Friday, 23 September 2005.
Al-Anbar Province.
Ar-Ramadi.
Resistance, US forces battle in ar-Ramadi Friday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 10:55am Mecca time Friday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that at that time fighting was raging between US and
Iraqi Resistance forces in the as-Sufiyah area of northeastern
ar-Ramadi.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as
saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons,
including PKS machine guns and RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades battled
US troops backed up by Bradley armored vehicles and other armored
vehicles.
The fighting left one Humvee on fire, its crew of four dead or wounded.
Meanwhile an Iraqi Resistance bomb that had been planted by the
side of the main road in the middle of ar-Ramadi blew up by a column of
American tanks. The explosion disabled one tank and killed at least one
US soldier. Two other American troops were wounded, according to local
residents who witnessed the incident.
US tanks, for their part, shelled various areas around al-Bu Farraj
village northwest of ar-Ramadi, killing two Resistance fighters and
wounding a third, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported.
Al-Fallujah.
Resistance bombards joint US-Iraqi puppet army camp near as-Saqlawiyah.
In a dispatch posted at 8:10pm Mecca time Friday night, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired two heavy 120mm
mortar rounds into the joint US-Iraqi puppet army camp at the northern
entrance to the area of as-Saqlawiyah in the vicinity of al-Fallujah.
The al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
eyewitnesses as saying that the mortar shells blasted directly into the
camp, sending columns of smoke rising into the skyl
Hit.
Bomb targets joint patrol southwest of Hit Friday morning.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet army
patrol in the Zawiyah area southwest of Hit in western Iraq at 10:30am
local time Friday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of
az-Zawiyah as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of
the road leading to Hit blew up as the joint patrol passed by.
The explosion damaged one Iraqi puppet army vehicle and killed one
Iraqi puppet army soldier. Three other troops, one of them an American,
were wounded in the attack.
Rawah.
Resistance car bomber blasts into US armored column in Rawah Friday morning.
An Iraqi Resistance fighter drove an explosives-laden car into a US
column in Rawah in western Iraq at about 10:15am local time Friday
morning.
The Rawah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents
who witnessed the attack as saying that a car bomber surprised a column
of several US armored vehicles and three Humvees on the road to
al-Qa’im in the west, driving into them and blowing up as the column
passed by.
The explosion completely destroyed one of the armored vehicles and killed or wounded five US troops who were inside it.
At the time the correspondent submitted his report, posted at
12:30pm Mecca time Friday, US troops were still encircling the area
where the attack took place, preventing local people or the press from
approaching.
Rabi'ah.
Hundreds of Iraqis stranded with no supplies, money on Syrian
side of the frontier following American order to seal Iraq’s borders.
Hundreds of Iraqi citizens have been stranded on the Syrian side of
the border with Iraq following an order by the US-installed regime in
Baghdad to close the border to all, even citizens of Iraq.
The al-Jazeera satellite TV station reported that among the many
Iraqis stuck on the border are pilgrims back from the trip to Mecca,
students and professors, people returning from having obtained medical
treatment, families and government employees.
The many stranded Iraqis have appealed to humanitarian
organizations to intercede with the regime in Baghdad to get it to open
the border and allow Iraqi citizens back in to their own country.
The al-Jazeera correspondent reported from the Syrian al-Ya'rabiyah
border outpost that one of the Iraqis stuck at the border trying to get
home is a boy of 13 named 'Adnan who was returning home from Amman,
where his leg was amputated. For more than a week he has been leaning
on a crutch on the border of his country where his mother is waiting
for his return.
'Adnan is one of hundreds of Iraqis, al-Jazeera reported – Arabs
and Kurds, young and old men women and children who had been visiting
relatives or friends in Syria who have been prevented from returning
home. The problem, they say, is that US occupation forces have ordered
the border sealed and the Iraqi puppet regime has no option but to
carry out the order. The stranded Iraqis gather every day at the
frontier crossing of al-Ya'rabiyah on the Syrian side, opposite Rabi'ah
on the Iraqi side of the border.
One angry woman told al-Jazeera that she hadn’t one cent left even
to feed herself, but the Iraqi border guards could care less. She said
that the Syrians in al-Ya'rabiyah, on the other hand, were looking
after the needs of the women and children, giving them food and
shelter.
But an Iraqi man stranded at the border demanded to know why
pregnant women had been forced to give birth in a nearby mosque,
without even the most basic medical care being available.
The Iraqis have called on international humanitarian agencies to
help them get across the border into their country – so near, yet
impossible to get to. It is feared that their plight will become a
daily worsening tragedy as the health of some people deteriorates,
while others run out of money waiting for the American occupation
forces in Iraq to give the puppet regime in Baghdad the green light to
open the gates.
Baghdad.
Resistance bombards US headquarters in al-Jihad neighborhood Friday afternoon.
Iraqi Resistance forces fired five heavy 120mm mortar rounds into
the headquarters of US occupation forces in the al-Jihad neighborhood
in western Baghdad at 4pm local tiem Friday afternoon.
The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents
of al-Jihad who witnessed the bombardment as saying that five shells
blasted into the US base producing violent explosions inside and
sending columns of smoke rising into the sky.
