Monday, 30 August 2004.
Early Tuesday, US forces pull back tactically from al-Fallujah after
a day of fighting.
In a report posted at 12:32am Tuesday morning the al-Fallujah
correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US troops had
withdrawn from the environs of the city after their attacks during
the day met, as usual, with fierce resistance by the city's
defenders who inflicted significant losses on the US aggressors.
After their pullback, all entrances and exits to the city are again
open.
The latest withdrawal is not expected to last, however, as the
Resistance believes it to be a tactical move only.
Following a day of aggression, the US again shells al-`Askari
neighborhood of al-Fallujah after midnight Tuesday morning.
In a report posted at 12:11am Mecca time Tuesday morning, the al-
Fallujah correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam- reported that US forces
were at that moment shelling the al-`Askari neighborhood of al-
Fallujah. One of the shells had struck a civilian Opal car, killing
three Iraqi civilians, two of them brothers, inside.
Earlier in the day fierce fighting raged in al-`Askari neighborhood
as US tanks pumped shells into the area in spite of the long-
standing truce that the Americans routinely break. (More on earlier
attacks below.)
US tanks shell al-`Askari neighborhood of north al-Fallujah Monday
evening.
In an another violation of their standing cease-fire in al-Fallujah,
US aggressor troops fired projectiles into the al-`Askari
neighborhood of northern al-Fallujah on Monday according to the
local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. The shelling started at
7:40pm Monday evening and lasted 10 minutes. A large number of US
tanks were dispatched to the area around al-`Askari.
Fighting erupts between US and Resistance at al-`Askari neighborhood
of al-Fallujah Monday night.
In a dispatch posted at 7:30pm Mecca time (8:30pm Baghdad time) the
al-Fallujah correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that violent
battles had broken out and were still raging in the al-`Askari
neighborhood between the Resistance and US aggressor troopos.
The fighting erupted at 8:10pm local time and US troops were using
tanks to shell the area as Resistance forces were responding with
mortar fire and BKCs.
Seven American troops killed in Resistance attack in as-Sawlawiyah.
Firece fighting erupted between the local Iraqi Resistance and US
occupation troops east of as-Saqlawiyah in the al-Fallujah area
according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. The
correspondent wrote that the violent fighting broke out at about
4:42 local time after a US Humvee and an army truck were destroyed
by an Iraqi Resistance bomb in the area. Seven US troops were
killed in the explosion – five aboard the Humvee and two in the
truck. Eye witnesses reported that a battle erupted after the
bombing and then the US troops closed off the area.
At least five US troops killed in Resistance ambush of supply convoy
near ar-Ramadi late Monday morning.
Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US supply convoy in the ar-Rabtah
area on the highway northwest of ar-Ramadi on Monday. According to
the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in the area, the attack
occurred at 11:30am Monday morning and destroyed two fuel tank
trucks and killed the drivers of both vehicles.
A Bradley armored vehicle was also totally destroyed, apparently
with an SBJ9 rocket – a development of the rocket-propelled
grenade. At least three US troops were killed when that armored
vehicle exploded – the driver, the one manning the BKC, and the one
who prepares munitions. But it is likely that more US troops were
aboard the Bradley because it was serving as protection for the fuel
convoy and the US troops use such vehicles to transport troops in
relatively secure conditions when they are escorting US supply and
fuel convoys.
Four US troops killed in Resistance bombing of Humvee south of al-
Fallujah.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded in the ad-Duwayliyah area of
southern al-Fallujah destroying a US Humvee at 8:30 local time
Monday morning, according to the al-Fallujah correspondent of
Mafkarat al-Islam. Four US troops who were aboard the vehicle were
killed.
US shells industrial zone of al-Fallujah Monday afternoon.
US aggressor forces used mortars and tank cannon to shell the
southern part of the industrial zone of the city of al-Fallujah
5:40pm Monday afternoon, Baghdad time, according to the local
correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. The Resistance managed to
totally destroy the US tank 15 minutes after the Americans had begun
their barrage. Inside the Abrams tank were at least five US troops –
the driver, the gunner, one person to man the smaller arms, and two
to prepare for fire.
