"Enemy" account of Iraq War

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member editorial board The Free Arab Voice.

Saturday, 18 September 2004.

American F-16 fighter bombers strike al-Juraythi neighborhood in al-Fallujah Saturday night.

The al-Fallujah correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US F-16 aircraft pounded the al-Juraythi neighborhood of the city killing seven local people and wounding five others. Residents have already begun burying the martyrs, as is Islamic custom.

Earlier Saturday evening US aggressor aircraft already bombed the industrial zone in eastern al-Fallujah.

US resumes bombing of al-Fallujah Saturday evening.

The al-Fallujah correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported in a dispatch posted at 6:35pm Mecca time Saturday evening (7:35pm local time) that US forces had resumed their bombardment of the industrial zone of the city, striking in the eastern and western districts of al-Fallujah.

Twenty Americans believed dead in Resistance ambush of tank patrol near ar-Ramadi.

A US military patrol made up of five tanks was ambushed by the Iraqi Resistance in the ar-Ramadi area at 9:00am Saturday. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the American patrol was operating in the area between as-Sufiyah and as-Saijariyah and that the Resistance fired heavy C5Ks in their attack, totally destroying four of the tanks. The fifth tank managed to escape.

Eyewitnesses reported that none of the crewmen emerged from the fireballs to which the stricken tanks were reduced. Each such tank usually carries a crew of five, and the number of personnel inside can rise to as high as 12 in cases where the Americans seek to transport troops in relative safety through the hostile country.

Resistance shells Saddam International Airport.

Explosions went off near Saddam International Airport, and plumes of black smoke were seen rising from the area. The stretch of the road in the area is the site of daily Iraqi Resistance attacks against US troops and their supply convoys. The Americans had nothing to say about casualties from the blasts, the American Associated Press (AP) said.

Resistance pounds US targets in Baghdad area.

Iraqi Resistance forces shelled the US base in Abu Ghurayb with high-explosive mortar rounds, probably of 120mm caliber, at 9:30am Saturday according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. Puppet police sealed off the area of the attack after eight rounds landed in the camp area.

The Resistance also shelled the puppet police academy and the so-called ministry of the interior with a violent Katyusha barrage.

The military academy in ar-Rustamiyah in Baghdad was attacked by a barrage of six Katyusha rockets at about 10:00am Saturday.

The Resistance also attacked the US base in Ba�qubah with more than 30 high-explosive 120mm mortar rounds at 9:00am Saturday.

Resistance bomb in Baghdad kills collaborators working for US mercenaries.
In Baghdad, an Iraqi Resistance roadside bomb exploded in a small sidestreet in the city center Saturday, killing one man and seriously wounding two in a passing car, puppet police and witnesses said, according to the American Associated Press (AP). Residents identified the three men as Iraqis who worked as security guards at a nearby hotel where civilian contractors are known to live and work.
Body of assassinated puppet official found.

West of Baghdad, residents found the body of al-Anbar province's puppet deputy governor, who was kidnapped earlier this month, hospital officials said Saturday. Basim Muhammad�s body was found Friday evening near ar-Ramadi General Hospital, said Dr. �Abd al-Mun�im Aftan, the facility�s director.

Resistance targets puppet oil official in attack near Mosul.
Saturday, a senior official with Iraq�s puppet state-run North Oil Company � set up to facilitate American plunder of Iraq�s oil resources � survived an Iraqi Resistance assassination attempt when his convoy came under attack in the northeastern city of Mosul, puppet police said.
Muhammad Zibari, the head of the company�s oil products department in the Ninwa province, was traveling in a three-vehicle convoy on his way to work in Mosul when Resistance fighters opened fire, killing five of his bodyguards and wounding four others, said police Lieutenant Muhammad �Ali, according to the American Associated Press (AP). Zibari, who is in charge of supplying the province with oil and gas, escaped unharmed, �Ali said. Two cars were badly damaged in the attack.


Ten Americans reported killed in ambush on fuel convoy near Mosul.
At least 10 US troops were reported killed early Saturday morning when Resistance forces ambushed their column of several fuel tank trucks and Humvees on the road in the Makhmur area, 40kkm from Mosul. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a Resistance bomb exploded under the fuel convoy and that the Resistance fighters then attacked the Americans with rocket propelled grenades, destroying two tank trucks and two Humvees and killing at least 10 soldiers.
Resistance bombards US base south of Mosul.
Iraqi Resistance forces bombarded the US base south of Mosul on Saturday night with a heavy barrage of nearly twelve 120mm mortar rounds. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the barrage took place at 8:00pm local time Saturday night.
Iraqi Resistance car bomb kills 20 applying to collaborate in US-backed �national guard� stooge army.

An Iraqi Resistance martyrdom fighter detonated a car bomb near a crowd of people waiting to apply for jobs with the puppet so-called �Iraqi national guard� in the northern city of Kirkuk on Saturday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 16, puppet officials said, according to the US Associated Press (AP).
The street outside the puppet �national guard� headquarters was littered with bloodied bodies, debris and shards of glass. Ambulances with sirens wailing rushed to the site of the explosion and firefighters doused flames leaping up from a burning car.
Kirkuk�s puppet �national guard� chief, Major General Anwar Muhammad Amin, said at least 20 died and 16 were wounded in the attack.
�I saw a speeding car crossing an open field heading toward the would-be recruits, then there was a huge explosion and a big fire,� said Asu Ahmad, a street vendor.
Resistance bombard Saddam International Airport repeatedly.
Iraqi Resistance forces pounded Saddam International Airport at 7:30am Saturday with six Katyusha rockets. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that earlier, at dawn, the Resistance had lobbed five powerful Grad rockets into the same American facility.

More than 20 heavy 120mm mortar shells crashed into the US aggressors� central command headquarters in Saddam International Airport on Saturday morning as well.

US forced to close road to Saddam International Airport after six Resistance assaults on the American-occupied facility.

US forces kept the road leading to Saddam International Airport closed Saturday night after a series of Resistance attacks. A total of six operations against the airport were undertaken Saturday evening, according to the local correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam who noted that more than 30 US armored vehicles and a large number of Humvees were keeping the road closed in anticipation of further rocket attacks on the American-occupied airport.

Resistance strikes in Baghdad Saturday night.

Resistance forces attacked US troops on the al-Jabiri Bridge in Baghdad, destroying two GMC Suburban military vehicles at 7:00pm local time. Resistance forces used rocket-propelled grenades. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the vehicles were transported away, indicating that those aboard had been killed.

At 9:00pm three powerful explosions shook Saddam International Airport, the result of three powerful Tariq rockets crashing into the US compound.

Resistance attacks US-Iraqi joint detachment on Hayfa Street Saturday night.

At about 7:15pm Saturday night local time, Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a joint US-Iraqi stooge detachment on Hayfa Street in the ar-Rusafah area of Baghdad. The Americans and their Iraqi puppet troops backed by six Bradley vehicles and eight Humvees were keeping the Medical City Bridge and the ash-Shuhada� Bridge on the ar-Rusafah side closed.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked with �al-Mihdad� anti-personnel rocket-propelled grenades, killing four American footsoldiers. The US troops immediately withdrew but then US forces sealed off the area as the skies were patrolled by Apache helicopters.

Resistance attacks in Baghdad Saturday night.

At least three US troops were killed and a Bradley armored vehicle destroyed in two separate Resistance attacks Saturday evening in Baghdad.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at 6:45pm a US patrol of four Humvees was ambushed near the Ibn Taymiyah mosque. Resistance fighters used rocket-propelled grenades to totally destroy one Humvee, killing three US troops and wounding a fourth sereiously.

At 7:00pm the Resistance destroyed a US Bradley armored vehicle with a bomb on the bridge linking the al-�Amil neighborhood to the al-Jami�ah University neighborhood. All those aboard the vehicle were killed or injured.

Iraqi Resistance forces firing armor-piercing rocket-propelled grenades attacked a US patrol made up of three Humvees, destroying one Humvee and disabling another. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported from Madinat ash-Sha�b in Baghdad that the attack took place at 6:45pm local time and that eye witnesses reported that they saw five burning bodies brought out of the blazing vehicles.

Resistance forces ambushed a US fuel and provisions convoy south of Baghdad destroying one soda water transport at 9:45pm Saturday night. Witnesses reported that one American was killed in the attack in which the Resistance used rocket-propelled grenades.

Two US troops die in Resistance roadside bombing in Baghdad.

Resistance bombs struck a US patrol made up of two Bradley armored vehicles and one Humvee at 8:00am Saturday at the al-Karradah pool area. The Humvee was disabled and two US troops killed.

Eleven members of US intelligence were killed by the Iraqi Resistance on Saturday near al-�Amiriyah in Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that in the late afternoon, Resistance fighters attacked a US column made up of three armored Mercedes cars belonging to US intelligence as they were traveling along the road to Saddam International Airport near al-�Amiriyah.

