"Enemy" account of Iraq War

Originally posted by ShiftTrio
PS there are also alot of Iraq police being killed. and they do it for almost no pay. Makes you think that some Iraqies dont like the forein fighting resistance in Iraq. Which is most of the so called resistance, have you read any Al Queida (spelling) proaganda latley. Even they says its fighters from all over. But the Iraq Police .. ALL IRAQIES.

You are so naive believing "forein fighting resistance " do the fighting. Do not you know 80% of Iraqi police deserted and many joined the resistance taking the US supplied weapons.

Traitors are every where including Iraq.

When you say it is all propaganda, you are simply accepting only one side description of the war.

Saddam did have reactors he may not have had a nuclear weapons program (that is open to debate) but he had reactors ..Iran has a weapons program as does Pakistan and N Korea..Technology can be bought sold or transfered. Oh and perhaps you should do some reaserach on JATO/RATO it has been used since the 1920's no big Manhattan project needed to rocket launch a plane there was no feasable way to recover a RATO launched jet save an aircraft carrier so it was abandoned in favor of steam catapults. (BTW the whole plane scenario was a mcguffin but you in partisan efforts to prove your point you missed that, it could have been a friggin' midget sub I was trying to illustrate a point.) If the Beslin school attack was purley a Chechan issue why were there ARAB MUSLIMS amongst the terrorists? Has Checnia been repressed? YES Should they fight back? YES But why are non Chechan Arabs there except to elivate the level of terror.

and since when did 'the people' ever confer legitimacy upon a government preferred by an occupying power anywhere

Germany and Japan ???

Why are so many on the "insurgents" non Iraqis ?

The average Hussien Iraqi (as contrasted by Joe American) wants their country stable then want the American out in that order .....The problem is forgein Muslim extremeists. The Iraqis are the one who really suffer 10 innocent Iraqis die at the hand of the "insurgents" for every "Yankee Imperialist". When the Iraq's have had enough of those troops and stop turning a blind eye to them things will change. But to cut and run now will leave Iraq to become another Rwanda or Kosevo where old tribalism becomes the new ethnic cleasing.

Originally posted by sminkeypinkey

Originally posted by Apollyon
let us follow your thoughts out to there logical conclustion.

- Good idea......but a lot of zcheng's stuff wasn't 'thoughts' it was information about events clearly not being reported in much of the western press.

Considering that information and why that is might be a good idea too, yes?

The US abandons the fledgling Iraqi government and pulls out. The country quickly factionalises and devolves to chaos. This creates a humanitarian nightmare but because of the factiona bloodshed no aid will get through people begin to die from starvation and other causes. Arab fighter who had come to Iraq to fight the US whip up more anti American fervor.

- I think much of what you fear happening here is what is now happening.

There is already chaos in large parts of Iraq, there is already a humanitarian nightmare and it would be hard for anti-US feeling to get much greater amongst many many Iraqis......and the truth is that much of the 'trouble' is not coming from outside, some is, but mostly it is Iraqis angry at the state of their shattered country. .

Those that feel betrayed by the US garner the shreds of Saddam's nuclear program and with help from Pakistan or Iran build an atomic bomb. They place one of Saddam's MiG 29's refurbished by Iran on a merchant vessel sail to about 1000 miles off the US coast using a pretext of heading to Cuba use rockets to launch the MiG on a one way mission to destroy a US city.

- I'm sorry but every once in a while someone writes something really really stupid on here and today this is it.

Give it up man. There is no Iraqi bomb, there never was an actual bomb nor nothing close to one. Had there been it would have been found by now; wake up.

There can be no cobbling of one together from 'secret hidden' parts, the 'secret, hidden' parts do not exist and the idea of a suck-it-and-see amatuer RATO (rocket assisted take off) launch of something like a Mig 29 (or any plane for that matter) from any old sizable boat, in secret, is so laughable as to be almost beyond belief.

Where did you get this idea from? Your military fan-pals at kindergarden?
Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Go look up the years the west's and the east's (Russians/WARPAC) airforces spent trying to work out a way of doing RATO and the specialist equipment used......and how it was extremely difficult, expensive, dangerous and, ultimately, not worth the bother.

No-one is 'just' going to manage it with sufficient rage and will-power, no matter how fanatical you fear and imagine them to be.

Still wanna pull out?

- What? You think you ludicrous scenario would have anyone change their mind?

Or shall we fight the Islamassists in THEIR yard not ours.

- That's what is being tried right now and it seems clear to me that you aren't feeling any safer for it, right?

......or do you just prefer to ignore this statement of the completely obvious?

Let non extreme Muslims come to power and establish a legitamit goverment

- generally speaking that is absolutely unlikely while a war is going on, wouldn't you say?

......and since when did 'the people' ever confer legitimacy upon a government preferred by an occupying power anywhere?

(yeah the US will need to shore it up for a while)

- If you mean it that's a slight understatement!

But do we bleed there or do our children bleed here. Look what happened in Russia.

- Hmmm. I would suggest that you find out a lot more about the historic relations between Chetchnya and Ingushetia before you buy this 'international Islamic threat' stuff wholesale.

Given the methods and actions Stalin used throughout the Crimea I'd say a lot more of it is down to the historic hatreds he sowed rather than any crap that this was anything like how it is being presented regarding Islam and Al Quada.

I dont mean to flame you man, really, but my 2cents/pennies is that your idea is completely off the wall absurd and you could do with some more thought, er, on second thoughts make that quite a bit more thought and research, about it all.







[edit on 9-9-2004 by sminkeypinkey]

this is true ...The (excuse my spelling) al Sadr militia drew alot of them and the actually improved the neighborhoods they patroled ...for awhile then discipline broke down and they became a another gang. I think al Sadr has Iraq's best intrest at heart but his anti-western attitude has clouded his judgement . He is missing the oppertunity to become a major player in Iraq's future. If the al Sadr militia could be turned into a disciplined police force that would be a step in the right direction.

Again, I believe both parties put out propaganda, Only the blind say one side is right. This is where you come in. I understand your anger about it, I really do. But you have to realize in war BOTH sides are wrong and will NEVER tell you the Full story. But you must admit you are not hearing them say much about casualties, which in turn means the reports can only be half truths, and I am not saying the US doesn't do it, I AM saying this is a reality of War, How do you think the German people believed in what they did in WW2 (not comparing any side to them) But both sides know the impact of good propaganda on both recruitment and morale. And you should see this for what you see the US side of it as and look objectively instead of one sided

Originally posted by ShiftTrio
Again, I believe both parties put out propaganda, Only the blind say one side is right. This is where you come in. I understand your anger about it, I really do. But you have to realize in war BOTH sides are wrong and will NEVER tell you the Full story. But you must admit you are not hearing them say much about casualties, which in turn means the reports can only be half truths, and I am not saying the US doesn't do it, I AM saying this is a reality of War, How do you think the German people believed in what they did in WW2 (not comparing any side to them) But both sides know the impact of good propaganda on both recruitment and morale. And you should see this for what you see the US side of it as and look objectively instead of one sided

A good attitude!

Tuesday, 7 September 2004

At 10:00pm Tuesday night, Iraqi Resistance forces carried out simultaneous attacks on four US bases in the area of Ba`qubah, bases in the area of Ba`qubah, setting of thunderous explosions in all the bases according to the report of the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

The Resistance fired more than 12 mortar shells and three powerful Grad rockets at each of the US bases in the airport, the former base for Saddam' Fedayeen at the entrance to the city, the US base located near the puppet police headquarters, and the US camp set up in the former Iraqi military base.

Resistance attacks ministerial quarters in al-Yarmuk where US generals reportedly reside at midnight Tuesday-Wednesday.

The Resistance also struck the ministerial compound in which a number of US generals have their quarters in the al-Yarmuk area at 12:10am, just after midnight on Wednesday, Baghdad time. Six mortar rounds � believed to be of 82mm or 60mm caliber � crashed into the compound. As usual, the US forces closed off the area after the attack.

Resistance forces pound US positions in Baghdad late into the night Tuesday.

Iraqi Resistance forces on Tuesday subjected the US headquarters in the Republican Palace in Baghdad (which they have nicknamed "the green zone") and the military college to repeated rocket and mortar assaults.

The last attack of the day came at midnight Tuesday-Wednesday Baghdad time when the "green zone" came under 120mm mortar barrage. More than five extremely powerful explosions shook the US compound.

The military college in ar-Rustamiyah was also shelled at midnight Tuesday-Wednesday � a facility where some 4,000 US troops are billeted.

Resistance launches repeated attacks during the day Tuesday against US installations in Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance forces during the day on Tuesday attacked a number of US installations in the Baghdad area using various types of rockets. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the US headquarters in the Republican Palace � which the Americans call the "green zone" came under Resistance bombardment with powerful Grad rockets at 6:00am Baghdad time.

It was hit again by a second bombardment at 8:00am when five Katyushas crashed into the highly guarded American compound.

Then at 10:00am the Resistance opened up again at the vast compound where two explosions were heard suggesting that powerful Grad rockets had been used that time. Plumes of smoke were seen rising from the area as warning sirens wailed inside the facility.

The Resistance also attacked the Arab Equestrian Club � a group of palaces in the Abu Ghurayb area that the US is using as a base for its aggressor troops. Five explosions were heard of the powerful Grad type at 9:00am Tuesday morning, local time.

Resistance pounds sites in Baghdad Tuesday morning.

The Iraqi Resistance attacked the US base at al-Muthanna airfield in Baghdad Tuesday morning with 10 mortar rounds � believed to be 82mm shells, at 7:15am local time. Warning sirens wailed after the attack.

Correspondents of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that 12 blasts were heard coming from Saddam International airport and at 1:35pm local time smoke was still rising from that compound.

Twenty-five explosions of 82mm or 120mm mortar rounds were heard resounding inside the US-occupied military college in ar-Rustamiyah in southeast Baghdad.

Resistance attack in Baghdad reported late Tuesday.

The Resistance attacked a US patrol in al-Bayya` in Baghdad near the car lots according to eyewitness accounts given to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. A bomb apparently exploded, destroying one US Humvee. Less than a minute after the blast, the sound of automatic weapons fire reverberated in the area � apparently fired by Resistance fighters at the US patrol that consisted of a tank and a Humveee.

Resistance ambushes joint US-Iraqi puppet convoy late Tuesday.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a joint US-Iraqi puppet force convoy near the Ibn Taymiyah Mosque on the Saddam International Airport road in Baghdad Tuesday. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the armed ambush was carried out at 11:00pm local time and that the Resistance used rocket-propelled grenades to set afire one troop carrier. Fifteen troops in the vehicle were killed � among them Iraqi puppets and US soldiers. Afterward the US forces closed off the highway and set up check
points.

Battles in al-Ghazaliyah area near Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance forces battled US aggressor troops in the area of al-Ghazaliyah near Baghdad Tuesday, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. The fighting erupted at 10:00pm local time on the road linking Abu Ghurayb with al-Ghazaliyah. In the course of the battle one US Humvee was totally destroyed and three US troops killed. The US forces closed off all approaches to the area afterwards.

Resistance raid kills six puppet policemen guarding American Humvees near Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked Iraqi puppet police vehicles on the highway between al-Ghazaliyah and Abu Ghurayb Tuesday evening, destroying two police cars and killing six puppet policemen. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islamm reported that the attack took place at 10:45pm and that Resistance fighters fired a rocket- propelled grenade at the puppet police unit that was guarding two US Humvees.

Resistance ambushes convoy near al-Yusufiyah Tuesday afternoon.

At 3:00pm Tuesday Resistance forces ambushed a US supply convoy bringing military equipment and food along the International Highway that passes through al-Yusufiyah south of Baghdad. Four transports were set ablaze in the attack � three of them military carrying equipment and armor and one a civilian truck carrying mineral water to the troops. Seven US troops were killed in the battle and one armored vehicle of the type used by the US Marines was knocked out of action.

US aircraft murder 20 Iraqi civilians in vicious assault on homes in al-Yusufiyah.

US aircraft carried out violent air assaults on a number of civilian houses in the al-Yusufiyah area of southern Baghdad Tuesday. The local correspondent ofMafkarat al-Islam reported that 20 Iraqi civilians were killed, most of them women and children in the attacks. The Americans had claimed that they were targeting Arab volunteers from outside Iraq, but their victims were non-combatant Iraqi civilians.

The situation in the area remained tense after the vicious US attack as Resistance fighters clashed with American aggressor troops.

Six Americans thought dead in al-Qa'im battles.

In al-Hasibah al-Gharbiyah in the area of al-Qa'im on the Syrian border, fierce fighting broke out between the Resistance and the US invader Marines at 6:30pm Tuesday evening. Two armored vehicles were destroyed totally and all those aboard them killed in the fighting. At least three US troops ride in each such vehicle.

Resistance bomb kills four US troops in Abu Ghurayb area.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under a convoy of five US Humvees on Tuesday morning in the Abu Ghurayb area near Baghdad, killing four US troops according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. One umvee was destroyed and three US troops aboard it were killed. In addition another Humvee was damaged and one soldier aboard it killed, bringing the total killed in the operation to four.

US pulls troops back from southern approaches to al-Fallujah, but then return with artillery bombardment followed by ground combat on the eastern side of the city.

After repeated defeats, US troops have pulled back from the southern approaches to the city of al-Fallujah west of Baghdad, according to the local correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam whose report was posted at 2:15pm Mecca time Tuesday afternoon.

Later on Tuesday, however, US forces carried out an intensive artillery bombardment of the ash-Shuhad� neighborhood in the southeast of al-Fallujah, beginning at 7:05pm local time.

Fierce fighting erupted in the industrial zone on the eastern side of al-Fallujah around 7:30pm local time and continued to rage there, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. US troops seized and took cover in a textile mill in the district. The Resistance proceeded to pound the plant and the Americans within with 25 rockets within a period of only five minutes, prompting an American counter response with mortars.

In a report posted at 6:55pm Mecca time (7:55pm local time) the correspondent wrote that the fighting in the industrial zone of al- Fallujah had intensified. US forces were at that time shelling the zone very intensively and the Resistance were fighting fiercely in direct combat against the US Marines.

Meanwhile, the Resistance fired 14 powerful Grad rockets at the US base in the agricultural area outside of town.

In a dispatch posted at 7:05pm Mecca time (8:05pm local time) the correspondent wrote that US forces backed by amphibious armored vehicles and the Marines' tanks were advancing at that moment towards Exposition Street (Shari` al-Ma`arid) in the industrial zone. The industrial zone and the neighboring ash-Shuhad� neighborhood were under extremely intensive US bombardment and fires were raging in both sections of al-Fallujah and smoke covered the area, but particularly in the industrial zone.

Under severe pressure, the Resistance fighters were nevertheless heroically defending the city against the advancing American aggressors.

Meanwhile Resistance fighters in the an-Nu`aymiyah area of the city were heading towards the northern side of al-Fallujah to attack the US forces in their rear.

At one point the US side sent out a vehicle equipped with a loudspeaker. An Iraqi collaborating with the Americans taunted the Resistance fighters by proclaiming "Come out you cowardly Arabs so our women soldiers can fight you! If you are seeking paradise, you'll find it with our women soldiers."

The correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance was quick to silence the silly US broadcaster with a rocket at 8:45pm local time.

By 8:20pm Mecca time (9:20pm local time) the correspondent wrote that US forces had been driven back from the ash-Shuhad� neighborhood and the industrial zone, taking up positions on the other sided of the highway from the city having been pounded by fierce Resistance attacks.

Nevertheless, from their new positions, US tanks were continuing their artillery barrage of the eastern and southern side of al- Fallujah for some time.

Then at about 9:40pm local time, the Americans opened a different front line in the city when they launched an intensive mortar barrage targeting the an-Nazal and ash-Shurtah neighborhoods of al- Fallujah. Pressure from the Resistance had compelled their guns to quiet down in the industrial zone and ash-Shuhad� sectors.

The Americans renewed their offensive, there, however when at 10:45 American aircraft dropped cluster bombs on the industrial zone and ash-Shuhad� neighborhood. Two container bombs were dropped on both districts, resulting in 20 Iraqis wounded, most of them women and children.


Five Americans killed in two Resistance attacks.

Three US troops were killed in an Iraqi Resistance bomb blast in an area 5km west of ar-Ramadi on Tuesday according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. The blast occurred at 10:00am local time and destroyed one Humvee.

