Iraqi Resistance Report
for events of Wednesday, 22 February 2006. Translated and/or compiled
by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.
Wednesday, 22 February 2006.
Suspicious
bombing of Shi'i shrine in Samarra’ signals start of Shi'i sectarian
rampages throughout Iraq.
·
Mysterious
bombs partly destroy golden dome of tomb of Shi'i Imam 'Ali al-Hadi in
Samarra’ at dawn Wednesday. Sunni religious leaders rush to condemn
attack. Sources claim puppet "Interior Ministry Shock Troops
(Maghawir)" carried out the bombing.
·
Iraqi Baath
Party denounces bombing of Shi'i shrine, says Badr Brigades and US are
responsible, analyzes background.
·
Association of
Muslim Scholars of Iraq Denounces bombing of Imam 'Ali al-Hadi Tomb.
·
Shi'i
sectarian gunmen including pro-American Badr Brigades and Muqtada
as-Sadr’s Jaysh al-Mahdi attack 33 Sunni mosques, one Sunni neighborhood
in Baghdad, burning, wrecking, and looting all day Wednesday.
·
Sunni families
in al-'Amarah and an-Nasiriyah receive asylum, protection from Arab
tribal leaders against rampaging pro-Iranian Badr Brigade Shi'i
sectarian gunmen.
·
Chaos reported
in al-Basrah as Shi'i sectarian gangs attack Sunni sites throughout the
city.
·
Sectarian
murders of Sunnis continue in southern Iraq following reported arrival
of new hit list from Iranian Intelligence.
·
Late Wednesday
night bulletin: Resistance forces deploy in strength in Sunni areas of
Baghdad ready for battle with Badr Brigade and puppet "Shock Troop"
sectarians.
·
Resistance bomb blasts US troops in an-Najaf.
·
Resistance bomb in ar-Ramadi leaves two US troops reported dead.
·
Resistance sharpshooter reportedly kills US soldier in al-Karmah, east
of al-Fallujah.
·
Resistance carries out attacks on Danish occupation troops in southern
Iraq.
Al-Anbar Province.
Ar-Ramadi.
Resistance bomb in ar-Ramadi leaves two US troops reported dead.
In a
dispatch posted at 6pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US
military patrol on the main road near the az-Zuyut building in the
middle of ar-Ramadi, some 110km west of Baghdad.
The
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses
as saying that the bomb, which had been planted by the side of the road
blew up as a patrol of five US Humvees drove past. The explosion
disabled one Humvee, killing two US troops and wounding two more of
them.
Al-Khalidiyah.
Resistance bombards camp set up by US forces on land seized from
villagers near al-Khalidiyah.
In a
dispatch posted at 4:40pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired four 82mm
mortar rounds into the jint US-Iraqi puppet army camp in the Jazirat
al-Khalidiyah area near the town of al-Khalidiyah, some 80km west of
Baghdad.
The
al-Khalidiyah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
residents of Jazirat al-Khalidiyah as saying that the camp that the US
troops and their Iraqi puppet army set up on land that they seized from
local villagers came under a mortar bombardment that sent plumes of
smoke rising from their facility. US helicopters were observed hovering
around the area.
Al-Fallujah.
Resistance mounts attacks on US occupation forces in 'Amiriyat
al-Fallujah Wednesday.
In a
dispatch posted at 6:50pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces mounted several
attacks with mortars and bombs on US troops in the 'Amiriyat al-Fallujah
area, southwest of the city of al-Fallujah on Wednesday.
The
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at 5am local
time before dawn Wednesday morning an Iraqi Resistance bobm exploded by
a US armored vehicle near the housing complex in 'Amiriyat al-Fallujah.
Eyewitnesses said that the bomb damaged the vehicle but the nature and
extent of casualties were unknown.
Resistance forces fired eight mortar round into the headquarters of the
US and Iraqi puppet troops in the housing complex in 'Amiriyat
al-Fallujah, setting off explosions that could be heard near by. As
with the first attack, the nature and extent of casualties were unknown.
Beginning with dawn Wednesday, US helicopters and warplanes were
constantly prowling the skies over the town, and still were doing so at
the time of reporting.
