Wednesday, 21 September 2005.
Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Hadithah.
Resistance ambushes US column near al-Haqlaniyah Wednesday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 10:05am Mecca time Wednesday morning,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces armed with
light and medium weapons, including pipe rockets, attacked a US column
near he al-Haqlaniyah area southeast of al-Hadithah on the highway
leading to Baghdad.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of
al-Haqlaniyah who witnessed the attack as saying that Resistance
fighters ambushed the column, setting one American armored vehicle on
fire and killing or wounding five US troops. The US forces responded by
firing indiscriminately, damaging civilian cars and wounding Iraqi
civilians in the area.
Al-Fallujah.
Resistance bomb blasts Iraqi puppet police in northeast al-Fallujah.
In a dispatch posted at 7pm Mecca time Wednesday evening, Mafkarat
al-Islam reorted that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by an Irqi
puppet army patrol on the road dividing the ash-Shurtah neighborhood
from the al-'Askari neighborhood in the northeast of al-Fallujah.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of
ash-Shurtah as sayig that a bomb that had been planted under the
sidewalk blew up as the puppet army patrol passed by. The explosion
heavily damaged one pickup belonging to the puppet army and wounded
three Iraqi puppet soldiers, one of them severely.
Resistance bomb blasts US patrol west of al-Fallujah Wednesday morning.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol in the al-Bu
'Alwan area west of al-Fallujah at 9am local time Wednesday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of the area
as saying that a bomb that had been planted on the al-Bu 'Alwan Bridge
blew up as a patrol of several US Humvees passed by.
The explosion destroyed one of the vehicles, killing or wounding four US troops who were aboard the Humvee.
Resistance bomb targets joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol early Wednesday.
In a dispatch posted at 9:35am Mecca time Wednesday morning,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier an Iraqi
Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the
middle of al-Fallujah, some 60km west of Baghdad.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported local residents who
witnessed the blast as saying that a bomb that had been planted under
the sidewalk by the main road in the area blew up as the joint patrol
passed by.
The explosion set fire to one of the Iraqi puppet army pickups in
the patrol, killing one Iraqi soldier and wounding three others.
Ar-Ramadi.
In a dispatch posted at 7:10pm Mecca time Wednesday evening
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters had taken
prisoner 14 members of the Shi'i sectarian Badr Brigades who were
planning to kill a number of leaders of the ad-Dulaym tribe. The
capture took place in the middle of ar-Ramadi Wednesday morning.
Iraqi Resistance fighters were openly deployed in downtown
ar-Ramadi for several hours on Wednesday morning, an unusual
occurrence. Sources in the Resistance told Mafkarat al-Islam that the
deployment followed the admission by the 14 captives that they were
members of the Badr Brigade – the armed wing of the Shi'i sectarian
Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) – and that
they had three companions who were still at large in the city.
A source in the Resistance told Mafkarat al-Islam, "we received
information from local residents that there were person engaged in
unusual activity, driving new civilian cars who had been prowling the
streets of the city since early morning. The cars were carrying 14
persons who, it was later learned, were members of the Badr Brigades.
They were arrested in the middle of town."
The source said that the Badr Brigade gunmen were disguised as
members of medical teams sent to inoculate children. They were driving
four late-model cars, wandering around in the vicinity of a number of
houses of tribal shaykhs.
The source said, "when we looked for them and then found them in
the as-Sufiyah area there was an exchange of gunfire and after several
minutes they surrendered to the Resistance forces. They admitted to
being members of the Badr Brigades and that for two days they had been
planning to kill seven leading tribal shaykhs, known for their
authority in the area."
As to the reason for the planned attack on the tribal elders, the
source told Mafkarat al-Islam that the captured Badr Brigade gunmen
said that it was the "Minister of Defense" in the US-installed puppet
government in Baghdad, Sa'dun ad-Dulaymi who personally ordered the
killings because the elders of the ad-Dulaym tribe had made a public
announcement that despite his name, he was not part of the ad-Dulaym
tribe and could expect no protection from them.
(See "Ad-Dulaym tribe, largest tribe in al-Anbar, disowns Sa'dun
ad-Dulaym, US-backed puppet 'Minister of Defense,’ saying his blood may
be shed." in Iraqi Resistance Report for Tuesday, 13 September 2005.)
The source told Mafkarat al-Islam that the 14 Badr Brigade gunmen
were currently locked up in the city and were being interrogated in the
hopes that more information might be obtained from them.
Abu Ghurayb.
Resistance battles US forces for nearly an hour in Zawbi' village Wednesday.
In a dispatch posted at 5:40pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that violent fighting broke out between
Iraqi Resistance and US occupation forces in the Zawbi' area west of
Abu Ghurayb.
Witnesses who live in Zawbi' village told the Abu Ghurayb
corresponden for Mafkarat al-Islam that the fighting erupted when a US
force of several armored vehicles and Humvees tried to enter the
village on a campaign of searches and arrests targeting youth and men
of the village. Violent fighting developed into a battle that lasted
for about one hour.
In the course of the fighting, US tanks and mortars bombarded the
houses of local civilians. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported
that more than one house was destroyed and three civilians were killed
in the American shelling. Six other Iraqi civilians were wounded.
Witnesses reported that about eight American troops were killed or
wounded and two US military vehicles were destroyed.
Baghdad.
Resistance fighters battle US troops for two hours in Baghdad’s al-Mansur disrict.
In a dispatch posted at 4:20pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters waged fierce
battles with US troops backed by helicopter gunships in the al-Mansur
neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Baghdad reported residents
of al-Mansur who witnessed the fighting as saying that the combat began
when US troops backed up by armored vehicles and helicopters attacked a
house in which there were a number of Resistance fighters.