In another Resistance attack Tuesday, two Americans were killed when their Humvee was attacked by Resistance fighters firing rocket- propelled grenades at the entrance to the al-`Amiriyah area west of Baghdad at 8:00am.

US admits one solider killed another wounded in bombing near Baghdad.

On Tuesday morning the US military admitted that one US soldier was killed and another wounded when an Iraqi Resistance homemade bomb exploded near Baghdad at 23:45 local time Monday night.

Resistance escalates attacks as night comes on Tuesday around Baghdad.

At 5:00pm Tuesday Baghdad time, Resistance forces shelled the ar- Rashid Hotel and the Convention Center in the US aggressors so- called "green zone" headquarters with 10 mortar shells of 82mm or 120mm caliber.

At 7:00pm local time, 10 explosions rocked the military academy in ar-Rustamiyah. The blasts were thought to be the result of Katyusha rockets or 120mm mortar shells. All the missiles landed inside the college.

Resistance forces struck the US base in Balad at 10:10pm with four rockets, thought to be the powerful Grad variety.

At 11:00pm local time the Resistance pounded Saddam International Airport with five rockets that set off powerful explosions. Those too were probably Grad rockets. Flame could be seen rising into the sky over the US compound.

At 11:20pm Resistance forces struck Saddam International Airport again with two Grad rockets. Smoke and flame again rose into the sky over the base.

At 11:30pm seven explosions rocked al-Muthanna airstrip inside Baghdad. The source of the blasts was unclear at the time of reporting.

Two Americans killed in battle on Hayfa Street in Baghdad.

Violent clashes erupted on Hayfa street in Baghdad at 5:00am Tuesday. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that two Americans were killed in the fighting when a US armored vehicle was damaged. The US column of six armored vehicles was forced to withdraw from the area by the Resistance.

Resistance forces raid police station to free captive commanders.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked the Ja`fari Iraqi puppet police station on Hayfa Street in the al-Karakh district later on Tuesday. According to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, the aim of the Resistance attack was to liberate Resistance commanders who had been captured 12 days previous and were being held by the Iraqi puppet police.

The Resistance and the puppet police had carried on negotiations for the peaceful release of the captives, but the puppet police refused to budge, so 50 Resistance fighters attacked the police station at 10:50pm Baghdad time using rocket-propelled grenades, KBC machineguns, as well as other automatic weapons, and hand grenades.

Twenty puppet policemen were killed in the raid by preliminary count, and a part of the station was burned down completely. Four Landrover police cars were also destroyed. The Resistance fighters freed their commanders and left the police station ablaze.

Fighting continued to rage in the Hayfa Street area as US forces were unable to advance on the Resistance fighters due to their stiff defense.

Puppet governor of Baghdad survives assassination attempt.

`Ali al-Haydari, the puppet governor of Baghdad survived an Iraqi Resistance assassination attempt when his motorcade was attacked Tuesday morning in Baghdad. Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported that a bomb exploded as his motorcade passed but that it missed his car and hit another instead.

Reuters reported the Iraqi puppet police as saying that Resistance fighters first opened fire at al-Haydari's car then detonated a bomb in a minibus parked by the side of the road, killing one person.

High-ranking officer thought killed along with eight other troops in Madinat as-Sadr fighting.

A high-ranking US officer was thought to have been killed along with eight of his soldiers on Tuesday in battles in the Madinat as-Sadr section of Baghdad, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

Fighting in the district raged from noon Monday until about 3:00am Tuesday morning, then resumed at 6:00am Tuesday. US helicopters were still prowling the skies over the area Tuesday afternoon.

In the course of the fighting Jaysh al-Mahdi bomb exploded, killing five Americans in their Humvee. Three other American troops were killed when a rocket struck them at 7:00am. Four Bradley armored vehicles were destroyed but resulted in no casualties. Sources told the Mafkarat al-Islam reporter about their belief that a high- ranking US officer had been among the dead. Their evidence for that belief was that one of the Humvees destroyed during the day was an armored, closed and air-conditioned vehicle � a type they find used only by senior officers in US military practice.

Battles in Madinat as-Sadr continued into the night Tuesday. At 5:00pm local time the fighting resumed and continued until after midnight according to the local correspondent. One American soldier was reported captured and US F-16 fighter bombers pounded the city intensively together with Apache helicopters.

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Wednesday, 8 September 2004.

Resistance shoots down two US helicopters near al-Fallujah Wednesday.

Iraqi Resistance forces shot down two US aircraft over al-Fallujah on Wednesday. The first � a Cobra helicopter � was shot down over the al-Fallujah tourist highway at 2:00pm Baghdad time. The Resistance brought it down with an anti-aircraft missile.

The second aircraft, an American Chinook transport helicopter carrying an armored vehicle, was shot down in the al-Halaabjah area, 7km west of al-Fallujah at 12:00noon local time. Again an anti- aircraft missile struck the craft, set it ablaze and brought it down.

Resistance shoots down another helicopter near al-Fallujah Wednesday night.

At 11:20pm Wednesday night Baghdad time Iraqi Resistance forces in al-Fallujah shot down another US helicopter over the city. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islamreported that the helicopter crashed in an area called `Amiriyat Abu `Isa south of the city. The correspondent reported that it was impossible to determine what type of helicopter it was as it went down in flames and the Americans surrounded the crash site on the ground.

Resistance fighters carried out several attacks on US positions in the environs of al-Fallujah on Tuesday and Wednesday.

US fires four rockets into al-Fallujah, Wednesday morning.

US aggressor forces fired four rockets at the city of al-Fallujah at 8:45am Wednesday morning (local time) according to the al-Fallujah correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. The four rockets caused no casualties, but did cause some light damage to buildings and property.

The city was relatively quiet Wednesday morning after Tuesday's intensive fighting and bombardment. The mood in the city is, nevertheless, apprehensive.

Deputy governor of al-Anbar province kidnapped Tuesday in al- Fallujah.

The US-appointed deputy governor of al-Anbar Province was kidnapped in al-Fallujah on Wednesday. Relatives of the man told Reuters that a number of masked Resistance fighters raided the house of Basim Muhammad Manajid in the city and took him away Wednesday morning.

Resistance attack in al-Khalidiyah destroys tank, Humvee.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired anti-tank rockets at the al-Khalidiyah area west of Baghdad, according to the local Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent. The attack destroyed one Abrams tank and a Humvee, and left at least nine US troops dead.

Resistance knocks out two tanks near Mosul Wednesday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance ambushed a US patrol at 4:30pm in the Imkashifah area, 40km from Mosul in northern Iraq. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that the patrol struck roadside bombs and then came under rocket-propelled grenade attack. Two of the seven tanks in the column were crippled.

Resistance ambush on road to Abu Ghurayb destroys four Humvees.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded on the highway between al-Ghazaliyah and Abu Ghurayb at about 8:30am Baghdad time. After the bomb detonated, Resistance fighters attacked the American column with rocket- propelled grenades. Four US Humvees were completely destroyed and 14 American troops were killed in the attack that took place at about 8:30am.

Resistance pounds Saddam International Airport with 40 mortar shells early Wednesday.

Iraqi Resistance forces intensively shelled Saddam International Airport at 6:00am Wednesday morning, local time. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance fired more than 40 mortar rounds (120mm and 82mm in caliber) and that the occupied airport is a major base used by the US occupation troops in the country � one that comes under frequent Resistance attack.

Massive explosions shake Saddam International Airport at midnight Wednesday-Thursday.

Two massive explosions shook Saddam International airport at midnight Wednesday-Thursday, Baghdad time as the Resistance apparently fired two more powerful Grad rockets into the US-occupied facility.

Twenty-seven blasts shake "green zone" area Wednesday morning.

Powerful explosions rocked the Baghdad compound housing the Republican Palace � what the US invaders have dubbed the "green zone" � at 10:00am Wednesday, Baghdad time in the area of the ar- Rashid Hotel. The facility houses US intelligence officers and profiteers serving the US occupation regime. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the explosions came from 80mm and 120mm mortar shells that crashed into the highly- guarded area of the Iraqi capital.

At least 27 explosions were heard in the district, followed by long continuous wails of the warning sirens. Plumes of white and black smoke rose into the sky over the US headquarters compound � indicating that buildings and vehicles were most likely hit directly.

Resistance wakes up "green zone" with 7:00am barrage.

Iraqi Resistance forces on Wednesday morning fired a rocket barrage at the so-called "green zone" at about 7:00am local time. Four powerful Grad rockets slammed into the high security area that houses the massive US and British embassies and the headquarters of the US occupation in the country. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance also pounded the "green zone" with about thirteen 82mm mortar shells.

Resistance pounds Saddam Airport, "green zone" with Grad rockets late Wednesday.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the US base in Saddam International Airport came under violent Iraqi Resistance barrage on Wednesday night. Seventeen explosions shook the facility � probably the result of powerful Grad rockets slamming into the Airport. Columns of smoke were still rising over Saddam International Airport after midnight.

The Resistance also pounded the "green zone" with three large Grad rockets at 9:00pm local time, and then with two more powerful Grads at 9:30. At 10:00 the Resistance again struck the "green zone with three Grad rockets, and at 11:00pm fired another volley of the powerful missiles into the top-security American compound.

Resistance ambushes fuel supply convoy in "green zone" area Wednesday afternoon.

A US column including military fuel tank trucks struck a series of bombs in the so-called "green zone" area of Baghdad at 4:00pm local time Wednesday afternoon, killing four US soldiers and totally destroying two tank trucks. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al- Islam reported that an escort Humvee was also destroyed in the attack. Three US soldiers who were aboard the Humvee were killed and one other severely wounded.

Resistance shells al-Muthanna airbase and military college in Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired 22 mortar shells at the US camp at the al-Muthanna airfield in Baghdad at 11:00am Baghdad time Wednesday morning. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the sounds of warning sirens could be heard coming from within the compound. US forces deployed around the camp after the attack.

Previously � at about 7:00am local time � 15 powerful explosions shook the military college in ar-Rustamiyah in eastern Baghdad. That facility is also used by US occupation forces as a local base.

Military college again struck later Wednesday night.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired about 30 mortar shells, believed to be of 120mm caliber, or possibly Katyusha rockets into the military college in ar-Rustamiyah in Baghdad late on Wednesday night, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

Resistance lobs 15 mortar rounds into al-Muthanna base Wednesday night.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired fifteen 82mm mortar rounds into the US base at al-Muthanna in Baghdad at about 11:05pm local time Wednesday night, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

Twenty-five mortar rounds slam into US facility at az-Zawr� in Baghdad Wednesday night.

Iraqi Resistance forces pounded the US forces in the az-Zawr� Resort with 25 mortar rounds at 9:30pm Wednesday night. Az-Zawr� is located some 200 meters from al-Muthanna airstrip.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the continuous shelling of US facilities has the effect of driving US armored vehicles out of their "secure" camps and into the streets where they are hit by roadside bombs and other Resistance attacks.

Resistance pounds US base in Baghdad with mortars Wednesday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked the US base in the al-Bayya` neighborhood in the ash-Shuhad� area of Baghdad on Wednesday morning. The facility formerly served as a base for the Jerusalem Army recruited by the Iraqi government under President Saddam Hussein.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Resistance fighters fired at least thirty 60mm mortar rounds into the base at about 10:00am local time Wednesday. As soon as the attack began, US troops deployed in large numbers, but the Resistance rushed to target the troops with their continued volleys of mortar shells.

One Iraqi puppet police Land Cruiser was set ablaze in the attack. Two Iraqi puppet policemen and three soldiers in the US-recruited Iraqi puppet army were killed in the barrage.

Resistance shells US al-Bayya` base again Wednesday night.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired a mortar barrage of some 20 shells at the US base in the al-Bayya` area in the ash-Shuhad� district of Baghdad. According to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, the attack took place at 8:30pm local time Wednesday night. Flame and smoke could still be seen in the sky over the site after 1:00am the next morning.

Four US soldiers killed in ambush of patrol near Baghdad radio station.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US patrol in the as-Salihiyah al- Qadimah area near the radio station in down town Baghdad, killing four American soldiers and destroying the Humvee on which they were riding. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that there was a Bradley armored vehicle accompanying the Humvee, but concealed behind the Ministry of Justice building, but it fled as soon as the Resistance attack on the Humvee began.

Resistance forces attack US patrol in ad-Durah, south of Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance forces on Wednesday morning ambushed a US patrol in the al-Bu`athiyah area of ad-Durah, a southern suburb of Baghdad. Six US troops were killed in the Resistance attack on a patrol made up of 12 armored vehicles and two Humvees. A bomb exploded under the column and then the Resistance sprung at the US forces fireing rocket propelled grenades and BKCs. One Humvee was disabled and two troops aboard it killed. Four other soldiers were killed when their Humvee rode over a land mine. The force of that blast threw the vehicle up into the air, accordin to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

Resistance ambushes US-Iraqi puppet patrol in al-Yusufiyah Wednesday morning.

Eye witnesses reported that the Iraqi Resistance ambushed a joint US Marine-Iraqi puppet force patrol accompanied by two armored vehicles at about 9:00am Wednesday morning in al-Yusufiyah, south of Baghdad. Five Americans and three Iraqi puppet troops were killed in the attack. One of the armored vehicles was damaged.

A Chinook helicopter attempted to carry the damaged armored vehicle away but then came under Resistance fire itself, forcing it to flee without its intended cargo.

The witnesses told the local reporter for Mafkarat al-Islam that the patrol, consisting of 22 soldiers on foot, was attacked by Resistance fighters firing anit-personnel rocket-propelled grenades, nicknamed al-Mihdar by the Iraqis. Using high explosive, it shreds whatever is within a 600 to 700meter range of its explosion.

One American killed in Resistance ambush in al-Mansur district of Baghdad.

A US patrol in the al-Mansur district of Baghdad came under attack by Iraqi Resistance fighters firing automatic weapons and BKCs. One US soldier who had been driving a Humvee was killed as were two members of the US-recruited Iraqi puppet army. The report on the attack by the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam was posted at 12:45am Thursday, 9 September Mecca time.

Resistance bomb kills six US troops south of Baghdad.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under a US column 5km from the Salman Ba`k area, south of Baghdad at about 6:30am Wednesday morning, Baghdad time. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the blast set ablaze three US vehicles carrying supplies and also blew up a US military fuel tank truck.

The correspondent wrote that six American troops were killed in the attack but that those aboard the fuel truck fled before their vehicle burst into flames.

US soldier killed on road to Saddam International Airport.

An American soldier manning the machine gun on a Bradley armored vehicle on the bridge on the highway linking at-Taji with Saddam International Airport was killed Wednesday afternoon when Resistance fighters shot rockets at his vehicle, setting it ablaze and destroying it completely. The force of the blast of the exploding rocket threw the soldier out of the vehicle and off the bridge to his death on the ground below.

Resistance fires five rockets into US base in Balad Wednesday night.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired five powerful Grad rockets at the US base in the at-Taji area in the town of Balad, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. The Resistance carried out their attack at 10:30pm Baghdad time. Afterward three US Black Hawk helicopters prowled the skies over the area of the attack scanning the area around the camp.

Two US troops killed in al-`Amiriyah.

Two US troops and four Iraqi puppet soldiers were killed Wednesday afternoon when a joint patrol on the highway leading to Saddam International Airport was ambushed near the al-`Amiriyah area, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

Resistance captures five US troops, shoots down reconnaissance plane near Samarra'.

Iraqi Resistance forces on Wednesday morning shot down an American spy plane with an anti-aircraft missile according to the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam, who was told of the incident by eye witnesses. Resistance fighters also captured five US troops who were driving a Humvee south of the city of Samarra'.

US soldier killed near Ba`qubah Wednesday night.

One US soldier was killed and another severely wounded when a US patrol consisting of Bradley armored vehicles and a Humvee struck a land mine in the city of Ba`qubah. The Humvee was also disabled in the blast, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al- Islam. One of the armored vehicles was also knocked out of action by the attack which occurred near the former headquarters of the Saddam's Fedayeen organization at 9:00pm Wednesday night.

US aircraft prowl skies over an-Nasiriyah.

For the third straight day US aircraft were intensively patrolling the skies over the southern city of an-Nasiriyah, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.
British and Portuguese aggressor troops began to patrol the streets of the city Tuesday where no Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen have appeared since the truce went into effect.

