Saturday, 1 October 2005.
Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Qa’im.
Twenty-four civilian villagers killed by savage US air raids on as-Sa'dah early Saturday.
In a dispatch posted at 11:50am Mecca time Saturday morning, the
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in al-Qa’im near the Syrian border,
reported that a short while before, US fighter bombers had attacked the
nearby village of Sa'dah.
The correspondent reported that the US F-16 aircraft bombed or
rocketed several homes in the village, killing 20 local residents,
among them women and children. Four other civilians were wounded in the
air raid.
Earlier, before dawn, at about 3am local time Saturday morning, the
Americans had mounted another attack on the same village that left four
villagers dead, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported.
In telephone calls to hospitals in al-Qa’im, Quds Press obtained
confirmation from medical sources that more than 30 Iraqi civilians,
many of them women and children, had been killed by American air raids
on al-Qa’im and surrounding villages during Friday-Saturday night.
American offensive on al-Qa’im gets under way.
In a dispatch posted at 1:10pm Mecca time Saturday morning,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while before the US had
launched its expected offensive on the city of al-Qa’im in western Iraq
on the Syrian border.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Qa’im reported that more
than 1,000 American troops backed up by various types of cars and
armored vehicles and with intensive air cover from fighter planes and
helicopters had advanced towards al-Qa’im from the direction of the
village of Sa'dah, already 'softened up’ with air raids that targeted
the civilian population earlier in the day.
The Iraqi Resistance in al-Qa’im, for its part, used the
loudspeakers on mosques to proclaim a call to arms. The correspondent
reported that at that moment mosques were broadcasting prayers and war
cries of "Allahu akbar!" ("God is greatest!") to bolster the spirit of
those preparing to stand up to the American attack.
The correspondent reported that at the time of writing residents of
the city were apparently attempting to flee al-Qa’im to try to escape
the savage bombing and shelling campaigns that have become the trade
mark of the American offensives on Iraqi cities. Residents were
carrying whatever light but precious belongings they could pack up as
they tried to get out of the path of the onrushing American onslaught.
In a Saturday dispatch from ar-Ramadi, Quds Press reported that a
wave of refugees had already begun leaving al-Qa’im on Friday following
threats by the US military that it was planning an assault on the city.
Residents of al-Qa’im told Quds Press that the American military
dropped leaflets on the city Friday threatening the inhabitants of the
towns of al-'Ubaydi and al-Karabilah as well as residents of al-Qa’im
that US forces intended to storm into their areas and then hand them
over to the Iraqi puppet troops – known in many cases for sectarian
reprisals against Sunnis. The American leaflets gave Saturday as the
deadline for citizens of al-Qa’im and neighboring towns to get out of
their way.
In its Saturday dispatch, Quds Press said that the number of
families that had left the area of al-Qa’im was about 7,250, according
to statistics compiled by an aid committee in western Iraq. Of those
families, some 2,000 were in the city of 'Anah (about 70km east of
al-Qa’im), the rest were all dispersed in villages along the upper
Euphrates valley and in the agricultural projects along the desert road
to 'Akashat (about 125km southwest of al-Qa’im.
Fighting flared in al-Qa’im on Friday when an Iraqi Resistance bomb
blew up and totally destroyed an American personnel carrier, Quds Press
reported. US helicopters were seen prowling the skies of the city after
that attack and later the US bombarded several positions in the city,
including one mosque, killing four civilians.
Heavy American bombing of al-Qa’im, al-Karabilah reported.
During the day on Saturday, Quds Press reported sources in al-Qa’im
as saying that American aircraft had begun violent and intensive
bombing raids on the nearby town of al-Karabilah.
The sources reported that beginning on Saturday morning, US
aircraft had flown numerous sorties over al-Qa’im and vicinity.
American aerial bombardments of al-Karabilah were particularly intense.
The Quds Press sources had no information on the extent of civilian
casualties in the area because since dawn Saturday, American forces had
closed all roads from the area to al-Qa’im as large numbers of American
military vehicles advanced through there towards the border city.