After the destruction of the US tank, a US reconnaissance plane
circled over al-Fallujah.
US tank kills eight Iraqi civilians in their car in al-Fallujah
Monday morning.
Eight Iraqi civilians were killed when a US tank opened fire at
their Toyota landcruiser that they were driving on ash-Shihabi Road
in the ash-Shukr area of al-Fallujah. The local correspondent of
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the tank fired two shells at the
civilian vehicle at 10:00am local time for no apparent reason.
The killing of Iraqi civilians for no apparent reason or for slight
suspicions is habitual with US invader troops, the reporter
commented.
Mysterious bombing in al-Qa'im kills three in effort to discredit
Resistance.
Three Iraqi civilians were killed and seven others wounded when a
remote-controlled bomb exploded Monday morning at 9:00am local time
at the train station in the city of al-Qa'im on the Iraqi-Syrian
border. According to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam
in the city, the party responsible for the bombing or who would
benefit by it is unknown, except that it is feared locally that
parties seeking to discredit the Resistance might have engineered it.
Similar deadly blasts that targeted Iraqi civilians have taken place
in Hadithah, ar-Ramadi, and al-Khalidiyah.
The victims of the al-Qa'im bombing were buried Monday afternoon.
US invaders arrest Iraqi civilians near al-Qa'im on Monday.
US aggressor forces on Monday arrested more than 12 Iraqi civilian
in the area of al-Mashari` ("the Projects") that lies 3km from the
city of al-Qa'im on the Syrian border. The local correspondent of
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the al-Mashari` area is known as a
hotbed of Resistance operations and US forces frequently storm into
houses and arrest the local inhabitants, accusing them of belonging
to the Resistance.
Resistance bomb destroys US Humvee in al-Qa'im, killing four
American troops.
Iraqi Resistance fighters in al-Qa'im destroyed a Humvee on Monday
afternoon near the eastern approaches to the city, which lies on the
border with Syria. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam
wrote that four US troops who were aboard the vehicle were killed
when the Resistance destroyed the Humvee. Two charred bodies could
be seen in the burning wreckage, while the force of the blast that
struck the vehicle sent the two other Americans flying to their
deaths, one of them the man who fired the BKC.
The man who fires the BKC seldom survives Resistance attacks on
Humvees, the local correspondent writes, because in his position he
is always exposed to direct hits. The US military installed shields
on the Humvee to protect that position, but in fact all they are
able to do is to provide protection against sniper bullets; they are
ineffective against Resistance bombs or rocket-propelled grenades.
Resistance destroys Humvee south of al-Qa'im as sunset Monday.
Iraqi Resistance forces in al-Qa'im on Monday totally destroyed a US
Humvee at sunset on Monday, according to the local correspondent of
Mafkarat al-Islam. The attack took place in the al-Mashru`at ("the
Projects") area to the south of the city on the border with Syria,
where the battle against the US invaders has recently seen enhanced
activity.
Two Resistance bombs exploded as a US patrol was passing through the
district south of al-Qa'im on its way to round up and arrest more
Iraqis. Twelve Iraqi civilians were hauled away by the US forces
earlier in the day (see report above) for no apparent reason.
The number of Americans killed in the latest Resistance bombing is
unknown, but usually at least three would be killed in such a direct
hit on a Humvee, since three is the minimum number of soldiers who
usually ride in such vehicles.
The bombs frequently used by the Resistance are locally
called "Austrian explosive," of which there are two types: one
small, and the other large. The radius of the explosion of the
large explosive package is 1,000 meters, while that of the smaller
charge is 500 meters. Both are highly destructive, able to destroy
an Abrams tank, the smallest of the US tanks. When such explosives
are used it is rare that anyone riding in a fiberglass Humvee would
survive a blast that strikes his or her vehicle directly, since even
steel tanks are torn apart by them.