Resistance sharpshooter reportedly kills US soldier in al-Karmah, east
of al-Fallujah.
In a
dispatch posted at 11am Mecca time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance marksman had shot and
killed a US soldier in the al-Karmah area east of al-Fallujah.
The
al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
eyewitnesses in al-Karmah as saying that a Resistance sharpshooter’s
bullet had killed a US soldier who was taking part in a foot patrol in
the eastern part of their area.
After the attack, US troops searched the surrounding area, but found no
sign of the Resistance fighter.
Abu Ghurayb.
Resistance bomb rips through puppet "Iraqi National Guard" patrol.
In a
dispatch posted at 11:40am Mecca time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a column
of puppet "Iraqi National Guards" in western Abu Ghurayb, some 30km west
of Baghdad.
The
Abu Ghurayb correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local
eyewitnesses as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of
the old road leading to al-Fallujah in the west blew up as a puppet
"National Guard" column was passing by. The blast disabled one Nissan
patrol vehicle, killing three of the puppet "National Guards" and
wounding two more of them.
Baghdad.
Iraqi Baath Party issues statement denouncing and analyzing criminal
attack on Shi'i Shrine in Samarra’.
The
Foreign Relations Department of the Iraq Regional Command of the Arab
Baath Socialist Party issued a statement on Wednesday denouncing the
criminal attack on the tomb of the Imam 'Ali al-Hadi and saying that the
pro-Iranian Badr Brigades and the US were behind the attack.
"The
ones who carried out this heinous crime are the Badr Brigade stooges of
Iran with the encouragement of the American forces. For they are the
two parties that have an interest in changing the course of events in
Iraq and saving their threatened interests," The Baath Party statement
said.
"America is the main party responsible for the crime of attacking the
tomb of the Imam 'Ali al-Hadi, may peace be upon him," the Baath
statement went on, "not only because it is the state that occupies Iraq
and as such is responsible for what takes place there. It is responsible
from the standpoint of planning for the crime and having the basic
interest in committing it."
"Iran is the natural partner of America in this crime as in all former
crimes since before the occupation and until now," the Baath statement
declared.
The
Baath Party statement explained:
"The
systematic escalation of differences between America and Iran have found
their main political arena to be Iraq, because the most important group
of agents of Iran are there; they are in power and are able thereby to
use the blood of Iraqis to and the future of Iraq to exert pressure on
America. Iran has laid out a plan to embroil America in the Iraqi
morass to prevent it from obstructing Iran’s nuclear plans.
Particularly since America is eager to move on to completing
arrangements for a withdrawal from Iraq, a part of which is the signing
of binding agreements on oil and strategy. America believes that
without the participation of 'Sunni’ parties in the regime those
arrangements will fail. For that reason cutting Iran’s claws has become
one of the important requirements for the American arrangements. This
is a necessity that the American governor Zalmay openly spoke of
recently when he declared that no sectarian would take control of the
Ministries of the Interior or Defense [in the new Iraqi puppet
'government’]. Similarly, America has begun to publish information that
it formerly kept hidden regarding the crimes of the Badr Brigade and the
'Interior Ministry.’
"It
is therefore in Iran’s interest to attack holy Shi'i Islamic tombs now
because it seeks to rally the people of southern Iraq behind the Iranian
position and in defense of Iran through increased pressure on America in
Iraq. This is a difficult task for them since the vast majority of the
people of southern Iraq know that Iran is planning to destroy Iraq and
partition it, annexing southern Iraq to itself under the so-called
'federation’ scheme of 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Hakim. Therefore, they have
sensed an urgent need to regain some unity around their position among
the southern Iraqi people, so as to subordinate them to Iran. For this
they required a crime the likes of which has not been committed before –
namely an attack on a holy tomb in an area that is not predominantly
Shi'i so that it could be blamed on the Sunnis, and be used to promote
the rapid spread of the wildfire of sectarian strife, in order to
guarantee Iran sufficient forces to keep America embroiled in Iraq and
to reduce American pressure on Tehran. This would also achieve one of
the most important and oldest American goals in Iraq, namely splitting
up the country."
