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"The Passion Against the War" |
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07 Sep 2005 01:26:17 AM |
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What the controlled U.S. media fails to tell us |
Tuesday, 6 September 2005.
Al-Anbar Province.
Ath-Tharthar.
Two US troops reported killed southeast of ath-Tharthar Tuesday
afternoon.
Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons including
RPK light machine guns, PKS machine guns, and RPG7 rocket-propelled
grenades attacked a US column on the road leading to a branch of the
Tigris River to the southeast of the ath-Tharthar area northwest of
Baghdad at about 2pm local time Tuesday afternoon.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the attack
destroyed a US Humvee, killing two members of its crew and wounding
three other US troops. One Resistance fighter was also wounded in the
ambush before the attackers withdrew from the area.
Al-Qa’im.
Resistance bombards US, Iraqi puppet army positions in al-Karabilah
area.
Iraqi Resistance forces fired three medium-range Katyusha rockets at
concentrations of US and Iraqi puppet army troops near the village of
al-Karabilah east of the city of al-Qa’im on the border with Syria at
about 11am local time Tuesday morning.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of
al-Karabilah as saying that the Resistance bombarded a camp jointly
occupied by US and Iraqi puppet army troops to the north of the village
of al-Karabilah. Three rockets blasted directly into the camp,
destroying large parts of it. Abut six American and Iraqi puppet army
troops were killed or wounded in the barrage.
The Resistance also fired six mortar shells into a concentration of US
and Iraqi puppet army troops near the US headquarters to the east of
al-Karabilah. No information on the nature or extent of casualties from
that attack was available.
US military: two bridges over Euphrates bombed near al-Karabilah.
The US military announced on Tuesday that its warplanes had bombed two
small bridges on the Euphrates River near the Syrian border shortly
after midnight Tuesday. The aim of the American attack was to prevent
Iraqi Resistance forces and ammunition from moving towards Baghdad,
according to a US military statement reported by Agence France Presse
and monitored by Mafkarat al-Islam.
Al-Khalidiyah.
Six US troops reported killed when Resistance car bomber blasts US
column Tuesday morning.
An Iraqi Resistance martyrdom fighter drove an explosives-laden car into
a column of US troops on a road where construction materials are sold in
the middle of the city of al-Khalidiyah west of Baghddad at about
10:15am local time Tuesday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the city reported owners of
stores selling construction materials who witnessed the attack as saying
that a Resistance fighter surprised a US column when he drove a car bomb
into a column of several Humvees and blew up in their midst. The
explosion destroyed two Humvees, killing six US troops and wounding
three more.
Afterwards, US forces encircled the area. US helicopters were seen
landing near the scene apparently to haul away the wrecked vehicles and
the dead and wounded.
Al-Fallujah.
Resistance bombards joint US-Iraqi puppet army headquarters in
al-Jaghifi while others attack puppet police patrol.
In a dispatch posted at 9:45am Mecca time Tuesday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that a short while earlier, Iraqi Resistance forces
had bombarded the joint headquarters of US and Iraqi puppet army forces
in the al-Jaghifi neighborhood of northern al-Fallujah with medium-range
rockets.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported home owners living
adjacent to the American headquarters as saying that the barrage totally
destroyed the observation post that had been set up on the roof of the
headquarters, killing an American sniper and wounding three other
troops, one of them an Iraqi puppet army soldier.
Resistance fighters armed with hand grenades, meanwhile attacked a joint
US-Iraqi puppet police patrol on the main road in al-Fallujah. One Land
Cruiser belonging to the puppet police was set on fire, killing or
wounding its four-man crew.
Ar-Ramadi.
Son of US-installed puppet “governor” of al-Anbar Province abducted.
In a dispatch posted at 11am Mecca time Tuesday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that a short while before, armed masked men had
abducted the son of the US-installed puppet “governor” of al-Anbar
Province, ‘Umar Ma’mun Sami Rashid, after he ceme out of the University
where he is completing his basic studies in the College of Engineering.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported campus guards who witnessed
the abduction – and did not move or react in any way against the
kidnapping – as saying that that four men attacked the puppet governor’s
son, blindfolded him, and led him away to an unknown destination. The
governor’s son made no attempt to resist.
Baghdad.
US soldier reported killed in roadside bombing in al-Bayya‘ area Tuesday
afternoon.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol in the al-Bayya‘ area
to the southwest of Baghdad at 4pm local time Tuesday.
The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of
al-Bayya‘ who witnessed the bombing as saying that an explosive device
that was placed under a mound of rubbish by the side of the main road in
the area blew up as a patrol of four Humvees passed by. The blast
disabled one of the vehicles, killing one American soldier and wounding
two more US troops.
Salah ad-Din Province.
Samarra’.
Four US troops reported killed in roadside bombing south of Samarra’.
In a dispatch posted at 6:30pm Mecca time Tuesday afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded by a US
armored column on the road leading to the al-Khalij Airport south of
Samarra’ (which is 120km north of Baghdad).
A source in the Iraqi puppet army told the Samarra’ correspondent for
Mafkarat al-Islam that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the
road to the al-Khalij military airfield south of the city blew up as a
column of five US armored vehicles and three Humvees was passing by. One
US armored vehicle was destroyed and four American soldiers were killed
in the attack. Two other US troops were wounded, the source said.