The Resistance fighters opened up on the column with rocket-propelled grenades in a particularly violent attack that completely destroyed all the vehicles and killed the 11 persons who were aboard them. The correspondent was unable to reach the scene of the attack personally but compiled his report based on eyewitness testimony.

Battles rage in al-Latifiyah area.

Violent battles raged between US forces and the Iraqi Resistance in the town of al-Latifiyah. At 6:30pm Saturday local time a fierce clash broke out between a US patrol made up of Abrams tanks and the Iraqi Resistance firing rocket-propelled grenades. One Abrams was disabled and four American footsoldiers were killed.

An Iraqi puppet so-called �national guard� patrol backed up by US armored vehicles clashed earlier Saturday evening with Resistance fighters in al-Latifiyah. Seven puppet soldiers were killed and three others who were driving a pickup truck were wounded.

Resistance shoots down Chinook helicopter.

Iraqi Resistance forces shot down a US Chinook helicopter north of the city of al-Baji on Saturday according to a correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, who reported that the downing took place at 5:00pm local time over Tallul al-Bajj, 100km north of al-Baji. The Resistance shot down the aircraft using a C5K.

Massive ambush Saturday in Balad Ruz area.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed US troops in the Balad Ruz area north of Baghdad at 4:30pm Baghdad time Saturday. Two Humvees were destroyed and an armored vehicle disabled. Anti-personnel rocket-propelled grenade and other rocket-propelled grenades as well as BKCs were used in the attack, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. Eyewitnesses reported that more than 38 Americans were killed in the ambush, and that US reinforcements arrived only after half an hour, allowing local people time to get a look at the battle scene.

Five US troops killed in Resistance bombing.

Iraqi Resistance forces planted a bomb on the road to Saddam International Airport near the al-�Amil neighborhood. The bomb exploded at 3:25pm Saturday afternoon local time when a US military patrol passed through the area and destroyed two US Humvees. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that five US troops were killed instantly and two others wounded.

Firece fighting between Jaysh al-Mahdi and occupation troops breaks out in al-Basrah area Friday and continues past midnight into the early hours of Saturday.

Fierce battles erupted in southern Iraq late Friday after occupation forces raided the office of Shi� religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr in at-Tannumah in al-Basrah. The battles raged into the night.

The local correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in that city reported that the clashes broke out in the afternoon in at-Tuways, at-Tannumah, as-Sa�i, al-Ma�qal, al-Karmah, and al-Qurnah in the area of al-Basrah. Numerous mortar shells have exploded and the sound of automatic weapons fire and heavy machineguns resounded. Fifteen civilians, most of them women and children had been killed as of 2:20am local time Saturday morning (1:20am Mecca time) and 30 others had been wounded in fighting that still raged as the correspondent filed his report at that time.

Anglo-American butchers kill over 100 citizens of al-Basrah.

More than 100 Iraqi civilians were killed and and over 215 others wounded � many of them seriously � on Friday-Saturday night in al-Basrah in fighting that raged between the British occupation forces and the Resistance. British armored forces and Anglo-American aircraft, including F-16 fighter bombers, took part in the battle against the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia, loyal to Shi�i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr.

According to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, the British occupation troops destroyed 40 houses, some of them razed to the ground. At the time his report was posted at 11:55am Saturday morning Mecca time (12:55pm local time) some of the victims of the Anglo-American attacks had still not been removed from under the rubble.

Fifty cars were damaged or destroyed in the fighting that raged intensely until 7:00am Saturday morning local time. The local correspondent wrote that British forces in the city were intent of keeping a total lid of secrecy on the bloody fighting and the number of victims, to the point that hospitals in the city refuse to release casualty figures. The correspondent obtained his figures from what he described as �private sources.�

The secrecy was caused, he wrote, by the fact that the Jaysh al-Mahdi was being opposed by a coalition of the Badr Brigades � the armed wing of the Shi� chauvinist and collaborationist so-called Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) organization and the Shi�i chauvinist and collaborationist Da�wah Party � both of which hotly object to the Jaysh al-Mahdi�s opposition within the Shi�i community to the US occupation of Iraq. The collaborationist chauvinist parties have been carrying out campaigns of assassinations against Sunni leaders in al-Basrah recently and are not above attempting to spark a sectarian war in the country so as to push the Shi�i masses into the arms of Shi�i clerics interested in building their power at the expense of the country.

Unlike the pro-American SCIRI and Da�wah Party, however, the Jaysh al-Mahdi with its line of opposing the US occupation has won a wide following among the masses of Shi�i youth of al-Basrah and throughout southern Iraq, threatening the authority of the conservative chauvinist clerics.

It is believed that the massive Anglo-American strikes on civilian targets in al-Basrah were prompted by the desire of Washington and London to try to turn the populace of al-Basrah against the Jaysh al-Mahdi. The Anglo-American aim apparently is to try to get the populace of the city to call for the expulsion of the Jaysh al-Mahdi from the city � a move that would allow the chauvinist collaborationist Shi�i clerics a free hand in the second largest city of Iraq.

British occupation arrests 300 suspected Jaysh al-Mahdi supporters in al-Basrah Friday.

British aggressor troops on Friday arrested some 300 Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters in the course of their attempt to repress the Resistance organization in al-Basrah. The British invaders had earlier used the ruse of issuing notices of job offers to attract young people whose names and addresses were taken down. Later those lists were used in the roundups of suspected militiamen.

Jaysh al-Mahdi kills six British troops in al-Basrah Saturday night.

Six British soldiers were killed and two others wounded in clashes that erupted on al-Istiqlal Street in the center of the city between the Jaysh al-Mahdi and British aggressors. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Jaysh al-Mahdi destroyed two British Landrovers with rocket-propelled grenades at 11:30pm local time, killing six British troops and wounding two others. In his dispatch posted at 11:10pm Mecca time (12:10am Sunday, local time) the correspondent said the fighting was still under way.

Resistance bombards British headquarters in al-Basrah.

Resistance fighters carried out a missile attack on the Presidential Palace in the al-Barradi�i area of al-Basrah � a building complex now used by the British occupation forces as their headquarters. The al-Faruq Brigades Resistance organization fired four powerful Grad rockets at the compound at 11:45pm local time Saturday night.

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Sunday, 19 September 2004.

US violently bombards al-Fallujah Sunday morning.

US aggressor forces violently bombed two areas of al-Fallujah on Sunday morning � the industrial zone and the al-�Askari neighborhood. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the intense US bombardment consisted of a tank barrage mounted at the industrial zone in the east of the city and the al-�Askari neighborhood to the north of it.

Iraqi national guard troops had moved into the areas covered by the US shelling to try to rescue the beleaguered civilians in the target areas, many of whom had been wounded by the intensive shelling.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported from al-Fallujah later Sunday morning that the continuous heavy bombardment by US forces in the city had left two civilians dead and four wounded. All the casualties were road cleaning workers who worked in the stricken areas of the city.

Resistance launches evening bombardments of US installations in occupied Baghdad area.

At 6:00pm local time Sunday evening Iraqi Resistance forces fired a volley of seven 82mm mortar rounds at the US occupation headquarters in the Republican Palace in Baghdad, dubbed �the green zone� by the American invaders.

At 9:00pm Sunday the Resistance attacked the military academy in ar-Rustamiyah � also used as a US camp � with four Katyusha rockets.

At 11:15pm local time the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the resistance pounded the US base in al-Muthanna with six 82mm mortar rounds.

At the same time the Resistance again attacked the �green zone� with three Katyusha rockets.

Fighting rages Sunday afternoon on Hayfa Street in Baghdad.

Battles renewed on Hayfa Street between Iraqi Resistance forces and the US aggressors on Sunday. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Resistance fighters were using 60mm mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, CBG9 rockets and BKCs as well as hand grenades in their battle. Iraqi sharpshooters were also busy targeting the US troops.

The fierce fighting broke out at 1:00pm Sunday afternoon, local time, and continued for some time after US troops tried to storm Hayfa Street under the cover of Apache helicopter gunships that went ahead firing at any moving target in their path along the street. US snipers also deployed on the roof of the Saddam Medical Center and a number of other buildings to cover the attempted US advance.

The US seemed intent upon storming into the Hayfa Street area at about 11:20pm local time. More than 45 armored vehicles � Abrams tanks and Bradley armored vehicles closed the street off completely causing the situation there to grow very tense.

Resistance repulses US attack on Hayfa Street.

In a dispatch posted at 12:45am Monday morning local time (11:45pm Mecca time) the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Resistance forces blunted a US assault on Hayfa Street, inflicting damage on the attacking Americans in the processs. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance pounded the Americans with 82mm mortar shells, rocket-propelled grenades, and advanced SPG9s.

The Resistance also managed to prevent attempts of US foot soldiers protected by armor to break into the area. Iraqi sharpshooters fired on the advancing Americans with pinpoint accuracy, killing two soldiers who were in the van of the American attack.