The
Baath Party statement addressed Iraqi religious leaders saying:
"Our
party affirms that the criminal attack on the tomb of the Imam 'Ali
al-Hadi was carried out by the agents of Iran, supported by American
interests, which consist in compelling 'Sunni’ groups to take part in
their political operation. They hope to reach this goal more speedily
by putting more pressure on known Sunni groups by igniting a limited
sectarian war. Therefore we call on all religious authorities to
shoulder their religious and patriotic responsibility by emphasizing
that those who carried out this crime are the ones who have an interest
in splitting up Iraq. No one has more interest in that than America and
Iran. Therefore we must resolutely and with high responsibility resist
this plan and expose it, and also expose those who are involved in it,
and maintain control over urges for hasty and emotional reactions."
The
Baath statement said:
"Iraq is advancing firmly towards the expulsion of the occupation. This
reality requires us all to maintain wisdom and high patriotic
consciousness and to isolate the stooges on all sides, while supporting
the Resistance, for it is the only hope of preserving the unity of Iraq
and liberating it from the occupation."
Late Wednesday night bulletin: Resistance forces deploy in strength in
Sunni areas of Baghdad ready for battle with Badr Brigade and puppet
"Shock Troop" sectarians.
In a
bulletin posted at 11:50pm Mecca time Wednesday night, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters belonging to all
detachments were deploying in Sunni areas of Baghdad – al-'Amiriyah,
al-A 'zamiyah, al-Ghazaliyah, al-Mansur, al-Jihad, al-'Amil, ad-Durah,
al-Bayya', al-'Adl, and al-Khadra’ – searching for groups of Badr
Brigade Shi'i sectarian gunmen who had broken into some Sunni areas in
the occupied Iraqi capital to raid homes and mosques and make arrests.
The
Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses
as saying that Resistance fighters equipped with a wide array of light
and medium weapons were deploying in narrow back streets and lanes so as
to be able to surprise any Badr Brigade or puppet "Interior Ministry
Shock Troops (Maghawir)" who try to penetrate into Sunni areas.
Residents of Sunni areas in western Baghdad told Mafkarat al-Islam
that congregations in Sunni mosques agreed during the night time prayers
Wednesday that mosques would broadcast the call "Allahu akbar" three
times if any Badr Brigade gunmen enter their area, as a signal for
everyone to get ready to defend himself.
Pro-American Shi'i sectarians led by Badr Brigade gunmen attack dozens
of Sunni mosques in Baghdad, burning, wrecking, and looting. Sectarian
chaos descends as Shi ' religious establishment uses bombing in Samarra’
– despite Sunni condemnations – as pretext for sectarian campaign of mob
violence.
In
dispatches from Baghdad Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam
reported that pro-American Shi'i sectarian gunmen including Badr Brigade
militiamen had attacked dozens of Sunni mosques in Baghdad and around
Iraq on Wednesday beginning in the morning and continuing into the
evening. The campaign of violence was launched by followers of the
Shi'i sectarian religious establishment on the pretext of the mysterious
bombing that severely damaged the tomb of a Shi'i Imam in the city of
Samarra’, 120km north of Baghdad, early in the morning. Sunni
condemnations of that bombing attack had no effect on the Shi'i
sectarians, who seemed eager to spark sectarian conflict in Iraq.
The
Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Sunni
mosques had been stormed and set on fire, others had been severely
damaged. The Shi'i sectarians attacked some of the Sunni places of
worship with mortars and sprayed others with small arms. Late Wednesday
afternoon, the correspondent reported that armed Shi'i sectarian mobs
led by pro-American Badr Brigade gunmen were at that moment surrounding
a number of Sunni mosques in the occupied Iraqi capital.
Earlier, the correspondent reported a source in the collaborationist
so-called "Islamic Party" as saying that a Sunni mosque in the
ash-Shu'lah district had been completely burned and that Sunni mosques
in al-Ghazaliyah in western Baghdad and in the al-'Amil neighborhood had
also been attacked, as was the Mosque of Ibn Taymiyah in the middle of
the occupied Iraqi capital. The Shi'i sectarian gunmen fired weapons
including shoulder-launched rockets at the Sunni places of worship.