The Army of the Republic of Iraq left behind millions of explosives
of the "Austrian" type, which were originally artillery shells of
Austrian manufacture, but the Resistance has been able to take them
and develop them into powerful and deadly bombs.
Fierce noon-time fighting near Samarra' Monday.
Fierce fighting broke out between Iraqi Resistance forces and the US
aggressors in the al-Ishaqi area north of Balad and south of
Samarra' on Monday at around 12:00 noon local time and lasted for
about 45 minutes. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam
reported that there appear to have been US casualties because the
road to the area was sealed off by US forces for some six hours
after the fighting and Apache helicopters crisscrossed the skies
overhead.
Resistance cripples tank, destroys Humvee on road to Abu Ghurayb
Monday night.
A correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in Baghdad reported in a
dispatch posted at 12:08am Mecca time Tuesday morning, that Iraqi
Resistance forces ambushed US aggressor troops, knocking one Abrams
tank out of commission and destroying a Humvee. The attack, which
took place at 9:00 Mecca time, happened on the International Baghdad
highway on the way to Abu Ghurayb.
The correspondent reported that the Resistance used rocket-propelled
grenades and CFK rockets in their attack, but were unable to
ascertain the extent of any casualties they might have inflicted on
the US invaders. At least three are considered likely to have died
in the Humvee, however.
US forces battle Resistance in several Baghdad neighborhoods Monday.
Battles erupted between the Iraqi Resistance and the US occupation
forces in the al-`Amil neighborhood to the south of the occupied
city of Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in
the district reported that the attack took place at 10:00pm Mecca
time and that the Resistance used light and medium weight weaponry,
including automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades.
Resistance forces and American invaders also clashed in the as-Sadr
district, in particular in the as-Saddah area of Madinat as-Sadr.
Resistance disables US armored vehicle on Hayfa Street in Baghdad.
Iraqi Resistance forces knocked an American armored vehicle out of
action on Hayfa Street in Baghdad Monday, according to the
correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in the area. No further details
were available at the time the report was posted, 11:45pm Mecca time
Monday night.
Resistance strikes US base near al-Yusufiyah with rockets.
Iraqi Resistance forces fired two rockets at the US base, known as
as-Suqur ["the Hawks"] Base, that lies between al-Yusufiyah and
Baghdad at 8:15pm Monday evening according to the local
correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. Although the precise type of
rocket used in the attack is no known, eyewitnesses reported that
the flash of the two rockets was very strong when seen from afar.
Resistance attacks shut off all oil export from Iraq.
Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported Monday that a series of Iraqi
Resistance attacks on the oil pipeline network in southern Iraq had
shut down all exports of Iraqi oil through the port of al-Basrah
starting Sunday night and that no pumping likely for at least one
week. Wasid Khadduri of the Middle East Economic Survey reported
that the shut down of Iraqi petroleum exports from the south for one
day cost the US occupation $60 million.
In an effort to prevent the US occupation from deriving benefit from
the resources of their country, the Iraqi Resistance have maintained
a constant offensive against the oil pipeline networks in the north
and south of the country. Exports to the north have been virtually
shut down for months.
British invaders mount wave of raids and arrests in an-Nasiriyah.
British aggressor troops carried out raids and house invasions on al-
Bahw Street in the southern Iraqi city of an-Nasiriyah from 4:45 to
about 5:45 local time Monday afternoon. The local correspondent for
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the British invader troops were
backed up by four armored vehicles.
Meanwhile aggressor aircraft prowled the skies above the city
continuously from 1:00pm to about 6:00pm shortly before sunset.
These actions are regarded as a British warning to the Jaysh al-
Mahdi in the city, in particular after the events in an-Najaf,
telling them not to repeat the open take over of parts of the city
that the Jaysh al-Mahdi undertook at the Shi`i religious shrines in
an-Najaf.
An-Nasiriyah is regarded as a bastion for the Shi`i religious leader
Muqtada as-Sadr. Hundreds of his supporters in an-Nasiriyah
traveled to an-Najaf to take part in the battle against the American
aggressors and have now returned to their home in an-Nasiriyah
having gained valuable combat experience in fighting the invaders.
