Wednesday, 17 January 2007
US erects spy cameras along Euphrates Riverbank near 'Anah to try to curb increasing attacks on US gunboats.
US helicopter gun ships back Shi'i sectarian death squads in attack on Hayfa Street in Baghdad Wednesday evening, sparking fierce battle with Iraqi Resistance.
US soldier reported killed in bomb attack in al-'Amiriyah early Wednesday.
Resistance ambushes, wipes out eight foreigners – some of them Americans – in afternoon ambush in Baghdad.
Resistance marksman reportedly kills US soldier in Baghdad’s al-Jami'ah district.
Resistance bomb kills puppet "Shock Troops" and bomb disposal expert in Baghdad Wednesday.
US troops raid Sudanese embassy, detain guards for five hours Tuesday.
Resistance sharpshooter kills driver of truck in American supply convoy south of Baghdad Tuesday.
US soldier reported killed south of Baghdad Wednesday morning.
Resistance bombing in at-Tarimiyah leaves US Marine reported killed.
US arrests Brigadier General in puppet forces for distributing arms to Iraqi Resistance in Ba'qubah. General now accused of "treason" to US-imposed regime.
Resistance sharpshooter reportedly kills US soldier in southwest al-Mawsil Wednesday morning.
Shi'i sectarians murder Sunni youth trying to save his family from sectarian violence in al-Basrah.
Al-Anbar Province.
'Anah.
US erects spy cameras along Euphrates Riverbank near 'Anah to try to curb increasing attacks on US gunboats.
In a dispatch posted at 1:38pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US forces set up a number of spy cameras all along the Euphrates River where it passes by the city of 'Anah and nearby villages, about 300km northwest of Baghdad. It was the first time that the Americans had undertaken such a measure since they invaded and occupied the country in 2003.
The 'Anah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as sayig that the Americans set up between 20 and 25 modern spy cameras along the side of the river in an apparent attempt to curb Resistance attacks on US gunboats. Such attacks on US vessels in the Euphrates River have been on the increase in recent weeks.
Eyewitnesses who live in Ra’s al-Gharbi in 'Anah reported that the Resistance has been attacking US gunboats with medium machine guns and rocket launchers on a continuous basis recently and the American cameras are apparently an attempt to stop such attacks. The US troops have also banned fishing in the area because of the Resistance attacks and the cameras are probably intended to enforce that ban as well.
The correspondent noted that the Iraqi Resistance is particularly active in the 'Anah area and that one Resistance group, known as the al-'Asa’ib Group has repeatedly issued communiqués announcing the destruction of US gunboats in the area.
Ar-Ramadi.
Resistance bombards US base west of ar-Ramadi Wednesday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 3:27pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired nine 60mm mortar rounds into the US military base west of ar-Ramadi, about 110km west of Baghdad, at 9am local time Wednesday morning.
The ar-Ramadi correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that the US headquarters, which is set up in what formerly housed the headquarters of the 8th Brigade of the Iraqi Army came under an intense mortar barrage. The witnesses said that the shells blasted into the headquarters, setting off explosions that could be heard far from the base. American helicopters flew in and prowled the skies over the area for several hours after the barrage.
Resistance bomb destroys truck in US convoy in ar-Ramadi Wednesday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 12:29pm Makkah time midday Wednesday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US column in ar-Ramadi, about 110km west of Baghdad on Wednesday morning. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the main road in ar-Ramadi blew up by a US military column as it drove past. The explosion destroyed one truck loaded with supplies and provisions for US troops. All its contents were burned. After the attack, US force sealed of the road.
Al-Fallujah.
Resistance fighters blast two US vehicles in ambush in western al-Fallujah Tuesday evening.
In a dispatch posted at 11:45am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military patrol in western al-Fallujah, which is about 60km west of Baghdad, on Tuesday evening. That attack was followed by a rocket-propelled grenade assault and gun battle between the Resistance and US forces.
The al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that a bomb that had been planted by a main street in the ar-Risalah neighborhood of al-Fallujah near the new al-Fallujah Bridge went off by a passing US patrol at 6pm local time Tuesday evening.
