Friday, 25 November 2005.
Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Qa’im.
US invader troops reportedly drive five kilometers into Syrian
territory, lose armored vehicle in battle with Resistance fighters,
then withdraw to occupied Iraq with their wreckage.
Following the violent combat that raged on Thursday night between
Iraqi and other Arab Resistance fighters on the one hand and US
occupation troops on the other, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in
the al-Qa’im area learned that US troops penetrated about five
kilometers into Syrian territory in an attempt to chase down Resistance
fighters.
Residents of Makr adh-Dhib village as well as Syrian citizens, who
spoke with Mafkarat al-Islam over the telephone, said that a US armored
vehicle was completely destroyed on Syrian soil and was then hauled
back into occupied Iraq.
The correspondent reported that the battles that went on for about
three hours left 20 American troops dead or wounded. A number of Arab
Resistance fighters were also killed.
The Syrian army was observed deployed in very large numbers along
the border, separated by only a few kilometers from the American
occupation troops who retreated back into occupied Iraq after their
penetration into Syrian territory.
In al-Qa’im the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that US
occupation forces had carried out raids and searches there looking for
Arab resistance fighters who had got into occupied Iraq and into the
al-Qa’im area, specifically, having volunteered to resist the American
invaders of Arab territory.
Religious leader in al-Qa’im reported killed by US forces.
In a dispatch posted at 5pm Mecca time Friday evening, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported from al-Qa’im that US occupation troops on Thursday
had killed Shaykh 'Abdallah al-'Ani, a local religious scholar and imam
of the al-Qa’im Mosque.
The correspondent reported that the killing occurred after the
sunset prayers on Thursday evening, when Shaykh al-'Ani left the mosque
headed for home.
The correspondent wrote that Shaykh al-'Ani had been very helpful
to Mafakrat al-Islam during the recent battle of al-Qa’im, helping the
correspondents cover the fighting in which Resistance forces fought US
occupation troops for six days of heavy combat. He even lent the
correspondents his personal car to facilitate their coverage of the
battle.
Resistance car bomb blasts US troops Thursday night.
In a dispatch posted at 8:45pm Mecca time Thursday night, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that a short while earlier an Iraqi Resistance fida’i
fighter had driven a car bomb towards a group of US troops near
al-Qa’im in western Iraq near the Syrian border.
The correspondent reported eyewitnesses as saying that an Opel
stationwagon blew up near US troops. US helicopters flew in and landed
at the scene after the blast as flares lit up the sky.
Rawah.
Resistance car bomber blasts US column in Rawah.
In a dispatch posted at 10:10pm Mecca time Friday night, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance fida’i fighter had driven an
explosives-laden car into a US military column of several Humvees and
Bradley armored vehicles on the road from Rawah east to Rayhanah.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Rawah reported eyewitnesses
as saying that the Resistance fighter succeeded in breaking into the
American column and detonating his car despite American attempts to
stop his approach with gunfire.
The car bombing set one Humvee on fire and damaged a second. The
correspondent was not able to ascertain details on the nature or extent
of US casualties, however, due to the security cordon that the US
forces imposed around the area.
Al-Hadithah.
Two US troops reported killed in roadside bombing of personnel carriers column.
In a dispatch posted at 5:20pm Mecca time Friday evening, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded by a US
military column on the road to Barwanah, east of al-Hadithah.
The al-Hadithah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
eyewitnesses as saying that a bomb that had been planted on the road to
Barwanah blew up as a column of three US troop transports and two
Humvees was driving past. The explosion disabled one troop transport,
killing two American soldiers and wounding three more of them.
Al-Khalidiyah.
Resistance bomb blasts US supply column at noon Friday.
In a bulletin posted at 12:10pm Mecca time Friday, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that a short while before, an Iraqi Resistance bomb
had exploded by an American supply convoy near the as-Siddiq Mosque in
al-Khalidiyah as the convoy was heading up the highway towards
al-Fallujah.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported eyewitnesses as saying
that a truck that was carrying large metal boxes had been set ablaze in
the attack. US forces attempted to extinguish the fire and rescue the
cargo of the truck as American troops surrounded the whole area. At the
time of reporting, US forces were still surrounding the area preventing
any one in a car or on foot from approaching.
