NOTE: The Iraqi Resistance Report is compiled by local journalists who are not embedded, do not attend Pentagon press briefings or submit their reports for vetting. Many have never even been to the Baghdad Sheraton.
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 18 September 2005. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.
Sunday, 18 September 2005.
· Two US troops reported killed in late afternoon Resistance ambush in Abu Ghurayb.
· Resistance fighters attack train hauling fuel to US bases in ad-Durah.
· Resistance bombs leave a reported three US troops dead near north Baghdad suburb of ar-Rashidiyah early Sunday.
· Helicopter downed, five US troops reported killed in two Resistance attacks Saturday, Sunday.
· Iraqi puppet regime cancels US$7 million deal to import vegetable oil from Jordan in keeping with pro-American Shi`i cleric’s fatwa to boycott Arab countries.
· Resistance attack leaves two British soldiers dead, one wounded in al-Basrah Sunday.
Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Baghdadi.
One US soldier reported killed in afternoon bombing in al-Baghdadi.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol on the road leading to the US `Ayn al-Asad military base in the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi at 4pm local time Sunday afternoon.
The al-Baghdadi correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the Iraqi puppet police as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the road leading to the US base in the city blew up as a patrol of several Humvees passed by.
The source said that the blast disabled one of the vehicles, killing one American soldier and wounding a second.
Al-Fallujah.
Resistance forces attack Iraqi puppet army patrol in al-Fallujah Sunday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 11:20am Mecca time Sunday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces attacked a patrol of Iraqi puppet troops on the main road between the an-Nazal neighborhood and the ash-Shuhada’ neighborhood in the south of al-Fallujah, 60km west of Baghdad.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Fallujah reported residents of an-Nazal who witnessed the attack as saying that the attack began when an Iraqi Resistance bomb that had been planted by the side of the road leading to the ash-Suhada’ neighborhood exploded by a passing patrol of pickups belonging to the Iraqi puppet army. The blast set fire to one of the vehicles.
Then at 10am Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including PKS machine guns, attacked the patrol. Witnesses said that the explosion and the attack that followed killed or wounded seven of the Iraqi puppet army soldiers.
Three Iraqi puppet army troops killed.
Iraqi Resistance forces abducted and killed three Iraqi puppet army soldiers who were guarding a US camp in the al-Jawlan neighborhood of al-Fallujah.
In a dispatch posted at 10:10am Mecca time Sunday morning, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of al-Jawlan as saying that the bodies of the three had been found near the American camp, which was still under construction. Their throats had been slit.
Residents of the area said that Resistance fighters abducted the soldiers, killed them and then dumped their bodies less than an hour later about 3km from the location of the US base.
Al-Habbaniyah.
Resistance pounds US as-Saqr Base before dawn Sunday.
Iraqi Resistance forces mounted a fierce bombardment on the main US base in al-Habbaniyah, west of Baghdad, known as the as-Saqr (“Falcon”) Airbase.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Habbaniyah reported residents of the al-Fallahat area and the al-Bu Dhiyab area, both of which are near the US base, as saying that shortly after midnight, at about 1am Sunday morning, Iraqi Resistance forces fired 10 heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the US-occupied facility, setting off 10 violent explosions that shook the base and then were followed by the sound of numerous secondary blasts.
Abu Gurayb.
Two US troops reported killed in late afternoon Resistance ambush.
Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a US patrol on the Old Road near the an-Nasr wa-as-Salam area west of Abu Ghurayb, some 30km west of Baghdad.
The Abu Ghurayb correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including RPK machineguns and RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades surprised the US patrol as it was passing along the Old Road at 5:30pm local time Sunday afternoon.
The witnesses said that the Resistance fighters disabled one of the US Bradley armored vehicles, killing two American soldiers and wounding two more US troops.
Two of the Resistance fighters were also wounded in the engagement, one of them seriously, the witnesses reported.
Resistance bombards notorious Abu Ghurayb prison administrative buildings.