The witnesses said that the explosion set an American Humvee ablaze, destroying it. No precise information on the extent or nature of casualties from that strike were available. Witnesses said that the Resistance fighters then attacked the same US patrol with an RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade, striking and damaging a second US vehicle and sparking a machine gun battle between the two sides that lasted for about 20 minutes. No further details were available.
Baghdad.
US helicopter gun ships back Shi'i sectarian death squads in attack on Hayfa Street in Baghdad Wednesday evening, sparking fierce battle with Iraqi Resistance.
In a dispatch posted at 7:15pm Makkah time Wednesday evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at the time of reporting fierce fighting was underway in the Hayfa Street area of Baghdad between Iraqi Resistance men and Shi'i sectarian death squad gangs backed up by US helicopter gun ships.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the fighting at that moment was concentrated around the ash-Shaykh Ma'ruf l-Karakhi intersection by the al-Maghribiyah buildings.
In a dispatch posted at 8:04pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the combat began when puppet "Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)" – a branch of the puppet regime well-known for being dominated by sectarian militias and involved in sectarian kidnaping, torture, and murder – began to set up road blocks at the beginning and end of Hayfa Street and started closing off all the side streets and lanes that run off the thoroughfare.
The Shi'i sectarians began to provoke the local residents and arrested four Sunni youths. Minutes later mortar rounds began pounding the neighborhood, fired from the vicinity of the notorious Buratha Mosque in ar-Rahmaniyah, an infamous center for the detention, torture, and murder run by Iranian-born sectarian cleric Jalal as-Saghir, a member of the puppet "Iraqi Parliament."
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the mortar shells landed on a fuel station engulfing it in flames that still had not been extinguished at the time of reporting. Four other mortar shells blasted into homes of local residents, injuring seven people, including a woman and several children. The attack brought local defenders and Iraqi Resistance fighters onto the streets and into the fray as they attacked the Shi'i sectarian forces who were ordering ambulances not to respond to the emergency and not to take the injured to hospital.
The Iraqi Resistance attacked the puppet "Shock Troop" roadblocks, setting one of their patrol cars on fire and sparking a fierce battle that lasted about an hour and forced the "Shock Troops" to withdraw from the area. Fifteen of the Shi'i sectarian "Shock Troops" were killed and four local defenders died in the battle.
Then about 15 minutes after the Shi'i sectarians left the area US helicopter gun ships showed up and rocketed the area around ash-Shaykh Ma'ruf and the Umm Kulthum Coffee House, killing one local resident and wounding four more of them.
At the time of reporting the situation in the area was quiet, as the Shi'i sectarian forces were gone. Swarms of American helicopter gun ships continued to prowl the skies above, however.
Meanwhile four mortar shells also crashed into the al-Jannabin area of the al-'Amil district. The explosions inflicted material damage but caused no casualties among the local predominantly Sunni population.
US soldier reported killed in bomb attack in al-'Amiriyah early Wednesday.
In a dispatch posted at 11:35pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military patrol in western Baghdad’s al-'Amiriyah district at 6:15am Wednesday morning. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the attack took place near the ash-Sharif wa-al-'Isa complex in the district and that the explosion disabled a US vehicle. One American was killed and three more of them wounded the correspondent reported.
Resistance bomb wounds four US troops in al-Mansur.
In a dispatch posted at 11:35pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by US occupation troops in al-Mansur in Baghdad, wounding four American troops. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the explosion disabled a US military vehicle when it went off on Sayyid al-As'ar Street.
Resistance ambushes, reportedly wipes out eight foreigners – some of them Americans – in afternoon ambush in Baghdad.
In a dispatch posted at 4:50pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier, Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked eight foreigners, some of them Americans, driving two four-wheel-drive civilian cars in central Baghdad’s al-Yarmuk district. A Mafkarat al-Islam dispatch posted at 11:35pm Wednesday night reported that the attack on the American convoy took place immediately after the group had left the headquarters of the Pro-American Sunni Sectarian "Islamic Party" headquarters in the district.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that the Resistance men engaged the eight foreigners in a gun battle for several minutes before managing to kill all of them plus their two drivers. All were foreigners and all were dressed in civilian clothing. Mafkarat al-Islam reported at 11:35pm Wednesday that Americans were among the dead. Two four-wheel-drive vehicles were also destroyed in the attack. The witnesses said that after the attack, US forces completely sealed off the area.
Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported an official in the American Non Governmental Organization the "National Democratic Institute" as saying that four members of a US group were killed in an ambush in Baghdad’s al-Yarmuk district. One American woman was among the dead, along with workers from Hungary, Croatia, and Iraq. The "Middle East Director" of the American "National Democratic Institute" claimed that Resistance fighters attacked their three-car convoy on Wednesday.
The "National Democratic Institute for International Affairs," whose current chairman is former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, is funded through the US government’s National Endowment for Democracy, the US Agency for International Development, and other development agencies. It serves to channel US grant money for "furthering democracy in developing nations," and is loosely connected with the US Democratic Party. In addition to US government funding, the NDI receives some of its funds from "voluntary donations" through the "Democracy Century Fund."
Resistance abducts puppet Municipal Administrator for Baghdad’s al-Mansur District after he brought Jaysh al-Mahdi gunmen into the area.
In a dispatch posted at 11:35pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces abducted the puppet Municipal Administrator for the Baghdad district of al-Mansur after battling and killing his bodyguards. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that this particular puppet official was targeted by the Resistance because he had used official covers to bring pro-Iranian Jaysh al-Mahdi Shi'i sectarian gunmen into the predominantly Sunni al-Mansur district.
Resistance kills notorious Jaysh al-Mahdi commander in Baghdad Wednesday evening.
In a dispatch posted at 8:04pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier, an Iraqi Resistance marksman had attacked and killed a notorious Shi'i sectarian Jaysh al-Mahdi commander.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a Resistance man had shot and killed 'Ali Husayn Badr, known as Abu Hasanah who was responsible for guards of the puppet "Ministry of Health" – a "Ministry" controlled by one of Shi'i sectarian cleric Muqtada as-Sadr’s henchmen – and directly responsible for security at al-Yarmuk Hospital.
The Resistance sharpshooter opened fire on Badr as he was coming out of al-Yarmuk Hospital in Baghdad’s al-Yarmuk district, killing him. Among his other duties, Badr was responsible for getting sick and injured Sunnis, who came to hospitals for treatment, turned over to the Shi'i sectarian death squads that would torture and murder them and frequently mutilate their corpses – all as a part of their effort to expel Sunnis from Baghdad.
Resistance bomb kills four "Order Protection Force" troops on Palestine Street.
In a dispatch posted at 11:35pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a detachment of puppet "Order Protection Force" troops on Palestine Street in Baghdad Wednesday. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the blast, which went off near Bayrut Square, killed four of the puppet troops.
Resistance blasts puppet "Shock Troops" in ash-Shu'lah District with medium-range rockets.
In a dispatch posted at 11:35pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that three powerful explosions rocked the ash-Shu'lah district of Baghdad, which after "Madinat as-Sadr" is regarded as the second main stronghold of Shi'i sectarian militias.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the explosions occurred when three medium-range Iraqi Resistance rockets blasted into the local headquarters of the puppet "Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)" – which has been set up in a former pill factory. Ambulances were seen racing to the scene. Although the precise number of casualties was not disclosed, six hours after the attack ambulances were still coming to the headquarters to haul away dead and wounded "Shock Troops."
Resistance targets US Marines in az-Za'faraniyah with mortars.
In a dispatch posted at 11:35pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired five mortar rounds into a force of US Marines in the az-Za'faraniyah residential complex in southern Baghdad. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying that the barrage caused casualties in dead and wounded among the Marines. In one case, they said, a mortar shell scored a direct hit on an American Humvee that was unmanned at the time.
Resistance bomb rips through puppet police patrol on as-Sa'dun Street.
In a dispatch posted at 11:35pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a patrol of Iraqi puppet police opposite the an-Nasr Cinema on as-Sa'dun Street in central Baghdad. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported puppet police sources as saying that the blast killed three puppet policemen and wounded two more.