Resistance attacks US patrol in ad-Durah, Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a US patrol in the ad-Durah area of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, destroying a GMC vehicle believed to be carrying US intelligence officers. Three Americans were killed inside the GMC. Four Humvees were also destroyed in the attack according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. Resistance fighters fired armor piercing rocket-propelled grenades, killing four US troops aboard the vehicles.

Iraqi Resistance fires massive Ra�d rocket at Saddam International Airport.

A massive explosion rocked Saddam International Airport southwest of Baghdad on Sunday according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. The explosion followed a barrage of heavy Resistance Ra�d rockets that slammed into the US-occupied facility at 12:30pm local time Sunday. The Ra�d �Thunder� rocket is of Russian manufacture that the Iraqis have perfected. It is six meters long and is distinguished by its great destructive power, which covers one square kilometer in area. Great destruction was caused by the explosion of the rocket within the US base, one of the chief us facilities in the country. US troops apparently closed the airport to all landings and takeoffs after the attack, completely closing the runways. Smoke rose over the occupied airport for over two hours after the attack.

Resistance battles US-Kurdish chauvinist forces near Mosul Sunday afternoon.

Sunday afternoon was marked by clashes in which the US forces and Kurdish chauvinist Peshmergah militia fought the Resistance near the al-Hadr village 15km from Mosul. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in that city reported that 10 Americans and seven Peshmergah militiamen were killed, three Humvees and three Peshmergah vehicles disabled, one of the later being a Landcruiser, the other two being Nissan pickup trucks.

Resistance pounds US as-Suqur base.

Iraqi Resistance fighters shelled the US as-Suqur base in the Abu Shir area of ad-Durah south of Baghdad with fifteen 120mm mortar rounds. The fierce attack compelled US forces to call in helicopters to comb the area adjacent to their camp looking for the sources of the mortar fire.

Resistance attacks US column near at-Taji.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US column with rocket-propelled grenades in the at-Taji area north of Baghdad on Sunday. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the attack set 10 vehicles ablaze.

__Four US troops killed in Resistance bombing in ar-Ridwaniyah.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under a US military patrol in the ar-Ridwaniyah area at 8:00am Sunday morning local time. Four US troops were killed and one Humvee destroyed in the ambush.

Resistance attacks fuel convoy in al-Latifiyah south of Baghdad.

Between 8:00am and 9:00am Sunday Iraqi Resistance forces clashed extremely violently with US aggressors in the al-Latifiyah area south of Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance destroyed two US military fuel tankers and killed four American troops. But the Resistance fighters were forced to withdraw from the area to more secure positions after US aircraft came to attack their positions.

Fighting rages in al-Latifiyah Sunday afternoon.

After noon on Sunday the city of al-Latifiyah was the scene of numerous intermittent clashes between US aggressor troops and the Iraqi Resistance. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the first battles broke out at 3:00pm local time and lasted until 6:30pm, shortly before sunset. The fighting on the city’s main street left one US Abrams tank ablaze.

Nine US troops reported killed in Resistance attack in al-Hillah.

Iraqi Resistance forces killed nine US troops Sunday afternoon in an attack on a US column made up of six Humvees at 4:00pm local time in the city of al-Hillah in Babil Province south of Baghdad.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a series of Resistance bombs exploded under the patrol, totally destroying three of the Humvees. The bodies of several of the dead American soldiers were observed strewn on the ground.

Resistance ambushes fuel convoy, destroys four vehicles.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a US fuel convoy on the highway in al-Yusufiyah using rocket-propelled grenades. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the attack, which took place at 4:00pm left four vehicles totally destroyed and killed four persons who were aboard the convoy. The vehicles in the convoy bore Kuwaiti license plates.

Resistance attacks provisions convoy in Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a provisions convoy in Baghdad at 6:35pm Sunday evening according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, who reported that one large refrigerator truck was destroyed and its driver, who appeared to be a civilian profiteer had black skin. The refrigerator truck belonged to a Saudi company based in ad-Dammam.

An Iraqi puppet police patrol was attacked earlier on Sunday in the area of the US occupation headquarters known as the “green zone”, destroying one Landcruiser and killing four Iraqi puppet troops.

US soldier reported killed in al-Kazimiyah.

One US soldier was killed on Sunday at 9:50pm when an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under his four-Humvee patrol in the al-Kazimiyah area of Baghdad. The blast damaged one of the Humvees.

Resistance attacks on puppet police.

An Iraqi puppet police patrol was ambushed by the Resistance near the so-called “green zone” at 5:00pm local time. One Landcruiser was destroyed and four Iraqi puppetpolicemen aboard it were killed.

Three puppet-government covered Landcruisers were attacked in the al-‘Amiriyah area west of Baghdad. Two were totally destroyed with the five men aboard killed. The third fled to the west. That incident took place at 3:30pm Sunday.

Three Americans killed near Ba‘qubah Sunday night.

Fighting broke out near the area of Bahraz near the city of Ba‘qubah at 7:00pm as a US patrol of four Bradley armored vehicles clashed with the Resistance. The battle lasted until about 9:00pm local time. Two civilian cars that were in the area were set ablaze but no one aboard them was killed, though three persons were wounded. Three US troops were killed in the fighting, however.

Eleven US troops said killed near Ba‘qubah.

At least 11 US troops were reported killed in battle with Iraqi Resistance force in the Bahraz area near Ba‘qubah northeast of Baghdad on Sunday. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the fighting erupted at 9:00am local time and continued intermittently until his report was posted at 2:05pm local time (1:05pm Mecca time) Sunday. Two Humvees and one Abrams tank were destroyed as was a US personnel carrier. No troops were aboard the last vehicle, however, when it was blown up.

Resistance rocket strikes US Black Hawk helicopter near Ba‘qubah.

Iraqi Resistance forces shot and hit a Black Hawk helicopter with a rocket Sunday afternoon near Khan Bani Sa‘d near Ba‘qubah north of Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that fire broke out on part of the aircraft and then it disappeared from sight. It appears that it landed in a nearby airstrip.

Four puppet policemen blown up in al-Basrah.

Four puppet so-called “Iraqi national guard troops” were killed in a Resistance bomb attack at about 10:10pm Sunday night local time in al-Basrah. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the bomb blew up in Sa‘d Square in the city.

With the onset of midnight in al-Basrah, an uneasy calm settled over the city

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Monday, 20 September 2004.

Two Iraqis gunned down by US forces as they come out of mosque on Hayfa Street.

Hayfa Street was the scene of a US attack on innocent worshippers Monday night as they came out of mosques after the nighttime prayer. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at 9:00pm Monday US troops sealed off Hayfa Street with 15 military vehicles – Abrams tanks and Bradley armored vehicles. Four tanks drew up near the al-Musa mosque near at-Tala’i‘ Square. When local worshippers came out of the mosque at 9:15pm they saw the tanks and armored vehicles and some panicked and ran to hide for feat that the Americans would open fire indiscriminately, as they frequently do after an attack.

When the worshippers – one of whom was the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam – had gone some 10 meters from the mosque one of the US troops began firing his “Bakta” weapon mounted on the tank into the crowd. Two persons were killed on the square. The rest of the worshippers, including the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent, survived the random and pointless US attack.

At mid-afternoon the US had moved up 18 Abrams tanks toe concentrate at the entrance to Hayfa Streeet in what appeared again to be the threat of an assault.

US targets struck in Iraq Monday.

Several US bases in Iraq were targeted by the Iraqi Resistance on Monday. The US occupation headquarters in the Republican Palace in Baghdad – which the American invaders have dubbed the “green zone” was struck by two powerful Tariq rockets at 5:00pm Monday afternoon local time. Plumes of smoke could be seen rising over the top-security US compound.

The US base in al-Muthanna airport in Baghdad was struck by six 82mm mortar rounds, according to the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent at 8:30pm Monday night. Warning sirens went off within the US camp.

At 7:00pm Monday, the US Central Command in Baghdad was struck by six powerful 120mm mortar rounds, and there too the attack set off warning sirens. Direct hits were apparently scored because four Cobra Helicopters were observed for 40 minutes in the sky over the camp.

The correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam notes that the 120mm mortar round is vastly different from ordinary mortar shells in that it has a range of 50.9 kilometers, while the range of the ordinary mortar round is a mere 6.5 kilometers.

Resistance attacks US fuel convoy in al-Latifiyah Monday evening.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a US fuel convoy at 7:00pm Monday in al-Latifiyah, 25km south of Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that two fuel tankers were destroyed in the attack and two American soldiers killed.

Al-Latifiyah is a center for the manufacture and refinery of petroleum products, which are trucked out in military and civilian tank trucks to supply the US troops.

Two US troops killed, three wounded in Monday night Resistance ambush.

Two US troops were killed and three others wounded on Tuesday evening when the Iraqi Resistance attacked their patrol southeast of Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the US patrol of five Humvees was attacked by Resistance fighters wielding rocket-propelled grenades at 8:30pm local time Monday night on the highway in ar-Rustamiyah. Two Humvees were disabled.

Eight US, Iraqi troops killed in Resistance bombing in al-Yusufiyah.

