SEPTEMBER 2005

Al-Sadr followers in front of Al-Kadhem Mosque in Baghdad demonstrating against the constitution, in support of their leader Muqtada Al-Sadr, and demanding the return of electricity and water (Assafir, 8/27/05).Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters move to Sunni Resistance areas to improve fighting techniques. A correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported Sunday that after the cease-fire agreement in an-Najaf, dozens of Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters loyal to Shi'i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr, have moved on to areas in the predominantly Sunni province of al-Anbar in western part of Iraq (where al-Fallujah and ar-Ramadi are located) and to the area of Samarra' and other largely Sunni regions. The correspondent writes that the aim behind the move is for the fighters to study the fighting techniques and to train on various types of weapons being used by the predominantly Sunni
Resistance fighters in those areas of the country.

IRAQ RESISTANCE REPORTS - MAFKARAT al-ISLAM

Truth is the first casualty in any war. Should we believe our government's casualty numbers? Or is Mafkarat al-Islam a better source? Here is a report published on the internet by Iron and Clay. Following it is an excerpt from a government site claiming that Mafkarat is a disinformation source. Should we believe one or the other or are both lying to us?   D. Stacey   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Iraqi Resistance Report for Saturday, 27 August 2005
 www.williambowles.info

Iron and Clay ... Helping Americans Count Their Dead.

23 August  91  US Killed in Iraq
24 August  58  US Killed in Iraq
25 August  62  US Killed in Iraq
26 August  49  US Killed in Iraq
27 August  61  US Killed in Iraq today

Feel free to count them below, the Americans are saying that they are getting attacked more than 70 times a day.
There are only 11 attacks listed below ... The number above doesn't cover all 70 attacks and whilst it's true that kills are not gained with every attack it's also likely that there were more kills than listed here.
 
Al-Anbar Province.
Hit.

At least 10 American troops reported killed in exploding house early Saturday.

At about 7am local time Saturday morning units of US occupation troops stormed a house located to the southwest of Hit behind the Euphrates. The Hit correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam learned from a first lieutenant in the Iraqi puppet army that the Americans claimed that inside the house were members of the Iraqi Resistance organization Base Qa‘idah of the Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers.

The first lieutenant said that US troops formed a ring around the two-story building and then a detachment of more than 10 US troops attacked the house, while another detachment scaled the walls and climbed onto the roof. After breaking the lock, the Americans bust down the door and stormed in.

The source continued: “The Americans quickly spread out within the building and began their search, but in less than a minute the whole building exploded and was completely razed to the ground. Evidently the house had been heavily booby-trapped with explosives ahead of time and was in fact prepared as a trap for the US troops.”

The source said that there was nothing to indicate that the house was abandoned or empty; the furniture inside was all new and in good condition – until the explosion.

The Hit correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam wrote in a report posted at 11:50am Mecca time Saturday morning that US troops were at that moment still buried in the rubble of the collapsed structure and that the Americans had brought in giant cranes and earth moving equipment that were operating under a heavy guard of armored vehicles and tanks to try to recover bodies or rescue any possible survivors.

In their first acknowledgement of the bombing, the US military occupation announced on Saturday that four US troops had been killed in the blast. Sources in the Iraqi puppet army and eyewitnesses on the scene confirmed, however, that at least 10 US troops were killed in the explosion.

It has also been learned that the US forces in Hit are now searching for the individual who brought them the information that the house was an al-Qa‘idah hideout, believing now that he was probably a member of the Resistance himself and a part of the deadly trap into which the American forces plunged.
 

Al-Fallujah.

Three US troops reported killed in roadside bombing in ‘Amiriyat al-Fallujah.

In a dispatch posted at 7:25pm Mecca time Saturday evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb had exploded on the road leading to ‘Amiriyat al-Fallujah to the southwest of the city of al-Fallujah proper, which is some 50km west of Baghdad.

Residents of the al-Bu ‘Isa village to the east of ‘Amiriyat al-Fallujah told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent that a bomb that was planted by the side of the road leading to the town blew up as a patrol of several American Humvees was passing by. The explosion completely destroyed one US vehicle, killing three American soldiers and wounding a fourth.
 