Resistance marksman reportedly kills US soldier in Baghdad’s al-Jami'ah district.
In a dispatch posted at 11:35pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance marksman shot and killed a US soldier in the al-Jami'ah neighborhood of Baghdad. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local shopkeepers as saying that a group of US troops were standing together near the complex where airconditioners are sold in the middle of the neighborhood when one of the Americans took a direct hit from a Resistance sharpshooter’s bullet, killing him instantly.
Resistance blasts US base in at-Taji with Grad rockets early Wednesday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 3:11pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired four Grad rockets into the US military base in the northern Baghdad suburb of at-Taji at about 6am local time Wednesday morning.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses who live in the residential complex in at-Taji as saying that four Grad missiles slammed into the US base in at-Taji, an Iraqi army facility that the Americans took over and turned into one of their bases when they occupied Iraq in the spring of 2003. The witnesses said that the rocket attack was one of the most intense for a long tmie and that it struck the heart of the base where the command headquarters is located. Plumes of smoke and dust filled the sky over the facility after the strike.
Resistance bomb rips apart vehicle in joint patrol of puppet "National Guards" and Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen.
In a dispatch posted at 12:36pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by joint patrol of puppet "Iraqi National Guards" and pro-Iranian Jaysh al-Mahdi gunmen in eastern Baghdad Wednesday morning.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road in the al-Kamaliyah area – a zone regarded as a stronghold of the Shi'i sectarian militias in southeastern Baghdad – blew up by the passing patrol of puppet regime troops and sectarian militiamen.
The witnesses said that the blast blew a Nissan pickup in the column apart, totally destroying it and sending parts of the vehicle flying around the area. The puppet troops and militiamen aboard the vehicle were killed or injured as well, but no specific information on the number of casualties was available.
Resistance bomb kills puppet "Shock Troops," bomb disposal expert in Baghdad Wednesday.
In a dispatch posted at 12:18pm Makkah time midday Wednesday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded among a group of puppet "Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)" who were trying to disarm it in southern Baghdad on Wednesday morning.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that a group of puppet "Shock Troops" discovered an Iraqi Resistance bomb that had been planted in the Baghdad district of as-Sayyidiyah near the as-Sayyidiyah mosque. The witnesses said that the "Shock Troops" brought in their bomb disposal experts, but when they were all gathered around the explosive device, a Resistance fighter detonated it by remote control. One bomb disposal expert was killed along with three puppet "Shock Troops" in the explosion.
Motorcycle bomb kills two puppet "Shock Troops" in ad-Durah.
In a dispatch posted at 11:35pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance motorcycle bomb exploded that had been parked by the wall of an elementary school blew up by a passing patrol of the puppet "Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)" in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the explosion killed two puppet "Shock Troops" and severely wounded a third.
US troops raid Sudanese embassy, detain guards for five hours Tuesday.
The Sudanese newspaper as-Sahafah reported in its 17 January edition that US troops raided the Sudanese embassy building in Baghdad on Tuesday. The Americans meticulously searched the Sudanese diplomatic facility and detained the Embassy guards.
As-Sahafah reported that the Sudanese Foreign Ministry in Khartoum was to summon the American chargé d’affairs, Cameron Hume, on Wednesday to deliver a message of protest from the government of the Sudan to the US.
An official Sudanese source told as-Sahafah that the US forces stormed into the embassy and carried out a meticulous search. They detained 25 embassy guards, 20 of them Iraqis and five of them Sudanese, inside the building for more than five hours during which time the American troops subjected them to intense insults and abuse.
The official said that the American force left the Sudanese embassy building after their search, having found nothing and taken nothing from the mission. They then released the guards and offered apologies to the Sudanese security men, but gave no explanation for their raid.
As-Sahafah reported the official source as saying that the American behavior had elicited a denunciation from the Sudanese Foreign Ministry. It was expected that the Foreign Ministry would summon the American chargé d’affairs in Khartoum on Wednesday to convey to him the Sudan’s protest over this unacceptable behavior.
