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"The Passion Against the War" |
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02 Sep 2005 12:26:08 AM |
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What the totally Dysfunctional, Brain-Dead U.S. media fails to tell us |
Thursday, 1 September 2005.
Resistance attacks, destroys US observation point near al-Hadithah
Thursday morning.
Five US troops reported killed in bombing near Abu Munaysir Bridge early
Thursday.
Number of dead in Baghdad Bridge Disaster hits 1,136.
Sunnis of al-Fallujah make largest blood donation to Shi‘i victims of
Bridge Disaster.
Polish soldier killed in Resistance bombing near al-Hillah early
Thursday.
Resistance car bomber blasts US column in Tall ‘Afar, killing seven
American troops Thursday morning witnesses report.
Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Hadithah.
Resistance attacks, destroys US observation point near al-Hadithah
Thursday morning.
Iraqi Resistance forces destroyed an observation site used by the US
occupation forces on the International Highway in the city of
al-Hadithah in western Iraq at about 9am local time Thursday morning.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported from the edge of the
area where the attack occurred that one source in the Iraqi puppet army
and another source in the puppet “Highway Guards” said that 21 American
troops were killed or wounded in the attack, which also totally
destroyed the observation post.
The observation post consisted of a two-story building atop which was an
eight-meter tower, according to members of the al-Bu Hayyat tribe who
live in the area of the highway and witnessed the attack. They said that
more than 15 Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked the observation post
after first unleashing an intense bombardment on the position and the
surrounding area that sowed confusion in the ranks of the Americans.
After the bombardment, Resistance fighters armed with shoulder-fired
rocket launchers, and medium PKS machineguns attacked the observation
post in an assault that lasted for nearly 45 minutes. US forces defended
themselves fiercely, the witnesses recounted, wounding four of the
Resistance fighters. But the power of the rockets that rained down on
the position was too much for them, the witnesses said.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent had a close look at the almost
totally wrecked American observation point after US forces had
surrounded it. American troops arrived at the observation post about 15
minutes after the Resistance fighters had withdrawn from the scene.
For its part, an Iraqi Resistance detachment issued a communiqué, a copy
of which was obtained by the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent, in which
it took responsibility for the attack. The detachment, the Brigades of
Dhu an-Nurayn ‘Uthman ibn ‘Affan, said that it had carried out the
assault with help from the Squadrons of the First Army of Muhammad.
Al-Baghdadi.
Resistance bombards US ‘Ayn al-Asad base with Katyusha rockets Thursday
afternoon.
Iraqi Resistance forces fired four Katyusha rockets into the US ‘Ayn
al-Asad airbase in the area of al-Baghdadi, about 170km northwest of
Baghdad, at about 3pm local time Thursday afternoon.
Witnesses told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent that the barrage set
off explosions inside the American base. Plumes of smoke rose into the
sky over the US occupied facility. US helicopters and warplanes flew
into the area to prowl the skies. There was no word, however, on the
extent or nature of US casualties.
Al-Fallujah.
Five US troops reported killed in early morning bombing near
as-Saqlawiyah.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US column on the highway linking
al-Fallujah with the town of as-Saqlawiyah at about 7am local time
Thursday morning.
The as-Saqlawiyah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses
as saying that that the blast destroyed one American Humvee and killed
five US troops.
In his dispatch posted at 9:40am Mecca time Thursday morning, the
correspondent reported that at the time of writing US forces had
encircled the area where the attack took place and American forces were
observed evacuating bodies from the area.
Resistance pounds US headquarters in al-Fallujah late Wednesday night.
Iraqi Resistance forces fired five heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the US
occupation headquarters in the middle of al-Fallujah, some 50km west of
Baghdad at 11pm local time Wednesday night.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in the city reported sources in
the Iraqi puppet police as saying that the Resistance barrage killed at
least three US soldiers and wounded another four American troops.
The source said that US reconnaissance helicopters and warplanes prowled
the skies over the city but did not fire back at any target.