Ar-Ramadi.
Resistance bombards US camp in eastern ar-Ramadi.
In a dispatch posted at 11:40am Mecca time Friday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces had fired four mortar
rounds into a US military camp near the al-Bu Fahd area in eastern
ar-Ramadi, some 110km west of Baghdad.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of al-Bu
Fahd who witnessed the barrage as saying that Resistance forces had
bombarded the US camp with four mortar shells, sending pillars of smoke
rising into the sky.
Tribal leaders, religious scholars, experienced officers form
group to urge al-Qa'idah to adopt tactics in line with other Resistance
organizations.
The formation of an Enlarged Chamber of Operations in ar-Ramadi, a
group embracing the tribal leaders of ar-Ramadi, several religious
scholars, university professors, other intellectuals, and officers in
the Army of the Republic of Iraq from before the US invasion, was
announced following a meeting held on Wednesday, 23 November. The
declared purpose of the organization, according to Mafkarat al-Islam,
is to prevent what it sees as an imminent American offensive against
ar-Ramadi, the capital of al-Anbar Province, located 110km west of
Baghdad.
Following the meeting on Wednesday held in the home of an ar-Ramadi
tribal leader, Shaykh 'Awwad Khalaf al-Faraji told Mafkarat al-Islam
that the group fears but fully expects that the US occupation forces
and its stooges are preparing a massive offensive against the city in
the next few days on the pretext of cracking down on the al-Qa'idah
organization. Shaykh al-Faraji indicated that the impending American
attack is to be along the lines of similar offensives mounted by US
forces on al-Qa’im, al-Hadithah, and Tall 'Afar recently and on
al-Fallujah and Samarra’ last year.
In order to forestall such a devastating US attack, the Enlarged
Chamber intends to send a delegation to hold talks with the leaders of
al-Qa'idah in an effort to convince them not to take ar-Ramadi as a
haven, thereby giving the occupation an excuse to strike the city
"raising the cross behind their backs to destroy the Muslims with all
the violence their modern weapons can unleash."
Al-Faraji told Mafkarat al-Islam, "We will ask them to prevent the
occupation from taking advantage of such an excuse to ruin the city and
to urge them instead to take such measures as they deem appropriate to
save the city the suffering that other Sunni Iraqi towns have endured
as a result of battles on their soil."
"All the Resistance organizations in Iraq have adopted one military
method, namely the principle of strike and withdraw, or 'hit and run’,"
Mafkarat al-Islam reported a former brigadier general (who asked not to
be identified by name, but who was a famous commander and whose name
the occupation forces have included on their "second list" of wanted
men accusing him of killing Kurds in 1987)
as saying. By using "hit and run" tactics "they have inflicted damage
on the American army and caused it to fumble, unable to find where the
Resistance is located or from what bases it carries out its
operations," the general told Mafkarat al-Islam.
"But to go and make a city your military headquarters and your base
for launching attacks is an act of military stupidity that makes it
easy for the enemy to
put an end to any Resistance activities, however great their military
capability. Fighter planes can bomb any city like ar-Ramadi and turn it
into rubble in just 24 hours. I think this is exactly what the
occupation wants," the general explained.
"We note that operations of the Resistance organizations
al-Jaysh al-Islami, the Jaysh al-Mujahideen, the Brigades of the 1920
Revolution, the Group of as-Sunnah and Ansar as-Sunnah were all precise
and of high quality and they inflicted pain and did damage to the
occupation forces, and all of that was without their taking any city or
area as their headquarters or base. But what is happening in ar-Ramadi
now is not logical. Al-Qa'idah has begun to flock in to the city after
the destruction of al-Qa’im and we fear that the city of ar-Ramadi is
to be the new base and that al-Qa'idah will 'become’ ar-Ramadi. I
believe that this city is headed for ruin as other cities were. It’s
for that reason that we have formed a delegation of the best men of the
city, including officers with experience in the former army, religious
scholars, and tribal leaders, to meet with the person designated as the
Amir of al-Qa'idah in the city. We intend to inform him of our
position, urging that the ruin of the city by the occupation be
prevented and I hope that he will listen to us 'before the ax falls’,"
the general told Mafkarat al-Islam.