Badr
Brigade gunmen also stormed the Sunni Mosque of the Sahabah in
northeastern Baghdad. The Shi'i sectarians crushed the doors and
windows of the mosque and ransacked and robbed its contents.
In a
dispatch posted at 5:10pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that at that moment a mob of Shi'i sectarian
gunmen was surrounding and firing at the Anas ibn Malik Mosque in
Baghdad, as the Imam of the mosque, Shaykh Malik al-Basri, appealed for
rescue for himself and his family, all trapped within the mosque.
The
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the
collaborationist "Islamic party" General Secretary had told a press
conference in Baghdad that the appeal of Shaykh Malik al-Basri came as
the Shi'i sectarian mobs had begun setting fire to the mosque compound
and prepared to storm the mosque building itself with the aim of burning
it down as well.
On
Wednesday night, the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam provided
the following data on Shi'i mob attacks on Sunni mosques in Baghdad on
Wednesday:
Al-Quds Mosque: occupied by Badr Brigade gunmen carrying black flags and
chanting sectarian slogans in favor of the legacy of the ancient Shi'i
martyr al-Husayn, according to reports of local residents. The Shi'i
sectarian gunmen withdrew from the mosque at 6pm local time when US
forces arrived at the end of the day to "restore order."
Ash-Shahid Mosque: located in Baghdad’s al-A'zamiyah district was
attacked by more than 20 Badr Brigade gunmen who destroyed a part of the
minaret, smashed the doors, and raked it with intensive blasts of medium
machinegun fire.
Al-Abrar Mosque: occupied by Badr Brigade gunmen who robbed the money
from the mosque donation box, destroyed furniture, and set fire to the
Imam’s room.
Al-Firdaws Mosque: in the Ur neighborhood came under armed attack by
Muqtada as-Sadr’s Jaysh al-Mahdi militia, inflicting severe damage to
the building, according to a statement issued by the Sunni Waqf Board in
Baghdad.
Mosque of Mus'ab ibn 'Umayr in the al-Bunuk section of Baghdad was
attacked and destroyed when a heavy mortar round fired into the
building, wounding a worshipper.
The
following Sunni mosques were burned and ransacked:
Al-Haqq Mosque, as-Sadah an-Na'im Mosque, an-Nida’ Mosque, 'Ibad
ar-Rahman Mosque, al-Hajjah Fawziyah Mosque, Abu 'Ubaydah Mosque,
al-'Ani Mosque, Malik ibn Anas Mosque, 'Uthman ibn 'Affan Mosque,
al-Hamzah Mosque in al-Ghazaliyah, al-Batawi Mosque, ar-Rahmah Mosque,
al-Mustafa Mosque, al-Bustani Mosque, al-Hamzah Mosque in the at-Turath
area of Baghdad, ar-Rahmah Mosque, as-Samarra’i Mosque, the al-'Ummal
Neighborhood Mosque, Ahmad Ra’uf Mosque, Duyuf ar-Rahman Mosque, al-Quds
Mosque, al-Fayyad Mosque, al-Muhannad Mosque, al-Hasan ibn 'Ali Mosque,
'Ibad Allah al-Muttaqin Mosque, Umm al-Qura Mosque, al-Khulafa’ Mosque,
Badriyah Mosque.
In
addition, the Mosque of al-'Asharah al-Mubashsharin in al-Basrah came
under mortar bombardment.
Quds
Press reported a puppet police source in Baghdad as saying that mobs of
Shi'i sectarians burned the al-Hamzah mosque in al-Ghazaliyah, while
others attacked the al-Haqq Mosque in the Baghdad district of ash-Sha'b
with a mortar shell at the time of noon prayer. They also opened fire
on the mosque. But miraculously the mortar shell landed in a courtyard
and neither it nor the gunfire caused any casualties.
The
puppet police source told Quds Press that the Shi'i sectarian
mobs hoped to attack the tomb of the Sunni Imam Abu Hanifah an-Nu'man in
Baghdad’s predominantly Sunni al-A'zamiyah district and that the city
was in a state of high tension awaiting such a possible assault.
The
Sunni Imam Abu Hanifah (who died in 767 ce), ironically, was known for
his friendship with the Shi'i Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq.
