Wednesday, 24 May 2006.
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Resistance mortar barrage reportedly kills three
US troops near al-Qa’im
early Wednesday morning.
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US
tank blasts mosque in unprovoked attack Wednesday morning.
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Resistance bomb reportedly kills two
US troops in ar-Ramadi.
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Deputy Premier of Iraq and American POW Tariq 'Aziz tells US-run show 'trial’ to
put puppet prime minister on trial for his party’s murders in 1980s.
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US
helicopter machineguns four brothers to death on the roof of their
Samarra’ house at dawn
Wednesday.
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Resistance bomb kills four
US troops near Bayji
Wednesday morning.
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Hundreds demonstrate in protest against US raid on hospital maternity ward in
Abu Sayda. Americans arrest doctors for treating wounded Resistance fighters.
Protestors denounce US, pledge support for Iraqi Resistance.
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US
soldier shot and killed by Resistance sharpshooter in al-Hawijah
midday Wednesday.
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Resistance Katyusha rocket barrage slams into British Abu Naji base near al-'Amarah
before dawn Wednesday.
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Resistance mortars strike British base near al-Basrah Tuesday night.
Al-Anbar
Province.
Al-Qa’im.
Resistance mortar barrage reportedly kills three US
troops near al-Qa’im early Wednesday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 5:40pm Makkah time Wednesday
afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters
fired seven mortar rounds into the US military camp located in the al-Karabilah
area near al-Qa’im not far from the Syrian border in western Iraq at 6am local
time Wednesday morning.
The correspondent for
Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that the Resistance
barrage targeted a camp that the Americans had set up in a primary school that
they had taken over and occupied.
Local residents said
that thick smoke billowed up from the base for about an hour after the attack.
A source in the local puppet police said that the barrage killed three American
troops. The US military, using their propaganda radio aimed at the local
population, admitted that the attack had taken place but made no mention of
casualties.
Ar-Ramadi.
US tank blasts mosque in unprovoked attack Wednesday
morning.
In a dispatch posted at 12:37pm Makkah time Wednesday
afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a US tank fired two cannon
shells at a mosque in the middle of ar-Ramadi, about 110km west of Baghdad on
Wednesday morning, damaging the place of worship.
The ar-Ramadi
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that
the tank shot two shells from its cannon at the al-Bakriyah Mosque in the middle
of ar-Ramadi. One of the shells struck the minaret, seriously damaging it. The
second shell landed in the sanctuary of the mosque setting parts of it on fire.
Witnesses said there had
been no clashes or Resistance attacks in the area prior to the attack and it was
unknown why the American tankmen shelled the mosque for no apparent reason.
Resistance bomb reportedly kills two US troops in
ar-Ramadi.
In a dispatch posted at 11:10am Makkah time Wednesday
morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb
exploded by a US patrol on 17 Tammuz Road in the middle of ar-Ramadi at 10am
local time.
The ar-Ramadi correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam
reported eyewitnesses in the neighborhood as saying that Resistance fighters had
planted the bomb about a half hour before the arrival of the American column and
asked the local people not to get near the place and to open their doors and
windows.
The blast destroyed an American Humvee, killing two US
soldiers and wounding a third. The witnesses said they saw two Americans dead
and a third wounded man whom the US soldiers lay out on the ground and who was
then evacuated aboard a helicopter emblazoned with a red cross. They said he
was taken away to the al-Habbaniyah military hospital just opened on 12 May.
Baghdad.
Deputy Premier of Iraq and American POW Tariq 'Aziz
tells US-run show 'trial’ to put puppet prime minister on trial for his party’s
murders in 1980s.
In a dispatch posted at 11:30am Makkah time Wednesday
morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister
Tariq 'Aziz testified at the US-run showcase "trial" of Iraqi President Saddam
Husayn on Wednesday.
Mafkarat al-Islam reported news media reports as
saying that 'Aziz, who was brought in as a witness for the defense, testified in
the matter of 148 residents of the town of ad-Dujayl who took part in an
Iranian-backed plot to kill the President and overthrow the regime in 1982.