Anticipating political proposal by Muqtada as-Sadr, Jaysh al-Mahdi
proclaims cease fire throughout Iraq Monday evening.
A top spokesman for Shi`i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr called on
the Jaysh al-Mahdi to cease fire throughout Iraq late Monday, saying
it was part of as-Sadr's plan for the country. `Ali Sumaysim told
Lebanese TV al-Manar that as-Sadr also urged the US-
installed "government" to behave with restraint as as-Sadr was
planning to release a political plan for the country. Sumaysim
called on the Jaysh al-Mahdi to cease fire, "except in self-defense"
and called on the puppet regime to do likewise.
Sources:
http://www.aljazeera.net/news/arabic/2004/8/8-31-1.htm
http://www.islammemo.cc/news/one_news.asp?IDNews=42620
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Tuesday, 31 August 2004.
Night-time assault on northern al-Fallujah thrown back.
American aggressor forces launched an assault in an attempt to storm
the al-Jurayfi neighborhood on the north side of the city of al-
Fallujah at 2:00am Tuesday morning (Baghdad time), as American
attacks on the defiant city continued.
The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that
Resistance fighters in al-Jurayfi repulsed the US attack, however,
again frustrating the American desire to break into al-Fallujah.
After assuring themselves that the US assault had been repulsed, the
al-Jurayfi Resistance fighters knocked one American tank out of
commission and destroyed an armored vehicle, killing and wounding an
unknown number of US troops.
Resistance destroys US tank on al-Khalidiyah bridge Tuesday morning.
A US command post on the al-Khalidiyah bridge west of Baghdad came
under Resistance attack on Tuesday according to the local
correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. One US tank was destroyed
killing at least five Americans aboard.
Resistance fighter used SBJ9s in the attack, which took place at
10:15am. Resistance fighters have dubbed the SBJ9 the "Tank Killer"
("Qahir ad-Dabbabat").
Resistance shoots down US Apache helicopter over al-Khalidiyah,
killing two Americans.
Iraqi Resistance forces shot down an American Apache helicopter west
of Baghdad Tuesday morning according to a report by the
correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in al-Khalidiyah. The
correspondent reported that at 10:00am the Resistance fired anti-
aircraft weapons at the helicopter in the course of a battle that
broke out between the Resistance and the US aggressors in al-
Khalidiyah. At least two Americans aboard the helicopter were
killed when it crashed to earth.
Resistance bomb kills two Americans on road to al-Qa'im after sunset
Tuesday evening.
At least two American troops were killed and two Humvees knocked out
of commission after sunset on Tuesday when Resistance roadside bombs
exploded under a passing US military column on the road to ar-Rabtah
in the direction of the city of al-Qa'im, which lies on the Iraqi-
Syrian border. The local correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam
reported the attack.
Resistance battles US troops on Hayfa Street before dawn Tuesday
morning. Two US troops killed.
Two US troops were killed and five others wounded in battles with
Iraqi snipers and other Resistance forces in Baghdad early Tuesday
morning.
The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at
3:00am, American invader troops launched a wave of house raids,
searches, and arrests in the "Dutch compound" on Hayfa Street in the
city. In the course of their rampage, the Americans broke car
windshields and windows. At 4:15am Iraqi sharpshooters and other
Resistance fighters went into action with grenades. The
sharpshooters opened fire on the Americans, killing two and wounding
five others.
The clashes continued for about 45 minutes, the correspondent
reports, and then at about 5:00am, the Americans retreated from the
area.
Two days earlier six US troops were killed and 13 others wounded in
battles on Hayfa Street when the Resistance ambushed an American
patrol there.
Resistance strikes US camps with rockets and mortars Tuesday night.
Iraqi Resistance forces carried out wide ranging attacks on US
headquarters at the airports in Diyala and al-Muthanna in Baghdad
Tuesday evening.