In a dispatch posted at 5:40pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces bombarded the notorious US prison camp at Abu Ghurayb with six heavy 120mm mortar rounds.
The Abu Ghurayb correspondent for Mafakarat al-Islam reported local residents as sayint that all the mortar shells blasted into the administrative buildings where US soldiers are inside the camp. The barrage sent columns of smoke rising over the facility.
Baghdad.
Resistance fighters attack train hauling fuel to US bases in ad-Durah.
In a dispatch posted at 5:15pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons ambushed a train loaded with fuel for US bases in the south of the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.
The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Resistance fighters, armed with RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons set fire to two railway tank cars loaded with fuel. After the attack the Resistance fighters withdrew from the area having suffered no casualties, witnesses reported.
Resistance bombards US camp in Jurf as-Sakhr, south of Baghdad Sunday afternoon.
Iraqi Resistance forces fired four mortar rounds into the US military headquarters in Juf as-Sakhr, south of Baghdad at 2:30pm local time Sunday afternoon.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Jurf as-Sakhr reported residents of the village of Sandij in the area as saying that all four mortar shells blasted into the camp. Afterwards, US Black Hawk helicopters were seen landing inside the US-occupied facility.
Resistance attacks joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol south of Baghdad late Sunday morning.
Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol on the road that links the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah with as-Sayyidiyah at 11am local time Sunday morning.
The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the traffic police who was near the scene of the attack at the time said that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons attacked the joint patrol, killing or wounding about five US and Iraqi puppet army troops. The Resistance fighters then withdrew from the area, the source said.
Resistance bombs leave a reported three US troops dead near ar-Rashidiyah early Sunday.
Two Iraqi Resistance bombs exploded in the path of a US column in the ar-Rashidiyah area just north of Baghdad at 7:30am local time Sunday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of at-Tarimiyah as saying that two bombs that had been planted by the side of the farm road that passes through groves and farm fields south of their city blew up nearly simultaneously as a column of several American Humvees and three Bradley armored vehicles passed by.
The correspondent reported that the blast disabled one Bradley and one Humvee, killing three US troops and wounding four others.
In his dispatch posted at 9:45am Mecca time Sunday morning, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that swarms of US helicopters were flying about over the area as American ground troops moved to close off the area and prevent residents and journalists from approaching.
Iraqi Resistance assassinates official in team trying Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Iraqi Resistance fighters assassinated a member of the committee trying Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in eastern Baghdad late on Saturday.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that the US-installed Iraqi “Ministry of the Interior” announced that Resistance fighters had killed `Awn `Abd al-Ghani, an official in the committee charged with investigating and trying the Iraqi President. The attack came after `Abd al-Ghani had left his heavily guarded house on his way to work in the high-security area around the Republican Palace in Baghdad – the part of the Iraqi capital where the US and Britain have their embassies which is known to the Americans as the “green zone.”
The Resistance distributed a communiqué around several mosques in Baghdad in which it took responsibility for the assassination, saying that it had eliminated one of the chief lackeys in Baghdad.
Twenty bodies discovered in the Tigris River.
The Iraqi puppet police announced that they had discovered 20 bodies in the Tigris River north of Baghdad on Sunday. No further details on the identity of the bodies were available according to a report on the discovery issued by Reuters as monitored by Mafkarat al-Islam.
Salah ad-Din Province.
Samarra’.
Resistance bombards joint US-Iraqi puppet army camp near Samarra’ Sunday morning.
Iraqi Resistance forces fired three heavy 120mm mortar rounds into the joint headquarters of US and Iraqi puppet army forces in the an-Na`iriyah area northeast of Samarra’ at 8:15am local time Sunday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported residents of an-Na`iriyah as saying that they heard three powerful explosions shake the camp, sending columns of smoke rising into the sky.
Ad-Dujayl.
Member of US-created “Iraqi parliament” assassinated Saturday night.
