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the southern city.
Splits emerge in puppet provincial assembly.
Twenty members of the puppet Provincial Assembly of al-Basrah have announced that they are suspending their membership in the puppet assembly in protest against the behavior of the puppet governor Muhammad Musbih al-Wa’ili. The statement issued by the 20 said that they were suspending their membership in the puppet assembly for security and administrative reasons, Mafkarat al-Islam reported.
"As regards security," the statement of the 20 said, "the 'governor’ has not been able to stop the increasing number of assassinations in al-Basrah. As regards the administrative aspect of the matter, the 'governor’ has brought relatives and members of his family into important offices in the province, not allowing the members of the 'assembly’ to play their role in the administration of the province."
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam pointed out that the 20 assemblymen who suspended their membership belonged to the collaborationist so-called "Islamic List of al-Basrah" which includes members of the collaborationist Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) and other Shi'i movements. The puppet governor and a number of other members of the puppet assembly, on the other hand, belong to the collaborationist so-called "Islamic al-Fadilah Party." Since Sunni residents of al-Basrah boycotted the sham elections to the puppet assembly, there are no Sunni members in the body.
The protest of the 20 thus brings into the open major splits that have opened up among leaders of the Shi'i sectarian collaborationists following the sham elections of January as they squabble for power among themselves.
It also marks a major failure for the political strategy drawn up by the established Shi'i religious authorities during the sham elections – something that many local people now openly regret having supported, saying that the "government" has not achieved anything for the country, but instead is preoccupied with making war on the Sunni population and stealing the country’s wealth.
British troops reportedly arrest puppet governor of al-Basrah.
In a dispatch posted at 4:10pm Mecca time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an informed source had said that the puppet governor of al-Basrah, the third largest city in Iraq, had been arrested by British troops who raided his house.
According to the source, whose story was still unconfirmed, British forces confiscated puppet governor Muhammad Musbih al-Wa’ili’s personal weapon.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent noted that the arrest, if confirmed, would further dramatize the splits within the ruling Shi'i chauvinist collaborationists who arrived in the country on the backs of US tanks. Local people talk of the puppet "government" in the province flagrantly stealing oil and public money for their own personal benefit.
Local news media were banned from reporting the story of the arrest of the puppet governor. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam noted that it was apparent that the puppet regime in Baghdad and its followers were imposing a news blackout on the now critical failures of the local administration in an effort to prevent a public scandal.
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