The Sudanese Embassy in Baghdad was closed a year ago following the abduction of its staff. The chief of mission at the Sudanese embassy in Iraq, Ambassador Mirghani Abkar, continues to carry out his duties from the Sudanese embassy in the Jordanian capital, Amman, as-Sahafah reported.
Slovakia withdrawing most of its occupation troops from Iraq.
The Chinese Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday that Slovak Defense Minister Frantisek Kasicky had announced on Tuesday that Slovakia had begun withdrawing its troops from Iraq in keeping with election pledges by the Prime Minister who came to office in 2006.
Xinhua reported Kasicky as saying that the first part of the Slovak contingent and their equipment has already left Iraq for Kuwait, and that the rest of the troops would be pulled out by the end of February. Slovakia would leave 11 of its army officers in Iraq to train the army of the US-installed puppet regime, the Defense Minister admitted.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced that his country was prepared to withdraw its forces from Iraq and drew up a specific timetable for doing so after he won the election in June 2006. Slovakia sent about 110 soldiers to Iraq to serve the US occupation there in 2003. The Bratislava government admits that four of its troops have been killed since then.
US satellite Bulgaria to keep troops in Iraq until end of 2007.
Reuters reported from Sofia on Wednesday that Bulgaria, a NATO satellite of the United States, will extend the stay of its 154-man military unit in Iraq until the end of the year, according to the country’s Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov.
In March 2006, Sofia dispatched a force of 120 troops and 34 support personnel ostensibly to guard a camp of Iranians at Ashraf, 70km north of Baghdad. The force was to remain in Iraq for one year.
On Wednesday a Bulgarian Defense Ministry spokesman quoted Bliznakov as saying that the Bulgaria "will continue its participation in Iraq after the mandate of current troops expires." The Bulgarians are slated to continue guarding the camp throughout 2007. Reuters reported that the Defense Ministry decision had not been formally approved by the government or parliament.
Massive public opposition to Bulgaria’s involvement in America’s occupation of Iraq compelled the authorities in Sofia to withdraw Bulgarian troops by the end of 2005. But under American pressure, the Prime Minister found a new signboard under which to deploy forces in Iraq. Bulgarians were sent back in March 2006, this time with a lower profile that would arouse less public outcry. Calling it a "humanitarian mission" the Bulgarian regime opted to take responsibility for guarding the Ashraf camp on behalf of the American occupation forces.
Resistance sharpshooter kills Iraqi puppet army soldier in al-'Amiriyah.
In a dispatch posted at 11:35pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance marksman shot and killed an Iraqi puppet soldier in the western Baghdad district of al-'Amiriyah. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a Resistance sharpshooter struck the puppet soldier directly in the head, killing him instantly.
Car bomb targets Sadr Movement propaganda office in "Madinat as-Sadr" Wednesday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 7:50pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at 3:30pm local time Wednesday afternoon, a car bomb exploded in the Madinat Saddam district of Baghdad – an area dubbed "Madinat as-Sadr" following the American occupation.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in "Madinat as-Sadr" reported that a white car that had been packed with explosives blew up in the middle of the district at the al-Urfli crossing, in front of a propaganda office of the as-Sadr movement. The correspondent reported that pro-Iranian Jaysh al-Mahdi gunmen were gathered in the area at the time the car bomb exploded. According to a source in al-Qadisiyah Hospital, 51 people were killed or injured in the car bombing. US forces closed off the area with their vehicles and armor as ambulances raced to the scene.
Resistance sharpshooter kills driver of truck in American supply convoy south of Baghdad Tuesday.
In a dispatch posted at 11:48am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance marksman shot and killed the driver of a truck hauling provisions to US forces on Tuesday. The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that a convoy bringing supplies to US troops was attacked by an Iraqi Resistance sharpshooter on the ad-Durah Highway south of Baghdad. The witnesses said that one of the truck drivers took a direct hit while driving, causing his truck to swerve and turn over, destroying it.
Resistance sharpshooter kills Jaysh al-Mahdi gunman.