Tikrit.
Three Resistance bombs blast column of mercenary troops in Tikrit.
In a dispatch posted at 6:15pm Mecca time Tuesday, afternoon, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that three Iraqi Resistance bombs had exploded by a
patrol of foreign mercenary contractors working for the US military
occupation forces in Tikrit.
The Tikrit correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that three bombs
went off as a column of armor plated vehicles of the type used by
foreign security contractors (mercenary troops) working for the US
military passed by on the road leading to the presidential palace in
al-Awjah, near Tikrit – a site now occupied and used by American troops
as a local headuquarters.
The witnesses told the correspondent that the three bombs went off
nearly simultaneously, setting three vehicles on fire and killing or
wounding about seven foreign contractor soldiers.
At-Tarimiyah.
Two US troops reported killed in Resistance bombing Tuesday afternoon.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol
near the southern entrance to the city of at-Tarimiyah, north of Baghdad
at 3:30pm local time Tuesday afternoon.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a member of the puppet
police as saying that a bomb that was planted on the main road near the
entrance to the city blew up as a joint patrol was passing along the
road.
The explosion disabled one American armored vehicle, killing two US
troops and wounding two more American soldiers.
Ad-Dulu‘iyah.
Four American soldiers reported killed in farm road bombing late Tuesday
morning.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military patrol in the al-Bu
Hishmah area south of the city of ad-Dulu‘iyah at 11am local time
Tuesday morning.
The ad-Dulu‘iyah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses
as saying that a bomb that had been planted in the middle of an unpaved
farm road south of the village of al-Bu Hishamah had exploded under an
American Humvee that was part of a US patrol.
The witnesses said that the blast completely destroyed the Humvee,
killing four US troops who were aboard it.
Babil Province.
Al-Yusufiyah.
Four US troops reported killed in roadside bombing early Tuesday.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US armored column on the highway
southwest of al-Yusufiyah at 9am local time Tuesday morning.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of
al-Yusufiyah who witnessed the attack as saying that a massive bomb that
was planted by the side of the highway from Baghdad leading to the
southern provinces blew up by a column of US Bradley armored vehicles
and four Humvees. One of the armored vehicles was totally destroyed,
killing four US troops and wounding two more.
Ninwa Province.
Tall ‘Afar.
US forces withdraw from Tall ‘Afar having failed to take a single
neighborhood despite hours of fierce combat.
In a dispatch posted at 9am Tuesday morning Mecca time, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that US occupation forces had withdrawn from six
residential neighborhoods in the center, north, and west of Tall ‘Afar,
after they failed to take control of them despite continuous fighting
from early Monday until Tuesday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the city reported witnesses as
saying that American troops had issued an announcement in the city –
which they also published in Baghdad – saying that the Marines had taken
control and “cleaned out” a number of districts of Tall ‘Afar and then
withdrawn to leave the mission in the hands of the Iraqi puppet army
which is to reach the city in the next few hours.
The correspondent reported that the US occupation forces vehicles left
those areas of the city, each one of them dragging behind it a similar
vehicle that had been disabled or wrecked in the course of the previous
night’s battles. US helicopters could be seen during the battles trying
to land in some parts of the city to evacuate wounded or dead US troops,
but they were unable to touch down due to the intense fire between the
two sides.
The correspondent reported a source in the city hospital, which had been
designated to receive the wounded and dead Resistance fighters, as
saying that 16 fighters had been killed in the fighting and more than 30
other fighters wounded.
Resistance gunfire hits US Apache helicopter.
In a bulletin posted at 11:10am Mecca time Tuesday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that a short while earlier the Iraqi Resistance in
Tall ‘Afar had announced that their weapons fire had struck a US Apache
helicopter over the city.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent inside the city reported that the
Iraqi Resistance distributed a communiqué in various parts of Tall ‘Afar
announcing the hit. Resistance sources afterwards met with the
correspondent and said that their fire had scored a direct hit on the
Apache. A trail of thick smoke could be seen coming from the stricken
helicopter after the hit, but its fate and that of its crew was unknown,
except that it was seen going down in an area controlled by US
occupation forces.
Mosul.
Two American troops reported killed in Resistance ambush in al-Karamah
Tuesday morning.
Fierce fighting erupted between the Iraqi Resistance and US occupation
troops together with troops of the Iraqi puppet “Interior Ministry Wolf
Brigade” in the al-Karamah area south of Mosul at 9am local time Tuesday
morning.
The Mosul correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of
al-Karamah who witnessed the fighting as saying that the clashes began
when Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including
PKS machineguns and RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades attacked a joint
US-Wolf Brigade patrol in al-Karamah on the road leading to Kirkuk in
the southeast.
The fighting, which lasted about half an hour, left one US Humvee and
two troop transports belonging to the Wolf Brigade on fire. Two US
soldiers were killed and two other American troops were wounded. Four of
the puppet Wolf Brigade troops were killed and six others wounded.
Witnesses said that two of the Resistance fighters were killed and
another one wounded before the Resistance fighters withdrew from the
area.
~Absolute power corrupts absolutely
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07 Sep 2005 01:37:35 AM |
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