Eight troops were killed on Monday when the Iraqi Resistance attacked their joint US Marine-Iraqi puppet troop patrol made up of four amphibious armored vehicles in Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded as the patrol was passing through the al-Yusufiyah area south of Baghdad at 6:30pm local time. One amphibious armored vehicle was destroyed in the attack and eight dead troops were brought out of it. It is believed that they were a mix of Americans and Iraqi puppet soldiers.

Resistance fire forces Apache to land at US airstrip afire.

Three Apache helicopters began crisscrossing the skies over Hayfa Street Monday morning in Baghdad at about 7:30am when Resistance fighters opened fire on the craft, striking one of them. Thick smoke could be seen coming from the rear of the helicopter and it was forced to land in al-Muthanna airstrip.

Madinat as-Sadr in Baghdad witnesses fierce fighting.

Fierce fighting raged on Monday in the district of Baghdad known as Madinat as-Sadr as US forces backed by Abrams tanks and Bradley armored vehicles and four Apache helicopters as well as F-16 fighter bombers attacked the neighborhood. The local Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that the whole area from al-Habibiyah to the end of Madinat as-Sadr is engulfed in fighting. Iraqi puppet troops have deployed throughout the area. The area of the canal adjacent to Madinat as-Sadr to the northwest, half a kilometer away is the scene of a concentration of at least 300 US troops.

For their part Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen destroyed three Humvees and disabled one Bradley armored vehicle in addition to killing 11 US troops.

Attacks Monday night in Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance forces disabled a US armored vehicle around sunset on Monday in the al-Ghazaliyah area of south Baghdad. According to the correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded at 6:45pm disabling one Bradley vehicle.

At 10:45pm a US Bradley armored vehicle in the al-Karakh area of Baghdad was the target of a Resistance bombing that did not, however, inflict serious damage. But at the same time, Resistance forces attacked a Humvee with rocket-propelled grenades, killing or wounding those aboard.

Three US troops killed in ambush.

Three US troops were killed when Iraqi Resistance forces with rocket-propelled grenades attacked an armored GMC that was being escorted by four Humvees in the ash-Sha‘b area of Baghdad, near ar-Rashidiyah. The attack took place at 8:30am Monday morning local time, and disabled the GMC. One Humvee was also totally destroyed and three US troops aboard it were killed.

US strikes al-Fallujah.

US forces early Monday afternoon subjected the area north of al-Fallujah to intensive bombing according to the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the city, targeting the al-Jurayfi area of the city with airborne bombardments. Preliminary results are that four civilians were martyred in the attacks and a number of people were injured.

The US attack centered on the area of the train station in the city around which a number of workers were working moving earth. The correspondent reported that the first wave of attacks left one of the workers dead and two of his companions injured.

Then when a number of local people and emergency workers arrived on the scene to provide assistance, US aircraft returned to strike the area anew, killing three more civilians and wounding a large number of others.

Resistance attacks “green zone.”

Resistance forces carried out Rocket attacks on the US occupation headquarters in Baghdad – what US forces call the “green zone” at 6:30am Monday. Four Katyusha rockets smashed into the US area, sending plumes of thick smoke rising into the sky.

Then at 8:30am local time the Resistance launched a violent barrage on the “green zone” using powerful Tariq rockets.

Resistance attacks in Iraq claim four US lives.

At least four US soldiers were killed and four others wounded in two separate Resistance attacks on Monday.

At 8:00am local time three US troops were killed and a fourth wounded when the Resistance attacked a US foot patrol in the area of ath-Tharah with rocket-propelled grenades and BKC machineguns. An American Black Hawk helicopter was seen landing to ferry away the dead and wounded.

In al-Qa’im on the border with Syria, the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a land mine exploded at 1:00pm Monday afternoon as a Humvee was traveling behind the central market in the city. The blast disabled the Humvee and killed one American soldier. Three other troops were killed in the attack. US forces closed off the city of al-Qa’im, beginning with Monday afternoon and late into the night.

Resistance attacks Kurdish patrol near Ba‘qubah.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a Kurdish chauvinist Peshmergah patrol in the Hamrayn area north of Ba‘qubah according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam who reported that the four-Toyota patrol was attacked by Resistance fighters firing rocket-propelled grenades. The Resistance destroyed the four cars and killed eight Peshmergah chauvinists.

About half an hour after that attack, an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under a US Abrams tank in the Balad Ruz area.

Two GMC vehicles believed to belong to US intelligence destroyed in midday ambush.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under a column of two GMC vehicles, believed to belong to US intelligence officers, that was being escorted by a four of Humvees in the az-Za‘faraniyah area, 15km from downtown Baghdad at 1:30pm Monday afternoon. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the two armored GMCs were then attacked by Resistance fighters firing rocket-propelled grenades. The two GMCs were destroyed and one Humvee disabled.

Three US troops killed in bombing.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb struck an American Humvee as it passed under the Medical City overpass from the Saddamiyat al-Karakh area. Three US troops were killed and two others wounded in the attack according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

Resistance bomb attack rakes US troops near Abu Ghurayb.

A massive Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded in the Abu Ghurayb area at about 12:30 midday on Monday according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam who reported that the bomb had been planted in the path of a US patrol of four troop transport vehicles and six Humvees. The series of blasts destroyed five of the passing US vehicles. A source in the puppet police in Abu Ghurayb told the correspondent that the number of American dead as a result of the attack had topped 20.

After the attack, US forces moved in to seal off the center of Abu Ghurayb town with more than 30 US vehicles, including Bradley armored vehicles and Abrams tanks. US aircraft flew thickly overhead.

Resistance sharpshooter kills US soldier in al-Kazimiyah.

One US soldier was killed when Resistance sharpshooters opened fire on his patrol in the al-Kazimiyah area of Baghdad at 10:30am Monday.

Two puppet “national guardsmen” were killed when the Resistance attacked their vehicle with BKCs at 10:00am local time in the Salman Bak area southeast of Baghdad.

US troops arrest head of puppet “national guard” in northern city for being secret Resistance member.

US aggressor forces arrested the head of the national guard puppet force in the city of al-Huwayjah near Kirkuk on charges that he was working for the Iraqi Resistance, according to Agence France Presse (AFP).

Three Iraqi civilians die when US armored vehicle opens fire randomly.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed two US armored vehicles on Monday morning in southern Baghdad, destroying one of them. The other opened fire wildly on local civilians. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the incident took place on the road to Saddam International Airport near the al-‘Amil area. A bomb detonated under the first vehicle, destroying it. Thereupon Resistance fighters opened fire with BKCs. The attack took place at 8:45am Monday and created panic in the US vehicles, causing the surviving vehicle to open fire in all directions, setting two civilian cars ablaze and killing three Iraqi civilians.

Puppet troops deploy in an-Nasiriyah.

Iraqi puppet police and “nationalguardsmen” deployed in large numbers in an-Nasiriyah, 375km south of Baghdad on Monday. Italian aggressor troops aided the deployment of the puppet forces with a number of patrols, each one made up of three or four vehicles. The an-Nasiriyah correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported on Monday afternoon that two columns of reinforcements and supplies consisting of 18 Abrams tanks, in addition to armored vehicles and Humvees, had reached the US base in an-Nasiriyah on Sunday.

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why is it that when a crime becomes commonplace, it is considered 'okay'.
the media are supposed to protect us from lying politicians. it is NOT ACCEPTABLE to have an 'embedded media', or to say 'it's just propoganda, both sides do it'. we may have little effect on the corporate teetsucking spineless executive decision makers, but we don't have to be so frickin' apathetic about it.

where is the reporting on US strikes on independent media and reporters in iraq.

where is the mainstream reporting of the ties and historical patterns of CIA involvement in third world countries. of close ties between tim osman/osama bin laden and the CIA. saddam and the CIA. noriega and the CIA. all the propped up dictators in the third world and the CIA. bush and the bin ladens. bush and coc aine. bush senior and the brother of the guy who shot reagan. the northwoods document. the silence is deafening. the media is supposed to CONNECT the dots, not disCONnect them. it's such transparent tripe that i can't believe anyone buys a single word of any of it!

by Noah Guest on 22.09.2004 [20:16 ]

A pain-staking account of the IRR Reports, from sept 01 thru sept 20 reveals the American injury and death toll in Iraq as follows:

US_Troops_Killed = 1298
US_Troops_Wounded = 147
US_Intelligence_Killed = 62

As for civillan casualties

Killed = 481 (29 children)
Wounded = 700 (8 children)

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At this rate, how long can US sustain? How many more cannon folders will enable Bush to think again?

Well, this does show the true nature of the "enemy" mindset.

"Puppets"..."aggressors"...Another professor killed! Yay! Another spineless bomb goes off. Yay! Evil Americans slaughter innocent people! Yay! "Resistance sharpshooters"? Please...