Prior to the testimony of Deputy Premier Tariq 'Aziz, the
Iraqi President Saddam Husayn addressed the court to point out that he had not
directed either Barzan at-Tikrity or Taha Yasin Ramadan – both fellow prisoners
and "co-defendants" in the case to take hands in the ad-Dujayl case.
According to the American Associated Press (AP), the Iraqi
President told the "court": "This issue took its normal path. The security
service is in charge of Iraqis inside Iraq, while the Intelligence was in charge
of foreigners inside Iraq and Iraqis outside Iraq. I did not order either Taha
or Barzan in the ad-Dujayl case. . . . Why accuse Taha and Barzan in such a
wrong way?" Saddam Husayn asked, indicating that the matter concerned the
officials in charge of the security service, not Barzan at-Tikriti or Taha Yasin
Ramadan who were involved with Intelligence.
In his testimony, Deputy Premier Tariq 'Aziz pointed out
that the 1982 plot against the Iraqi President and the Iraqi government had been
organized and carried out by the pro-American Shi'i sectarian Da'wah Party. The
leaders of that party include outgoing, US-installed puppet "Prime Minister"
Ibrahim al-Ja'fari and current puppet "Prime Minister" Nuri al-Maliki.
Deputy Prime Minister 'Aziz noted that the ad-Dujayl polt
was "part of a series of attacks and assassination attempts by this group,
including against me." 'Aziz noted that the sectarian Da'wah Party had carried
out numerous bloody attacks in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 1980 agents
of the Da'wah Party threw a hand grenade at him when he was on a visit to
Baghdad’s al-Mustansiriyah University, killing innocent civilians around him.
Deputy Prime Minister 'Aziz told the "court": "I am a
victim of a criminal act perpetrated by this party, which is in power right
now. So put it on trial. Its leader was the 'prime minister’ and his deputy is
the 'prime miniser’ right now and they killed innocent Iraqis in 1980."
The Deputy Prime Minister Tariq 'Aziz reminded the "court"
that the execution of the ad-Dujayl Putschists was in response to an
assassination attempt. "If the head of state comes under attack, the state is
required by law to take action. If the suspects are caught with weapons, it is
only natural that they should be arrested tried," he declared.
The Wednesday session of the American-sponsored show
"trial" was the 28th such session since the proceedings began on 19
October 2005.
Resistance bomb kills four puppet troops in Baghdad’s
al-A'zamiyah district Wednesday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 7:09pm Makkah time Wednesday
evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb
exploded by a a column of puppet Iraqi army troops near ad-Dallal Square in
Baghdad’s al-A'zamiyah district at about 6pm Wednesday afternoon local time.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
that the blast destroyed a Nissan pickup truck being used by the puppet
soldiers. Four of the puppet army troops who were aboard the pickup were
killed. Local eyewitnesses said that US and Iraqi puppet forces surrounded the
area and arrested 10 people who happened to be nearby at the time of the
attack. A source in the Iraqi puppet army told Mafkarat al-Islam that
the puppet 4th Brigade admitted that they had lost four of their men
in the attack.
Resistance bombards US as-Sukkaniya base in ad-Durah.
In a dispatch posted at 11:45am Makkah time Wednesday
morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired
four rockets and one mortar shell at a US-occupied Sukkaniya base in the
southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah at 5am local time Wednesday morning. The
American base occupies the former Sukkaniya company car sales lot. The
witnesses said that the Resistance barrage did not produce any plumes of smoke
or set any visible fires inside the base.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
eyewitnesses in the al-Mahdiyah neighborhood which is opposite the American base
as saying that the US forces responded to the attack by firing four heavy
artillery shells at ash-Shaykh Salsal village. He American artillery caused no
damage, however, the witnesses said.
Bodies of 12 Sunnis tortured and murdered by pro-American
Shi'i sectarian militias found in Baghdad Wednesday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 9:55am Makkah time Wednesday
morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that on Wednesday morning, Iraqi
puppet police found 12 bodies of Sunni Iraqis who had been murdered by
pro-American Shi'i sectarian militias and then dumped them in the ad-Dabbash
area of northeastern Baghdad.
