Wednesday, 26 October 2005.
Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Qa’im.
Savage US air raid kills more than 25 villagers before dawn Wednesday morning.
US F-16 warplanes attacked peaceful houses of residents in the
al-'Ishsh area in the middle of the village of ar-Rummanah, east of the
city of al-Qa’im, located near the Syrian border at 3:30am local time
Wednesday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of the area
as saying that the American bomb raids targeted three houses in the
middle of the village. They were completely destroyed, killing more
than 20 local residents, all of them villagers.
Dr. 'Ammar al-Marsumi told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in
al-Qa’im General Hospital that the Hospital had so far received 25
bodies, most of them women and children. In his report posted at
11:35am Mecca time Wednesday morning, the Mafkarat al-Islam
correspondent reported that some bodies were still as yet unrecovered
under the rubble of the razed dwellings.
Resistance detonates booby-trapped house over US soldiers in
ar-Rummanah village, killing or wounding several, witnesses report,
following deadly airraid.
Iraqi Resistance forces reportedly booby trapped a house in the
village of ar-Rummanah and then blew it up over a detachment of US
soldiers according to eyewitnesses who spoke to Quds Press.
He witnesses said that US troops were searching the house in the
village and when most of their detachment had gone inside, the
Resistance blew it up by remote control, killing or wounding most of
the Americans.
US military vehicles arrived afterwards to raise the ruins of the
house in order to extract the soldiers trapped underneath. Meanwhile,
additional US military units arrived in the area and began
house-to-house raids and arrests around the area of the demolished
building. Quds Press reported that in all the Americans arrested some
10 persons whom it accused of involvement in the attack.
The bombing followed an American bomb raid on the village earlier in the morning (see story above).
Ar-Ramadi.
Resistance bombards various US positions around ar-Ramadi Wednesday evening.
In a dispatch posted at 7:40pm Mecca time Wednesday evening,
Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in ar-Ramadi, some 110km west of
Baghdad reported that a short while earlier, Iraqi Resistance forces
had mounted violent strikes on various positions of the US occupation
forces in the area of the city.
The correspondent reported a captain in the Iraqi puppet army,
whose troops were deployed along with the fourth division in al-Anbar
Province, as saying after the attacks that the Resistance had struck
the US headquarters set up in the College of Agriculture of al-Anbar
University east of the city, and also the US al-Warrar base to the west
of ar-Ramadi in mortar and Katyusha bombardments that lasted some 18
minutes.
The source told Mafkarat al-Islam that more than 20 US troops were
killed or wounded in the various attacks. All were evacuated by
helicopter, the source said. The Iraqi puppet army captain also said
that US troops used heavy artillery to respond to the Resistance
bombardments, firing violent barrages of their own at what they
believed to be the source of the Resistance fire.
At the time of reporting, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent had
not been able to get to the local hospital to ascertain anything
regarding the nature or extent of possible civilian or Resistance
casualties as a result of the American bombardment.
Resistance fighters ambush puppet police commander for al-Anbar Province following meeting with American occupation forces.
Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked an Iraqi puppet police patrol in ar-Ramadi at 12 noon local time Wednesday.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of ar-Ramadi
who witnessed the attack as saying that Resistance fighters armed with
light and medium weapons and pipe rockets ambushed the patrol as it
came out of the puppet Provincial Government office building following
a meeting with US forces there.
The correspondent reported that two puppet police vehicles were set
ablaze in the ambush which left three officers in the puppet police
dead and another two wounded – one of them the puppet police commander
for al-Anbar Province, Khalaf al-'Alyawi.
Al-Fallujah.
Resistance bombards US, puppet troop positions in 'Amiriyat al-Fallujah late Wednesday afternoon.
Iraqi Resistance forces fired seven mortar rounds into American
headquarters in the area of 'Amiriyat al-Fallujah, south of the city of
al-Fallujah, at about 5pm local time Wednesday afternoon.
Eyewitnesses told the local correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam
that three mortar rounds blasted into the headquarters of the puppet
"Civil Defence" forces in the residential area and the rest slammed
into homes that have been commandeered and occupied by US occupation
troops in the area.
The correspondent had no information on the nature or extent of casualties due to the difficulty of approaching the scene.
Resistance bombards US camp in al-Fallujah Wednesday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 5:20pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, the
Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Fallujah reported that a short
time earlier Iraqi Resistance forces had six heavy mortar rounds into
one of the US occupation camps located in the area between the two
bridges in al-Fallujah, 60km west of Baghdad.
The correspondent reorted that the barrage sent three columns of
smoke rising into the sky, smoke that was still billowing up at the
time of writing.