What a load of camel dung. It's easy to plant bombs and assassinate professors, engineers, and translators. It takes no special skill or intestinal fortitude to lob mortar shells in the enemy's general direction and disappear. Quite obviously, they dare not initiate confrontation where someone might...fight back, or something.

If you take this at face value, you gotta wonder where all these "Iraqi puppet troops" keep coming from. You'd almost think that there are people fighting to free their country from these faceless cowards.

I am not impressed. If they're so great, let them stand and fight like men instead of planting bombs and running like spooked goats at the first sign of any resistance.

Originally posted by Q
I am not impressed. If they're so great, let them stand and fight like men instead of planting bombs and running like spooked goats at the first sign of any resistance.

You obviously do not know there is a phrase called "Guerilla War". Different from Vietnam War, US will be defeated much sooner.

Originally posted by zcheng
by Noah Guest on 22.09.2004 [20:16 ]

A pain-staking account of the IRR Reports, from sept 01 thru sept 20 reveals the American injury and death toll in Iraq as follows:

US_Troops_Killed = 1298
US_Troops_Wounded = 147
US_Intelligence_Killed = 62

As for civillan casualties

Killed = 481 (29 children)
Wounded = 700 (8 children)

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At this rate, how long can US sustain? How many more cannon folders will enable Bush to think again?

The US lost 1298 troops KIA in the last month, come on.; Do you really believe this BS, that's more than they've lost in the entire conflict.
Zcheng try using some more of your limited brain power before you post obvious lies.Hopeless.

Originally posted by mad scientist
The US lost 1298 troops KIA in the last month, come on.; Do you really believe this BS, that's more than they've lost in the entire conflict.
Zcheng try using some more of your limited brain power before you post obvious lies.Hopeless.

Do you actually believe the rate of actual loss?

I believe that actual loss will be between above account and US official admission. But I know US official loss is bull#es. By the way, anyone injured in the Abram attack? Of course, no one is injured or killed.

Originally posted by zcheng

Do you actually believe the rate of actual loss?

I believe that actual loss will be between above account and US official admission. But I know US official loss is bull#es. By the way, anyone injured in the Abram attack? Of course, no one is injured or killed.

What so you really believe the US lost almost 1300 soldiers last month. If this was the casualty rate then it would easily come out on the mainstram media, what about all the families who would come forward.
This isn't China where the government easily lies to the people and gets away with it. Democracies are open and accountable, so please think about it.

Th fact that they lost far more men KIA then wounded doesn't make any sense it's always the other way around.

Originally posted by mad scientist
What so you really believe the US lost almost 1300 soldiers last month. If this was the casualty rate then it would easily come out on the mainstram media, what about all the families who would come forward.
This isn't China where the government easily lies to the people and gets away with it. Democracies are open and accountable, so please think about it.

Th fact that they lost far more men KIA then wounded doesn't make any sense it's always the other way around.

I said it is between the two accounts. While US admits about 60 KIA, and IRR claims for 1200. I think a number of 5*60=300 is more close to reality.

Remember within one week over 250 Iraqi people were killed. About report could not be complete for all Iraqi killed, only some known to their reporters.

China do not hide the loss of life in war. Chinese people understand and appreciate those died for the Country. They are called "Zui Ke Ai de Ren", most lovable people. China do not commit troops lightly, only when in absolute necessity. In the coming Unification war, we know the potential huge loss of the Best Chinese Soldiers. It will be my honor to be one of them.

Come on, it would be your honor to die attacking a peaceful and democratic country. I think that somes up Chicom thinking.

Originally posted by mad scientist
Come on, it would be your honor to die attacking a peaceful and democratic country. I think that somes up Chicom thinking.

The fact of the matter is that Taiwan is not a country, but a renegate province of China. I am proud to die for my country to defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity of China.

A lot of these releases do need to be taken with a grain of salt.

However, one way we could get an accurate count of U.S. casualities is if the family members of the soldiers killed would simply send a note to a non Fox related news site and report it.

They could keep a tally and undermine the governments ability to keep it secret for as long as possible. Probably wouldn't work but its just a thought.

Propaganda

"It may also be defined as the spreading of information in order to influence public opinion and to manipulate other people's beliefs."

Just in case anyone wanted to get technical.

If those of you who think it is bad now, are loseing it, imagine if the media wasn't controlled, and every aspect of the war, good, bad and ugly was televised by who ever had the means to broadcast. This isn't as bad as it could be, the war could be in your back yard, our front lawns or worse. Reality is a cruel teacher, and nothing is fair. Face up to it, talk is cheap and nothing outside of takeing action is going to change things. Go ahead and decide what to believe, choose your ignorance, that's your prerogative.

Man is three things; Who we think we are, who others think we are, and who we really are.

Originally posted by ADVISOR
imagine if the media wasn't controlled, and every aspect of the war, good, bad and ugly was televised by who ever had the means to broadcast.

Personally, I would welcome that.

Tuesday, 21 September 2004.

Fierce fighting erupts in al-Bayya� area of Baghdad after midnight early Wednesday morning.

Shortly after midnight, at 12:10am Wednesday morning local time, fierce fighting broke out in the al-Bayya� area of downtown Baghdad. Earlier in the day it was the scene of a massive Resistance car bombing.

Massive Iraqi Resistance car bomb blasts US military column Tuesday in the al-Bayya� area.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the US column consisted of several small armored vehicles, a group of Humvees, and large troop transport vehicles. The Resistance detonated a car bomb so huge that it totally destroyed two American troop transport vehicles, both of which were full of US soldiers � at least twenty per vehicle, according to the correspondent. Three Humvees were also destroyed in the attack.

The Resistance did not merely detonate the powerful car bomb, but opened fire with rocket-propelled grenades on what was left of the US column after the massive explosion.

The blast occurred in an area to the east of al-Bayya�, and west of the former Saudi Hospital by the highway leading to Baghdad. The correspondent described the scene of the attack, saying that body parts of the soldiers had been blown all over the area, filling the sidewalk near the site of the explosion.

After the massive attack, US forces closed down about 60 percent of the main roads in the Baghdad area and the surrounding area, setting up numerous command points. Helicopters and warplanes filled the sky over the district.

US forces also set about cleaning up the scene of the attack, picking up corpses and numerous scattered body parts, as well as shredded pieces of uniforms, cleaning and covering blood stains and removing US-related debris.

At the time his report was filed � 6:55pm Mecca time; 7:55pm local time Tuesday night � the correspondent wrote that US helicopters were still prowling the skies over the area, preventing reporters and photographers from entering and approaching the scene of the attack, making pictures from the area impossible to obtain.

Later in the day the US military acknowledged an attack on the highway to Saddam International airport, claiming it was a car bombing, and that the explosion was massive and that it destroyed 10 civilian cars in the area. The Iraqi puppet police told the US Associated Press (AP) that there were an undetermined number of civilian casualties as a result of the bombing.

A mouthpiece for the Americans claimed, however, that only four US troops were wounded in the massive assault, one of them evacuated to a military hospital, while the other three were treated at the scene. The spokesman also asserted that initial reports by another military spokesman of the destruction of an American Bradley armored vehicle had been untrue.

US military forces, however, sealed off the area of the car bomb attack in al-Bayya� from the media, preventing any independent verification of the US propagandists� claims.

It was also unclear from the US account as to whether the American assertions pertained to the car bombing incident that took place in al-Bayya�, or the attack at 4:40pm on the highway to Saddam International Airport (see story below).

Three US troops killed in ambush near Baghdad Tuesday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US column on the highway to Saddam International Airport near the al-�Amil neighborhood south of Baghdad. According to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, the US column consisted of several Humvees. Resistance forces attacked with armor-piercing rocket-propelled grenades at 4:40pm Tuesday afternoon, destroying one Humvee and killing three US soldiers who were aboard it.

Seven US troops killed in Resistance car bombing in al-Latifiyah.

At least seven US troops were killed on Tuesday when a Resistance car bomb exploded by a passing US military column near the city of al-Latifiyah south of Baghdad, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

The attack took place at 6:00pm Tuesday evening on the International Highway, and left seven US soldiers dead and three troop transport vehicles that were carrying supplies destroyed.

Four US troops die in ambush west of Baghdad Tuesday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces launched a �double-barreled� attack on a US column Tuesday morning west of Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at about 8:30am local time Iraqi Resistance bombs exploded under a US column. Resistance fighters then opened fire on the Americans with rocket-propelled grenades. The correspondent wrote that four US toops were killed in the attack, which also left one Bradley armored vehicle, one troop transport vehicle, and another armored vehicle disabled.

Hand grenade attack targets US patrol on Hayfa Street.

A US patrol made up of Bradley armored vehicles was attacked by Resistance fighters with hand grenades on Hayfa Street in Baghdad on Tuesday. According to the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam, however, the attack inflicted no damage on the US forces.

Resistance bombardments of US camps in the Baghdad area Tuesday morning.

At 6:30am Tuesday morning, Iraqi Resistance forces fired five heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the headquarters of the US Central Command in ar-Ridwaniyah. Afterward helicopters prowled the skies over the area, indicating that a target had received a direct hit.