The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the
Diyala airport camp was struck by six Resistance rockets – some
Katyushas and some of the powerful Grad type. At the same time, the
US camp set up in what had been the headquarters of Saddam's
Fedayeen came under Resistance bombardment with 120mm mortars.
At 11:00pm Tuesday night (Baghdad time) the Resistance launched its
attack on al-Muthanna airport in Baghdad, hitting the American
compound with eight to 10 mortar rounds, according to the Mafkarat
al-Islam correspondent.
Resistance fires powerful Grad rockets into "green zone."
Early Tuesday morning, Iraqi Resistance forces fired three powerful
Grad rockets at the US occupation headquarters in Baghdad – the
occupied Republican Palace, which the Americans have nicknamed "the
green zone."
The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the
sound of the blasts could be heard clearly and that the sky lit up
from the intensity of the explosions. Tongues of flame and plumes
of black smoke rose into the sky over the highly guarded US compound.
In a dispatch posted at 10:20am Mecca time Tuesday, the
correspondent wrote that the Resistance carried out another rocket
attack on the same "green zone" target, not long before he filed his
report. In that attack, a number of Grad rockets were again shot
into the "green zone" and black smoke was seen rising over the area –
an indication that some of the missiles scored direct hits on
flammable equipment or vehicles. Other clouds of white smoke
indicated that buildings had been set ablaze.
The correspondent wrote that sirens wailed within the massive US
compound, which houses the largest US embassy on earth, as well as
the embassy of Britain and the offices of the stooge regime
installed in Iraq by the occupation.
Five Americans killed, four wounded in Resistance assault south of
Baghdad.
Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US convoy in the `ArabJabbur area
near ad-Durah, south of Baghdad on Tuesday. According to the
correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, the Resistance destroyed one US
Humvee, killing four American troops. In addition they knocked
another Humvee out of action and killed one American aboard it. A
source in the ad-Durah puppet security forces informed the
correspondent that the attack also wounded at least four American
troops.
Resistance destroys six fuel tank trucks, kills at least six drivers
in ambush.
Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US fuel convoy at 6:00am Baghdad
time on the International Baghdad highway on Tuesday morning. Six
fuel tank trucks were destroyed and at least six American drivers
were killed in the ambush, according to the local correspondent of
Mafkarat al-Islam.
The correspondent wrote that as soon as the attack commenced, the
Humvees escorting the convoy fled, leaving the lumbering tankers
easy targets for the Resistance. This has become a frequent
occurrence, the correspondent notes – that the Humvee escort
vehicles speed away as soon as the first rocket-propelled grenade is
fired. Rocket-propelled grenades can easily take out Humvees and
their armament – a fact that limits their usefulness in combat with
the Iraqi Resistance.
In its virtually daily attacks on US fuel convoys, the Resistance is
seeking to cut off the supply of the "life blood" to the occupation
forces – their fuel.
Resistance fires rockets, mortars at US base in Balad.
Iraqi Resistance forces fired Katyusha rockets and mortars at the US
base in the town of Balad, north of Baghdad on Tuesday, according to
the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. The US base in Balad
is one of the main American occupation facilities in Iraq.
In a report posted at 3:10pm Mecca time (4:10pm local time) the
correspondent wrote that the Resistance began an intermittent
barrage on the base at 6:00am and that mortars and rockets were
still being fired at the base from all directions now and again up
until the time he filed his report.
Sources report Resistance launched chemical attack on US troops in
Balad.
The correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported Tuesday evening that
exclusive sources had reported details regarding chemical attacks on
the US base in the town of Balad that inflicted heavy losses in men
and materiel in the American camp there.
According to the correspondent the sources reported that tactical
chemical rockets struck the US camp in such large numbers that two
large Black Hawk helicopters made five trips each to transport the
dead and wounded to hospital. Each helicopter reportedly has a
capacity of eight to 10 wounded at one time. The dead could be
loaded in larger quantities, of course. US troops prevented Iraqi
employees from gaining access to the camp after the attack.
