·       High-explosive bomb targets US column in al-Fallujah.

·       Resistance fighters ambush US patrol in ar-Ramadi sparking fierce battle.

·       Three bombs target Shi'i workers in Baghdad’s Tayran Square, pro-US Shi'i gunmen attack Sunni mosque, as efforts continue to explode sectarian strife and partition Iraq.

·       Resistance bomb disables Humvee in US patrol south of Tikrit.

Al-Anbar Province.

Al-Fallujah.

High-explosive bomb targets US column in al-Fallujah.

In a dispatch posted at 3:50pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a high-explosive Iraqi Resistance bomb went off by a US patrol in the ash-Shuhada’ neighborhood of the city of al-Fallujah, about 60km west of Baghdad at 7am local time Wednesday morning.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the bomb damaged a Humvee in the column, inflicting a number of casualties among those aboard.

After the explosion, the American troops opened fire intensively and indiscriminately and then deployed in an unusual way in the city, particularly on public streets, in the industrial zone near the ash-Shuhada’ neighborhood.  Because of the intense activity by US occupation troops, no precise information on the nature or extent of US casualties was available.

Ar-Ramadi.

Resistance fighters ambush US patrol in ar-Ramadi sparking fierce battle.

In a dispatch posted at 10am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters ambushed a US military patrol on the main road near the az-Zuyut building in the middle of ar-Ramadi, about 110km west of Baghdad.

The ar-Ramadi correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons and pipe rockets attacked a US patrol on ’17 Tammuz’ Street near the az-Zuyut area, completely destroying a Humvee and damaging an American Bradley armored vehicle.

The attack sparked a fierce firefight and US forces rushed to encircle the area making it impossible for the correspondent to ascertain the nature and extent of casualties.

Baghdad.

Resistance bomb destroys US Humvee in southwestern Baghdad Wednesday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 3:01pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol in the southwestern Baghdad district of ar-Ridwaniyah.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in ar-Ridwaniyah as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road to the al-Jihad neighborhood went off by the US patrol at dawn on Wednesday, destroying a Humvee and killing or wounding the five US troops who were aboard it.

Three bombs target Shi'i workers in Baghdad’s Tayran Square, pro-US Shi'i gunmen attack Sunni mosque, as efforts continue to explode sectarian strife and partition Iraq.

In a dispatch posted at 2:43pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that three mysterious bombs exploded one after the other by workmen gathered in at-Tayran Sqaure in the middle of Baghdad.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported shopkeepers on at-Tayran Square who witnessed the explosions as saying that three bombs that had been planted near to each other blew up in succession in the area where Shi'i workers gather to wait for day labor opportunities.

The witnesses said that the blasts killed four workers and wounded 14 more, some of them severely.

In a dispatch posted at 2:47pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Shi'i sectarian gunmen attacked a Sunni mosque in the al-Washshash area of western Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-Washshash as saying that the pro-American Shi ' sectarian gunment fired light arms and mortars at the al-Barakah mosque.  Local people rallied and at the time of reporting had equipped themselves with what light arms they had in an effort to foil the sectarian attack on their area.

Resistance bomb rips supply truck apart in southern Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 11:30am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military convoy near the ad-Dayirah area in southern Baghdad, setting one supply truck on fire and killing its driver.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local residents in ad-Dayirah as saying that the bomb went off by a convoy of trucks loaded with military materiel for American bases.  He blast set one of the trucks on fire killing the driver instantly.

Resistance mortars shell puppet "Shock Troop" headquarters in ad-Durah.

In a dispatch posted at 11:20am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired six 82mm mortar rounds at the headquarters of the puppet "Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)" in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in ad-Durah as saying that the mortar shells scored direct hits on the headquarters, sending plumes of smoke rising into the sky.

Salah ad-Din Province.

Balad.

Resistance bomb wounds US troops in Balad.

In a dispatch posted at 12 noon Makkah time Wednesday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column on the main road south of the Balad fuel station, about 85km north of Baghdad

The Balad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that the bomb went off by a patrol of several American Humvees and Bradley armored vehicles, disabling one Humvee and wounding two US troops.

Tikrit.

Resistance bomb disables Humvee in US patrol south of Tikrit.

In a dispatch posted at 10:40am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column on the main road south of Tikrit, about 180km north of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the Tikrit puppet police as saying that the bomb went off by a US patrol on the road to ad-Dawr, south of Tirkit.  The blast disabled a Humvee, severely wounding four Americans.

Diyala Province.

Al-Mada’in.

Resistance fighters intercept to attempted assaults by puppet regime forces.

In a dispatch posted at 10:50am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters beat off two attacks mounted by puppet "Iraqi National Guards" backed by members of pro-American Shi'i sectarian militias in the al-Mada’in area, about 25km southeast of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in the city as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons and pipe rockets intercepted a force of puppet "National Guards" and sectarian militiamen who were intent on carrying out raids on Sunni areas of al-Mada’in.  The Resistance fighters destroyed three puppet "National Guard" vehicles, killing or wounding 12 of the attackers.  The rest of the puppet "Guards" and sectarian gunmen then fled.

Meanwhile, Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons ambushed a patrol of the puppet forces north of al-Mada’in, destroying one patrol vehicle and disabling a second.  Three puppet troops were killed and four more of them wounded.

Babil Province.

Al-Yusufiyah.

Resistance fighters ambush car carrying pro-American Badr Brigade gunmen, killing four.

In a dispatch posted at 4pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a car carrying pro-American Shi ' sectarian militiamen on the road from al-Yusufiyah to Karbala’.

The al-Basrah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that Resistance fighters equipped with light arms attacked a car carrying six members of the pro-American Badr Brigade militia on the road to Karbala’.  The source reported that the attack left four of the Badr Brigade gunmen dead and two of them injured.

The narly 30,000-man Badr Brigade, the armed wing of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), joined US forces for the invasion of Iraq in the spring of 2003 and since then have served as the backbone of puppet security forces working for the occupation.

Ninwa Province.

Al-Mawsil.

Resistance bomb explodes by US column in al-Mawsil.

In a dispatch posted at 11:40am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column on the main road to presidential palaces that the US occupation troops and their Iraqi puppet army allies jointly use as a local headquarters in the northern Iraqi city of al-Mawsil.

The al-Mawsil correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the main road to the former presidential palaces went off by the column, disabling one Bradley armored vehicle.  No information on casualties was available.