US admits one soldier killed another wounded Wednesday morning.

The US military admitted on Wednesday that one US soldier was killed and another wounded in an attack Wednesday north of Baghdad near the town of Balad, 80km from Baghdad early in the morning.

Fighting rages in Madinat as-Sadr in Baghdad.

Fierce fighting raged between US troops and the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia on Wednesday until sunset in the part of Baghdad known as Madinat as-Sadr. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the battles damaged four US armored vehicles and destroyed four US Humvees. At least 18 Americans were killed in the fighting. The Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen shot down one large Chinook helicopter with a rocket that appeared to be a C5K.

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I think we now know what happened to the Iraqi Minster of propaganda...or are you on the Al Jezira payroll?

So you can cut and paste propaganda what is your point Goebels Jr?

Yep, they might be juicing it up as much as our guys do. Nobody wants to come out on the losing end so they write what's necessary to make it pallatable to the citizenry. These reports are probably just as full of crap as ours are.

Originally posted by zcheng

Originally posted by ShiftTrio
PS there are also alot of Iraq police being killed. and they do it for almost no pay. Makes you think that some Iraqies dont like the forein fighting resistance in Iraq. Which is most of the so called resistance, have you read any Al Queida (spelling) proaganda latley. Even they says its fighters from all over. But the Iraq Police .. ALL IRAQIES.

You are so naive believing "forein fighting resistance " do the fighting. Do not you know 80% of Iraqi police deserted and many joined the resistance taking the US supplied weapons.

Traitors are every where including Iraq.

When you say it is all propaganda, you are simply accepting only one side description of the war.

that may be true; many iraqis oppose the coalition
I don't want to be arrogant but you've made several mistakes in your english

Originally posted by Apollyon
Saddam did have reactors he may not have had a nuclear weapons program (that is open to debate) but he had reactors

- He had a reactor, so what? That is a million miles away from a deliverable bomb.

Iran has a weapons program

- This is pure unsubstantiated propaganda. There is no evidence to back up this claim whatsoever. The IAEA say so and so does everybody......except for the US gov. Well, fool us once......

as does Pakistan

- Yeah thanks in part to the USA that is true......a handy counterbalance in the region what with India and China having them, right? But don't worry just like with Israel you US guys like those nukes, they're ok ones.

and N Korea.

- Yeah maybe they do.....and thanks to such an aggressive approach in dealing with them it'll be about a thousand times harder to get them to give them up too.

Technology can be bought sold or transfered.

- That it can......and what?

It is one hell of a leap to imply from this that it means your scenario of someone 'just' getting hold of a nuke and - somehow - attacking a US city is plausible.

Oh and perhaps you should do some reaserach on JATO/RATO it has been used since the 1920's no big Manhattan project needed to rocket launch a plane there was no feasable way to recover a RATO launched jet save an aircraft carrier so it was abandoned in favor of steam catapults.

- The blyth terms in which you suggested this as 'just' something that 'might' happen were absurdly simplistic and I said so, sorry if that bothered you so much.

Attaching a handful of rockets to a jet and just expecting it to work cos someone else once did it (at great expense and after much work/testing) is hardly convincing; at all.

Dont blame me, you said it.

(BTW the whole plane scenario was a mcguffin but you in partisan efforts to prove your point you missed that, it could have been a friggin' midget sub I was trying to illustrate a point.)

- Yeah but even if it had been a midget sub the idea is still rather childishly absurd. Sorry but it just is.

......and anyway why raise such daft ideas if you're just speculating - on such a serious subject too?

There are no secret parts hidden and waiting to be snuck anywhere anyhow to 'bomb' a US city.

If the Beslin school attack was purley a Chechan issue why were there ARAB MUSLIMS amongst the terrorists?

- For the same reason that 'terrorist goups' around the world have had links for decades. They cooperate and there undoubtedly is a Muslim dimention to the Chetchyn conflict - I didn't deny that did I?

I was merely adding the matter of Ingustetia which is absolutely germane to the issue......not that you'd get half a clue about any of that from the mainstream media stories, right?

Has Checnia been repressed? YES Should they fight back? YES But why are non Chechan Arabs there except to elivate the level of terror.

- I suggest a degree of solidarity exists. Chetchyns probably exchange captured technology for help like this from time to time.

and since when did 'the people' ever confer legitimacy upon a government preferred by an occupying power anywhere?
...............Germany and Japan ???

- Oh please.

This conflict is nothing like WW2 and attempting to see it in those terms is to utterly misunderstand what is going on.

Why are so many on the "insurgents" non Iraqis ?

- Partly IMO because the 'idiot in chief' made really really stupid cretinous comments about 'crusades' which could then be truthfully beamed around the Islamic world galvanising support for the extremists.

The average Hussien Iraqi (as contrasted by Joe American) wants their country stable then want the American out in that order .....The problem is forgein Muslim extremeists.

- Yeah well you carry on telling all and sundry what you think the Iraqi people want because you sure as hell aren't getting many regular Iraqis telling about it are you?

The Iraqis are the one who really suffer 10 innocent Iraqis die at the hand of the "insurgents" for every "Yankee Imperialist". When the Iraq's have had enough of those troops and stop turning a blind eye to them things will change.

- You sound just like some of the people in Britain did about the IRA. It's garbage and it most certainly doesn't work like that. The fact is they want the occupying forces out......everything else will flow from that, not the other way round.

But to cut and run now will leave Iraq to become another Rwanda or Kosevo where old tribalism becomes the new ethnic cleasing.

- Frankly I am not for an instant pull-out, I'd prefer a phased withdrawl.

I realise it would create great difficulties.....hell, the whole thing should have been seen for the mess it would become before any of this started.

But, claiming 'humanitarian reasons' for engaging in this mess is a tad rich IMO. Saddam was a scumbag but he was contained. Open your eyes, this is not better it's worse, unbelievably and very sadly.

.....and the behaviour of the troops needs to improve a hell of a lot for thigs to have any chance of not going belly-up. Trained police and defence force Iraqis are going over to the so-called 'insurgents' daily and troops are withdrawing from areas, leaving them to the Iraqis/'insurgents'.

For as long as priorites are to build massive military bases whilst the country is in ruins it is only going to be impossible to convince regular Iraqis that the US is interested in anything butit's own interests.

This is not an improving situation. Face it. Sooner or later the prospect will be one of attempting a 'Vietnam' (lavishly arming the new regime to the teeth and hoping they can handle things......and even if successful is that a 'hello new Saddam'?) or pulling right out.

You 'keep the faith' on this if you like; my money is on a British withdrawl by spring/summer next year and a US one soon after......unless Bush wins the election and decides to plough on regardless.

Originally posted by torque
Yep, they might be juicing it up as much as our guys do. Nobody wants to come out on the losing end so they write what's necessary to make it pallatable to the citizenry. These reports are probably just as full of crap as ours are.

These report are more accurate and credible with the place, time, event specified and without spin. US only report saying one died in Ann Anabore province, etc. If you do not believe it, just fine.

Originally posted by ShiftTrio
Again, I believe both parties put out propaganda, Only the blind say one side is right.

- Wise words.

Unless you're there witnessing it, how do you know it's more accurate and without spin? How is using the smear description "puppet" every time the Iraqi government is mentioned able to be designated as being "without spin"?

They all spin. They all fudge. They tell what they need to tell in the way they need to tell it to keep everybody on their side. Every side does this.

Funny, Speaking of Propaganda.

www.cnn.com...

- He had a reactor, so what? That is a million miles away from a deliverable bomb.

Mmmm no He already had a delivery system he needed only a warhead.

- This is pure unsubstantiated propaganda. There is no evidence to back up this claim whatsoever. The IAEA say so and so does everybody......except for the US gov. Well, fool us once......

touce' ok Iran MAY have a weapons program.

- Yeah thanks in part to the USA that is true......a handy counterbalance in the region what with India and China having them, right? But don't worry just like with Israel you US guys like those nukes, they're ok ones.

WTF???

It is one hell of a leap to imply from this that it means your scenario of someone 'just' getting hold of a nuke and - somehow - attacking a US city is plausible

It was one hell of a leap of faith that 19 guys with box cutters could bring down the WTC.

Attaching a handful of rockets to a jet and just expecting it to work cos someone else once did it (at great expense and after much work/testing) is hardly convincing; at all.

It's not nearly as complicated as one would imagine...read up on the Brits durring WWII they perfectedit on a shoesting budget.

- Yeah but even if it had been a midget sub the idea is still rather childishly absurd. Sorry but it just is.

......and anyway why raise such daft ideas if you're just speculating - on such a serious subject too?

There are no secret parts hidden and waiting to be snuck anywhere anyhow to 'bomb' a US city.

ok then on a container in as contaner ship? Is that more to your liking?
For all I friggin care they could build a human chain and pass it along like a "hot potato". The method was not the point. The point is this has been the goal of terrorists for years.

They cooperate and there undoubtedly is a Muslim dimention to the Chetchyn conflict - I didn't deny that did I?

No, but that changes the dimentions drasticly, it is no longer the downtrodded fighting for their rights anymore is it.

I was merely adding the matter of Ingustetia which is absolutely germane to the issue......not that you'd get half a clue about any of that from the mainstream media stories, right?

no I think this changes it from a Chechan issue to a world issue, but mind you the world DOES need to learn more about the WHOLE of the conflict.

- I suggest a degree of solidarity exists. Chetchyns probably exchange captured technology for help like this from time to time.

please!!!!!


I'll give you Japan was a poor example but Germany is a strong comparison.

- Partly IMO because the 'idiot in chief' made really really stupid cretinous comments about 'crusades' which could then be truthfully beamed around the Islamic world galvanising support for the extremists.

better to fight in their yard than yours.

- Yeah well you carry on telling all and sundry what you think the Iraqi people want because you sure as hell aren't getting many regular Iraqis telling about it are you?

go out and read some blogs that is the feeling I get This is also what I get from my freinds that are there.

- Frankly I am not for an instant pull-out, I'd prefer a phased withdrawl.

well we agree on one thing

For as long as priorites are to build massive military bases whilst the country is in ruins it is only going to be impossible to convince regular Iraqis that the US is interested in anything butit's own interests.

ok 2

Originally posted by sminkeypinkey

Originally posted by Apollyon
Saddam did have reactors he may not have had a nuclear weapons program (that is open to debate) but he had reactors

- He had a reactor, so what? That is a million miles away from a deliverable bomb. Mmmm no He already had a delivery system he needed only a warhead

Iran has a weapons program

- This is pure unsubstantiated propaganda. There is no evidence to back up this claim whatsoever. The IAEA say so and so does everybody......except for the US gov. Well, fool us once......

as does Pakistan

- Yeah thanks in part to the USA that is true......a handy counterbalance in the region what with India and China having them, right? But don't worry just like with Israel you US guys like those nukes, they're ok ones.

and N Korea.

- Yeah maybe they do.....and thanks to such an aggressive approach in dealing with them it'll be about a thousand times harder to get them to give them up too.

Technology can be bought sold or transfered.

- That it can......and what?

It is one hell of a leap to imply from this that it means your scenario of someone 'just' getting hold of a nuke and - somehow - attacking a US city is plausible.

Oh and perhaps you should do some reaserach on JATO/RATO it has been used since the 1920's no big Manhattan project needed to rocket launch a plane there was no feasable way to recover a RATO launched jet save an aircraft carrier so it was abandoned in favor of steam catapults.

- The blyth terms in which you suggested this as 'just' something that 'might' happen were absurdly simplistic and I said so, sorry if that bothered you so much.

Attaching a handful of rockets to a jet and just expecting it to work cos someone else once did it (at great expense and after much work/testing) is hardly convincing; at all.

Dont blame me, you said it.

(BTW the whole plane scenario was a mcguffin but you in partisan efforts to prove your point you missed that, it could have been a friggin' midget sub I was trying to illustrate a point.)

- Yeah but even if it had been a midget sub the idea is still rather childishly absurd. Sorry but it just is.

......and anyway why raise such daft ideas if you're just speculating - on such a serious subject too?

There are no secret parts hidden and waiting to be snuck anywhere anyhow to 'bomb' a US city.

If the Beslin school attack was purley a Chechan issue why were there ARAB MUSLIMS amongst the terrorists?

- For the same reason that 'terrorist goups' around the world have had links for decades. They cooperate and there undoubtedly is a Muslim dimention to the Chetchyn conflict - I didn't deny that did I?

I was merely adding the matter of Ingustetia which is absolutely germane to the issue......not that you'd get half a clue about any of that from the mainstream media stories, right?

Has Checnia been repressed? YES Should they fight back? YES But why are non Chechan Arabs there except to elivate the level of terror.

- I suggest a degree of solidarity exists. Chetchyns probably exchange captured technology for help like this from time to time.

and since when did 'the people' ever confer legitimacy upon a government preferred by an occupying power anywhere?
...............Germany and Japan ???

- Oh please.

This conflict is nothing like WW2 and attempting to see it in those terms is to utterly misunderstand what is going on.

Why are so many on the "insurgents" non Iraqis ?

- Partly IMO because the 'idiot in chief' made really really stupid cretinous comments about 'crusades' which could then be truthfully beamed around the Islamic world galvanising support for the extremists.

The average Hussien Iraqi (as contrasted by Joe American) wants their country stable then want the American out in that order .....The problem is forgein Muslim extremeists.

- Yeah well you carry on telling all and sundry what you think the Iraqi people want because you sure as hell aren't getting many regular Iraqis telling about it are you?

The Iraqis are the one who really suffer 10 innocent Iraqis die at the hand of the "insurgents" for every "Yankee Imperialist". When the Iraq's have had enough of those troops and stop turning a blind eye to them things will change.

- You sound just like some of the people in Britain did about the IRA. It's garbage and it most certainly doesn't work like that. The fact is they want the occupying forces out......everything else will flow from that, not the other way round.

But to cut and run now will leave Iraq to become another Rwanda or Kosevo where old tribalism becomes the new ethnic cleasing.

- Frankly I am not for an instant pull-out, I'd prefer a phased withdrawl.

I realise it would create great difficulties.....hell, the whole thing should have been seen for the mess it would become before any of this started.

But, claiming 'humanitarian reasons' for engaging in this mess is a tad rich IMO. Saddam was a scumbag but he was contained. Open your eyes, this is not better it's worse, unbelievably and very sadly.

.....and the behaviour of the troops needs to improve a hell of a lot for thigs to have any chance of not going belly-up. Trained police and defence force Iraqis are going over to the so-called 'insurgents' daily and troops are withdrawing from areas, leaving them to the Iraqis/'insurgents'.

For as long as priorites are to build massive military bases whilst the country is in ruins it is only going to be impossible to convince regular Iraqis that the US is interested in anything butit's own interests.

This is not an improving situation. Face it. Sooner or later the prospect will be one of attempting a 'Vietnam' (lavishly arming the new regime to the teeth and hoping they can handle things......and even if successful is that a 'hello new Saddam'?) or pulling right out.

You 'keep the faith' on this if you like; my money is on a British withdrawl by spring/summer next year and a US one soon after......unless Bush wins the election and decides to plough on regardless.

[edit on 9-9-2004 by Apollyon]

Originally posted by Apollyon

You did say 1 thing I agree with maybe 2.

- Well that's a start. It'd be a pretty poor show if we couldn't agree agree on any of this!

Thursday, 9 September 2004.

Brutal pre-dawn US rocket attack kills 11, wounds 20 Iraqi civilians in al-Fallujah.
US rocket attacks on houses in al-Fallujah Thursday morning left 10 Iraqi civilians dead and 20 others wounded according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in that city. Six men, two women and four children were killed in the savage US attack, one of the children only eight months old. Twenty other persons were wounded in the US attack, most of them women and children.

Most of the casualties were members of Muhammad `Ali al-Aswad al- Hawmazawi's family. Muhammad `Ali al-Aswad himself was killed as were two of his four wives, one of them 25 years old, the other 30. Four of his 12 children were killed and five of his other children were taken to hospitals in Baghdad for treatment of their very serious wounds. Five other relatives were killed in the US airstrike. Eight-year-old Jasim was admitted to hospital with severe head injuries and required an delicate operation, but until late Thursday night the hospital was refusing to carry out the surgery without signed authorization from a family member, despite the fact that all the adult family members had been killed in the air raid.