The general added that the occupation must be prevented from using
this excuse to strike the city before the American-sponsored
"elections" set for mid-December.
"We support the Resistance," the general stressed, "including the
al-Qa'idah organization, in the fight against the occupation with all
the power at our disposal, but we must be concerned with the fate of
the city and the deaths of hundreds of its people if, God forbid, such
an offensive takes place. Not to mention the violation of dozens of
women by occupation troops as happened in al-Fallujah and Tall 'Afar."
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that members of the
al-Qa'idah organization have been flocking in to ar-Ramadi, having fled
from the hell of al-Qa’im which the Americans reduced to rubble a few
weeks ago. The correspondent reported that al-Qa'idah rejected
persistent and repeated appeals by other Resistance organizations not
to turn specific cities into obvious headquarters, thereby inviting
destructive attacks on Iraq’s Sunni population.
Al-Fallujah.
Resistance bomb blasts US patrol in al-Fallujah Thursday night.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol on the main road
near the Nazal neighborhood in the middle of al-Fallujah, some 60km
west of Baghdad, at 8pm local time Thursday night.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Fallujah reported
eyewitnesses as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of
he main road blew as an American patrol was passing by.
The blast damaged an American Humvee, seriously wounding two US troops, the correspondent reported.
Baghdad.
Four foreigners, believed to be mercenaries, working for US occupation killed in Resistance bombing in at-Taji.
In a dispatch posted at 5:05pm Mecca time Friday evening, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded by a
column of armor-plated cars of the type used by foreign mercenary
"security contractors" working for the US occupation forces.
The attack took place on the main road to the American military
camp in the northern Baghdad suburb of at-Taji. Local residents there
told the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that a bomb that had been
planted by the side of the road to the camp blew up as a column of five
armor-plated four-wheel-drive cars drove past. The explosion completely
destroyed one of the cars, killing four foreigners aboard it.
US carries out wave of raids, searches and arrests in Baghdad’s al-A'zamiyah.
US forces backed up by Iraqi puppet army troops carried out a wave
of raid, searches and arrests in the Baghdad district of al-A'zamiyah,
beginning on Friday morning and lasting throughout the day on Friday.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Baghdad reported that US
forces backed by more than 200 Iraqi puppet army troops surrounded
al-A'zamiyah and mounted a campaign of raids and arrests in the areas
of Raghibah Khatun, Kasrah, 'Atash, and the Corniche as well as the
areas around the Abu Hanifah an-Nu'man Mosque.
The correspondent reported Major Khayyun Ahmad of the Iraqi puppet
army as saying that the operation was part of a series of such sweeps
targeting what he called "Sunni gunmen" – by which he meant Iraqi
Resistance fighters.
For his part, Dr. Walid al-A'zami, a local resident, told Mafkarat
al-Islam that in the course of the operation, which was still under way
when the correspondent filed his report, the US forces had arrested
more than 30 local residents, including college professors and
university students as well as professionals.
Zionist company wins US$71 contract to build facilities for US-installed Iraqi "Ministries" in occupied Baghdad.
An informed source in the so-called Committee for the
Reconstruction and Rebuilding of Iraq that was set up under the US
occupation proconsul L. Paul Bremer has disclosed to Mafkarat al-Islam
in Baghdad that a Zionist company last week won a contract worth US$71
million with the US-installed Iraqi puppet regime. The contract was on
one of the projects proposed by the US-installed "government" for work
on building residential complexes, ministries and for repairing roads
and streets.
The source, who asked to remain anonymous, told Mafkarat al-Islam
that the Zionist company, whose name is "Good Intentions" (Nawaya
al-Khayr) won a contract to construct four complexes for four Iraqi
ministries – including the Ministries of Defense and of Planning – as
well as residential complexes for employees of those ministries.