Al-Khalidiyah.
Resistance bomb blasts US tank early Wednesday.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military patrol on the
main road in the as-Siddiqiyah area east of the town of al-Khalidiyah,
which is west of Baghdad, at 8:15am local time Wednesday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of
as-Siddiqiyah who witnessed the attack as saying that a bomb that had
been planted on the main road in as-Siddiqiyah blew up as a patrol of
three American tanks and two US Humvees was driving past.
The correspondent reported that the explosion inflicted severe damage to one of the tanks, wounding two US soldiers.
Baghdad.
Gunmen open fire on Sunni mosque, killing 20 worshippers at Ramadan night Tarawih prayers.
In a dispatch posted at 9pm Mecca time Wednesday night, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that unknown armed men attacked a Sunni mosque in the
southern part of Baghdad as worshippers were praying the Ramadan night
Taraih prayers. The attackers unleashed a hail of gunfire on the
worshippers, killing more that 20 of those in the last rows behind the
imam.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent who arrived on the scene after
ambulances had already arrived reported that the dead and wounded were
being taken to two nearby hospitals.
Eyewitnesses reported that the attackers were driving the
well-known spotted puppet government cars and were wearing the uniforms
of the puppet "Interior Ministry Shock Troops." The correspondent noted
that this was the third such attack on Sunnis and Sunni mosques during
the current month of Ramadan.
Resistance bomb blasts puppet police patrol in as-Sayyidiyah Wednesday morning.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by an Iraqi puppet police patrol
in the as-Sayyidiyah area south of Baghdad at 10am local time Wednesday
morning.
The local Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of
as-Sayyidiyah who witnessed the bombing as saying that an explosive
device that had been planted by the side of the road that leads to the
as-Sayyidiyah puppet police station blew up as the puppet police patrol
of several pickups drove past.
The correspondent reported that the explosion set one of the
pickups on fire, killing three puppet policemen and wounding another
two of them.
Salah ad-Din Province.
Bayji.
Resistance group claims its bombardment killed American colonel Monday night.
The Iraqi Resistance Organization Brigades of the 1920 Revolution,
the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance In Iraq announced that their
organization had killed a high-ranking US officer in Iraq.
A copy of the Brigades statement was published on the internet
saying that the Brigade of al-Barra’ ibn Malik, one of the detachments
of the organization, had bombarded the US base in the as-Siniyah area
located near Bayji north of Baghdad with eight Katyusha rockets on
Monday night, 24 October.
The statement, monitored by Quds Press, said that pillars of smoke
could be seen rising from the American-occupied facility and that
afterward it had been confirmed that a "Colonel Logen" had been killed
in the bombardment in the course of a meeting that was taking place in
the camp.
Ninwa Province.
Mosul.
Mossad suspected in murder of Iraqi General who commanded brigade that fired Scuds at "Israel" in 1991.
Unknown armed men assassinated Brigadier General Ahmad al-Mawsuli
of the Army of the Republic of Iraq, the officer who was responsible
for firing the "Scud" missiles that blasted into "Israel" during
1990-1991 war of 30 nations against Iraq.
The Mosul correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported sources as
saying that General al-Mawsuli was at home at the time, having received
death threats from unknown persons in connection with his involvement
in preparing the launchers on which were fired Grad rockets at US bases
in the Mosul area.
The correspondent explained that the assassination was carried out
in an extremely base and underhanded way. An unknown armed assailant
attacked General al-Mawsuli’s house and killed him along with his wife
and daughter. They were unarmed.
General Ahmad al-Maswuli was one of the most highly skilled
officers in the Iraqi army prior to the American invasion. He had been
entrusted with the mission of commanding the rocket brigade that
attacked "Israel" at the start of the Second Gulf War in 1991.
Observers believe that agents of the Mossad, who are present in large
numbers throughout Iraq, thanks to the US occupation, and who carry out
what are known as "dirty operations," are among the most likely
suspects in the murder. Also suspect is Iranian intelligence which is
also believed working to empty Iraq of its scientific and military
experts including hundreds of Iraqi scientists and pilots who took part
in the bombing of Iran during the Iran-Iraq war. The Iranian agencies
are also believed to be targeting activists in the Iraqi Resistance.
Sources:
http://www.qudspress.com/data/aspx/d38/15448.aspx
http://www.qudspress.com/data/aspx/d34/15454.aspx
http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDnews=87257
http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDnews=87253
http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDnews=87252
http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDnews=87240
http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDnews=87233
http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDnews=87213
http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDnews=87202
http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDnews=87201
http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDnews=87199
http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDnews=87198
http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDnews=87194
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