Eye witnesses reported that the American attack took place at 4:00am (Baghdad time), but that it was not until 8:30 in the morning that the last victim � the eight month old infant � was dug out of the rubble. The correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam took part along with family members in the rescue and recovery effort in the wreckage.

As usual, the US tried to justify its indiscriminate airstrike on women and children by claiming that they were trying to kill followers of the elusive Abu Mus`ab az-Zarqawi.

Resistance shells US positions near al-Fallujah around midnight Thursday-Friday.

Iraqi Resistance forces rained some 20 artillery shells on the US military camp in the ash-Shuhad� area of al-Fallujah at about midnight Thursday-Friday, the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported. Iraqi puppet troops then deployed around the camp in an attempt to locate and silence the source of the shelling.

Resistance forces unleashed a barrage of some 55 mortar shells on the area north of al-Fallujah where US forces were bivouacked. According to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam who reported the bombardment at 2:15am Friday morning, the situation around midnight Thursday-Friday had become extremely tense and apprehensive after US aircraft were seen prowling the skies over the city � a sign that some sort of offensive might be imminent.

Resistance hits US column in al-Khalidiyah mid-morning Thursday.
Iraqi Resistance forces in al-Khalidiyah attacked a US column at 10:30am Thursday, Baghdad time. The attack took place behind the police station in the city and left one Abrams tank totally destroyed when it ran over an Iraqi Resistance bomb. The power of the blast suggested that it was what is known as an Austrian explosive � a product of re-engineered artillery shell explosives of Austrian manufacture.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the bomb was hidden with great expertise. Two Humvees were also destroyed in the same attack, but they were struck by Resistance rocket-propelled grenades.

The correspondent, who was unable to visit the scene of the attack personally due to a curfew imposed by US occupation forces, received information on the attack from a member of the al-Khalidiyah police force. That source said that six US troops were killed aboard the tank, three more aboard the first Humvee. Two other Americans on the Humvee were seriously wounded. Four Americans were killed aboard the second Humvee, and, the source said, they appear to have been killed by an anti-personnel rocket-propelled grenade, whose destructive radius is 300 meters in all directions.

Local residents reported felling a violent explosion shake their neighborhood when the bomb that destroyed the tank detonated.

Seven Americans killed in az-Za`faraniyah area in two attacks Thursday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under a US military column as it passed over the old Diyala Bridge in the az-Za`faraniyah area at 9:00am Thursday morning. One US Humvee was destroyed and eyewitnesses said they saw two charred bodies pulled from the wreckage of the vehicle, and that two other bodies lay outside the car.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb blew up under a group of US intelligence officers in a GMC vehicle at 6:30am Thursday in the same area. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the blast blew away all but the chassis of the vehicle and killed three American intelligence officers.

US savages civilian homes in Tall az-Za`far area with cluster bombs, and follow up with a ground assault. Resistance fighters hold their ground.

US aircraft carried out repeated raids on Thursday, savagely pounding the area of Tall az-Za`far. After the air attacks, US ground forces assaulted the region. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the US fighter planes dropped container bombs that explode in the air and release hundreds of deadly anti-personnel cluster bombs.

The Americans dropped the lethal weapons on residential areas populated by Iraqi civilians. The correspondent reported that the vicious bombing came to a halt around 3:00pm Baghdad time. The Iraqi Resistance forces in the area hung on determinedly, however in the face of US ground assaults, inflicting heavy casualties on the invaders.

The correspondent wrote that some Iraqi shepherds reported seeing two US warplanes shot down, one of them in flames. The shepherd said, however, that American ground forces immediately surrounded the wreck sites and no one was allowed to approach the area, making it impossible for the correspondent to verify or provide further details regarding their report.

Three intelligence officers killed in Resistance attack in al- Hurriyah section of Baghdad.

An Iraqi Resistance fighter on Thursday morning fired a rocket- propelled grenade (RPG) at a motorcade of US GMC vehicles � the sort regularly used by US intelligence officers � in the ad-Dawla`i section of the al-Hurriyah area of Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported on visiting the scene of the attack that the RPG set one car ablaze and three US offices killed in it. Three other American GMC vehicles fled the scene

Resistance pounds US facilities in the Baghdad area Thursday.

During the morning of Thursday, Iraqi Resistance forces pounded various US sites throughout occupied Iraq with mortars and rockets.

The Baghdad correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the puppet police academy behind the puppet "interior ministry" building, came under an intense Resistance barrage. More that 15 explosions shook the building, apparently from 120mm mortar shells or Katyusha rockets. Plumes of thick smoke could be seen rising over the academy at 8:00am local time.

Five violent blasts rocked the US occupation headquarters in the Republican Palace compound (which the Americans have renamed "the green zone") at about 7:00am as Katyusha rockets fired by the Resistance crashed into the top security area. Sirens wailed inside the American headquarters as thick clouds of smoke rose over the area.

The Americans, for their part, have extended the fences of the top security area of the "green zone" to include the ar-Rashid Hotel, the headquarters of US intelligence and other US groups in occupied Iraq.

But that did not protect the hotel from Resistance attack as eyewitnesses reported that at 7:30am Thursday, four mortar rounds (probably of 82mm caliber) crunched into the hotel area.

Iraqi Resistance forces also struck the US camp at al-Muthanna airfield with an intensive mortar barrage of 15 to 20 high explosive shells on Thursday morning.

A correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Resistance forces fired three powerful Grad rockets at the Ba`qubah airport, used by US occupation forces as a base, at 1:30pm Thursday afternoon.

Then at 1:45pm six explosions shook the so-called "green zone" headquarters of the US occupation in Baghdad. The blasts were caused by two or three Grad rockets and 120mm mortar shells.

At 2:00pm Thursday, Resistance forces ambushed a food convoy for the US aggressor troops on the road leading to ash-Shu`lah. Two civilian trucks were destroyed and two US troops killed. In the same area but a little to the north and at the same time, the Resistance attacked a US columnof four transports in the city of Balad carrying food supplies. Bombs and rocket-propelled grenades knocked two transports out of action and destroyed one Humvee. Five US troops were killed in that attack.

At 3:15pm the Resistance fired four Grad rockets at Saddam International Airport.

At 4:45pm Thursday, a US C-130 transport plane came under intense Resistance fire as it was landing at Saddam International Airport. The gunfire struck the plane in the right wing and it continued to burn after landing.

At about 11:00pm Thursday night Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US patrol, consisting of a Bradley armored vehicle and a Humvee, on Hayfa Street in Baghdad's al-Karakh district. A Resistance explosive disabled the Bradley.

A US supply convoy carrying goods for the US troops was attacked by Iraqi Resistance forces at about 10:30pm Thursday night on the highway linking al-Fallujah and al-Yusufiyah. Five civilian truck drivers, collaborators with the US occupation troops, were killed.

Iraqi Resistance forces shelled the environs of the military academy in the ar-Rustamiyah district of Baghdad with at least 15 mortar rounds at about 9:30pm Baghdad time. Smoke could be seen rising over the facility. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the projectiles were most likely 120mm heavy mortar shells.

Resistance ambushes US patrol at 9:30pm Thursday in Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance forces killed at least three US troops and wounded three others seriously when they attacked a patrol at 9:30 local time Thursday night. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islamreported that the patrol consisted of two armored vehicles and two Abrams tanks as well as three Humvees. Resistance bombs exploded under the vehicles, destroying one Humvee and disabling the other.

Resistance launches rocket attack on Ba`qubah airfield at 11:00pm Thursday.

Powerful explosions shook the military airfield in Ba`qubah at 11:00pm Thursday night. Airport employees told the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam that they saw three armored vehicles on fire after the attack. The correspondent reported that it was believed that the Resistance had used powerful Tariq rockets in that attack.

Resistance ambushes US motorcade.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a US motorcade in the southern ad-
Durah suburb of Baghdad near the oil refinery in the agricultural area at 10:00pm local time Thursday night. One bomb exploded destroying a civilian-type car in the motorcade that consisted of three GMC vehicles. Four people aboard the car were killed � all believed to be US intelligence officers. US helicopters immediately rushed to the scene and dropped flares. Seven Abrams tanks also hurried to the area. They found no attackers but dragged away the wrecked vehicle.

Resistance bomb strikes US-Iraqi puppet police patrol in al- Ghazaliyah area.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb blew up under a joint US-Iraqi puppet police patrol on the highway leading to Abu Ghurayb in the al- Ghazaliyah area west of Baghdad at 8:30am Thursday. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that one Landrover was destroyed in the blast and four troops aboard it killed. An American Humvee that was nearby was also knocked out of action by the blast, but eyewitnesses reported that they could not be sure
whether there were any American casualties among its crew.

Resistance bomb kills five US troops near Abu Ghurayb concentration camp.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under a US column near the Khan Darri area adjacent to the Abu Ghurayb concentration camp Thursday morning at about 9:30am. Four US troops were killed and their small troop carrier was totally destroyed. A Humvee was also knocked out of commission by the blast and one other soldier in it was also killed. According to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, eye witnesses reported that they saw the soldier blown out of the Humvee and slammed to the ground by the force of the blast.

Seven US troops killed at 2:00pm Thursday in ambush on road to Abu Ghurayb.

Seven US soldiers were killed around midday Thursday when an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under their patrol on the road leading to Abu Ghurayb. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at 2:00pm, as a patrol consisting of five Humvees was passing near the al-Khalidiyah Hospital on the road to Abu Ghurayb, an explosion followed by an ambush struck the column. Three Humvees were totally destroyed. One was blown up by the bomb; the other two by rocket-propelled grenades and BKC rockets. The vehicles burst into flame on the impact of the shells. Eye witnesses said that they could hear the war cries of the Resistance fighters as the swooped in on the Americans.

US, British, Zionist intelligence officers killed Thursday in Resistance attacks.

Iraqi Resistance forces carried out a number of attacks on US, British, and Zionist targets on Thursday according to a series of reports compiled by Mafkarat al-Islam. At 1:00pm Thursday afternoon, Baghdad time, three US troops were killed in an Iraqi Resistance ambush on Hayfa Street in the al-Karakh district of the occupied Iraqi capital. The Humvee on which they were riding struck a mine, crippling the vehicle, whereupon Resistance fighters sprung on the dazed Americans, firing rocket-propelled grenades and BKC rockets at them.

At 2:45pm a Landrover manned by British intelligence officers was ambushed by Resistance fighters on the road to Saddam International Airport. All those aboard the Landrover were killed.

At 4:00pm Thursday afternoon, four cars � a Daiwoo, a Mitsubishi, and two GMC vehicles � struck an Iraqi Resistance bomb and were attacked by Resistance fighters firing rocket-propelled grenades. The Daiwoo was carrying Kurdish chauvinist Peshmergah militiamen. The Mitsubishi was carrying Mossad agents, and US intelligence officers were riding in the two GMC vehicles. The Daiwoo and the Mitsubishi vehicles were totally destroyed in the attack, all aboard them being killed.

Iraqi Resistance forces on Thursday ambushed a US patrol that was proceeding along the road to Saddam International Airport. Two US Humvees were disabled in the ambush, which took place at midnight Thursday-Friday local time.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US forces deployed in strength after the ambush, anticipating further attacks. There were no reports on injuries or deaths as a result of the Resistance attack.

At 10:00pm Thursday night the Iraqi Resistance ambushed a joint US- Iraqi puppet "national guard" force patrol in the al-Ghazaliyah area of Baghdad. The correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the ambush left one US personnel carrier that was transporting 10 puppet troops destroyed. The Resistance also disabled a US Humvee in the attack.

At 7:00pm Iraqi Resistance bombs in Baghdad went off under a US patrol in the Ruz area, disabling two Bradley armored vehicles and killing five US foot soldiers who were walking alongside the vehicle. The Ruz area, according to the local Mafkarat al-Islamcorrespondent, is a predominantly Shi`i Kurdish area that local people sometimes refer to as the "spy neighborhood" since some members of those communities have been known to serve the occupation as spies against the Resistance. A Resistance attack against the US in this neighborhood is thus of particular significance.

Resistance attacks US patrol in ar-Ridwaniyah area early Thursday morning.

A joint US-Iraqi puppet force foot patrol was ambushed Thursday in the ar-Ridwaniyah area in the Duwaylibiah area as it attempted to clear the road of any obstacles that might hinder the advance of US forces in the area. The patrol was escorted by two armored vehicles, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam the local residents said that four Iraqi puppet troops and one American were killed when what is believed to have been a rocket- propelled grenade, an anti-perosnnel "mihdar" grenade, and a BKC rocket struck the patrol at 8:30am local time.

American VIPs the target of Resistance ambush near the military academy in Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance forces prepared a powerful explosive device, which they set off at about 4:00pm on the road leading to the US base in the military academy in ar-Rustamiyah in Baghdad. The blast struck a US military motorcade of two GMC cars being escorted by four Humvees.

The US aggressors usually use GMC cars to transport security personnel or other important officials, so the Resistance fighters believed that the attack succeed in eliminating some significant officials in the US occupation administration. That belief was strengthened by the fact that members of US intelligence were accompanying the motorcade.

In the course of the attack, one Humvee was disabled, killing the soldiers inside. One of the GMCs was also destroyed.

US base in ad-Durah hit by rocket attack Thursday morning.

The US base in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah came under an Iraqi Resistance rocket attack Thursday morning. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that four Katyusha rockets slammed into the US camp in what is locally known as `Arab Jabbur.

In addition, an Iraqi working in the camp told the correspondent that a bomb exploded at about 8:15am under an American Bradley armored vehicle that was circling around the base. The chain tread on the vehicle was broken and the Bradley disabled by the blast.

Resistance bomb destroys fuel tanker, kills two US soldiers in ad- Durah.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under a US column made up of military fuel tank trucks on the highway that passes through the ad- Durah area in southern Baghdad on Thursday morning. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the blast totally destroyed one fuel truck, killing two US troops who were aboard.

Four Iraqi puppet security men killed in Resistance roadside bombing Thursday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance roadside bomb exploded as an Iraqi puppet police patrol was passing at 4:20pm Baghdad time, according to a correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in a report posted at 11:25pm Thursday night Mecca time. The correspondent wrote that the police patrol consisted of a Land Cruiser on which a number of Iraqi puppet security personnel were riding. The explosion killed four of the security force members, who probably belonged to the US-installed intelligence service.

Resistance attacks two US patrols Thursday morning in al-Yusufiyah.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US Humvee patrol in al-Yusufiyah at about 8:45am local time. The area of the attack was formerly a farm belonging to `Uday Saddam Hussein, but now is a US base area.

A source in the puppet security service told a correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that the attack left five US troops dead, one of them believed to have been an officer.

Violent battles broke out in the same area between the Resistance and another US patrol with a two-Humvee escort. Four American soldiers were killed in that engagement. The Resistance fighters were believed to have used BKCs in both attacks in addition to Kalashnikov assault rifles.

Seven US troops killed in ambush of patrol on the road to al- Yusufiyah at 3:00pm Thursday.

At about 3:00pm Thursday afternoon Iraqi Resistance fighters ambushed a US patrol in the al-Yusufiyah area. The local correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance fighters fired a series of rocket-propelled grenades at the US patrol, which consisted of six Humvees. Before the Americans knew what had hit them, two Humvees were totally destroyed and seven US soldiers were dead.

Fifteen US and Iraqi puppet troops reported killed in action against Jaysh al-Mahdi Thursday.

The office of Shi`i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr announced at 9:30pm Thursday that 15 US and Iraqi puppet troops had been killed in Iraqi Resistance attacks. Two Bradley armored vehicles had been disabled in the attacks and one armored personnel carrier in which seven American troops were riding, was destroyed, the statement reported.

An F-16 fighter bomber and an American Apache helicopter carried out continuous bombardments of the Madinat as-Sadr district in Baghdad on Thursday between 8:00pm and 10:00pm, the statement reported.

Tension mounts in al-Basrah area. Four British troops killed in ambush.

Aggressor aircraft carried out low-altitude overflights in strength over the city of al-Basrah and its environs, beginning at 1:00am Thursday and continuing into Thursday afternoon, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

Meanwhile two powerful explosions rocked al-Basrah at 9:00am local time but their source has not been determined.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded at about 2:00am on the road leading to Safwan, a town near al-Basrah, Thursday morning, blowing up a Landrover and killing the four British soldiers who were aboard.

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Friday, 10 September 2004.

Resistance targets "green zone" for a series of rocket and mortar strikes as Resistance in Baghdad escalates.