The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam
reported a source in 'Adnan Khayrallah Hospital said that the hospital took in
12 bodies that had been bound and blindfolded. Three of the men had been
strangled with copper telephone wire, a medical report said. The nine other men
were shot in the head. There were signs of torture on the bodies and their
faces were mutilated but they were successfully identified. The source said
that the bodies were in the morgue pending retrieval by their relatives.
Salah ad-Din
Province.
Samarra’.
US helicopter machineguns four brothers to death on
the roof of their Samarra’ house.
In a dispatch posted at 10:25am Makkah time Wednesday
morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a US helicopter that was
prowling the skies of Samarra’ at dawn Wednesday shot dead four Iraqi brothers
as they lay sleeping on the roof of their house.
The Samarra’ correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam
reported that the four sons of al-Hajj Walid – Muhammad, 30; Ahmad, 27; Mahmud,
25; and Hamid, 20 – had all gone up on the roof to sleep. The American
occupation forces cut off electricity in the city a week earlier and many people
in Iraq sleep on the flat roofs of their houses where the night air is cooler
than inside un-airconditioned buildings.
Al-Hajj Walid told the correspondent that his four sons
were asleep on their roof when an American helicopter that was prowling the
skies of the city at dawn opened fire with its machine guns on them, killing
them all instantly in their sleep.
Al-Hajj Walid said that there would be a funeral service
for his four sons at the Samarra’ Martyrs’ Cemetery a little later in the day,
Wednesday.
Tikrit.
Iraqi Resistance abducts puppet judge in Tirkit.
In a dispatch posted at 9:10pm Makkah time Wednesday night,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters abducted the
head of the puppet "Criminal Court" in Salah ad-Din Province, Judge Walid Ahmad
Kurdi along with his driver in the 'Awaynat area, 15km south of Tikrit.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
that the US occupation forces and Iraqi puppet police and army surrounded the
area of the attack and were searching for the abducted puppet official.
Unknown armed men blow up Sufi meeting place early
Wednesday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 7:20pm Makkah time Wednesday
evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that unknown armed men blew up the
office of a Sufi Shaykh in Tikrit, about 180km north of Baghdad on Wednesday
afternoon, killing two Sufi Shaykhs.
The Tikrit correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam
reported armed masked men planted explosives around the Sufi headquarters known
as al-Kazanzaniyah in al-Qadisiyah neighborhood in the middle of Tikrit and blew
it up at exactly 3:30pm local time. Two Sufi Shaykhs were killed in the blast,
according to the correspondent.
After the blast, US troops surrounded the entire area and
hauled the bodies of the two Shaykhs to the hospital.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that prior
to the attack leaflets hd been distributed threatening the Sufi Shaykhs that
they would be killed if they did not close down their meeting places. Another
Sufi Shaykh was killed last week as he came out of his house according to a
source in the local puppet police.
Bayji.
Resistance bomb kills four US troops near Bayji
Wednesday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 5:17pm Makkah time Wednesday
afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb
exploded by a US military column on a road in the Bayji area, about 200km north
of Baghdad, at about 9am local time Wednesday morning.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
Captain Ra'd ash-Shihabi of the puppet police in as-Siniyah – near Bayji – as
saying that the Resistance bomb killed four US troops and wounded a fifth.
Ash-Shihabi added that after the blast, US forces cut roads
to the area and surrounded it and then spent three hours storming into houses
and searching them. In the course of their raids, the Americans arrested 14
local people, charging them with involvement in the Resistance attack.
Diyala Province.
Abu Sayda.
Hundreds demonstrate in protest against US raid on
hospital maternity ward in Abu Sayda. Americans arrest doctors for treating
wounded Resistance fighters. Protestors denounce US, pledge support for Iraqi
Resistance.
In a dispatch posted at 11:25am Makkah time Wednesday
morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that hundreds of residents of Abu
Sayda, about 95km northeast of Baghdad, took to the streets Wednesday morning
demonstrate against the US forces’ raid of the city hospital. In the course of
their attack, the American troops stormed into the maternity ward, violating the
privacy of the pregnant women there.