Al-Fallujah is still subject to intense restrictions on entering or
leaving the city and a curfew is in force in the city. US forces have
also banned any demonstration in the city against the draft
“constitution” drawn up under US pressure in Baghdad. Increased patrols
by US forces have been roaming the streets of al-Fallujah in recent
days.
Abu Ghurayb.
Five US troops reported killed in bombing near Abu Munaysir Bridge early
Thursday.
A high-explosive Iraqi Resistance bomb went off by a US military patrol
near the Abu Munaysir Bridge in Abu Ghurayb at 8am local time Thursday
morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported local eye witnesses as
saying that the bomb, which had been planted near the Abu Munaysir
Bridge, exploded as a US patrol was passing. The blast destroyed two
American Humvees, killing five US troops and wounding three more.
After the attack, US troops surrounded the area and prevented anyone
from approaching. Other troops searched houses near the scene and
arrested five people on various “charges,” according to a source in the
Iraqi puppet army.
Baghdad.
Four American soldiers reported killed in afternoon bombing in ad-Durah.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol as it passed along the
highway in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah at 4pm local time
Thursday afternoon.
A source in the Iraqi puppet police, who asked not to be identified,
told Mafkarat al-Islam that the blast destroyed a US Humvee and killed
four American soldiers. US troops were later observed evacuating the
bodies from the scene of the attack.
Resistance bomb blasts US truck convoy in at-Taji early Thursday
afternoon.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a convoy of American trucks that
was hauling provisions to US bases in the area of at-Taji, a northern
suburb of Baghdad, at 2:30 local time Thursday afternoon.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying
that the bomb blew up as the truck convoy passed by on the main road
from Baghdad to the north. The blast destroyed one truck that was loaded
with provisions, killing two drivers. Another truck was disabled.
After the attack, US forces closed the main road. American vehicles
raised up and hauled away the burned out hulks of the one truck and
hauled the other off the road.
Number of dead in Baghdad Bridge Disaster hits 1,136.
In a dispatch posted at 10:45am Mecca time Thursday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that the latest data on the death toll in Wednesday’s
Bridge Disaster in Baghdad’s ar-Rusafah district indicated that 1,136
were confirmed dead and 800 others injured, a number of them in serious
condition.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported a medical source in the
“Ministry of Health” as saying that the large increase in the number of
fatalities was because a large number of the families of those killed in
the catastrophe took the bodies of their loved ones directly to
cemeteries for burial without first going to hospitals to register the
deaths. Other persons died by drowning in the Tigris River and their
bodies were only recovered on Thursday morning.
Sunnis of al-Fallujah make largest blood donation to Shi‘i victims of
Bridge Disaster.
Dr. ‘Abd al-Khaliq Mahmud, the Director of Statistics and Registration
in the Provincial Department of the “Ministry of Health” of the
US-installed “Iraqi government” announced that his “Ministry” had
received 1,350 bottles of blood donated by the Sunni residents of
al-Fallujah for the Shi‘i victims of the Baghdad Bridge Disaster that
took place on Wednesday.
Mafkarat al-Islam reported Dr. Mahmud as saying that a number of
religious scholars and tribal leaders handed over the blood donations
and they have been placed in the main blood bank. Dr. Mahmud said that
this was the largest quantity of blood that the “Ministry” had so far
received, the second having come from the city of al-‘Amarah in the
south of the country.
The al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that
mosques in al-Fallujah on Wednesday afternoon used their loudspeakers
systems to call on the people of the city to head to the hospitals to
donate blood for the Shi‘ah victims of the disaster.
Authorities in US-Installed Iraqi regime confirm account of Bridge
Disaster related in Mafkarat al-Islam reports Wednesday.
A highly placed source in the US-installed “Iraqi Interior Ministry”
confirmed reports carried by Mafkarat al-Islam on Wednesday that the
“Internal Affairs” branch of the “Ministry” had arrested a number of
members of the puppet police of al-Kazimiyah who were guarding the
crowds of Shi‘i pilgrims to the tomb of Musa ibn al-Ja‘far on Wednesday
when the bridge disaster took place.