American F-16 blows up ambulance killing four civilians Saturday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 6:20pm Mecca time Saturday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US F-16 fighter bombers had attacked an
ambulance carrying two civilians injured in US air raids at 3pm local
time Saturday afternoon.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that the American
attack on the ambulance killed the driver, his assistant and the two
wounded passengers.
The correspondent noted that US military operations in the area had
been underway since the just after midnight Saturday morning, when
American aircraft began bombing Sa'dah village
Ar-Ramadi.
At least 10 Iraqi puppet army soldiers killed in car bomb attack on checkpoint midday Saturday.
In a dispatch posted at 12:30pm Mecca time Saturday, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance fighter had driven an
explosives-laden car into an Iraqi puppet army check point near the
as-Sufiyah Bridge northwest of ar-Ramadi, 110km west of Baghdad.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in ar-Ramadi reported that the
fighter blew up the car at the checkpoint, killing at least 10 Iraqi
puppet army troops and wounding a number more. The correspondent
reported that there were also a number of civilians among the wounded.
US and Iraqi puppet army forces surrounded the whole as-Sufiyah
area after the blast, preventing anyone from approaching, and they also
closed off the road to ar-Ramadi General Hospital, making it impossible
for the correspondent to obtain further information on the nature or
extent of casualties.
Two US troops reported killed in dawn bombardment of US headquarters east of ar-Ramadi.
Iraqi Resistance forces mounted a mortar attack on the US
occupation forces’ headquarters in ar-Ramadi at 6am local time Saturday
morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in ar-Ramadi reported
eyewitnesses as saying that five mortar rounds blasted into the US
headquarters set up in the Agricultural College of al-Anbar University
east of the city. Flame and smoke rose from within the campus following
the attack.
Two US troops were killed when two of the mortar shells struck on
of the observation towers around the American-occupied facility.
Further information on the nature and extent of US losses was
unavailable.
Abu Ghurayb.
Resistance bombards US headquarters Saturday afternoon.
Iraqi Resistance forces fired four mortar rounds into the US
headquarters in Abu Ghurayb, 30km west of Baghdad, at about 4pm local
time Saturday afternoon.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported witnesses as saying
that for mortar rounds blasted into the US headquarters, sending flames
and smoke rising into the sky over the American-occupied facility.
Resistance bomb blasts US patrol in az-Zaydan Saturday morning.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded on the main road in the az-Zaydan area of Abu Ghurayb at 9am local time Saturday morning.
The Abu Ghurayb correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
eyewitnesses as saying that the bomb went off as a US patrol passed by
on the az-Zaydan road, disabling one American Humvee and wounding three
US troops.
After the attack, US forces closed the highway that leads from
Baghdad to the western part of Iraq and encircled az-Zaydan. The
Americans launched a campaign of raids, arresting three farmers who
live in the area.
Baghdad.
One American soldier reported killed in Resistance bomb attack on New Diyala Bridge Saturday afternoon.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military patrol on the
New Diyala Bridge in the south of Baghdad at 3pm local time Saturday
afternoon.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported eyewitnesses as saying
that the blast destroyed one American Humvee, killing one US soldier
and wounding a second. After the attack, American troops closed the
bridge and surrounded the area as they evacuated the casualties from
the area.
One US soldier reported killed in morning bombing of patrol in ad-Durah.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol on the highway in
the area of the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah at 8am local time
Saturday morning.
The ad-Durah correspondent for Mafakrat al-Islam reported sources
in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that the bomb went off as the US
patrol drove past along the highway south of Baghdad, destroying one
Humvee and killing one US soldier and wounding a second.
After the blast, US forces closed the highway for half an hour and evacuated the casualties.
Resistance bomb blasts US convoy in at-Taji early Saturday morning.
An Iraqi Resistance land mine blew up by an American truck convoy
hauling provisions in the area of the northern Baghdad suburb of
at-Taji along the main road north from Baghdad at 7am local time
Saturday morning.
The at-Taji correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
eyewitnesses as saying that the bomb set two supply trucks on fire,
killing two drivers who were working for the American occupation
forces. Two other drivers were injured.
After the explosion, US troops closed the road and recovered the
bodies and evacuated the wounded. At the time when the correspondent
filed his report (posted at 11am Mecca time Saturday morning) the road
was still closed and the two trucks were still on fire. The
correspondent reported that the identity of the drivers was not known
for certain, but they were believed to be Africans working for the US
military.