The Ba'qubah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam
reported a medical source as saying that two helicopters brought the American
troops in for an airborne landing on the city hospital. The Americans wrecked
property and violated the privacy of the pregnant women patients when they
stormed into the maternity ward where more than 10 women were preparing for
their deliveries.
The medical source said that the Americans arrested one
woman doctor and four male physicians as well as two employees, charging them
with treating wounded Resistance fighters and taking medications for them.
The correspondent reported that the protests were still
underway at the time he submitted his report, as demonstrated marched through
the streets of the city chanting religious slogan, pledging their support to the
Iraqi Resistance, and denouncing the occupation and its stooges.
At-Ta’mim Province.
Al-Hawijah.
US soldier shot and killed by Resistance sharpshooter
in al-Hawijah midday Wednesday.
In a dispatch posted at 7:05pm Makkah time Wednesday
evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance marksman
shot and killed a US soldier in al-Hawijah in northern Iraq at midday Wednesday.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a
source in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that a US soldier who was manning a
check point near the cotton gin in al-Hawijah. An Iraqi puppet soldier was
wounded in the head by the same Resistance sharpshooter and was later listed in
critical condition after being taken to hospital. The American soldier took a
direct hit in the neck, killing him instantly, the puppet police source said.
Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.
Resistance assault leaves five pro-US Kurdish
separatist Peshmergah gunmen dead Wednesday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 11:16am Makkah time Wednesday
morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters
assaulte a checkpoint manned by pro-American Kurdish separatist Peshmergah
militiamen on the Kiruk – al-Mawsil Road in northern Iraq at about 10:30am local
time Wednesday morning.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
Captain Midhat Kirkukli of the puppet police as saying that the Resistance men
attacked the checkpoint with hand grenades and medium and light machine guns,
killing five Peshmergah gunmen. Captian Kirkukli claimed that the puppet police
captured the Resistance fighters after the battle but said that they later
escaped.
The correspondent reported a source in the Iraqi Resistance
as saying that the Jaysh Ansar as-Sunnah Resistance organization took
responsibility for the attack and confirmed that hey had killed five
pro-American Peshmergah gunmen in the assault.
Maysan Province.
Al-'Amarah.
Resistance Katyusha rocket barrage slams into British
Abu Naji base near al-'Amarah before dawn Wednesday.
In a dispatch posted at 10:35am Makkah time Wednesday
morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces
unleashed an intensive rocket barrage on the British base in the southeastern
Iraqi city of al-'Amarah.
The al-'Amarah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam
reported eyewitnesses in the al-Wahdah al-Islamiyah neighborhood of the city as
saying that more than 13 Katyusha rockets blasted into the British base known as
Abu Naji at 1am local time before dawn Wednesday morning.
The rocket bombardment set of secondary explosions inside
the base as clouds of dense smoke billowed into the night sky. Fire could be
seen burning in the western part of the British-occupied facility – the area
nearest the city.
British helicopters were seen landing inside the camp to
evacuate dead and wounded troops, according to witnesses. About 15 minutes
later the helicopters took off and headed towards Baghdad. A British military
hospital is located on the al-'Amarah – Baghdad road.
Hours after the attack British occupation troops launched
campaigns of mass raids and searches of homes in the neighborhoods of al-Wahdah
al-Islamiyah, ath-Thawrah, ar-Risalah, ar-Rummanah, and al-'Awfiyah and in the
village located by the vegetable oil plant which is near Camp Abu Naji.
Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.
Resistance mortars strike British base near al-Basrah
Tuesday night.
In a dispatch posted at 10:12am Makkah time Wednesday
morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired
four mortar rounds into the British base west of al-Basrah on Tuesday night.
The al-Basrah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam
reported local eyewitnesses as saying that at 10pm local time Tuesday night,
four mortar shells blasted into the base that the British occupation forces have
set up in al-Basrah airport. The barrage sent plumes of black smoke rising into
the sky. British helicopters were observed hovering over the area for an hour
or more following the attack.
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