Tuesday morning Saddam International airport shook with explosions when Iraqi Resistance forces fired three volleys of powerful Tariq rockets into the US-occupied facility southwest of Baghdad.

At 9:00am Tuesday, Iraqi Resistance forces fired five Katyusha rockets into the headquarters of the US occupation in the Presidential Palace compound in Baghdad � dubbed the �green zone� by the Americans. A powerful explosion resulted from the attack and clouds of smoke rose over the target zone after the attack.

At 7:15am north of Baghdad in the at-Taji area, fifteen heavy 120mm mortar shells slammed into the base jointly used by the US rapid intervention force and the puppet so-called �Iraqi national guard� recruited and armed by the Americans. Ten minutes later the same camp was struck by two rockets believed to be of the high-explosive Grad variety.

The US base at as-Suqur south of Baghdad was hit by six Katyusha rockets at 9:00am Tuesday morning local time.

Resistance barrages Tuesday evening.

During the evening Iraqi forces pounded several US camps in Baghdad and other cities.

At 7:30pm Tuesday evening Iraqi Resistance forces fired three powerful Grad missiles into Saddam International Airport near Baghdad, according to the Baghdad correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. Flame burst out and was visible after the barrage.

Meanwhile the US command�s camp at at-Tallah was also attacked when the Resistance lobbed five Katyusha rockets into the facility. Afterwards, two US Cobra helicopters appeared in the sky overhead.

At 9:00pm Tuesday night a explosion shook the US base in Kirkuk, probably the result of a car bombing. The area of the attack was immediately closed off.

At 9:15pm Tuesday night Resistance forces shelled al-Muthanna airfield in Baghdad with ten 82mm mortar rounds. Warning sirens went off in the camp afterward.

The US headquarters in the wildernness around the northern city of Mosul was attacked by a Resistance barrage of what probably were heavy 120mm mortar rounds Tuesday night.

At 11:00pm Tuesday night the Resistance pounded the military academy in ar-Rustamiyah in Baghdad with five rockets � probably Katyushas � after which warning sirens wailed inside the US-occupied facility.

Twelve explosions shook the joint US-Polish base in the town of as-Suwayrah south of Baghdad on Tuesday. The correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam wrote that the blasts were likely the result of heavy 120mm mortar shells hitting the facility.

On the International Highway to as-Suwayrah, a US patrol was attacked by the Resistance. One American armored vehicle was disabled after its tread was damaged.

Resistance ambushes take US casualties north of Baghdad Tuesday evening.

Iraqi Resistance forces at 6:15pm local time ambushed a US convoy carrying petroleum products in the al-Hadr area in Mosul Province. Two civilian-owned fuel trucks being driven by Asians were destroyed as was one military transport vehicle.

At 8:00pm Tuesday night Resistance forces attacked US armored vehicles in the Bahraz area in Ba�qubah Province with rocket-propelled grenades, completely destroying one of the armored vehicles and killing all aboard.

Resistance disables amphibious armored vehicles, strikes Blackhawk helicopter forcing it to make an emergency landing.

Iraqi Resistance forces on Tuesday morning attacked a US patrol in the Sadr al-Yusufiyah area southwest of al-Yusufiyah � an area once known as �Uday�s Farm and now the site of a joint base shared by the US occupation troops and soldiers of the puppet so-called �Iraqi national guard.�

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the attack took place at 6:15am Tuesday morning and that the Resistance fighters first detonated bombs under the US patrol, which consisted of three amphibious armored vehicles of the type used by the Marine Corps.

The correspondent wrote that the blast disabled two of the amphibious armored vehicles. Immediately afterward a US Blackhawk helicopter flew into view in the skies overhead. Resistance fighters had been observing the helicopter, however, and attacked it with a weapon locally known as an �Ahadiyah� single fire otherwise believed to be called a Dimitrov.

The Resistance fire struck the Blackhawk, setting fire to its tail and forcing it to flee to Saddam International Airport, 17km away from the scene of the attack.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent notes that the Dimitrov is a Russian anti-aircraft weapon that comes in single, double, triple, and four fire versions. The single Ahadiyah has a 14.5mm round and its effective range is between 3.5km and 4km.

Nine US soldiers killed, seven injured in Resistance ambush of fuel convoy early Tuesday.

Nine US soldiers were killed and at least seven others wounded on Tuesday morning when the Iraqi Resistance attacked a US column south of Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in al-Yusufiyah reported that an Iraqi Resistance roadside bomb exploded at 6:00am local time destroying one American troop transport vehicle and two fuel tankers carrying petroleum products.

Powerful Resistance ambush near Ba�qubah.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US column near the town of Balad Ruz near Ba�qubah on Tuesday evening at 6:30pm. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance detonated a bomb under the US patrol that consisted of troop transport vehicles, armored vehicles, and Humvees. One troop transporter and one tank were destroyed in the attack, killing all aboard those vehicles. A Humvee was also destroyed and four US troops aboard it were killed. The correspondent reported that the Resistance opened fire with rocket-propelled grenades after the initial bomb blast.

Six puppet policemen die in Ba�qubah ambush.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked an Iraqi puppet police patrol in Ba�qubah Province at 5:45pm local time, destroying two puppet police Nissan patrol cars. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the attack left six puppet policemen dead.

Four US troops reported killed in attack south of Samarra� Tuesday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US patrol as it was passing an area 15km south of Samarra� and north of the city of Balad. The US patrol consisted of armor transports � huge vehicles transporting several tanks each � and was escorted by a group of Humvees.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance attacked the US column at about 8:30am Tuesday morning Baghdad time, destroying two US transport vehicles and destroying two of the tanks they were carrying. Four American soldiers were killed in the attack.

Three Americans, six Iraqi puppet troops killed in Resistance ambush Tuesday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces monitored the movements of a joint US-Iraqi puppet troops patrol as it moved along the highway near the area called Qanat al-Jaysh. The Resistance prepared an ambush for the troops at 5:30pm local time, springing at the patrol firing rocket-propelled grenades.

According to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, the attack destroyed one US Humvee and one green Mitsubishi pickup truck belonging to the Iraqi puppet forces. Six Iraqi puppet troops were killed in the attack and three others wounded. Three American troops were also killed and two others wounded.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Qanat al-Jaysh Army Canal is a 30-kilometer long canal dug by the Army of the Republic of Iraq in 1967.

Resistance bomb explodes under puppet police car, killing one.

An Iraqi puppet police car ran over and detonated a land mine planted by the Iraqi Resistance in the Ba�qubah area. The explosion killed one person and wounded six others according to local puppet police reports.

Two drivers killed in Resistance attack Tuesday afternoon north of al-Hillah.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US column of Humvees and civilian provisions trucks with Kuwaiti license plates on the highway 20km north of al-Hillah at 5:10pm Tuesday afternoon. The Resistance fighters used C5Ks in their attack that left two of the trucks destroyed and killed two persons who where aboard the vehicles. The correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam was unsure as to whether the deceased were US military personnel or contractors serving the US occupation for money.

US aircraft fire bombard Madinat as-Sadr in Baghdad for several hours.

US Apache helicopters fired intensive barrages into the Madinat as-Sadr district of Baghdad, beginning at about 10:00am on Tuesday and lasting until 2:20pm, local time. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the bombardment focused on the southern part of Madinat as-Sadr, in particular the Kasrah, and �Atas areas, located in the industrial zone of Madinat as-Sadr.

US arrests top members of Muqtada as-Sadr�s movement in an-Najaf, despite truce agreement.

US Marines supported by puppet �Iraqi� troops and Iraqi puppet police raided an office of Muqtada as-Sadr in an-Najaf, in southern Iraq and arrested a number of prominent officials in the Shi�i religious leader�s organization.

Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported from sources inside the old city of an-Najaf that in the course of their raid late Monday night, US forces arrested Ahmad ash-Shaybani and Husam al-Husayni in addition to 15 other aides to Muqtada as-Sadr.

Al-Jazeera spoke to Aws al-Khafaji, a spokesman for Muqtada as-Sadr in the southern city of an-Nasiriyah who said that this new �crime� on the part of thepuppet �government� against the Sadr movement comes in spite of the truce that was signed by both sides in an-Najaf under the aegis of the top Shi�i religious authorities.

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Wednesday, 22 September 2004.

One US soldier killed in al-Bayya�.

One US soldier was killed in the al-Bayya� area when Iraqi Resistance bombs exploded under a US column made up of four Humvees at 4:45pm local time Wednesday. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam wrote that one Humvee was damaged in the attack, killing one of the US soldiers aboard.

Fierce fighting rages in Hayfa Street area of Baghdad.

US occupation forces deployed more than 70 tanks and other military vehicles on and around Baghdad�s Hayfa Street as violent fighting broke out in the area Wednesday morning. The battles were still under way when the local Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent filed his report posted at 12:45pm local time (11:45am Mecca time).