With
the aim of attacking the tomb of Abu Hanifah in mind, gunmen of the
Jaysh al-Mahdi militia, loyal to Shi'i cleric Muqtada as-Sadr, took to
the streets of their "home district" in Baghdad of Madinat Saddam (which
they nicknamed Madinat as-Sadr) shooting their weapons into the air and
promising to "take revenge with a bombing" for the attack on the Shi'i
mosque in Samarra’, Quds Press reported.
The
Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that all those mosques
were attacked in full view of the Iraqi puppet regime’s security
personnel and in a number of cases, puppet "Interior Ministry" troops
took part in the Shi'i sectarian attacks on the Sunni mosques.
Chaos descended as puppet forces joined Shi'i mobs in attacking Sunni
sites in the southern city of al-Basrah (see below under "al-Basrah" for
details.)
In
addition, Shi'i sectarian mobs attacked Sunni mosques in the cities of
ad-Diwaniyah, al-Hillah, Suq ash-Shuyukh, and al-'Amarah in incidents
similar to those that took place in Baghdad.
The
correspondent cautioned that these were preliminary figures only,
covering areas from which information was available. There had been
reports of numerous other Shi'i sectarian attacks elsewhere in the
country, regarding which no details or confirmation were available.
The
Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Baghdad noted that the
ferocity and fanaticism of the Shi'i sectarian attacks by followers of
the pro-Iranian Shi'i religious leaders was particularly shocking since
the pretext for the rampages was the mysterious bombing of the tomb of
the Shi'i Imam 'Ali al-Hadi in Samarra’ – an act that Iraq’s Sunnis
quickly condemned.
Muqtada as-Sadr’s Jaysh al-Mahdi joins in Shi'i sectarian attacks,
trying to storm Sunni neighborhood in northern Baghdad.
In a
bulletin posted at 7:40pm Mecca time Wednesday evening, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that gunmen from the Shi'i Jaysh al-Mahdi militia,
loyal to Shi'i cleric Muqtada as-Sadr had attempted to storm into the
Sunni as-Salikh area in northern Baghdad, sparking violent battles
between the Shi'i gunmen and local residents.
The
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a large Jaysh
al-Mahdi force equipped with light arms and hand grenades attacked the
as-Salikh district. A local resident told Mafkarat al-Islam that
the battle with the Shi'i chauvinist attackers had been raging for half
an hour when US occupation troops showed up to impose order. The
witness said that in the course of the fighting, local residents had
killed 12 of Muqtada as-Sadr’s Shi'i sectarian gunmen and that one local
Sunni Iraqi had been martyred. Four cars belonging to Jaysh al-Mahdi
gunmen were set on fire. The correspondent said that the report of the
battle was confirmed by a source in the local puppet police, except that
the puppet police source declined to provide casualty figures.
Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq Denounces bombing of Imam 'Ali
al-Hadi Tomb.
In
Declaration No. 221 dated 22 February 2006, the Association of Muslim
Scholars of Iraq, the highest Sunni religious authority in the country,
issued a statement condemning the bombing attack on the Shi'i Imam 'Ali
al-Hadi Shrine.
The
statement said:
"It
was with deep sorrow that the Association of Muslim Scholars received
the news that the tomb of the Imam 'Ali al-Hadi, may peace be upon him,
had been targeted this morning.
"The
Association denounces this suspicious criminal act, the aim of which is
to sow strife and open incitement in the current sensitive conditions.
The Association condemns the parties that carried out the act and those
that stand behind it, who wish Iraq and the Iraqis altogether no good,
so that their particular interests and the aims of foreign forces that
are plotting against this unfortunate country might be served.
"The
Association has always said that as long as the occupation remains, the
shrines and values of the Muslims will be subject to desecration and
attack and that things in our country will go from bad to worse."
Salah ad-Din Province.
Samarra’.
Mysterious bombs partly destroy golden dome of tomb of Shi'i Imam 'Ali
al-Hadi in Samarra’, Sunni religious leaders rush to condemn attack.
Sources claim puppet "Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)" carried
out the bombing.
In a
dispatch posted at 10:40am Mecca time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that two large bombs exploded in the tomb of the
Shi'i Imam 'Ali al-Hadi in Samarra’ Wednesday morning.