Al-Qa’im.

Nine killed, more than 40 injured in US indiscriminate bombardments of residential and commercial sections of al-Qa’im late Friday.

At least nine people were killed and more than 40 wounded, some of them women and children in a new US attack late Friday night on the city of al-Qa’im near the Iraq-Syria border and neighboring towns to the west and south of the city. Resistance forces, for their part, were able to destroy five US armored Humvees.

The al-Qa’im correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that dozens of US armored vehicles with fighter planes providing air cover attempted to enter the city. That attack sparked clashes as Iraqi Resistance forces fought back. For nearly four hours, battle raged intermittently and US forces were unable to storm the city.

They responded by indiscriminately bombarding a number of houses and commercial areas, destroying a tourist hotel that served travelers coming to and leaving Iraq. More than nine persons were killed and more than 40 others, including women and children, were wounded in the US attacks, according to preliminary figures provided by the Mafkarat al-Islam report posted at 10:20am Mecca time Saturday morning.

For its part the Iraqi Resistance announced that it had destroyed four US armored Humvees on the eastern side of the city and set a fifth on fire, killing the US troops aboard. Witnesses confirmed the Resistance statement. One told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent that he saw a number of wrecked US vehicles being hauled out on giant American trucks. The witness said that the hulks were being taken to the city of Hit where there the Americans have a large vehicle “graveyard.”

Since dawn on Saturday, the correspondent wrote at mid-morning, the city of al-Qa’im had been experiencing relative calm, but residents did not expect that calm to last very long.
 

Al-Hadithah.

Three US troops reported killed in Resistance bombing early Saturday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military patrol on the main road in the Barwanah area northeast of al-Hadithah in western Iraq at 8am local time Saturday morning.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Hadithah reported a member of the puppet “Iraqi rapid deployment force” as saying that a bomb that was planted by the side of the main farm road in the Barwanah area blew up as a US patrol passed by along that road after having finished raiding a home that they thought was a storage depot for Resistance weapons – but in which they found nothing.

When the US force was leaving the house along the road, the bomb went off, destroying one Humvee and killing three US troops and wounding a fourth.
 

Baghdad.

Two US troops reported killed in afternoon Resistance bombing in al-‘Amiriyah.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint patrol of US and Iraqi puppet army troops in the area of al-‘Amiriyah in western Baghdad at 3pm local time Saturday afternoon.

Witnesses told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-‘Amiriyah that a bomb that was planted under a rubbish pile by the side of the main road leading to Abu Ghurayb blew up as a joint patrol passed by.

The explosion set one US Humvee on fire, killing two American soldiers and wounding a third. One of the Iraqi puppet army soldiers was also killed.
 

Jaysh al-Mahdi offensive eliminated 48 Badr Brigade centers in Iraq last Thursday.

A highly placed source in the puppet regime’s “Iraqi Interior Ministry” has declared that the number of Pro-American Shi‘i sectarian Badr Brigade offices hit in last Thursday’s offensive by the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia was 48. Muqtada as-Sadr’s Jaysh al-Mahdi attacked Badr Brigade offices in al-Basrah, al-‘Amarah, an-Nasiriyah, al-Hillah, Baghdad, and an-Najaf.

The source, who asked not to be identified, told the Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that all those Badr Brigade offices were burned down and that in some cases the Badr Brigade gunmen inside were killed as well. The official said that that figure of 48 offices burned down does not include the Badr Brigade’s information offices nor the offices of the al-Furat TV station that the Badr Bridages also ran. It also does not include facilities belonging to the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), of which the Badr Brigade is the armed wing.

The source disclosed that the attacks on the Badr Brigade offices prompted ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Hakim, the head of SCIRI, to demand that the US-installed “parliament” denounce the Jaysh al-Mahdi’s attacks. The source said that the message sent by the Jaysh al-Mahdi’s offiensive was clear: that the Badr Brigade commanders must thoroughly review their strengths and weaknesses before they try to seize leadership in Iraq’s Shi‘ah community.
 

Salah ad-Din Province.
Al-Mushahadah.