Iraqi Resistance forces mounted a series of rocket attacks on the US occupation headquarters in the Republican Palace in Baghdad � what the American invaders have dubbed the "green zone" in the occupied Iraqi capital.

At 6:30am local time two powerful Grad rockets were fired at the top- security US installation.

One hour later a series of explosions rocked the compound, believed to be the result of a barrage of 82mm mortar rounds.

A third attack of moderate dimensions took place at about 8:30am Friday, also believed to be the result of 82mm rounds fired into the American compound.

Then at 3:15pm Friday afternoon, powerful explosions again rocked the "green zone," these believed to be the result of another Resistance strike with Grad rockets.

Resistance pounds US sites around Baghdad on Friday.

The US base at Abu Ghurayb came under an intensive bombardment by the Iraqi Resistance at precisely 2:00pm Friday afternoon. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that 15 high- explosive 120mm mortar shells slammed into the US compound.

Iraqi Resistance forces also shelled the `Uluwwat Asmak as-Sayliyah area at the southern approaches to Baghdad where the US as-Suqur ("the Hawks") base is located. Mortar shells of 82mm and 120mm caliber struck the area around the US camp, the largest American occupation facility in that area.

Nine consecutive explosions rocked the area of al-Muthanna airstrip at 8:00am Friday. Eyewitnesses reported that the blasts came from 82mm mortar rounds exploding.

Four US intelligence officers killed in ambush on road to Saddam International Airport.

Several GMC vehicles belonging to US intelligence were ambushed by Iraqi Resistance forces in the al-`Amiriyah area on the road leading to Saddam International airport southwest of Baghdad. The correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islamin the area reported that the attack took place at 1:00pm Friday afternoon local time and that two vehicles were destroyed and two others damaged but continued on their way. Four US intelligence officers were apparently killed in the ambush.

Resistance bombing kills three agents of US puppet "Irqai" intelligence agency in Baghdad.
Three agents of the US-run puppet Iraqi intelligence service were killed on Friday in an Iraqi Resistance bombing in downtown Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a Resistance bomb exploded under a column of four vehicles on Hayfa Street in the al-Karakh district of Baghdad at 4:45pm local time Friday afternoon.

The blast disabled two of the cars. The other two fled the scene in the direction of the US occupation headquarters in the "green zone." Three members of the puppet Iraqi security service were killed in the blast.

US occupation troops immediately closed off the area of the attack and cleared away the wrecked cars and the bodies.

Resistance launches attacks southeast of Baghdad and in the al- Yusufiyah area.
At 2:30pm Friday afternoon an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under a joint US-Iraqi puppet police Mafkarat al-Islam. One Landrover belonging to the puppet police was disabled and two puppet policemen killed inside. Three others were wounded. The blast also disable a US Humvee and killed one American.

Four Iraqi puppet troops were killed when their Nissan pickup truck was attacked by Resistance fighters firing rocket-propelled grenades in the al-Yusufiyah area.

Iraqi Resistance forces in the same area fired 10 mortar shells into the local US military camp setting two armored vehicles ablaze. The US troops awoke at 3:00am to the sound of the incoming shells. They sent out patrols that jammed the area with Americans to seek out the source of the shelling but even with all their numbers, they failed to locate it.

Nine Americans killed as Resistance pounds targets around Baghdad Friday.

At 8:00am Friday Iraqi Resistance forces fired about 10 powerful Grad rockets into the US military base north of Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam visited the area and reported thick black clouds of smoke covering the skies over the area, proving that vehicles or other flammable materials were hit directly.

One US soldier was killed and two others injured when an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under their convoy of about three Humvees at 8:30am local time in al-Ghazaliyah on the highway from Baghdad. Two of the Humvees escaped the ambush, but the third was disabled.

Near that location and two hours later Resistance forces attacked a US column killing nine American troops, according to residents of the Faris district, 20km north of Baghdad, where the attack occurred. They reported that the column consisted of armored vehicles and Humvees, and that two of the Humvees were destroyed and another disabled.

Simultaneously with the first attack, Iraqi Resistance forces pounded Saddam International Airport where US troops are encamped with Grad rockets that sent clouds of black smoke into the sky.

Resistance strikes north and south of Baghdad Friday morning.

Three American soldiers were killed and two others wounded when an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded in the at-Taji area at the northern approaches to Baghdad. According to sources that spoke to the correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, the bomb struck a US convoy of six Humvees that was traversing the area at 8:30am Friday. One vehicle was destroyed and another disabled.

South of al-Latifiyah local residents heard the joyful cries of 25 Resistance fighters at 9:00am when they destroyed an armored vehicle and damaged another in an anti-tank rocket attack.

Resistance strikes airports around Baghdad Friday night.

Saddam International airport was struck by two Iraqi Resistance rockets at 7:00pm Friday evening, Baghdad time. Thick smoke rose over the airport after the attack which was believed to have involved powerful Grad rockets.

Two high-explosive shells (probably of the Tariq variety) shook the same airport and the surrounding area at 10:30 local time Friday night. Black smoke rose over the camp.

Iraqi Resistance forces shelled al-Muthanna airport in downtown Baghdad with 82mm mortar shells at 9:45pm Friday night local time. Warning sirens could be heard from inside the camp after the strike.

Resistance bomb kills four US troops Friday afternoon in Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance bombs blew up under a US patrol at 5:30pm Friday fternoon according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. The attack took place near the building of the ministry of justice and the old radio station. One Humvee was totally destroyed and four US troops killed.

Resistance shells "green zone" Friday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces on Friday afternoon pounded the US occupation headquarters in the so-called "green zone" at 5:45pm with more than five heavy 120mm mortar rounds.

One US soldier killed Friday evening.

Resistance forces and US troops battled in the al-Amin neighborhood near the old Diyala Bridge at 7:30pm Baghdad time Friday evening. One Humvee was disabled and one US soldier killed and two others wounded.

Resistance bombards US-Iraqi puppet camp in Mosul Friday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a camp used jointly by the US occupation forces and Iraqi puppet troops in the northern city of Mosul on Friday. An intensive barrage of some 20 mortar rounds, probably of the heavy 120mm caliber, crashed into the camp at 8:00am Friday morning, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

US continues to encircle and pound Tall `Afar.

US forces continue to encircle the area of Tall `Afar on all sides. American F-16 and F-18 fighter bombers are pounding the area with various types of explosives, including internationally-banned cluster bombs. On Thursday the same area was subjected to an intense US bombardment in which B-52 strategic bombers were used.

After getting into the city of Tall `Afar Friday evening the correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam described the tragic state of the city in the wake of intensive US bombardment. US forces, he said, had used cluster bombs and napalm.

Three US troops killed in Resistance ambush of US patrol near Ba`qubah.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US armored vehicle patrol in the Sadd Hamrin area of Ba`qubah, northeast of Baghdad on Friday. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in the city reported that the two-armored-vehicle column that was accompanied by two Humvees was attacked at 1:00pm Friday afternoon, local time. The two Humvees and one of the Bradley armored vehicles were disabled in the attack.

The correspondent wrote that eye witnesses reported seeing at least three American soldiers killed as a result of the attack.

Resistance strikes Ba`qubah airfield.

Resistance forces mounted a rocket strike at US troops occupying Ba`qubah airport at 1:45pm local time. Seven explosions, believed to come from Katyusha rockets, shook the facility, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

Eleven US troops reported killed in evening ambush in Ba`qubah area.

In the Khan Bani Sa`d area of Ba`qubah province Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed US troops with rocket-propelled grenades at 7:00pm Friday evening. One Bradley armored vehicle was disabled and three Humvees destroyed. A source in the Ba`qubah puppet police reported that 11 Americans were killed and four others wounded in the attack.

Resistance bomb targets US troops in ar-Ramadi. Americans kill, wound Iraqi police in reply.

One Iraqi policeman was killed and four others wounded, one of them an officer, when US aggressor troops opened fire on them in the city of ar-Ramadi, west of Baghdad. The local correspondent of al- `Arabiyah TV in the city reported that the Americans fired on the Iraqi patrol after an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by the Americans in the midst of the city.

Ovewhelmed inside insurgent Iraq, US troops now being treated in "Israel."

The Palestinian weekly al-Manar published in Jerusalem has learned that US troops wounded in Iraq are now being flown to occupied Palestine for medical treatment. The sources report that US field hospitals and other medical facilities set up in Iraq have been overwhelmed with casualties, particularly in the last four months, and as a result an agreement to use facilities in "Israel" was concluded.

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Saturday, 11 September 2004.

US continues to pound al-Fallujah.

Medical sources in al-Fallujah reported Saturday that eight persons, including five civilians, had been wounded when gunfire attributed to the US aggressors struck a largely-deserted residential neighborhood of the city.

Two houses in the ash-Shuhad� neighborhood in the south of al- Fallujah were struck by US artillery fire, according to eye witnesses. Abu Muhammad said, "we live in this family home and don't understand why it was targeted." He said that five members of his family � including women and children � had been wounded in the US attack. Dr. Wajdi Ahmad said that the fire left eight wounded.

US troops sent out loudspeaker trucks to broadcast demands that the local people evacuate the neighborhood so that they could turn it into a battle field. The Americans also demanded that Resistance fighters lay down their arms, according to a correspondent for Agence France Presse (AFP). Then the Americans proceeded to broadcast raucous "rock" and "disco" music all through the night through their loudspeakers in an attempt to torture and unnerve local residents and defenders.

About half of the residents of the neighborhood had left the area more than a month earlier because of the constant US bombardment and virtually daily battles waged by the US against the stubborn Resistance fighters. Most of the evacuees are temporarily residing in the nearby town of al-Habbaniyah.

Resistance fires out ferocious barrages on US top-security "green zone" in Baghdad and pounds other targets in the occupied capital.

Iraqi Resistance forces launched a violent barrage on the US occupation headquarters in the Republican Palace in Baghdad � which the American invaders have dubbed "the green zone." According to Agence France Presse (AFP) three shells landed near the convention center in the "green zone" where the US-sponsored "national congress" was in session. The blasts shook the building, prompting security men to instruct the delegates to huddle away from the windows.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that eight 120mm mortar rounds hit the "green zone" and sent up plumes of black smoke at about 8:10am Saturday.

At 6:40pm three powerful explosions shook the "green zone" believed to be the result of Tariq rockets fired by the Resistance at the facility.

Three massive explosions shook Saddam International Airport at 7:30am Saturday, probably from Grad rockets according to the local correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam. During the day there were intermittent bombardments of US facilities in the area with various types of ordnance, from 20mm mortars to Grad rockets and 120mm mortars. At 5:00pm the US headquarters at the occupied airport was struck by a barrage of more than 25 high-explosive 120mm mortar shells, according to the correspondent.

Resistance forces shelled the military academy in ar-Rustamiyah at 8:10am with Katyushas. Warning sirens wailed inside the camp after the barrage.

Meanwhile the US aggressors used B-52 strategic bombers as well as Apache helicopters to pound the Madinat as-Sadr section of the Iraqi capital from 1:00am through the night and into the morning.

At 2:30pm fifteen 82mm mortar shells rained down upon the US base at al-Muthanna airfield in Baghdad. Simultaneously the "green zone" was attacked with an intense barrage of ten 82mm mortar shells, according to the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent.

Several explosions rocked the US and Iraqi secret police headquarters in the al-Kazimiyah area of Baghdad at 8:50pm local time, as 120mm mortar shells slammed into the facility.

The Resistance attacks continued until at least 11:30pm Saturday as five powerful Grad rockets rained down on the US facilities in at- Taji, along with fifteen 120mm mortar shells.

At 10:50 Resistance forces again shelled Saddam International Airport with two Tariq rockets.

Americans killed in Baghdad area Resistance attacks.

One American was reported killed in an Iraqi Resistance roadside bombing at 6:30am west of Baghdad in the al-Jihad district Saturday. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam wrote that the bomb went off under a patrol of Humvees and Bradley armored vehicles, disabling one Humvee and killing the soldier.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a joint US-Iraqi puppet force foot patrol in al-Yusufiyah south of Baghdad at 8:30am Saturday, leaving three Americans and one puppet soldier dead, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a US patrol west of Baghdad with bombs and rocket-propelled grenades under the bridge linking the al- Ghazaliyah area with al-`Amiriyah at 9:30am Saturday. The attack destroyed one Humvee and a military fuel truck and left eight American troops dead, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under a US patrol consisting of three Humvees in the Abu Ghurayb area south of the village of adh- Dhahab al-Abyad, 25km west of Baghdad. At 4:35pm Saturday, killing five US troops and wounding three others. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that one Humvee was totally destroyed in the blast and another damaged.

Three Iraqi puppet troops were killed in the az-Za`faraniyah area south of Baghdad on Saturday afternoon when the Resistance ambushed their patrol of three vehicles � one of them a pickup truck and another a Mitsubishi. The Resistance fired BKCs at the vehicles destroying the Mitsubishi and killing the three men aboard.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under a US column of four Humvees in the as-Sayyidiyah area near the al-Walid Military Armament facility in Baghdad at 6:00pm Saturday. One Humvee was disabled. Local puppet police told the correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam that three US troops were killed in the attack and three others wounded.

At 9:30pm Saturday two Americans were killed and three others wounded when the Resistance struck a US patrol with rockets in al- Ghazaliyah west of Baghdad according to witnesses who spoke to the correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. They said that the Resistance used a rocket-propelled grenade to destroy one Humvee in the patrol.

At 10:45pm Saturday an Iraqi Resistance attack disabled a US Bradley armored vehicle in the al-A`zamiyah area of Baghdad according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. The Resistance attacked a patrol of three Bradley armored vehicles. The extent of US casualties was unknown.

Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at least 24 American troops had been killed in two Resistance attacks launched against US troop columns in ar-Ridwaniyah and Bayji. At 8:00pm Saturday, the Resistance ambushed US armored vehicles on the highway in ar-Ridwaniyah with rocket-propelled grenades, BKCs, and automatic weapons, destroying four armored vehicles totally. Eye witnesses reported that there were at least 18 American bodies strewn about, all of them in Marine uniforms. Six other US troops were killed north of Bayji at 5:00pm when the Resistance ambushed troops in the Makhul area, destroying one military fuel tank truck and two civilian fuel trucks.

Resistance battles US aggressors in Mosul Saturday.

Eyewitnesses in Mosul hospitals reported on Saturday that fierce fighting was raging between US aggressor troops and Iraqi Resistance forces in the city. The battles raged most intensely in the Tall`afar area northwest of the city. At least 12 Iraqis were martyred and 60 others wounded.

One victim in Tall `Afar Hospital reported hearing explosions and machine gun fire as US helicopters swarmed overhead in the skies. Plumes of smoke indicated direct hits on vehicles.

Resistance bomb destroys Humvee west of Ba`qubah.

One US Humvee designed for mine sweeping was destroyed Saturday when it struck an Iraqi Resistance land mine on the main public road in the al-Hashimiyah area west of Ba`qubah. "Several" American troops were admitted to have been wounded in the blast.

Resistance shoots down US helicopter in Mosul.

US military spokesmen admitted that an American helicopter crashed near the northern city of Mosul as fighting heated up in the city between US aggressor troops and the Iraqi Resistance. The American spokesman admitted that the two pilots of the helicopter, a UH-58 were wounded, but refused to acknowledge the obvious � that the helicopter had been shot down (an admission that would officially make the injuries that the pilots suffered "combat casualties" � the number of which Washington is trying by any possible means of deception to minimize.)

Kirkuk car bombing kills 17 at puppet police academy.

At least 17 persons were killed and 20 others wounded in a car bombing after noon on Saturday in Kirkuk, according to Dr. Riyad `Abdallah, Director of Kirkuk General Hospital. The local puppet police announced that an Iraqi Resistance martyrdom fighter had detonated a car bomb near the local puppet police academy.

US aggressor troops launched an intensive series of raids on Iraqi homes in Tikrit and the surrounding areas, as well as in the city of ad-Dur on Friday night. The raids continued into Saturday morning as American invader troops searched in vain for `Izzat Ibrahim ad- Duri, the Iraqi Vice-President. American aggressor troops raided houses in the districts of ad-Dur, an-Na`imah, and Hamrin, as well as the city of Tikrit. The US attackers were backed by tanks, and had helicopter cover from the sky, as puppet so-called "national guard" troops served the Americans in their violent home invasions.
Local eye witnesses reported that the US troops raided many local homes, and also searched through farm fields and government buildings in the area covered by the raids, but failed to find the Vice-President.