The
Samarra’ correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local
eyewitnesses as saying that two massive explosions shook the city from
inside the tomb, which, as the tomb of one of the Twelve Imams revered
by Shi'ah, is a major pilgrimage site for them.
The
explosions brought half of the golden dome of the tomb crashing down and
inflicted heavy material damage to the building but caused no human
casualties, the correspondent reported.
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that after the
blasts, US troops and Iraqi puppet "Interior Ministry Shock Troops
(Maghawir)" arrested the policemen whose job it was to guard the
building. A source told Quds Press, however, that the shrine
guards had been arrested and tied up at midnight, before the bombing
(see elaboration below.)
Quds Press reported the local puppet
police commissioner as saying that the bombs exploded at 6:45am local
time Wednesday morning.
Sunni mosques in the city almost immediately began broadcasting
condemnations of the attack on the Shi'i shrine. Sunni Shaykh Isma'il
as-Samarra’i told Quds Press that Wednesday morning’s bombing "is
aimed at sowing strife among Iraqis." He added, "this city embraces the
tomb of the Imam 'Ali al-Hadi with its wish of security. There is no
difference between this tomb or that [i.e., between those of Sunnah and
Shi'ah] for all of them are tombs of Muslim Imams."
For
its part the Shi'i followers of Imam al-Khalisi, known for their
opposition to the US occupation, said in Baghdad’s al-Kazimiyah district
said that US forces stood behind the attack. Spokesman for al-Khalisi’s
group, Shaykh 'Ali al-Jabburi, said, "the American forces, after failing
to spread sectarian strife among Iraqis have now gone on to attack their
religious holy figures. For such incidents have happened in Karbala’,
an-Najaf, and al-Kazimiyah, and now in Samarra’." Al-Jabburi noted that
the bombing came as politicians taking part in the US backed political
system vied for posts in a puppet "government".
The
Sunni Waqf (pious endowment) Board in Baghdad condemned the bombing in a
statement that read, "the criminal act to which the dome of the tomb of
the Imam 'Ali al-Hadi in Samarra’ was subjected was carried out by
unknown persons who wished to sow strife in this already badly wounded
country." The Sunni Waqf statement called for a speedy investigation
into the attack and for "the harshest form of severe punishment for the
perpetrators that they might be an example for others," Quds Press
reported.
Quds Press quoted an "informed Iraqi
source" who asked not to be identified as saying that the bombing had
been the object of a plot. The source said that on Wednesday,
responsibility for security in Samarra’ was to have been handed over
from the puppet "Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)," known
for their extreme Shi'i sectarianism, to the Iraqi puppet army.
The
source said that on Tuesday night, however, "Shock Troops" closed off
the area around the tomb, and asked shopkeepers and hawkers nearby to
close their shops and kiosks early on Tuesday night.
The
source told Quds Press, "We have information indicating that the
"Shock Troops" arrested and bound all the guards at the tomb at midnight
Tuesday-Wednesday night for reasons that they did not announce. The
guards were found after the explosion still tied up, a factor that
facilitated the bombing of the Shi'i shrine.
Diyala Province.
Ba'qubah.
Resistance fighters assault puppet police checkpoint in Ba'qubah.
In a
dispatch posted at 1:30pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a
checkpoint manned by Iraqi puppet police on the main road in the ar-Razi
area in the middle of Ba'qubah, 65km northeast of Baghdad.
The
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in
Ba'qubah as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium
weapons assaulted the checkpoint, killing two officers in the puppet
police and wounding two more puppet policemen.
Al-Miqdadiyah.
US-appointed puppet "Judge" in Appellate Court, wounded in Resistance
attack.
In a
dispatch posted at 11:30am Mecca time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters had attacked the
motorcade of the President of the puppet "Appellate Court of Ba'qubah,"
"Judge" 'Abd ar-Rida Kazim as it was driving through the al-Miqdadiyah
area, 85km northeast of Baghdad.
The
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in
al-Miqdadiyah as saying that Resistance fighters armed with machine guns
ambushed the puppet official’s motorcade on al-Ahmar Street in the city,
wounding the "Judge" and killing his driver and one of his body guards.