Some 50 US snipers were also deployed on rooftops surrounding Hayfa Street, shooting at any moving target. Since the American snipers were perched atop the residences of local people, the Iraqi Resistance was unable to open fire on the Americans with mortars or other heavy weaponry lest the explosions bring the buildings down on the Iraqi residents beneath.

Despite that advantage and the fact that the US forces enjoy air support from Apache helicopter gunships and back up from Iraqi puppet troops, the Americans were still unable to advance upon Resistance defenses on the street.

Eyewitnesses told the correspondent that the latest round of fighting erupted after US forces launched an attack at 6:00am local time, trying to break into the street area and take control. The Resistance blunted the assault, however, blocking the American advance. Five US troops were killed as were eight Iraqi stooges, eyewitnesses reported. One Bradley armored vehicle was put out of commission and a Humvee was destroyed. A GMC vehicle belonging to US intelligence was set ablaze in the fighting, as were two pickup trucks owned by the Iraqi puppet forces.

US assault on Hayfa Street intensifies Wednesday afternoon.

US shelling of the Hayfa Street area intensified as American forces fired into the district indiscriminately, striking civilian residents on Wednesday afternoon. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that American troops were rounding up and arresting all young persons older than 15 in the neighborhood.

Witnesses reported that seven beige and olive drab colored armored vehicles left the American al-Muthanna camp and headed for Hayfa Street to reinforce US troops in the area.

A correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam was wounded in his feet and chest as he covered the events in the area. The reporter has been admitted to a local hospital for treatment.

Resistance bombards US camp at al-Muthanna airfield.

Iraqi Resistance forces blasted the area around the al-Muthanna airfield in Baghdad with four rockets � probably Katyushas and six mortar shells believed to be of 82mm caliber on Wednesday morning, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. Plumes of smoke rose over the US camp occupying the facility. US forces use al-Muthanna base for their assaults on Hayfa Street in Baghdad, a hotbed of defiance of the US occupation.

US gives up, lifts siege of Hayfa Street Wednesday evening.

In a report posted at 9:55pm Mecca time (10:55pm local time) the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam who had been covering the situation on Hayfa Street in Baghdad reported that the US blockade of the street was lifted at about 6:30pm Wednesday evening. The American attacks on the local residents, he wrote, had left five martyrs dead � including two women and three children. Seven other Iraqis, including a Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent, were wounded in the US offensive.

As the US forces were pulling out, Iraqi Resistance forces launched several attacks, inflicting losses on the Americans and on their Iraqi puppet force stooges. Seven Iraqi puppet troops, including one lieutenant colonel were killed. Two Humvees were destroyed and six US troops killed. A Bradley armored vehicle and another Humvee were disabled in the course of the combat.

Mortar volley unleashed on al-Muthanna early Wednesday morning.

At about 2:30pm local time Wednesday, Iraqi Resistance forces shelled the al-Muthanna base with four 80mm mortar rounds.

Resistance bomb blasts restaurant being used by US aggressors as a recruiting station.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded at 9:00am on Wednesday morning, killing 30 and wounding several would-be Iraqi collaborators in the ar-Rabi� area on the western outskirts of Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the blast targeted volunteer collaborationists waiting to sign up for the puppet so-called �Iraqi national guard� run by the United States. The would-be collaborators were gathered near a restaurant on ar-Rabi� Street to sign up to serve the invaders.

Since the sharp increase in Resistance attacks on puppet police stations and other standard recruiting offices for the puppet forces, the US aggressors have taken to using restaurants and coffee houses as recruitment centers. The local Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent noted, however, that the Iraqi Resistance was obviously aware of such tricks.

Resistance destroys Kuwaiti registered fuel tankers supplying US military near Baghdad.

Several Iraqi Resistance bombs exploded under a US military supply convoy west of Baghdad at about 600am local time. According to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, the attack took place on the highway leading to Saddam International Airport destroyed two fuel tankers with Kuwaiti license plates. The drivers of the trucks were killed, neither of them US military personnel.

An Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded on Wednesday near a US military check point on al-Amirat Street in the al-Mansur district of downtown Baghdad. Media photos showed two Humvees ablaze, sending black smoke into the air. Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported that the blast occurred in front of the local urban council where a meeting was underway with US aggressor officials.

As western media claimed that three persons were wounded in the bombing, reporter Husayn ash-Shamari reported that at least seven US troops were killed and a large number of others wounded.

Resistance fires Ra�d rocket into US-occupied Saddam International Airport.

Thunderous explosions shook the area around Saddam International Airport on Wednesday morning at about 6:30am when Resistance forces fired what was believed to be a powerful Ra�d missile into the US facility. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that thick black smoke rose into the sky after the blasts.

Resistance ambushes US columns in al-�Amil and ash-Sha�b areas of Baghad late Wednesday night.

Numerous explosions shook the area of Saddam International Airport late Wednesday night when Resistance forces attacked a US patrol in the ash-Sha�b district of Baghdad. The Baghdad correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at 10:15pm Wednesday night, local time, blasts of what sounded like rocket-propelled grenades exploding and BKC automatic weapons being fired shook an area in the al-�Amil neighborhood on the road to Saddam International Airport as clashes broke out between the Resistance and US occupation forces.

Then at 10:40pm a US armored column, consisting of Abrams tanks and Bradley armored vehicles in ash-Sha�b district near the Qanat al-Jaysh (military canal, dug in 1967) was attacked by Resistance fighters firing rocket-propelled grenades. The US aggressors returned fire directly at the Resistance fighters. No information on casualties in either engagement was available to the correspondent.

Iraqi Resistance attacks column of US intelligence vehicles on road to Saddam International Airport.

Iraqi Resistance fighters firing rocket-propelled grenades attacked a US convoy of GMC vehicles and armored Suburbans on the highway leading to Saddam International Airport at 5:45pm local time Wednesday afternoon. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance attacked the convoy after coming to suspect that the GMC might be carrying US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers. The attack took place near the equestrian club past al-�Amiriyah between the al-Furat neighborhood to the east and the International School to the west. One US vehicle was destroyed and two persons aboard it killed in the attack.

US tank disabled in al-Latifiyah area fighting.

Iraqi Resistance forces in al-Latifiyah clashed with US forces at 1:00pm Wednesday afternoon local time. One American tank was disabled at the entrance to al-Latifiyah according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam who wrote in a report posted at 3:30pm local time (2:30pm Mecca time) that fighting was still going on in the area.

Resistance pounds �green zone� with Grad missiles Wednesday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces shelled the US occupation headquarters in the Republican Palace � which the Americans have dubbed the �green zone� with powerful Grad rockets at about 10:45am Wednesday. Afterwards, US forces closed off the approaches to the district.

Resistance keeps up pressure on US bases in Iraq Tuesday evening.

Resistance forces kept up their relentless bombardment of US facilities throughout Iraq after noon and into the night on Wednesday.

At 7:00pm Wednesday evening Iraqi Resistance forces fired tow Katyusha rockets at the so-called �green zone� headquarters of the US occupation. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that clouds of smoke rose over the compound as sirens wailed after the attack.

At 10:00pm Wednesday night, Resistance forces lobbed five 82mm mortar rounds into the US al-Muthanna air base in Baghdad.

The base in Mosul shared by the US with their newly recruited Iraqi stooge forces came under Resistance bombardment twice on Wednesday. The first bombardment took place at 2:00pm when the Resistance pounded the facility with heavy 120mm mortar rounds. The second barrage took place at 7:00pm when another ten 120mm mortar shells were pumped into the aggressor facility. The correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam notes that the explosive power of a 120mm mortar round equals that of a 1-meter long Katyusha rocket.

At 11:00pm Wednesday night, Resistance forces fired two powerful rockets at Saddam International Airport producing two violent explosions. The blasts were believed to come from powerful Tariq rockets. Local people said that flame could be seen rising from the scene after the bombardment.

Also at 11:00pm Resistance forces pounded al-Muthanna airfield with six 82mm mortar rounds.

Resistance fighters bombarded the US camp at Ba�qubah airport intermittently from morning until night on Wednesday. At 8:30am five Katyushas slammed into the US facility. At 1:30pm seven 120mm mortar rounds struck the base. At 6:30pm five more 120mm mortar shells hit the airbase. At 11:00pm another volley, this time probably powerful Tariq rockets, smashed their way into the American facility.

Meanwhile the building housing the governorate offices in Ba�qubah were also bombarded by the Resistance. Ten 60mm mortar rounds were fired into that building.

Four US Marines reported killed in Sadr al-Yusufiyah, south of Baghdad Wednesday evening.

A US Marine patrol consisting of six amphibious armored vehicles was attacked by the Iraqi Resistance in the Sadr al-Yusufiyah area at 7:15pm Wednesday evening. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in the al-Yusufiyah area reported that one of the vehicles was destroyed in the attack and another disabled. Four US Marines were killed.

Baghdad ambush kills two American, four Iraqi puppet troops Wednesday night.