In a dispatch posted at 11:34am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance marksman shot and killed a member of the pro-Iranian Shi'i sectarian Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday afternoon. The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that one member of a group of Jaysh al-Mahdi gunmen who were gathered in the eastern Baghdad district of Zuyunah was struck and killed by an Iraqi Resistance sharpshooter’s bullet, prompting the other gunmen to flee the area.
Eleven more victims of torture, murder reported in Baghdad Wednesday.
In a dispatch posted at 11:35pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a total of 11 bodies of Sunnis who had been tortured and murdered by Shi'i sectarian militia death squads were found in Baghdad on Wednesday, according to a report issued by the Forensic Medicine Department.
Salah ad-Din Province.
At-Tarimiyah.
Resistance bombing in at-Tarimiyah leaves US Marine reported killed.
In a dispatch posted at 11:35pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US foot patrol in a popular vegetable market Suq al-Bu Juwayr in the middle of at-Tarimiyah in front of dozens of local residents. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the blast killed one of the Marines and wounded two more of them.
Yathrib.
Resistance pounds US base in Yathrib area with hour-long mortar barrage late Tuesday.
In a dispatch posted at 3:21pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired at least 12 mortar rounds of various calibers into the US-occupied al-Bakr Air Base – known to the Americans as Camp Anaconda – late on Tuesday night.
The ad-Dujayl correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in the Yathrib area, about 100km north of Baghdad, as saying that at about 10pm local time Tuesday night the Resistance launched an hour-long mortar barrage on the US base, striking it with at least 12 shells. The witnesses said that plumes of smoke could still be seen rising from the US-occupied facility early Wednesday morning as a result of the intense Resistance barrage. American helicopters prowled the skies over the area for a long period as well.
Balad.
Resistance bomb kills three Jaysh al-Mahdi sectarian gunmen in puppet "National Guard" vehicle in Balad.
In a dispatch posted at 12:48pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a puppet "Iraqi National Guard" vehicle in which a group of pro-Iranian Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen were riding through the city of Balad, about 85km north of Baghdad.
The Balad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road between the checkpoint near the bridge by the fuel station and the checkpoint in the as-Sayyid Gharib area blew up by a four-wheel-drive vehicle belonging to the puppet "Iraqi National Guard" in which were riding a group of pro-Iranian Shi'i sectarian Jaysh al-Mahdi gunmen.
The correspondent commented that the sectarian gunmen always use vehicles belonging to puppet regime troops when they go out on their sectarian missions in the area. The bomb explosion completely destroyed the vehicle, killing three of the Jaysh al-Mahdi gunmen who were aboard it and wounding three more of them.
Diyala Province.
Ba'qubah.
US dismisses, arrests Brigadier General in puppet forces for taking weapons from regime, distributing them to Iraqi Resistance in Ba'qubah. General now accused of "treason" to US-imposed regime.
In a dispatch posted at 6:27pm Makkah time Wednesday evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US occupation forces dismissed Brigadier General Muzaffar Hamid at-Tamimi, the commander of puppet rescue services in Diyala Province on Tuesday and then arrested him on Wednesday morning on charges of providing arms to the Iraqi Resistance after having received the weapons last week from the puppet "Interior Ministry."
The Ba'qubah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a puppet police source as saying that at-Tamimi had received 28 medium PKS machine guns from the puppet "Interior Ministry" and then the next day burned the invoices for the weapons that he received from the "Ministry" administration, and distributed the machine guns together with large quantities of ammunition among the Iraqi Resistance detachments. The correspondent reported that General Muzaffar is currently languishing in a US prison under charges of "high treason" to the US-imposed regime.
Resistance bomb rips through puppet "National Guard" patrol near Ba'qubah.
In a dispatch posted at 3:02pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by an Iraqi puppet army patrol south of Ba'qubah (which is about 65km northeast of Baghdad) on Wednesday morning.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the road in the Buhriz area just south of Ba'qubah blew up by a passing patrol of Iraqi puppet "National Guards," setting fire to and completely destroying one of their Humvees. One of the puppet "Guards" was killed in the attack and three more of them wounded, two of those severely, according to the witnesses. Afterwards, the Iraqi puppet forces completely closed off the area.