Twelve Iraqi puppet policemen killed in battles with Resistance in al-Latifiyah as US seals off city for major offensive.

Twelve Iraqi puppet policemen were killed and five members of the puppet so-called national guard were wounded on Saturday when US forces and their Iraqi stooges carried out a large-scale operation against the Resistance in the city of al-Latifiyah, according to a captain in the puppet intelligence service. The officer, who asked to remain anonymous, claimed that the puppet forces suffered those casualties as they carried out operations in the area of the al- Mahmudiyah barracks, 25km from al-Latifiyah. He added that the US troops and their stooges had rounded up 200 "suspects" in downtown al-Latifiyah.

The officer said that they had received an order to search the town from puppet prime minister Iyyad `Allawi himself. They were to search for "weapons and terrorists" in an operation intended to last for one week. He explained that all roads leading to al-Latifiyah had been closed and all modes of communication with the city shut down to facilitate the invaders' attempt to crackdown on Resistance in the city. He said that it was a major operation being carried out by the Iraqi puppet forces and their American masters, adding that "a large number of `national guardsmen' and the puppet police
had come in from Baghdad, al-Hillah, al-Mahmudiyah, al-Iskandariyah, Hasu and al-Musayyib," for the offensive on the city residents.

Three guards of US consulate in al-Basrah reported killed in Resistance bombing.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded on Saturday in al-Basrah killing three US consulate guards and wounding two others. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the blast took place at 6:00pm

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Al-`Arab al-Yawm, Amman, Jordan, Sunday 12 September 2004.


Sunday, 12 September 2004.

Resistance attacks pound central Baghdad Sunday.

Iraqi Resistance forces pounded central Baghdad on Sunday with one of their most intense mortar barrages ever, targeting the US occupation headquarters in the Republican Palace � which the American invaders dubbed "the green zone" � and destroying a US vehicle on a major street.

At least 25 people were killed and more than 100 wounded many of them when a US aggressor helicopter fired at civilian crowds gathered around a burning US vehicle. One of the dead was a reporter for al-`Arabiyah satellite TV, Mazin at-Tumayzi, who was felled by an explosion from the US helicopter.

`Al� Hasan, a witness who was wounded by the American helicopter attack told the AP, "We were standing near the destroyed vehicle when the helicopter started firing, so we rushed to safety in a nearby building. I went back to the scene to help the wounded people when the helicopter fired again and I was hit in the chest."

Rocket and mortar fire erupted at about 5:30am local time and continued into the morning, according to the American Associated Press (AP). After sunrise US troops and armored vehicles swarmed into the streets of the city searching for the Resistance attackers.

According to the AP, one Bradley armored vehicle raced down Hayfa Street to the aid of a US patrol and was disabled by a car bomb at 6:50am, according to the US military. The American propaganda mouthpieces claimed that the four crewmen on the Bradley escaped with only "minor injuries," but then they came under rocket- propelled grenade and automatic weapons fire.

The local correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance attacked a US convoy of 10 Bradley armored vehicles at about 7:00am, destroying one of them and disabling a second in addition to killing nine US troops. The correspondent reported that the US sent reinforcements � consisting of 11 additional armored vehicles - right away and that fighting was still raging at 12:19 local time when his report was filed. An SBG-9 was used to destroy the Bradley, the correspondent reported.

Mafkarat al-Islam's correspondent reported that at least 10 US troops were killed on Hayfa Street Sunday when Resistance fighters attacked and destroyed two US tanks.

Four US helicopters of the Apache and Black Hawk type were at that moment prowling the sky over the area, shooting randomly at people in the streets and at the residences in the area.

The Americans called in air support and a US Kiowa helicopter appeared and fired on the wrecked armored vehicle in an attempt to prevent the Iraqi masses from obtaining the weaponry and explosives it contained.

A martyrdom attacker reportedly detonated a car bomb at the gates of Abu Ghurayb concentration camp, the bomber was martyred but the Americans admitted no other casualties. US invader troops fired at the vehicle before it could reach the gate of the facility.

Ten puppet policemen were killed when a car bomb exploded at the puppet police station west of Baghdad, according to Mafkarat al- Islam at 7:45 Sunday morning in al-`Amiriyah. Among the ten dead policemen were four high-ranking puppet police officers.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US column of 10 Bradley armored vehicles with rocket-propelled grenades (RPG-7s) and SPGs on the highway between the so-called "green zone" and Saddam International Airport. One of the Bradleys was totally destroyed, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, and at least five US troops killed.

Resistance forces in ar-Ridwaniyah southwest of Baghdad fired an intense 10-mortar round at the US base at 6:00am Sunday.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked the US base at al-Muthanna airfield in Baghdad at 8:00am Sunday, lobbing twelve 82mm mortar rounds into the American facility. The Resistance, after which sirens wailed within the US compound.

Heavy 120mm mortar shells rained down on Saddam International Airport at 9:00am Sunday morning and black clouds of smoke rose into the sky over the facility.

Seven 120mm mortar shells struck the so-called "green zone" at 10:00am local time setting off warning sirens inside the base.

Earlier, at 8:00am, four powerful Grad rockets also slammed into the "green zone and thick black clouds of smoke rose over the facility.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired five powerful Tariq rockets into the US base in Balad north of Baghdad at 9:15am Sunday morning.

Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Resistance forces wiped out an entire US column made up of two tanks, one armored personnel carrier, and four Humvees. The attack took place on al-Ma`rad Street when Resistance forces surrounded the American column and opened fire on it with rocket-propelled grenades, SBG-9 rockets, and mortars.

Fighting between the Resistance on one side and American forces together with their Iraqi stooges broke out at 1:00pm Sunday in the area of the Ibn Taymiyah Mosque on the south side of Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the fighting left 12 US troops dead and 13 others wounded. One Bradley armored vehicle was disabled and a Humvee totally destroyed.

An Iraqi Resistance barrage on Saddam International airport at 9:00am Sunday set off warning sirens and sent columns of black smoke rising into the sky. The fires continued to burn inside the airport until after 4:00pm that afternoon. Five powerful Tariq rockets struck the airport causing loud explosions.

More than 13 US troops and seven Iraqi puppet soldiers were reported killed in intense fighting that broke out on the highway linking al- `Amiriyah west of Baghdad with Saddam International Airport at 6:00pm Sunday evening. The Resistance used rocket-propelled grenades and BKCs and set four puppet police cars ablaze. A Bradley armored vehicle was destroyed along with two Humvees in the Resistance attack according to the correspondent of Mafkarat al- Islam.

At 4:00pm Iraqi Resistance forces in ar-Ridwaniyah southwest of Baghdad attacked a US column on the highway to al-Fallujah with twelve 120mm mortar rounds. Ten US troops were killed and five armored transports destroyed

Some fifty 120mm mortar rounds and 10 Katyusha rockets were reported to have been fired into the US camp near ad-Duwayliyah.

Eleven US troops were reported killed along with two Iraqi puppet troops in two attacks on Balad and al-`Amarah. The attack in al- `Amarah, 366km south of Baghdad, left one armored vehicle destroyed and its driver and two soldiers dead. That attack took place at 5:08pm. Then Resistance forces at 8:00pm attacked a US column of 50 vehicles carrying supplies in Balad with rocket-propelled grenades. Five vehicles were destroyed totally and 10 US troops killed in that attack.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked the US base in Balad with five powerful Grad rockets at 8:00pm Sunday night.

The joint-US-Iraqi puppet force base at at-Taji was attacked by Resistance forces at 8:00pm when 25 mortar rounds of 120mm caliber were fired into the camp resulting in fires.

Iraqi Resistance forces also attacked the military academy in ar- Rustamiyah with a powerful barrage of more than ten 120mm mortar rounds.

One US officer, one enlisted man shot by Iraqi Resistance sharpshooter in al-Fallujah.

Informed Iraqi sources told the al-Fallujah correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam on Sunday that Resistance sharpshooters had shot one US officer and one enlisted man on Sunday morning in the city. The sharpshooter was targeting a US checkpoint under the al-Fallujah bridge at 10:30am.

Resistance downs unarmed US reconnaissance plane over al-Fallujah.

Iraqi Resistance forces shot down an unmanned US reconnaissance aircraft over al-Fallujah at 11:15am local time Sunday according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

Puppet police chief assassinated in al-Yarmuk district of Baghdad.

The puppet police chief in the west Baghdad district of al-Yarmuk was killed on Sunday in an Iraqi Resistance bomb attack while he was patrolling his district on behalf of the US aggressors. Colonel `Al� Bashir and another puppet police officer died on the spot according to a spokesman for the puppet so-called interior ministry Colonel `Adnan `Abd ar-Rahman.

US air raids on residences in ash-Shurtah district west of Baghdad.

US aircraft carried out intensive air raids in the ash-Shurtah district west of Baghdad on Sunday according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. At about 7:45am US Apache helicopters attacked various residential houses.

Fierce fighting at midday in al-Latifiyah.

Fierce fighting broke out at midday Sunday that left 15 US troops and nine Iraqi puppet soldiers dead. In addition, the correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam who was covering the battle was wounded.

The battle broke out at 11:30am Sunday and lasted until about 2:00pm in the al-Latiyfiyah area of the city. Resistance forces attacked a US column consisting of six Abrams tanks six Bradley armored vehicles and two Humvees. The two Humvees were destroyed in the fighting and one of the tanks disabled.

Eye witnesses reported that to the correspondent, shortly before a US sniper wounded him in the leg, that American aircraft had been drooping anti-personnel container bombs at that part of the city from all four directions.

Three puppet troops killed in al-Hillah.

Two powerful Iraqi Resistance bombs exploded simultaneously Sunday on a road near al-Hillah in central Iraq killing at least three members of the puppet so-called "Iraqi national guard" force recruited and maintained by the Americans. Three other members of the force were seriously wounded in the Resistance attack according to Polish aggressor spokesmen.

Three Polish invader troops killed.

Three Polish aggressor troops were killed and three others wounded in an Iraqi Resistance attack in the town of al-Hillah Sunday at 4:30pm according to Reuters, when the Resistance attacked two patrols with rocket-propelled grenades.

Resistance destroys Humvee in ar-Ramadi.

Two people were reported killed in fighting in ar-Ramadi Sunday, according to hospital sources. A Resistance attack left a Humvee ablaze, parts of it scattered across the street, according to witnesses quoted by the American Associated Press (AP).

Resistance bomb targets US convoy west of ar-Ramadi. US troops shoot at civilians.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded along a road just west of ar- Ramadi as a US military convoy was passing by, witnesses said. They said US troops opened fire after the attack, wounding several civilians in the area. The Americans refused to disclose their casualty figures.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that after a notable upsurge in fighting in ar-Ramadi Resistance fighters on Sunday staged a large-scale assault on US aggressor troops. The Resistance destroyed six American Humvees, killing 26 soldiers and taking four others prisoner. Fighting broke out Sunday morning in ar-Ramadi on the 1920-Revolution Street and on Playing Field Street (Shari` al-Mal`ab) in the city.

Resistance raid targets US troops north of Baghdad Sunday morning.

Local eye witnesses told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent that Resistance forces ambushed US troops on the highway between the ash- Shu`lah district of Baghdad and at-Taji at 8:30am local time. They reported that two US troops were killed in the attack and a third badly wounded and that one US soldier was killed and two others wounded inside an armored vehicle.

Resistance ambush kills two US troops in al-Yusufiyah.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a US supply convoy on the highway leading to Abu Ghurayb and al-Fallujah in the al-Yusufiyah area south of Baghdad at 8:00am. Rocket-propelled grenades destroyed one fuel tank truck and disabled another in addition to leaving two American soldiers who were guarding the convoy dead.

Eight American Marines reported killed and an Apache helicopter shot down in al-Yusufiyah.

Iraqi Resistance forces shot down an Apache helicopter in al- Yusufiyah around midday Sunday according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. Eyewitnesses reported that the downing occurred during battles that raged from around 2:00pm until about 3:30. Eight US Marines were reported killed by the witnesses, who said that two Resistance fighters were martyred and four others wounded. The battles, in which rocket-propelled grenades, BKCs and FFBJ-9s were used left an amphibio

Monday, 13 September 2004.


US targets ambulance with rocket killing 7, as American raids on al-Fallujah massacre 20 civilians.

A US airstrike on the city of al-Fallujah on Monday morning martyred some 20 civilians, seven of them were aboard an ambulance taking wounded to the hospital. Women and children were among the dead. Eye witnesses saw columns of black smoke rising over al-Fallujah and said that hundreds of families had begun to flee the city before increasingly vicious and lethal US pressure on the population.


Two US troops killed in ambush near al-Fallujah.

Iraqi Resistance forces disabled an Abrams tank in an attack near the railroad tracks northeast of al-Fallujah, killing two US troops, according to the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam.


US troops killed in ambush in ar-Ramadi.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed two US armored vehicles in ar-Ramadi on Monday killing several US troops, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. The two vehicles were totally destroyed in the Resistance rocket-propelled grenade attack on the main public street in the city.


Resistance attacks troop transports in ar-Ramadi Monday night.

More than 13 US troops were reported killed on Monday evening when two US troop transport vehicles were set ablaze in a Resistance ambush in the city of ar-Ramadi. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance fired rocket-propelled grenades at the two vehicles at 9:55pm local time in front of the former cinema in the city. The correspondent reported eyewitnesses as saying that the attack left the two vehicles ablaze and that they saw 13 Americans dead as a result of the attack, though the total number was likely to be higher.


Resistance attacks US column near Ba�qubah.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US column in the Khan Bani Sa�d area south of Ba�qubah with rocket propelled grenades and BKCs, destroying two Humvees and killing at least six US troops according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, who added that the first Resistance shells were fired at 8:00pm local time.


Seven US troops said killed in ambush in at-Taji.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a US patrol of three Humvees at 3:30pm Monday afternoon as they were passing through the city of at-Taji north of Baghdad. The Resistance had prepared for their arrival and first detonated bombs destroying one Humvee, and then attacked with BKCs killing seven US troops. The third Humvee fled towards at-Taji base.


Three American officers killed in Monday morning ambush in al-Ishaqiyah.

Three Americans, believed to be officers in the US military, were killed on Monday morning in al-Ishaqiyah, north of Baghdad, when the Iraqi Resistance used rocket-propelled grenades to destroy a GMC 2004 Suburban that was being escorted by two Humvees. After the attack the troops from the Humvees were observed pulling three bodies from the Suburban. GMC Suburbans are regularly used by high officers and intelligence officers in the occupation forces.


US snipers shoot people entering hospital on Hayfa Street in Baghdad.

American snipers on Hayfa Street in Baghdad on Monday spent their afternoon picking off Iraqis going up the steps to the Saddam Medical Center across the street from their perch. Five Iraqis, three of them children, were shot to death by the US troops in this manner, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

The correspondent wrote that the snipers remained in their position from 12:00noon until 4:00pm shooting at people entering the hospital, already crowded with sick and injured people as a result of the heavy fighting that shook the area in recent days.

Meanwhile US Apache helicopters strafed shops along the same road, killing three vendors.

As midnight approached on Monday night, violent fighting had again broken out in the Hayfa Street area.


Four US troops killed in attack midday Monday.

At 1:00pm Monday afternoon Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed US troops near al-Ishaqi, north of Baghdad, destroying two Humvees and killing four US troops.


Six suspected intelligence officers killed in Resistance ambush on secret convoy.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a US column on the highway near al-Yusufiyah. The convoy was transporting some sort of cargo that was kept concealed from views. A number of Humvees escorted the US convoy as well as three GMC 2004 Suburbans. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that during the ambush, that took place at 11:00am local time Monday, Resistance fighters focused their efforts on targeting the GMCs since they usually are driven by high-ranking officers or members of US intelligence. The scene looked particularly suspicious since the cargo on the trucks was unusually well concealed.

Two of the GMC vehicles were destroyed in the ambush and three passengers in each one were killed.


At least four US troops killed in Monday evening ambush in al-Yusufiyah.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a US column near al-Yusufiyah on the highway to al-Fallujah at 6:00pm Monday evening. Four US troops were reported killed when a four-wheel drive vehicle and two fuel tank trucks were destroyed.