Two US troops reported killed in Resistance ambush late Saturday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a US patrol on the main road west of al-Mushahadah, which lies north of Baghdad, at 5pm local time Saturday afternoon.

Witnesses told the al-Mushahadah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons including RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades and PKS machine guns attacked and set fire to one US Humvee, killing two American soldiers and wounding four more US troops.

Witnesses reported that the Resistance fighters were able to withdraw from the area after the attack having suffered no casualties of their own.
 

Bayji.

Resistance mounts complex ambush of US, Iraqi puppet army troops Saturday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces carried out a complex attack on US troops and Iraqi puppet soldiers in the area of Bayji Saturday afternoon.

The Bayji correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of the al-Jazirah area who witnessed the attack as saying that it began when two Iraqi Resistance bombs exploded by a combined column of US troops and Iraqi puppet soldiers. The first bomb went off as the column passed by on the main road that goes to al-Hadithah in neighboring al-Anbar Province. That explosion destroyed one Humvee and killed one US soldier and wounded three more.

After the initial blast, US soldiers got out of their vehicles to surround and secure the area and recover the bodies of the dead and the wounded. It was then that a second bomb exploded, killing or wounding three more Americans and killing two Iraqi puppet soldiers.

Witnesses recounted that after the explosions, which took place at about 3pm local time Saturday afternoon, about 15 Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades, PKS machine guns, and 82mm mortars attacked the column and destroyed one US personnel carrier and two troop transports belonging to the Iraqi puppet army. About 15 US troops and Iraqi puppet soldiers were killed or wounded in that assault.

The witnesses said that one of the Iraqi Resistance fighters was killed in the attack as well and three of his comrades were wounded, but were able to withdraw from the area after the attack.

US and Iraqi puppet army troops surrounded the area under the cover of three Black Hawk helicopter gunships. One of the helicopters, emblazoned with a red cross landed in the area to help in the evacuation of the dead and wounded US troops.
 

Diyala Province.
Ba‘qubah.

Resistance bombards US, puppet army targets in Ba‘qubah area Saturday.

Iraqi Resistance forces mounted three rocket and mortar attacks on US and Iraqi puppet army facilities in various places near Ba‘qubah, northeast of Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired four heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the joint US-Iraqi puppet army base in the area of Buhriz. Witnesses reported that four violent explosions shook various parts of the camp.

Resistance fighters also fired two Katyusha rockets into the US occupation headquarters set up in the Provincial office building in downtown Ba‘qubah, killing one American sniper who had been posted on the roof. Two other US snipers were wounded in the same attack. A US vehicle could be seen on fire in the facility, but the fate of its crew was unknown.

Resistance forces fired three heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the Iraqi puppet police headquarters in the Shahraban area at 12 noon local time. That barrage sent plumes of smoke rising over the building, but no information on casualties was available when the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent filed his report, posted at 3:10pm Mecca time Saturday afternoon.
 

Ninwa Province.
Mosul.

US soldier reported killed in ambush on fuel convoy Saturday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a convoy of tankers hauling fuel to US bases on the highway near the Hammam al-‘Alil area south of Mosul at 5pm local time Saturday afternoon.

Witnesses told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Mosul that a bomb that was planted next to the highway blew up as a column of 12 loaded fuel trucks and four Humvees passed by. The bomb set one of the tankers on fire, killing the American soldier who was driving it.
 

Tall ‘Afar.

Resistance roadside bomb destroys US armored vehicle midday Saturday.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US column at the southern entrance to Tall ‘Afar at 1pm local time Saturday.

The Tall ‘Afar correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local witnesses as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road blew up as a column of six American armored vehicles and four Humvees was passing by.

The blast destroyed one of the armored vehicles, killing or wounding the six members of its crew.
 

Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.

Two Danish soldiers killed in Resistance bombing.

In the second Iraqi Resistance attack on Danish occupation troops in two days, two Danish soldiers were killed when an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by their patrol in the az-Zubayr area in the west of al-Basrah shortly before the local Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent filed his report (posted at 11:30 am Mecca time Saturday morning).

A Danish jeep as destroyed by the bomb, according to a source in the Iraqi puppet army.

Danish troops have not ventured out into the streets of the city for months, the correspondent reported.

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