Other Zionist companies are also working in Iraq under US
protection. Resistance forces, for example, frequently target the
Ta’min Rub' and Tannur Ghaz companies that are now operating in Baghdad
and southern Iraq, the Mafakrat al-Islam correspondent noted.
Babil Province.
Al-Yusufiyah.
Resistance bombards joint US-Iraqi puppet army checkpoint.
In a dispatch posted at 1040am Mecca time Friday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces had fired seven mortar
rounds into a checkpoint that was manned jointly by US and Iraqi puppet
army troops on the highway in the city of al-Yusufiyah, south of
Baghdad.
Residents of al-Yusufiyah who witnessed the barrage told Mafkarat
al-Islam that the attack destroyed a vehicle belonging to the puppet
"Iraqi National Guard" and sent pillars of smoke rising into the sky
over the checkpoint.
Ninwa Province.
Tall 'Afar.
Resistance attacks patrol of puppet "Rapid Deployment troops" in Tall 'Afar area.
In a dispatch posted at 10:50am Mecca time Friday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces had attacked a patrol of
Iraqi puppet "Rapid Deployment Forces" in the al-'Ayyadiyah area on the
highway leading to Tall 'Afar in northern Iraq.
The Mosul correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses
who live in al-'Ayyadiyah as saying that Resistance fighters armed ith
light an medium weapons attacked the patrol, setting fire to one of
their vehicles and killing three puppet "Rapid Deployment Troops" and
wounding another three of them.
Salah ad-Din Province.
Bayji.
Resistance bombards US base near Bayji.
In a dispatch posted at 5:30pm Mecca time Friday evening, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces had fired three heavy
120mm mortar rounds into the US base located in the as-Siniyah area
west of Bayji, some 200km north of Baghdad.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Bayji reported residents of
as-Siniyah who witnessed the attack as saying that the barrage sent
clouds of smoke billowing into the sky over the American-occupied
facility. US helicopters flew in at low altitudes over the base and out
over the surrounding area after the attack, apparently searching for
the Resistance fighters who fired the mortars.
Tuz Khurmatu.
Resistance bomb blasts puppet police patrol.
In a dispatch posted at 5:50pm Mecca time Friday evening, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded by an
Iraqi puppet police patrol in the Tuz Khurmatu.
The Kirkuk correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a bomb
that had been planted by the side of the road to as-Sulaymaniyah blew
up by a puppet police patrol, setting one of the patrol vehicles ablaze
and killing two puppet policemen and wounding two more.
Ad-Dulu 'iyah.
Resistance bomb rips through puppet "Shock Troop" patrol.
In a dispatch posted at 12:20pm Mecca time Friday, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded by a
puppet "Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troop" patrol on the road to
ad-Dulu'iyah south of Samarra’.
The Mafakrat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of Samarra’
who witnessed the attack as saying that a bomb that had been planted by
the side of the road to the ad-Dulu'iyah district blew up as a "Shock
Troop" patrol was passing by. The explosion disabled one vehicle of the
"Shock Troops," killing one Iraqi puppet soldier and wounding three
more of them.
Diyala Province.
Ba'qubah.
US soldier reported killed when Resistance bomb disables armored vehicle near Ba'qubah.
In a dispatch posted at 12:30pm Mecca time Friday, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded by an
American armored column on the road between the Shahraban area and the
city of Ba'qubah, northeast of Baghdad.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Diyala Province reported
that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road blew up as a
column of five American armored vehicles and two Humvees drove past.
Eyewitnesses told Mafkarat al-Islam that the blast disabled one
American armored vehicle killing one US soldier and wounding four more
of them.
Resistance bombards Salman Bak headquarters of Iraqi puppet "National Guards."
In a dispatch posted at 3:05pm Mecca time Friday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces had fired three
heavy 120mm mortar rounds into a headquarters of the puppet "Iraqi
National Guards" in the Salman Bak area southeast of Baghdad.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Baghdad reported residents
of Salman Bak as saying that the mortar shells scored direct hits on
the "National Guard" headquarters sending pillars of smoke rising over
the facility.
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