In an exclusive statement to Mafkarat al-Islam, the source said
“security forces under the Interior Ministry arrested 14 members of the
‘shock force’ police in order to investigate them, following statements
by witnesses in the hospital to Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja‘fari that
policemen were the first to shout that there were suicide bombers ready
to blow themselves up.”
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent said that the source added, “the
Interior Ministry is completely convinced that it was that shouting by
the policemen that was motivated by their desire to hurry the pilgrims
on the bridge along.”
The source told the correspondent that “the Shi‘i pilgrims who were at
the approach to the bridge and they were kicked and trampled underfoot.
It is they who are now lying injured in the hospital. They were
unanimous is confirming this version of events, noting that the
policemen were standing at the entrance to the bridge.”
Salah ad-Din Province.
Tikrit.
Five US troops reported killed in double bombing in Tikrit midday
Thursday.
Two Iraqi Resistance bombs exploded by a US patrol on the main road in
Tikrit at about 1pm local time Thursday.
Witnesses told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent that two Resistance
bombs exploded in succession as a US patrol passed by along the main
road linking Tikrit with the northern provinces. The blast destroyed a
Humvee, killing five US troops and severely wounding two more.
Diyala Province.
Ba‘qubah.
Three US troops reported killed in roadside bombing early Thursday
afternoon.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded in the middle of Ba‘qubah, northeast
of Baghdad at aout 2pm local time Thursday afternoon.
The Ba‘qubah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a bomb in
the industrial zone of the city blew up next to a passing US patrol,
destroying one Humvee and killing three American troops.
The correspondent reported a source in the Iraqi puppet police as saying
that the bomb had been hidden in a garbage container by the side of the
road and that it blew up as the American patrol approached.
Babil Province.
Al-Hillah.
Polish soldier killed in roadside Resistance bombing early Thursday.
An Iraqi Resistance roadside bomb exploded by a Polish military vehicle
on the road linking al-Hillah with al-Musayyib at about 7am local time
Thursday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported an Iraqi puppet army
statement broadcast late Thursday morning as saying that the bomb killed
one Polish soldier and moderately wounded two others.
Residents of the area who saw the blast confirmed that the bomb
inflicted great damage on a Polish military vehicle that sat there on
fire for some time, neglected by the rest of the Poles. This prompted
the Iraqi puppet police to call in Iraqi fire fighters who put out the
blaze and dragged the vehicle out of the middle of the road where it had
been blocking traffic for two hours.
At-Ta’mim Province.
Kirkuk.
Three US troops said killed in Resistance car bombing in Kirkuk midday
Thursday.
An Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet army
patrol on the main road in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk at 1pm
local time Thursday.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported sources in the Iraqi puppet
police as saying that a car that had been packed with explosives and
parked by the side for the main road blew up as the joint patrol was
passing by. The blast destroyed one American Humvee and one GMC
belonging to the Iraqi puppet army. Three US troops and two Iraqi puppet
soldiers were killed in the explosion, the correspondent reported.
Ninwa Province.
Tall ‘Afar.
Resistance car bomber blasts US column, killing seven American troops
Thursday morning witnesses report.
An Iraqi Resistance martyrdom fighter drove an explosives-packed car
into a US military column on the main road in Tall ‘Afar in northern
Iraq at 10am local time Thursday morning.
Witnesses told Mafkarat al-Islam that the Resistance fighter slammed his
Kia car into a troop transport full of American soldiers and blew up.
The vehicle was totally destroyed and seven American troops were killed
and four more wounded. US forces immediately closed the road to traffic
and encircled the area.
In his dispatch posted at 1:30pm Mecca time Thursday, the Mafkarat
al-Islam correspondent reported that at the time of writing US troops
backed up by tanks and armored vehicles were deployed in large numbers
in the Tall ‘Afar area where there are numerous Resistance attacks on a
regular basis.
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Another day in Iraq!
~Absolute power corrupts absolutely
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