Witnesses said the Resistance attackers were able to leave the scene
after the attack.
Babil Province.
Al-Yusufiyah.
Resistance hits joint US-Iraqi puppet headquarters with mortars in
al-Yusufiyah.
In a
dispatch posted at 12:10pm Mecca time midday Wednesday, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired six 82mm mortar
rounds into the joint US-Iraqi puppet "National Guard" headquarters in
al-Yusufiyah, south of Baghdad.
The
al-Yusufiyah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local
eyewitnesses as saying that the barrage sent plumes of smoke rising from
inside the headquarters.
At-Ta’mim Province.
Al-Hawijah.
Resistance bombards US headquarters in al-Hawijah.
In a
dispatch posted at 6:40pm Mecca time Wednesday evening, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired four heavy
120mm mortar rounds into the US military headquarters in al-Hawijah,
southwest of Kirkuk in northern Iraq.
The
Kirkuk correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses
in al-Hawijah as saying that the heavy mortar shells scored direct hits
when they blasted into the American-occupied facility, sending plumes of
smoke rising from inside.
Ninwa Province.
Mosul.
US
troops wounded in Resistance bombing in Mosul.
In a
dispatch posted at 12:50pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded by a US
military patrol in the middle of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
The
Mosul correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in
the Iraqi puppet police as saying that a bomb went off by the patrol on
the road between the center of the city and the al-Muthanna
neighborhood. The blast disabled one armored vehicle, severely wounding
two US troops.
An-Najaf Province.
An-Najaf.
Resistance bomb blasts US troops in an-Najaf.
In a
dispatch posted at 10:30am Mecca time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US
military column on the road to the al-Mashkhab district of southern
an-Najaf.
The
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in
an-Najaf as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the
road near the Technological Institute blew up by a passing American
column, damaging one Humvee and wounding two US troops.
Maysan Province.
Al-'Amarah.
Sunni families in al-'Amarah and an-Nasiriyah receive asylum, protection
from Arab tribal leaders against rampaging Badr Brigade Shi'i sectarian
mobs.
In a
bulletin posted at 9:50pm Mecca time Wednesday night, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that Sunni families in the city of al-'Amarah and
also in the nearby city of an-Nasiriyah in Dhi Qar Province in southern
Iraq had begun to go to the heads of the large Arab tribes in the region
to request protection for themselves and their families in the face of a
campaign of raging Shi'i sectarian violence being directed by
pro-Iranian Shi'i sectarian Badr Brigade gunmen.
The
al-'Amarah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that
families had been coming to the Shaykhs of the al-Bazzun, the
al-Makasis, al-Muntafiq, Rabi'ah, and 'Anzah tribes, seeking the
intervention and protection of the tribal leaders against the
pro-Iranian Badr Brigade gangs. The Arab tribal Shaykhs have granted
the applicants asylum and extended their protection to them.
Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.
In a
dispatch posted at 12:15am Mecca time Thursday, just after midnight,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier unknown armed
men had stormed into a prison in al-Basrah and killed 11 Egyptians and
one Saudi.
Al-Jazeera satellite TV, as monitored by Mafkarat al-Islam,
reported that the attackers had abducted 11 Egyptians and one Saudi who
were being held in the prison and later killed them.
Western and Iraqi puppet media allege that fighters from other Arab
countries have been coming to Iraq to join the Iraqi Resistance against
the US occupation and its stooges.
Chaos reported in al-Basrah as Shi'i sectarian gangs attack Sunni sites
throughout the city. Puppet police join rampaging mobs.
In a
dispatch posted at 4:10pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that following news of the mysterious bombing of
the tomb of a Shi'i Imam in Samarra’, pro-American Shi'i sectarian
forces filled the streets of the southern city of al-Basrah as civil
order broke down. The Sectarian gunmen attacked the Sunni al-'Asharah
al-Mubashsharin Mosque in al-Basrah firing three rockets directly into
it. No information on casualties was available, the correspondent said.
The
al-Basrah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported
eyewitnesses as saying that armed gangs of pro-American Shi'i sectarians
had surrounded the headqu
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