The fighting sparked by that attack raged for more than two hours
and left one US vehicle disabled and a Humvee burned. Seven American
troops were killed or wounded in the battle.
Witnesses said that two Resistance fighters were also killed in the
engagement, and two other members of the Resistance were wounded in the
battle that ended when the US tanks and helicopters bombarded the house
Resistance battles US, Iraqi puppet police forces in
al-Ghazaliyah neighborhood of western Baghdad for one hour Wednesday
morning.
In a dispatch posted at 4:20pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon,
Mafakrat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a
joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the al-Ghazaliyah area west of
Baghdad on Wednesday.
The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents
of al-Ghazaliyah who witnessed the attack as saying that Resistance
fighters armed with all sorts of light and medium weapons took control
of the neighborhood on Wednesday morning. They destroyed three
vehicles, two of them belonging to the Iraqi puppet police and the
third a US Bradley armored vehicle.
The witnesses reported that in fighting that lasted for a full hour
between the Resistance on the one side and US troops and Iraqi puppet
police on the other, eight Iraqi puppet policemen and American soldiers
were killed or wounded.
Babil Province.
Al-Iskandariyah.
Resistance bomb blasts puppet police patrol late Wednesday morning.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by an Iraqi puppet police patrol
in the city of al-Iskandariyah on the road to Baghdad at 11am local
time Wednesday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of
al-Iskandariyah as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side
of the road to Baghdad blew up as the patrol of several Land Cruisers
belonging to the puppet police passed by.
The explosion severely damaged one of the vehicles and wounded four puppet policemen, one of them severely, the witnesses said.
Diyala Province.
Al-Miqdadiyah.
One US soldier reported killed in Resistance ambush Wednesday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 10:25am Wednesday morning Mecca time,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters ambushed a US
military column on the road to the city of al-Miqdadiyah, northeast of
Baghdad.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of
al-Miqdadiyah who witnessed the attack as saying that Resistance
fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including RPG7
rocket-propelled grenades, attacked the US troops near the village of
Barshah, setting fire to one US vehicle and killing one American
soldier and wounding a second.
Salah ad-Din Province.
Ad-Dulu'iyah.
US forces arrest dozens of members of Iraqi puppet security
forces as well as local citizens in crackdown on ad-Dulu'iyah
population following Resistance attacks.
US forces imposed sealed off ad-Dulu'iyah and imposed an open-ended
curfew on the city north of Baghdad on Wednesday following a series of
Resistance attacks.
Residents of the city told the ad-Dulu'iyah correspondent for
Mafkarat al-Islam that the chain of events began on Tuesday when Iraqi
Resistance fighters attacked a US truck convoy loaded with provisions
for US bases in the al-Jabbur area. The Resistance set one of the
trucks in the convoy on fire and took its driver prisoner.
Resistance fighters armed with light weapons and rockets also
attacked a US patrol on the road leading to Samarra’ in the north,
setting one Humvee on fire and killing or wounding its crew of four US
troops.
After the two attacks, US forces rushed to blockade the
ad-Dulu'iyah area, closing all roads to the city and imposing a curfew
on the city without specifying what hours it was to begin or end – a
round-the-clock curfew to remain in force until further notice.
Then the Americans proceeded with raids and arrests in the city.
Among those arrested were 60 members of the Iraqi puppet security
forces (who are supposed to be working for the US and the
American-installed Iraqi regime), about 15 of them officers. About 100
other people, most of them young men of the city were arrested and
imprisoned in the 'Uqbah ibn Nafi' School in the middle of town.
Samarra’.
Resistance bombards US military headquarters in Samarra’.
In a dispatch posted at 5:10pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired three
heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the US military headquarters in the
al-Mu'tasim area of Samarra’, 120km north of Baghdad.
The Samarra’ correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents
of al-Mu'tasim as saying that the US headquarters, located in the
as-Sikak area in the middle of the city, was directly hit by three
120mm mortar rounds that exploded and sent clouds of smoke billowing
into the sky over the US-occupied facility.
Ninwa Province.
Tall 'Afar.
US forces seize trucks bringing humanitarian aid to Tall 'Afar refugees.
In a bulletin posted at 11:35am Mecca time Wednesday morning, the
Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Tall 'Afar reported that US forces
had blocked humanitarian aid convoys from getting into the area around
the city to deliver food and tents to refugees from the city scattered
up and down the desert road to the north outside of town.
The correspondent reported that US forces confiscated five trucks
loaded with food and medical supplies, drinking water, canned goods,
tents and covers belonging to the Red Crescent and a number of other
Iraqi humanitarian organizations. The correspondent added that the
Americans also arrested the employees and persons inside the trucks
that were bringing the humanitarian aid.
Ash-Sharqat.
Resistance ambushes US supply convoy Wednesday morning.
Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a truck convoy loaded with
provisions for US troops on the highway near ash-Sharqat, south of
Mosul at 10:30am local time Wednesday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of
ash-Sharqat who witnessed the attack reported that Resistance fighters
armed with light arms and PKS machine guns ambushed a convoy of seven
trucks and three Humvees, setting fire to one of the trucks and
wounding one US soldier and one of the truck drivers.
Irbil Province.
Irbil.
Resistance bomb kills Pehsmergah militiaman Wednesday morning.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a patrol of Kurdish separatist
Peshmergah militiamen in the middle of Irbil in northern Iraq at 9am
local time Wednesday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam in Irbil reported witnesses as saying that a
bomb exploded by a Peshmergah patrol, killing one Peshmergah militiaman
and seriously wounding three more.
The correspondent reported that after the blast, Peshmergah gunmen
surrounded the entire area and launched a search for Resistance
fighters but found nothing.
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