Babil Province.
Al-Latifiyah.
Resistance bomb destroys US Humvee in al-Latifiyah at noon Wednesday.
In a dispatch posted at 3:04pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol in al-Latifiyah, about 30km south of Baghdad, at midday Wednesday.
The al-Latifiyah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that the bomb, which had been planted by the side of Muwaylihah Road to the south of the city, blew up by a passing American patrol at 12 noon local time, completely destroying a Humvee and killing or wounding all the American troops who were aboard it. After the attack, the Americans completely closed off the area and opened fire indiscriminately into the air.
Al-Mahmudiyah.
Resistance car bomb rips through puppet "Shock Troop" column in al-Mahmudiyah midday Wednesday.
In a dispatch posted at 1:49pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance car bomb had just exploded by a column of puppet "Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)" near the popular meat market in the middle of al-Mahmudiyah, about 30km south of Baghdad.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that first reports indicated that about 10 puppet troops had been killed or wounded in the blast caused by an explosives-laden car that was parked by a roadside. A later report posted by Mafkarat al-Islam at 11:35pm quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the explosives-laden car had been parked by the side of the road waiting for the puppet "Shock Troop" patrol for more than an hour before they arrived and it exploded.
Al-Hillah.
US soldier reported killed south of Baghdad Wednesday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 11:51am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column on the main highay south of Baghdad on Wednesday morning.
The al-Hillah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that a bomb that had been planted between Bridges 13 and 14 on the International Highway in Babil Province blew p by a passing American column, burning totally disabling one US Humvee. At least one American soldier was killed and two more wounded, witnesses said, adding that the US troops closed the highway completely following the attack.
Resistance pounds US base near al-Hillah with heavy mortars.
In a dispatch posted at 11:32am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the US base located in the Jablah area, north of al-Hillah, which is about 60km south of Baghdad.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a puppet police source as saying that the Resistance pounded a base known as "Kaslar" in the Jablah area with heavy mortars, setting off explosions that could be heard a great distance away. Those were followed by secondary blasts as targets also exploded within the facility. Plumes of smoke and dust billowed up over the base and covered the sky. Witnesses said that US helicopters flew in and prowled the sky over the area for several hours.
Ninwa Province.
Al-Mawsil.
US soldier reported killed in southwest al-Mawsil Wednesday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 3:11pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance marksman shot and killed a US soldier on the right bank (southwest side) of the northern city of al-Mawsil at about 7am local time Wednesday morning.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that a US foot patrol was in the az-Zahra’ neighborhood on the southwest side of al-Mawsil when one of the Americans suddenly was struck in the head and killed by a bullet fired by an Iraqi Resistance sharpshooter. The soldier’s shocked companions called in reinforcements of men and vehicles and proceeded to search the area but found nothing.
Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.
Shi'i sectarians murder Sunni youth trying to save his family from sectarian violence in al-Basrah.
In a dispatch posted at pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier a gang of Shi'i sectarians shot and killed a Sunni youth who was trying to sell his furniture and leave the city.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that four Shi'i sectarians got out of their car and shot Ahmad Kamil, a Sunni youth who was trying to sell the furniture from his home in the street in the al-Hayaniyah district of al-Basrah. The youth had received treats to leave town or die within 24 hours and he was trying to sell his furniture to pay for his way out of town with his family.
After killing Kamil the Shi'i sectarians pressed the crowd to take the furniture, saying that it was legitimate as "spoils of war." "Take it now for free," they said, urging the crowd to walk over Kamil’s body to take his belongings.
The regional hegemonic regime in Iran is seeking to secure its hold in Iraq by using Shi'i sectarian leaders and organizations in the country. It hopes to step into the shoes of the American occupation authorities whose grip on the country has been weakened by three years of increasingly severe Resistance attacks. Efforts by pro-Iranian Shi'i sectarian militias to purge southern and eastern Iraq of Sunni residents have been stepped up in an effort to prepare for a partition of the country on religious lines, creating a clerical Shi'i sectarian state tied to Iran in the eastern and southern parts of Iraq.
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