Resistance bomb targets US fuel convoy in northern Baghdad Friday afternoon.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a column of trucks hauling
fuel to US occupation forces along the highway between at-Taji and
ar-Rashidiyah north of Baghdad at 3:15pm local time Friday afternoon.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in
the northern Baghdad suburb of at-Taji as saying that a bomb that had
been planted by the side of the road to ar-Rashidiya blew up as a
column of nine American trucks loaded with fuel and three Humvee escort
vehicles passed by. The explosion set one of the tank trucks on fire,
wounding its driver.
Resistance bomb blasts joint column in ar-Ridwaniyah area Friday morning.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint column of US and Iraqi
puppet army forces in the ar-Ridwaniyah area southwest of Baghdad at
9am local time Friday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of at-Tartan
village to the south of ar-Ridwaniyah as saying that a bomb that had
been planted in the middle of an unpaved farm road blew up as the joint
column passed by.
The explosion damaged one of the US vehicles, wounding two American
troops and one Iraqi puppet army soldier. Witnesses said that one of
the Americans was severely wounded.
Resistance bombards puppet police station in al-A'zamiyah
district Thursday, sparking fire fight between Resistance, puppet
forces.
Quds Press reported Friday that Iraqi Resistance forces had
bombarded the al-A'zamiyah puppet police station in Baghdad on
Thursday, sparking armed clashes with Iraqi puppet regime forces.
The agency reported that numerous cities in Iraq have become
noticeably tenser in recent days where the streets are in a constant
state of readiness for the outbreak of fighting between the Iraqi
Resistance and US occupation forces with their Iraqi puppet army
collaborators.
Babil Province.
Al-Latifiyah.
Two US troops reported killed in early Friday morning bombing.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a column of several US Humvees
on the main road in al-Latifiyah leading to the provinces of the Middle
Euphrates south of Baghdad at 7am local time Friday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of
al-Latifiyah as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of
the road blew up as the US column was passing. The explosion set fire
to one of the American vehicles, killing two US soldiers and wounding
two other US troops.
Al-Musayyib.
Resistance bombards puppet police station Friday.
Iraqi Resistance forces bombarded the as-Sumud puppet police
station in the al-Musayyib area south of Baghdad with mortars, sending
clouds of smoke billowing into the sky, Quds Press reported Friday.
A source in the Iraqi puppet police acknowledged to Quds Press that
several puppet police personnel had been wounded in the bombardment.
Diyala Province.
Al-Mada’in.
Resistance ambushes puppet army column.
In a dispatch posted at 7:25pm Mecca time Friday evening, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces lobbed hand grenades and
fired machine guns at a column of Iraqi puppet army forces in the
middle of the city of al-Mada’in, southeast of Baghdad.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of
al-Mada’in as saying that one of the Resistance fighters was able to
throw two hand grenades on one of the vehicles in a column of Iraqi
puppet army pickups, heavily damaging the vehicle and killing or
wounding four Iraqi puppet troops.
Resistance fighters armed with light weapons and machine guns then
assaulted the column, wounding a number of Iraqi puppet soldiers.
Afterwards, the Resistance attackers withdrew from the scene without
having suffered any significant losses in their ranks, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported.
Al-Khalis.
American, Iraqi puppet army forces seal off village, launch mass raids and arrests.
A joint US and Iraqi puppet army force surrounded the village of
Kawbutah in the area of al-Khalis, northeast of Baghdad on Thursday. A
source in the area told Quds Press that the US-led force imposed a
blockade on the city Thursday, which was still in force Friday. The
Americans together with the Iraqi puppet army forces have since then
been raiding and searching homes in the village, arresting dozens of
villagers for reasons not disclosed.
Salah ad-Din Province.
Ad-Dujayl.
One US soldier reported killed in roadside bombing near ad-Dujayl Friday afternoon.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US armored column on the
road between Balad and ad-Dujayl at 4:30pm local time Friday afternoon.
Residents of ad-Dujayl who witnessed the bombing told Mafkarat
al-Islam that an explosive device that had been planted by the side of
the road leading north to Balad blew up as the American column of
several armored vehicles was passing by.
The blast disabled one armored vehicle, killing an American soldier
and wounding three more. One civilian who was in the area at the time
was wounded when US troops responded to the blast by shooting
indiscriminately all around them.
Ninwa Province.
Mosul.
Resistance ambushes Iraqi puppet police patrol Friday afternoon.
Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked an Iraqi puppet police patrol in
the Tall ar-Rumman area south of Mosul at 3pm local time Friday
afternoon.
The Mosul correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses
living in Tall ar-Rumman as saying that Resistance fighters armed with
light weapons and PKS machine guns set ire to one Land Cruiser
belonging to the puppet police, killing two puppet policemen and
wounding three more of them.
Sinjar.
Four truck drivers killed in Resistance ambush of US supply convoy Friday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 9:40am Mecca time Friday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces had attacked a US supply
convoy on the road to Sinjar west of Mosul in northern Iraq.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of Sinjar as
saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons,
including rocket launchers, attacked an American truck convoy hauling
supplies on the road some 20km out from Sinjar.
The attack left four supply trucks on fire, killing four truck drivers who worked for the US occupation forces.
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