The correspondent wrote that the Resistance employs tactical
chemical weapons in specific circumstances – when the air is
stagnant, or when the wind is blowing away from population centers.
US troops often locate their bases to the north of cities to prevent
chemical weapons from being used against them, lest the prevailing
northerly winds carry the toxins to the populated areas.
Nevertheless tactical chemical weapons have been used on several US
bases – including the base in the heights north of al-Khalidiyah,
the US base north of ar-Ramadi, and the US base in Mosul.
Portuguese aggressor troops invade hospital in an-Nasiriyah, vet
patients.
The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in the southern city of
an-Nasiriyah reported Tuesday morning that the city was in a state
of unrest after Portuguese aggressor troops invaded the Republican
Hospital in the city Tuesday morning and carried out an
investigation into the identities of the patients. The Portuguese
satellite troops later left the facility.
The correspondent also reported that a bomb exploded by the side of
a road southwest of the city on the way to the Imam `Ali base
without causing any damage.
Adding to the tension, aggressor aircraft thickly patrolled the
skies above the city between 1:00am and 11:45am local time on a
constant basis. After that time, however, the number of prowling
aircraft decreased.
Two women, two children killed when US aircraft target civilian cars
in raid on Samarra' Monday.
A source in the Iraqi puppet police in Samarra' on Tuesday reported
that four persons were killed Monday in an air raid carried out by
US aircraft in the city that lies 100km north of Baghdad.
Major Sa`dun Muhammad of the puppet police reported that "US
aircraft rocketed two civilian cars on the main road in the al-
Mu`tasim area on Monday." Reuters reported Muhammad as saying that
the attack left two women and two children dead and wounded seven
others – all of them seriously.
Dr. Husayn `Ala' ad-Din of Samarra' Hospital said that the injured
civilians were in critical condition and had to be transferred to
another hospital where better care could be provided them.
The US aggressor forces refused comment on the murder.
Samarra' has recently been the scene of battles between the US
aggressor troops and the Iraqi Resistance.
US admits one soldier killed, two wounded Sunday near Mosul.
Propaganda mouthpieces for the US occupation admitted Tuesday that
an Iraqi Resistance roadside bomb exploded in northern Iraq killing
one US soldier and wounding two others. Reuters, which reported the
admission, added that the statement said that the attack occurred on
Sunday near Mosul in northern Iraq.
Turkoman education official assassinated in Kirkuk.
Ibrahim Isma`il, the director of education in the northern Iraqi
city of Kirkuk was assassinated on Tuesday morning as he was on his
way to work. Armed men opened fire on his car, according to a
puppet police spokesman.
The motives for the slaying were unclear. Isma`il, however, was an
ethnic Turkoman and the Kurdish chauvinist parties that work
together with the US occupation have been pushing a program of
ethnic cleansing in the Kirkuk area, targeting Arab and Turkoman
residents. Kurdish chauvinists had in the past criticized Isma`il
for allegedly only hiring Turkoman employees in his department, and
not Kurds, and also for closing down the departments that oversee
private Kurdish primary and secondary schools.
Also in Kirkuk, three puppet policemen were shot and wounded as they
left a restaurant in Kirkuk on Tuesday morning. Another puppet
policeman was wounded in a separate incident when a bomb exploded
near a guard station late on Monday night.
Puppet oil official claims export through al-Basrah resumes – but a
low level.
In the early hours of Monday morning, officials with the Oil of the
South Company run for the US occupiers of Iraq, claimed that export
had resumed out of the port of al-Basrah, according to an Itar-TASS
dispatch. An oil official who asked to remain anonymous asserted
that the terminal was brought back to working order in the last
hours of Monday after a series of Resistance bombings had shut down
all export from the country.
Earlier, experts had predicted a week would be necessary for the
southern port to resume export on behalf of the occupation, and even
the anonymous spokesman who proclaimed the resumption of work out of
al-Basrah asserted that 75,000 barrels of oil were pumped through in
the last hours of Monday – far below the already depressed daily
reported average of 1.8 million barrels per day.
Sources:
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