Resistance takes out two US GMC vehicles in al-�Amiriyah.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a group of GMC cars believed to be driven by American intelligence officers in the al-�Amiriyah tunnel. The Resistance fired rocket-propelled grenades and BKCs at the vehicles, destroying one totally and disabling a second. The remaining two fled, despite damage they received in the attack.


Resistance bomb, ambush kill four US troops in al-�Amil.

At 7:30pm Monday evening a US patrol made up of Humvees struck an Iraqi Resistance bomb in the al-�Amil section of Baghdad on the highway leading to Saddam International Airport. Eyewitnesses reported that three Humvees fled, leaving a fourth easy prey to the Resistance who wiped out the four US troops aboad.


Twenty Resistance shells pound military academy in Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance forces lobbed twenty 120mm heavy mortar rounds into the military academy in ar-Rustamiyah, Baghdad on Monday at 8:15am. An employee told Mafkarat al-Islam that the rounds landed in the middle of the academy.


Resistance pummels US �green zone� headquarters in Baghdad.

Three Grad rockets blasted into the US occupation headquarters in the Republican Palace compound in Baghdad � which the Americans have dubbed the �green zone� sending plumes of black and white smoke rising into the sky over the top-security area.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under a US convoy in ar-Ridwaniyah west of Baghdad on Monday at 8:45am local time. The blast killed four persons who were aboard a Humvee, which was totally destroyed, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.


Bomb kills two US troops in ad-Durah.

Two US troops were killed when an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under a US column on the highway in the ad-Durah area south of Baghdad at 8:30am Monday. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the blast disabled a Humvee in addition to killing the two Americans.


Resistance shells US base in ad-Durah.

Iraqi Resistance forces violently shelled the US as-Suqur base in the ad-Durah area on Monday using high-explosive 120mm mortar shells, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.


One American killed in al-Latifiyah clash.

A fierce firefight broke out in al-Latifiyah, south of Baghdad on Monday between a group of Resistance fighters and a joint US-Iraqi puppet foot patrol at 9:10am. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that eight Iraqi puppet troops were killed as was one American. One Resistance fighter was martyred and two others wounded.


Eight Marines killed in al-Latifiyah.

A series of Iraqi Resistance bombs exploded under a patrol of US Marines in al-Latifiyah on Monday morning at 9:30am. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the blasts totally destroyed an amphibious vehicle, turning it into a ball of flaming wreckage. The vehicle apparently rode over two double bombs and the resulting massive explosions left eight Marines aboard it dead.


Afternoon and evening action in al-Latifiyah.

At 3:30pm Monday afternoon, Iraqi Resistance forces attacked and destroyed the puppet police headquarters in al-Latifiyah. Ten puppet policemen were killed in the attack, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

At 4:30 Monday afternoon, Iraqi Resistance forces attacked US troops in the area of al-Latifiyah disabling one Humvee and one armored vehicle and killing six US troops, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.


Puppet governor of Dahuk survives assassination attempt.

Iraqi Resistance forces made an attempt to assassinate the US-appointed governor of Dahuk in northern Iraq on Monday when they detonated a bomb under his motorcade. Puppet governor Nijrafan Ahmad survived the attack, but two of his companions were wounded, according to Abu Dhabi TV.


Ten British troops killed in al-Basrah Sunday night.

The correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in al-Basrah reported Monday that the local Iraqi Resistance had attacked British forces at in the former Presidential Palace in the al-Barradi�i section of the city at 11:00pm Sunday night with rocket-propelled grenades. The attack destroyed one British Landrover and killed 10 British troops. Eight others were wounded.


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Tuesday, 14 September 2004.


Fierce fighting in Baghdad.

Fierce fighting broke out on Tuesday in Baghdad near the US occupation headquarters in the Republican Palace area, dubbed the �green zone� by the American invaders. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the battles broke out on Hayfa Street, about 2,800 meters from the top security US �green zone.� The battles that continued for several hours left one American tank destroyed and at least five US troops dead.

In the course of the day�s fighting, Resistance forces brought down one US Apache helicopter at noon, as American occupation troops had sealed off the street with more than 12 Abrams tanks, 28 Bradley armored vehicles and Humvees, in addition to more than 200 US troops and 200 puppet soldiers. Four Apache helicopters gave cover to US assaults from the air.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent, himself sealed off on the street, reported that the US helicopters were firing at anything that moved in the street, and that so far they had shot dead 12 Iraqi civilians, including women and children.

Snipers were at work too from their perch atop the Saddam Medical Center building. Two children, 10-year old Muhammad and eight-year old Bikr, were killed with shots to the neck and head respectively. As he contributed his report, posted at 3:30pm Mecca time (4:30pm Baghdad time) the correspondent wrote that because of the intense American sniper fire, none of the local people dared approach the bodies of the two children that still lay in the street.

Resistance forces have refrained from returning fire at the US snipers for fear of hitting patients in the hospital.

American helicopters have dropped snipers on the rooftops of eight residential buildings in the area, each one of them some 16 stories tall. In other cases US troops have stormed into private homes, confined residents to specific rooms and taken over the rest of the house for use as sniper outposts.

In addition to the correspondent now encircled with the Resistance fighters, Mafkarat al-Islam also had two other correspondents covering the battle, one outside the US encirclement at the north end of the street, the second at the south end of the street.

Resistance forces were fighting back with all the weapons in their arsenal � 82mm and 60mm mortars, C5Kx, SBJ9s, BKCs, and rocket-propelled grenades (RPG-7s). Witnesses reported that some of the Resistance fighters were using Strela rockets.

The correspondent reported that more than 20 US troops had been killed in the day�s extremely intense battle. Two Iraqi puppet forces pickup trucks were destroyed in the as-Saddamiyah area adjacent to Hayfa Street were destroyed with Resistance rocket propelled grenades, killing 12 puppet troops. A US Humvee was disabled.

In a report filed at 4:45pm Mecca time (5:45pm Baghdad time) the correspondent wrote that the US forces had advanced 20 meters beyond their former front line in the course of the fighting, but then the Resistance threw them back 40 meters. American Reinforcements were later seen moving up from the al-�Alawi area to Hayfa Street.


Resistance kills five suspected CIA agents.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed two vehicles carrying Americans believed to belong to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) north of the city of Mosul on the road to as-Sulaymaniyah. The correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that two supposed CIA agents were riding in the first vehicle, a Mitsubishi; while three persons were aboard the second vehicle, a GMC. Both vehicles were totally destroyed in the attack and all aboard were killed.


Fighting reported in Madinat as-Sadr.

It was reported on Tuesday afternoon that clashes had erupted between US aggressor troops and the Jaysh al-Mahdi in the Madinat as-Sadr area of Baghdad.



AP reports Resistance car bomb shakes puppet police station in Baghdad, witnesses blame US rocketfire.

According to the American Associated Press (AP) an Iraqi Resistance car bomb on Tuesday ripped through a busy market near a Baghdad puppet police headquarters where Iraqi collaborators were waiting to apply for jobs on the force, killing 75 and wounding 114. The AP said that the bomb was inside a Toyota vehicle parked near the market and a short distance down the road from the police headquarters, which was closed to traffic, according to puppet so-called �Interior Ministry� spokesman Colonel �Adnan �Abd ar-Rahman.

Angry crowds of young men pumped their fists in the air and denounced President Bush and US puppet so-called �interim prime minister� Iyyad �Allawi. �Bush is a dog,� they chanted.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in Baghdad reported that eyewitnesses in the al-Karakh district of Baghdad were saying that the attack that left some 47 people dead was the result not of a car bomb but of two rockets fired by an American F-16 fighter bomber on a gathering of people in front of the puppet police station.


Tuesday evening Resistance attacks.

At 6:00pm Tuesday Resistance forces attacked an American patrol of two Bradley armored vehicles, disabling one and killing two US troops.

At 7:30pm Resistance forces attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet force patrol made up of several American Humvees and Iraqi stooge Landrovers. One Humvee was disabled and a Landrover destroyed. One American and three puppet troops were killed in the attack.

Six US troops were killed at 6:30pm Tuesday evening when the Iraqi Resistance fired rocket-propelled grenades at a US column of several military fuel tank trucks. Three tankers were totally destroyed and the six soldiers died inside, Mafkarat al-Islam reported.

Five US troops were killed in an Iraqi Resistance ambush on their patrol in the Abu Ghurayb area. A Resistance bomb exploded at 6:45pm local time, destroying a Humvee and killing the five US troops aboard it. The force of the blast, probably from two bombs going off at once, threw the Humvee into the river. None of the five soldiers aboard the vehicle came up.


One US soldier was killed and two others wounded in al-�Amiriyah district west of Baghdad when the Iraqi Resistance fighters firing BKCs attacked a US patrol consisting of two Humvees and a Bradley armored vehicle.

At 9:30pm local time the Iraqi Resistance resumed its rocket attacks on Saddam International Airport with a barrage of powerful Grad rockets.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked the military academy in ar-Rustamiyah with ten 120mm mortar shells sending up clouds of smoke.

Iraqi Resistance forces pounded the US base in the area of Balad with two waves or Iraqi rockets. Grad missiles crashed into the US compound in two barrages of four rockets each at about 7:09pm Tuesday, according to eye witnesses who spoke to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

A US Humvee fell into an Iraqi Resistance ambush that destroyed the vehicle and killed two of the Americans according to Mafkarat al-Islam in a report posted at 1:20am Wednesday, Mecca time.


Resistance rockets US base southwest of Baghdad.


Iraqi Resistance forces fired 10 Grad rockets into the US airbase located southwest of Baghdad on Tuesday according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, who wrote that there were two attacks on the facility, one at 8:00am and the second at 12:00noon.


Resistance attacks puppet police van in Ba�qubah.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a van carrying puppet police home from work in Ba�qubah, killing 11 officers and a �civilian,� according to said Qaisar Hamid of Ba�qubah General Hospital. The attack occurred when the policemen were returning to their station after they were told that a trip to a training camp has been postponed, said an officer, speaking on condition of anonymity.


Other action in the Ba�qubah area.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked the US base at the entrance to the city of Ba�qubah with rockets and then again with Katyusha rockets targeted on the city airport, now a base occupied by the US invaders.


The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that five Katyushas crashed into the airport.

Tuesday afternoon three US troops were killed and a fourth wounded near Hazar, near Ba�qubah as their vehicle ran over an Iraqi Resistance land mine.

Also near Ba�qubah, an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded in the village of Kan�an north of Ba�qubah, disabling an Abrams tank. Another US tank showed up afterward and towed it to a transport vehicle that took it away.


Huge blast shakes US as-Suqur base.

A massive explosion reportedly rocked the US as-Suqur base south of Baghdad at noon Tuesday according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. Thick clouds of smoke still enveloped the facility four and a half hours after the blast.


Resistance fires eight powerful Grad rockets into Saddam International Airport.

Iraqi Resistance forces pounded Saddam International Airport south west of Baghdad with eight high-powered Grad rockets at 7:00pm Tuesday night. Repeated explosions were heard inside the camp after the rockets struck the US-occupied facility.


Resistance battles US forces Tuesday night in al-Latifiyah.


Fighting resumed on Tuesday night at about 8:00pm in al-Latifiyah, 25km south of Baghdad. An Iraqi puppet army Nissan pickup was set ablaze and one US Humvee disabled. One Iraqi puppet soldier was killed and five US and Iraqi puppet troops were wounded, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.


US admits two soldiers killed in Baghdad.


The US military admitted on Tuesday that two American troops had died in a Resistance attack on their patrol in Baghdad. Three others had been wounded, the American propaganda mouthpieces admitted when the Resistance opened fire and threw hand grenades at them.


Resistance blasts oil pipeline junction, shuts down power throughout whole country.

Iraqi Resistance fighters blew up a junction where multiple oil pipelines cross the Tigris River in northern Iraq on Tuesday, setting off a chain reaction in power generation systems that left the entire country without power, puppet officials said.

Firefighters struggled to put out the blaze after the attack near Bayji, 155 miles north of Baghdad. Crude oil cascaded down the hillside into the river. Fire burned atop the water, fueled by the gushing oil.

Bayji is the point where several oil pipelines converge, said Lieutenant Colonel Lee Morrison of the US Army Corps of Engineers.

One of them apparently was a domestic pipeline that fed a local power plant. The explosion set off a fire that melted cables and led to the power outage, electricity officials said. �Bayji is the chokepoint,� Morrison told the US Associated Press (AP). �It's so easy to hit.�

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Wednesday, 15 September 2004.


Eight US troops reported killed in ar-Ramadi as Resistance executes spy in the city.

At least eight US troops were reported killed on Wednesday evening in ar-Ramadi, west of Baghdad. The hour of 8:00pm local time Wednesday night found US troops battling Iraqi Resistance forces in front of the governorate building in the city. The Resistance used rocket-propelled grenades to destroy two US Humvees, killing at least eight American troops aboard them.
Iraqi Resistance forces also captured a traitor spy who had been working for the US occupation forces. The spy was executed in front of the al-Qattani police station after it was proven that he had been an agent for the occupation.

Sharp battles erupt in ar-Ramadi Wednesday night. US pushes fresh Korean soldiers to front lines.

Fierce fighting broke out in ar-Ramadi, west of Baghdad, at about 8:30pm Wednesday night centered around The 1920 Revolution Street and the city�s industrial zone. The battles were still raging when the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam posted his report at 9:35pm local time (8:35pm Mecca time).

The correspondent wrote that US troops were using armored vehicles and Abrams tanks and received air support from Apache helicopters. The helicopters strafe and shell from a distance out of fear of being shot down by Resistance anti-aircraft missiles.

Resistance fighters were using medium BKCs and rocket-propelled grenades � both the anti-tank and anti-personnel type.

The correspondent reports that south Korean troops who recently arrived in Baghdad are taking part in the battle. These men have spent less than two weeks in Iraq before being sent to the front lines in ar-Ramadi by their American masters, eager to reduce US casualties as the American elections approach. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reports, however, that the Americans have done the Koreans a great disservice by not allowing them to adjust gradually from the more �secure� to the �least secure� parts of rebellious Iraq, and they have now proven to be easy targets for the seasoned and resourceful Resistance fighters of the area.


Resistance attack near al-Fallujah leaves eight Americans dead.


Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US command post on the road to as-Saqlawiyah 1.5km south of the ash-Shuhada� neighborhood of al-Fallujah at 4:25pm Wednesday afternoon.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in al-Fallujah reported that Resistance fighters used the SPG-9 � an improved version of the rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) � to fire more than 16 explosive shots at the command post.

One troop transport vehicle was destroyed in the attack and another disabled. A Humvee was also destroyed, and at least eight US troops were reported killed.


Resistance fires noon-time barrage on Saddam International Airport.


Iraqi Resistance forces fired nine Katyusha rockets at Saddam International Airport in al-�Amiriyah at 12:00 noon Wednesday according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.

Four US Marines die in Resistance ambush, US helicopter responds by killing nine civilians in the area.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a US Marine patrol in al-Yusufiyah, south of Baghdad at 12:30pm Wednesday. The patrol was made up of four amphibious armored vehicles, one of which was destroyed in the attack, killing four US Marines, and wounding several others.

Minutes after the attack, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in the area a US Cobra helicopter was observed flying into the area with a range of 4km. It began firing at any moving target that it came upon, killing six Iraqi civilians who were working in their fields, one taxi driver, and two children who were playing on the roof of their house.


Three US troops killed in Resistance attack in al-Khalidiyah Wednesday.

Three US troops were killed in al-Khalidiyah when Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked US forces and destroyed a Humvee under the al-Khalidiyah bridge, and disabled an American Abrams tank in front of the police station. The Humvee was apparently parked and waiting for the arrival of an American patrol when the Resistance destroyed it. The local correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported the attack.


Resistance bomb near al-Khalidiyah kills three, wounds two US soldiers Wednesday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces destroyed one US Humvee with a bomb near ash-Shaykh Mas�ud, 15km from al-Khalidiyah at 2:00pm local time Wednesday afternoon. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that three US troops were killed and two others wounded when the Humvee struck the bomb.


Resistance mortar barrages strike US troops in al-Habbaniyah and the Eighth Brigade west of ar-Ramadi.

Iraqi Resistance fighters fired ten 120mm mortar rounds at the US base in al-Habbaniyah, and another ten 120mm mortar rounds into the US Eighth Brigade west of ar-Ramadi on Wednesday, according to Mafkarat al-Islam correspondents in the area.