Two US troops and four Iraqi puppet soldiers were killed in an Iraqi Resistance ambush that took place in Baghdad at 10:30pm Wednesday night. The Resistance attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet force patrol, detonating a bomb that destroyed one Landcruiser belonging to the puppet forces and disabled a US Humvee, killing the US and Iraqi puppet troops.

Resistance ambush in northern Baghdad destroys US Bradley armored vehicle.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US patrol consisting of Bradley armored vehicles as they were entering the northern approaches to Baghdad from the direction of at-Taji. The Resistance observed the Americans� approach at 10:15pm Wednesday night local time, and at 10:30pm, the Resistance fighters fired rocket-propelled grenades at the vehicles, destroying one of them and disabling another.

Resistance pounds US Marine base in ar-Ridwaniyah.

Iraqi Resistance forces at least six large Katyusha rockets at a US Marine base in the ad-Duwayliyah area near the residences of the Zuwaybi� Bedouin tribe in ar-Ridwaniyah. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance carried out their attack at 6:30pm Wednesday evening. The initial six blasts were followed by other explosions that appeared to be the result of a Resistance barrage of 120mm mortar rounds.

Al-�Arabiyah broadcasts video footage of Resistance blowing up US armored vehicle in ar-Ramadi � a deadly incident never acknowledged by US propaganda mouthpieces.

The al-�Arabiyah satellite TV station broadcast a videotape issued by a group calling itself the Brigades of the Army of God in Iraq Kata�ib Jund Allah fi al-�Iraq which included footage of an operation in which they blew up a US armored vehicle in ar-Ramadi, west of Baghdad. The destruction of the armored vehicle was never admitted by US forces, but the film clearly shows the vehicle being struck directly and being totally destroyed by the blast. The video shows flame blazing inside the vehicle as thick smoke envelopes the area. The videotape indicated the precise time and date of the blast, demonstrating that US losses are indeed hushed up by the American imperial authorities.

Resistance assassination attempt targets puppet police chief from besieged Tal�afar.

A spokesman for the Iraqi puppet police announced that their police chief in the Tal�afar area near Mosul had been wounded in an attack that killed one of his bodyguards and wounded two others. Colonel Mazahim �Abdallah Khalaf told Agence France Presse (AFP) that Resistance fighters on Tuesday shot at the car carrying Colonel Isma�il Ahmad Isma�il in Tal�afar. He said that the attackers left the scene after the attack.

A doctor in the as-Salam Hospital in Mosul told the press that the puppet police chief had been admitted to that institution for medical treatment. Forensic doctor Ahmad �Abdallah Rajab in Mosul said that the deceased man was struck by several bullets in the head. An official in Tal�afar Hospital said that one of the wounded men was in serious condition.

US forces, backed by Kurdish chauvinist collaborationist Peshmergah militiamen and Iraqi stooge troops, still have Tal�afar completely sealed off. Although the Americans allow food and medical supplies into the city, they delay their arrival considerably according to the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent.

Nighttime bulletin from Tal�afar.

US forces continued to besiege the town of Tal�afar on Wednesday. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam inside the city reported that US forces had completely surrounded the city with the help of the Peshmergah Kurdish chauvinists and the mercenary soldiers of the puppet Iraqi army recruited by the US. Meanwhile US forces bombard residential areas in the vicinity of the city.

Despite the difficult situation, Resistance fighters killed at least 10 US troops and members of their stooge forces in the 24-hour period ending Wednesday night on the road leading from Mosul to Tal�afar. Six US soldiers were killed when a Resistance bomb blew up one Humvee and disabled another. Four Peshmergah chauvinist snipers were killed as they were heading towards Tal�afar in a white 2002 Landcruiser.

Four US troops killed in ambush of fuel convoy near Mosul Wednesday afternoon.

At least four American troops were killed when the Iraqi Resistance ambushed a fuel convoy in the al-Hadar area near Mosul Wednesday afternoon. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance fighters fired rocket-propelled grenades at the US convoy made up of military fuel tanker trucks. Two of the tankers were destroyed in the ambush and four US soldiers who were aboard them killed.

Four US troops die in Resistance ambush on convoy south of Samarra�.

Four US troops were killed when the Iraqi Resistance attacked a US supply convoy 25km south of Samarra�. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in Samarra� reported that a bomb exploded under the convoy and then Resistance fighters opened up with rocket-propelled grenades at 8:30pm Wednesday night local time. One US Bradley armored vehicle was disabled, as were two Humvees. Two civilian Mercedes model 2000 trucks carrying primary supplies for tanks were destroyed, and four US troops aboard those vehicles were killed.

Ambush near Bayji kills three US troops.

Three US troops were killed when Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a US military patrol in Salah ad-Din Province in northern Iraq. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Bayji reported that the US patrol ran over Resistance bombs at 5:15pm local time in the al-Hujjaj area near Bayji, 200km north of Baghdad. The blast destroyed one Humvee and killed three US troops aboard it.

Morning ambush leaves five US troops dead near Ba�qubah.

Iraqi Resistance forces destroyed three US troop transports near Ba�qubah. According to the correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in Ba�qubah, Resistance fighters attacked a US column near Bahraz with rocket-propelled grenades, destroying three troop transports carrying equipment and supplies. At least five US troops were killed in the ambush that took place at 8:30am local time Wednesday morning.

Resistance attack near Ba�qubah Wednesday night leaves puppet troops dead.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet police patrol with rocket-propelled grenades and KBC machine guns in the city of Ba�qubah, killing two puppet policemen and five members of the US-recruited Iraqi puppet army. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Ba�qubah reported that the ambush took place at 10:30pm Wednesday night local time, but made no mention of US casualties.

Three Polish aggressor troops killed, three others wounded in Resistance ambush near al-Hillah.

A patrol of Polish invader troops was attacked by the Iraqi Resistance in the city of al-Hillah, 100km south of Baghdad at 8:30pm local time Wednesday. Resistance fighters firing rocket-propelled grenades destroyed one armored vehicle as well as a green Russian-built VaZ-type jeep. Three Polish aggressor troops were killed in the attack and three others wounded.

Poland has become a satellite of the United States since the collapse of the Warsaw Treaty Organization and the restoration of capitalism in the country. It serves the United States in Iraq by maintaining a contingent of 2,500 Polish troops in a 6,500-man contingent of �international forces� that also includes 1,600 Ukrainians, as well as troops from Bulgaria, Romania, and seven other US-dominated countries.

Fighting in Madinat as-Sadr intensifies Wednesday afternoon.

The correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam the Madinat as-Sadr area of Baghdad reported that the fighting between US forces and the Jaysh al-Mahdi became significantly more intense around 1:30pm Wednesday local time. The Jaysh al-Mahdi destroyed two Humvees, killing all aboard.

Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported Iraqi medical sources as saying that 22 Iraqis had been killed and 78 others wounded in the course of the fighting in the Baghdad neighborhood.

The Jaysh al-Mahdi was calling on its supporters to come to the aid of the fighters in the district. The Director of the Muqtada as-Sadr office in ar-Rusafah, Sa�id al-Maliki appealed to higher Shi�i religious authorities to intervene, as a cease-fire was supposed to have been concluded under their auspices between the Jaysh al-Mahdi and the US aggressors, but the latter were now in clear violation of it.

Meanwhile al-Jazeera quoted the Shi� cleric Ayatallah �Ali as-Sistani, a sympathizer with the US occupation, as admitting that the arrest of supporters of Muqtada as-Sadr in an-Najaf by US forces was �unjustified and a violation of the peace initiative on the basis of which the an-Najaf Crisis was concluded.�

US admits one helicopter crashes near an-Nasiriyah.

American mouthpieces admitted on Wednesday that one American Black Hawk helicopter had crashed after takeoff near an-Nasiriyah, 375km south of Baghdad. The US spokesman claimed that three crewmen were �slightly� injured in the crash, but that the helicopter had been extensively damaged.

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Do not you people see above Report has the place, time, and description of the events? They are elements of facts. I guess most people on ATS prefer to live in Bush's fantasy land or "catastropic success".

zcheng, these posts of yours are getting tedious, just post a few lines and then the links not the whole damn thing.

Originally posted by zcheng
Do not you people see above Report has the place, time, and description of the events? They are elements of facts. I guess most people on ATS prefer to live in Bush's fantasy land or "catastropic success".

Fact , just look at where you're pulling this crap from. Please Deny Ignorance, it's easy to pull your strings PUPPET.

Originally posted by mad scientist
zcheng, these posts of yours are getting tedious, just post a few lines and then the links not the whole damn thing.

Maybe. In this way, I want those do want to read can read it easily. I bet you never read the reports, because it is so far from US official accounts.

Hold on a second there, don't go falling off your high horse just yet.

You can't just walk into the house of Anti-Ignorance and spout off like that. You have to put your self in check, before this gets ugly.

There are thousands of people who view this site, give them a chance to find what you posted and read it. I feel your jumping the gun a little, remember breath in........breath out........