Brother of US-installed Iraqi "Interior Minister" abducted.
The US-installed "Iraqi Interior Ministry" admitted that armed men
had abducted the brother of the puppet "Iraqi Interior Minister" near
the east Baghdad area known as Madinat as-Sadr as he was driving home
from Baghdad. Iraqi puppet police forces found an official document
belonging to him, indicating that he had indeed been kidnapped,
al-Jazeera satellite TV reported Saturday.
The abduction followed America’s launch of an offensive against the
city of al-Qa’im and, as noted by al-Jazeera, was a "clear indication
of the poor security performance of the Iraqi regime forces."
For its part the Hebrew-language Zionist newspaper Maariv, as
monitored by Mafkarat al-Islam, also reported the abduction in a
bulletin on Saturday.
The newspaper noted that Bayan Jabr Sulagh, the "Minister of the
Interior" is responsible for the Iraqi puppet security forces that are
battling alongside the American occupation troops against the
Resistance.
The newspaper said that the son of another "Interior Ministry"
official had been abducted in the northern Baghdad suburb of at-Taji
several hours earlier.
Salah ad-Din Province.
Balad.
Resistance bomb blasts fuel convoy near Balad, Saturday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 6:51 Mecca time Saturday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a
US tanker convoy bringing fuel to US bases in Balad, north of Baghdad.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported eyewitnesses as saying
that a convoy of American tankers was driving near Balad along the main
road that runs north from Baghdad to Mosul when a bomb went off.
The witnesses said that the explosion destroyed one tanker loaded
with fuel, killing the driver. Afterwards, US troops closed the highway
for an hour.
Resistance bombards US-Iraqi puppet army base in Balad Saturday morning.
Iraqi Resistance forces fired five S5K rockets into the joint
headquarters of US and Iraqi puppet army forces in the Balad area,
north of Baghdad at 10am local time Saturday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Balad reported eyewitnesses
as saying that after the barrage, smoke could be seen rising from
within the base as it shook with repeated explosions.
Ad-Dujayl.
Resistance bomb kills Iraqi puppet army soldier.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by an Iraqi puppet army patrol in
the city of ad-Dujayl, north of Baghdad, al-Jazeera satellite TV
reported, adding that two Iraqis, one of them a puppet army soldier,
were killed in the blast
Diyala Province.
Al-Miqdadiyah.
Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked Iraqi puppet troops as they were
on their way to work in al-Miqdadiyah northeast of Ba 'qubah.
Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported that two Iraqi puppet soldiers were killed in the attack and three other regime troops wounded.
At-Ta’mim Province.
Kirkuk.
Three Iraqi puppet police killed in roadside Resistance bombing in Kirkuk.
An Iraqi Resistance roadside bomb exploded by a passing Iraqi
puppet police patrol in Kirkuk, al-Jazeera satellite TV reported on
Saturday.
Sources in the local puppet police told al-Jazeera that three
puppet policemen and one civilian were killed and 10 others wounded in
the explosion.
Ninwa Province.
Mosul.
Resistance bomb kills four puppet "Iraqi National Guards" late Saturday afternoon.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a patrol of US-recruited Iraqi
puppet "National Guards" in the al-Intisar neighborhood of the northern
Iraqi city of Mosul at 5pm Saturday afternoon.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported eyewitnesses as saying
that a bomb blew up by the patrol as it was passing through the
neighborhood. The explosion destroyed one GMC vehicle belonging to the
"National Guards" and killed four of the puppet "Guards."
After the attack, the puppet "National Guardsmen" opened fire
indiscriminately around the area. Ambulances were seen arriving on the
scene and evacuating the bodies of the dead puppet "Guards" to
hospital.
Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.
Danish soldier killed in Resistance bombing near al-Basrah.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under a Danish military vehicle
outside the southern Iraqi city of al-Basrah on Saturday, al-Jazeera
satellite TV reported.
Al-Jazeera quoted the local puppet police as saying that one Danish
soldier was killed in the attack and two other Danish troops seriously
wounded.
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