Four US troops die in Wednesday morning Resistance ambush of convoy south of Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance forces firing rocket-propelled grenades ambushed a US convoy bringing petroleum products and provisions to US forces near al-Yusufiyah at about 10:00am Wednesday. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that one US fuel tank truck was destroyed as were two civilian trucks being used by the US military. Four soldiers aboard the vehicles were killed.


Resistance blunts US attack on Hayfa Street in Baghdad.

In the encircled area of Hayfa Street under US siege, the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported Wednesday afternoon that an American patrol made up of four armored vehicles had attempted to break through the Resistance lines, but the defenders sprayed them with a hail of BKC fire as Iraqi sharpshooters fired at them from their hide outs. The American assault was forced back.


Resistance ambush in al-Latifiyah kills four American troops Wednesday morning.

Four US troops were killed 10:30am Wednesday when Iraqi Resistance opened fire intensively on a US patrol at their command post on the highway in al-Latifiyah, 25km south of Baghdad, according to a source in the al-Latifiyah puppet police who spoke with the correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam.


One American killed in New Baghdad Resistance bombing Wednesday morning.

Iraqi Resistance bombs exploded as a US patrol of three Humvees was passing through the New Baghdad area in the south of the capital at 9:30 Wednesday morning, local time. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the attack killed one US soldier and wounded two others as it disabled a Humvee. Two civilian cars that were nearby were also damaged by the blast.


Four Americans killed in Resistance bombing in al-Qa�im Wednesday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces in al-Qa�im, on the border with Syria, mounted a rocket-propelled grenade attack on a US patrol at 9:00am Wednesday that totally destroyed one American Humvee. Eye witnesses told the correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam that four bodies of US soldiers were taken from the scene and put aboard another Humvee in black body bags, indicating that they were dead. The Resistance attack took place in front of the governorate building in the city.


Four US troops reported killed near Salman Bak east of Baghdad.

Iraqi Resistance forces mounted a rocket attack at a US patrol that destroyed a Humvee, disabled a Bradley armored vehicle and killed four US soldiers, according to the correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. The attack took place at 8:30am Wednesday in the Salman Bak area east of Baghdad.


Three US troops killed in Resistance ambush at Abu Ghurayb.

Three US occupation troops were killed and two others wounded when Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a US patrol west of Baghdad at about 8:30am Wednesday morning. Eye witnesses told the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that Iraqi Resistance bombs exploded as the US patrol was passing through the area of Abu Ghurayb. After the bombs detonated, the Resistance sprang on the Americans firing rocket-propelled grenades.


Resistance ambush kills six US intelligence agents, one US soldier in Diyala Province.

Six US intelligence officers were killed and one US soldier also died when Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed an American military column at 7:30am Wednesday morning in Diyala Province on the road to Baghdad.


The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the US column consisted of Humvees and �civilian� GMC vehicles � the type used by US military intelligence. The Resistance attack destroyed two GMCs and killed three intelligence officers in the first car, and three in the second. A Humvee was disabled in the attack as well, killing one soldier who was aboard it.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent wrote that US intelligence agents and �Israeli� Mossad personnel ride GMC vehicles when they travel about occupied Iraq. British intelligence agents travel in Landrovers, and the Mossad agents sometimes also uses Mitsubishi vehicles. American and �Israeli� intelligence personnel usually put red Iraqi kuffiyeh�s on their heads when they drive around, in an attempt to pass for local people.


Resistance attack disables two CIA vehicles on road to Saddam International Airport.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under two �civilian� American GMC vehicles on the highway to Saddam International Airport at 7:00am Wednesday morning. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that both vehicles were disabled by the blast and could not move. Immediately helicopters arrived on the scene and hovered over the vehicles, as armored vehicles trundled up to the area to offer protection ion the ground. Officers of the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) regularly ride in GMC vehicles in occupied Iraq.


Resistance captures Lebanese captain working with US troops in Iraq.

Iraqi Resistance forces captured a Lebanese officer working for the US aggressor troops on Wednesday morning near the Eighth Brigade west of ar-Ramadi, according to a correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam. The capture came as the Resistance fighters attacked a US patrol and disabled an American Humvee that the offier was driving. The other American vehicles fled as combat began. The Lebanese officer, a captain tried to flee on foot but was quickly captured.

The Iraqi Resistance is trying to arrange an exchange of prisoners: men such as these held by the Resistance for their own fighters imprisoned by the US invaders in their many concentration camps. One such prisoner exchange took place earlier in the year when 250 prisoners being held in the notorious Abu Ghurayb facility were exchanged for captives held by the Resistance in al-Fallujah.

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Thursday, 16 September 2004.


Fierce fighting rages in ar-Ramadi US, south Koreans killed, captured.

Fierce fighting broke out on Thursday morning between Iraqi Resistance forces and US occupation troops in the city of ar-Ramadi west of occupied Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the fighting erupted at about 7:00am local time and was still raging when he filed his report, which was posted at 12:55 local time (11:55 Mecca time) on the Mafkarat al-Islam website. There have been several casualties among the joint US-south Korean forces, he reported.

At the moment of writing, American snipers were deploying atop buildings in the area of The 1920 Revolution Street and on the roof of the governorate building. For their part Iraqi Resistance sharpshooters have taken up various positions in defense of the city.

An informed source told Mafkarat al-Islam that during the last three days of combat, Resistance fighters had captured a number of US occupation troops and south Korean soldiers. The Resistance had also taken possession of a Humvee and driven it off to an unknown location.

Iraqi sources report that operations of the Resistance now being carried out in ar-Ramadi are of a different type than those mounted earlier. The Resistance in nearby al-Fallujah are blocking and smashing any American attacks forcing them to withdraw. But the Resistance in ar-Ramadi are waging a protracted war of attrition, they say, trying to draw in the occupation troops, giving them the illusion that they have won and then springing sudden surprise attacks on them that inflict large-scale losses in their forces.

The correspondent noted that the largest movement of US supply convoys and patrols are now those headed for ar-Ramadi.


Resistance rocket assault timed for changing of the guard yields large numbers of US casualties east of ar-Ramadi Thursday morning.

A large number of American troops were killed and wounded and more than eight US Humvees were destroyed when the Iraqi Resistance launched a surprise rocket attack on an American camp east of ar-Ramadi at 8:00am Thursday morning. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance timed their attack to coincide with the changing of the guard and forces at the base that formerly served Iraqi special forces. Because of the timing of the attack, a large number of Americans were present and exposed when the powerful Grad rockets crashed into the camp.


At least 13 US troops reported killed in two Iraqi Resistance actions in the al-Fallujah area on Thursday.

At 9:00am, a US patrol in the village of Zawba�, south of al-Fallujah, came under an attack in which one Humvee was destroyed and three American troops killed and two others severely injured, lying on the ground for a long period of time, according to villagers who witnessed the incident.

At 2:00pm a series of bombs exploded under US column on the highway east of al-Fallujah. The explosives were extremely powerful and therefore were likely of the Austrian type � bombs made from the explosive material contained in artillery shells manufactured in Austria. Four Humvees were destroyed in the attack. Eyewitnesses were able to see 10 body bags carrying the corpses of US troops before the Americans drove them away from the scene of the attack a mere five minutes after it occurred. It is possible, therefore, that there were even more casualties in the attack


Five American troops killed near al-Fallujah Thursday morning.

Five US troops were killed when they ran over an Iraqi Resistance bomb near al-Fallujah Thursday morning. The correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in al-Fallujah reported that the Resistance bomb went off as the American patrol was passing a point 15km east of the al-Fallujah at exactly 11:30am Thursday morning. Plumes of smoke rose from the wreckage of a Humvee under which two bombs exploded, destroying the vehicle and killing all the soldiers aboard. Eyewitnesses reported the taxi drivers who were nead the scene of the attack and whom the Americans detained afterwards reported seeing five bodies in black body bags at the site.


Iraqi sniper shoots and kills US soldier in al-Qa�im.

Iraqi sharpshooters shot and killed one US soldier who was on foot patrol on the main public street in the city of al-Qa�im on the border with Syria at around noon on Thursday.


US patrol in al-Qa�im breaks up into a brawl.

In another incident, the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US troops on a patrol got into a fistfight with one another. A patrol of 12 US foot soldiers on the main street in the 7th-of-April Sab�ah Nisan neighborhood in al-Qa�im dissolved into a fight for reasons unknown to the reporter, and began hitting one another sometimes using boards.


Seven US troops reported killed in Resistance bombings near al-Qa�im Thursday morning.

Iraqi Resistance bombs detonated under a US patrol in the Sa�dah area 6km east of al-Qa�im on the Syrian border. A US Humvee was totally destroyed in the explosions which took place at 6:00am Baghdad time Thursday morning. Eye witnesses told the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam that four US soldiers were killed in the explosion.

About one hour later, an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under another American patrol in the Karabilah area 5km east of al-Qa�im destroying one Humvee, killing three US troops, and wounding two others apparently. The al-Qa�im correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the two injured soldiers appeared to be severely wounded, which he said was not surprising considering that nothing remained of the Humvee other than its wrecked skeleton.


Twelve US troops reported killed in Resistance attack near al-Khalidiyah Thursday afternoon.

At least 12 US troops were killed in an Iraqi Resistance guerrilla operation carried out Thursday afternoon in al-Hasbiyah ash-Sharqiyah in the al-Khalidiyah area.

A source in the al-Khalidiyah police force informed the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam that the Resistance attack destroyed at least three US Humvees and left no fewer than 12 American soldiers dead.


Five US troops killed when Resistance ambushes US convoy near Ba�qubah.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked an American convoy passing near the village of Hazar near Ba�qubah in Diyala Province at about 10:00am Thursday, local time. The Ba�qubah correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the US convoy was carrying provisions and military equipment. Resistance fighters used rocket-propelled grenades to attack the vehicles. One vehicle loaded with provisions was set ablaze and a Humvee was destroyed. Five US soldiers were killed in the ambush.


Resistance ambush leaves one American, four Iraqi puppet soldiers dead.

Iraqi Resistance forces ambushed a joint US-Iraqi puppet force patrol in the ar-Ridwaniyah area near ad-Duwyliyah at about 7:30am Thursday morning Baghdad time. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance fighters attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and BKCs, killing four Iraqi puppet soldiers and one US soldier. Two other American troops were wounded in the ambush.


Two American troops killed as Iraqi Resistance counter attacks US early-morning raid on Hayfa Street in Baghdad.

US aggressor troops carried out a raid in the Hayfa Street area at 6:30am Thursday. According to the correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam, American troops stormed the Hayfa Street area and then began a campaign of raids during which they ransacked homes of numerous Iraqis living in the area.

Meanwhile, however, Iraqi sharpshooters had been observing the movements of the Americans and suddenly opened up on them with intense fire, killing one US soldier who was driving one of the armored vehicles. The Hayfa Street correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Iraqi sharpshooters were also able to kill a US soldier who was on foot, whereupon the American patrol withdrew from the area, having failed to complete the storming of the neighborhood.


Resistance attack damages US intelligence vehicle near Saddam International Airport.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked two GMC vehicles in the al-�Amil neighborhood of Baghdad near Saddam International Airport at about 11:45am Thursday morning. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-�Amil neighborhood reported that the attack severely damaged one of the two GMC vehicles, which continued to try to drive until US reinforcements arrived to rescue them. GMC vehicles are regularly used by American intelligence officers.


Resistance bomb damages Abrams tank in al-Yusufiyah.

Iraqi Resistance fighters planted explosive devices on a road in the al-Yusufiyah area south of Baghdad and they exploded at about 8:20am Baghdad time when a US column passed over them. One Abrams tank was disabled. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that although the blast was very powerful, the extent of US casualties was unknown because American forces quickly closed off the entire area around the site.


Fighting reported in al-Latifiyah leaves a reported seven US troops dead.

Fierce clashes between the Iraqi Resistance and US aggressor troops erupted at about 11:30am in al-Latifiyah after a Resistance contingent ambushed an American patrol in the area. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that seven US troops were killed in the fighting and two Humvees destroyed.

The correspondent wrote that immediately after the Resistance ambush, the US troops responded by shooting at a civilian car that happened to be in the area. One man, two women, and a child were shot to death by the US troops� gunfire.


Occupation arrests Mafkarat al-Islam employees in Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 7:30pm Mecca time Thursday, Mafkarat al-Islam apologized to readers for delays in its Iraq coverage starting Wednesday night. The problems were due to the fact that two employees of the Mafkarat al-Islam office in Iraq were arrested Wednesday afternoon in the as-Sayyidiyah area of the occupied Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The website reports that those men had worked bringing together and transmitting reports from northern, eastern, and southern Iraq, and that their arrest has for several hours affected the website�s ability to cover events in the country.


Iraqi Resistance liquidates leading collaborator in the Badr Brigades.

�Amir Karim the �interior minister� within the Badr Brigades Shi�i chauvinist and collaborationist militia organization, was assassinated by the Iraqi Resistance on a Baghdad street at 4:00pm Thursday afternoon local time. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Karim, one of the top leaders of the Badr Brigades, and five of his bodyguards were killed when the white Landrover in which they were driving blew up. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that Karim was at the top of the list of individuals the Resistance wanted eliminated.

The Badr Brigades are the armed wing of the Shi�i chauvinist and collaborationist so-called �Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) which invaded Iraq in tandem with US forces in the spring of 2003. The leaders of the SCIRI have held posts in the US-appointed Iraqi puppet governments under the occupation.


Iraqi Resistance bombards various US facilities in Baghdad and throughout Iraq Thursday morning.

Iraqi Resistance forces unleashed a rocket attack on the US base in the occupied Saddam International Airport near Baghdad. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at 8:15am local time the Resistance fired powerful Grad rockets at the airport.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired eight 120mm heavy mortar shells into the American-occupied military academy in the ar-Rustamiyah district of Baghdad at about 8:15am Thursday morning local time. Columns of thick smoke rose from the facility after the destructive attack.

At about 11:30am Thursday, Iraqi Resistance forces mounted an attack on the US airfield in Ba�qubah. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent there reported that 10 rockets, probably Katyushas, were fired into the US base. Warning sirens wailed inside the facility as plumes of black smoke rose into the sky.

Iraqi Resistance forces also barraged the US airfield at al-Muthanna in Baghdad with five 82mm mortar shells at about 12:00 noon on Thursday.


Four Iraqi �national guard� puppet troops killed in Resistance bombing in al-Basrah.

Four members of the puppet so-called �Iraqi national guard� were killed in an Iraqi Resistance attack near al-Basrah at 4:45pm local time Thursday. The al-Basrah correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the puppet troops were riding in a Nissan pickup truck when a land mine or roadside bomb exploded under them. Eyewitnesses reported that the incident occurred on al-Qurna road 15km north of al-Basrah.


Resistance attack in Mosul on Wednesday destroyed three armored vehicles.

Iraqi Resistance forces destroyed three armored vehicles in the al-Yarmuk circle near the Railroad in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, leaving a number of dead and wounded. The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam was unable to determine the exact extent of the casualties, except that at least four were killed. US forces drove all the local people out of the area after the attack which occurred on Wednesday afternoon.


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With US huge losses everyday as reported above, US total defeat in Iraq maybe only months away. The question is whether it will happen before Nov 2 election, or after that. My guess is that it will happen after that. Bush/Cheney will try everything for American people to get the truth, and delay the disclosure of truth losses in Iraq.

The best strategy for US is to withdraw at an orderly pace, and bring those still alive safe back to home and their families. Time is limited, and the final days are coming.

Originally posted by zcheng

Originally posted by Apollyon
let us follow your thoughts out to there logical conclustion. The US abandons the fledgling Iraqi government and pulls out. The country quickly factionalises and devolves to chaos. This creates a humanitarian nightmare but because of the factiona bloodshed no aid will get through people begin to die from starvation and other causes.

You really don;t know what you're talking about. As soon as the US leaves you can be damn sure the Shia and Sunni will fight each other. As for the Kurds killing both, that's ridiculous. It is the Kurds who have suffered most from the others.

Who said there will be civil war? Ask Iraqi people, not by accepting whatever Fox, CNN, BBC tell you!

Both Sunni and Shia are help each other now. There will be disturbance, but not civil war. Kurds might be different, since they are still killing Sunni and Shia people along with US.