A group of Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with machine guns attacked the motorcade of Faris Nasir Husayn and Haydar Qasim, two members of the US-created “Iraqi parliament” in the ad-Dujayl area north of Baghdad on Saturday evening Reuters, as monitored by Mafkarat al-Islam, reported a source in the puppet “parliament” as saying.
The spokesman for the puppet “Iraqi parliament” said that Faris Nasir Husayn was killed in the attack and that Haydar Qasim was seriously wounded and then taken to hospital. Three companions of Husayn, one of them his brother, were also killed in the ambush.
Both men, the source said, had been candidates on the Kurdish list and were heading to Baghdad at the time of the attack.
Babil Province.
Al-Latifiyah.
Resistance bomb blasts US column south of Baghdad mid-afternoon Sunday.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column near the southern entrance to al-Latifiyah, some 25km south of Baghdad at 3pm local time Sunday afternoon.
The al-Latifiyah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a bomb that had been planted by the side of the main road blew up as a column of several Humvees was passing. The explosion disabled one of the vehicles, killing or wounding three US soldiers who were aboard it.
Ninwa Province.
Mosul.
Helicopter downed, five US troops reported killed in two Resistance attacks Saturday, Sunday.
Iraqi Resistance forces in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul carried out two attacks in 24 hours on the left bank of the Tigris River in the city near the an-Nabi Yusuf Mosque, bringing down one American Apache helicopter and killing three US troops.
An Iraqi Resistance fighter fired a shoulder-launched surface-to-air rocket at a US Apache helicopter near the al-Ma`arid area of western Mosul. The missile scored a direct hit on the aircraft, destroying it instantly and killing its crew. The helicopter had been on a reconnaissance mission, Mafkarat al-Islam reported.
Other US helicopters tried to hunt down the Resistance fighter who shot down the Apache but failed to find him and succeeded only in opening fire indiscriminately at civilians who were near the crash site to prevent them from approaching the wreckage. After that, several US vehicles and Bradley armored vehicles arrived and surrounded the area. The US troops then recovered the bodies of the two crewmen and the wreckage of the helicopter.
In a separate incident, Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons, including PKS machine guns and RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades, attacked a column of several American Humvees and three US armored vehicles on the left bank of the Tigris River near the an-Nabi Yunus Mosque in the west of the city. The Resistance fighters destroyed one of the armored vehicles completely and disabled one Humvee. Three US troops were killed and three more wounded in the attack, Mafkarat al-Islam reported.
Residents of the area told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Mosul that the Resistance fighters withdrew from the area having suffered no losses in their ranks. But the US troops, as is their habit, responded to the ambush by opening fire indiscriminately at civilians and nearby houses, wounding two civilians, one of them severely, and inflicting material damage on the houses.
An-Najaf Province.
An-Najaf.
Iraqi puppet regime cancels US$7 million deal to import vegetable oil from Jordan in keeping with pro-American Shi`i cleric’s fatwa to boycott Arab countries.
In keeping with a religious ruling issued by pro-American Shi`i clerical authority `Ali as-Sistani on Wednesday, 14 September, calling for Iraq to boycott neighboring Arab countries, the Iraqi government has cancelled a deal worth US$7 million to import vegetable oil from Jordan.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in an-Najaf reported that a source in the religious hierarchy in an-Najaf had been informed of the cancellation in keeping with the religious edict (fatwa). According to the source, the contract for the vegetable oil – an item supplied to the Iraqi population by the government in exchange for ration coupons – had gone to suppliers “in another country” even though the agreement on the imports had already been concluded.
The vegetable oil was supposed to enter Iraq before the start of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, due to begin on about 5 October this year.
Seeking confirmation of the story, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Baghdad contacted a source in the administrative section of the US-installed puppet “Iraqi Ministry of Trade.” The source confirmed that the agreement between Iraq and Jordan had indeed been cancelled after the fatwa. The source said that his “Ministry” had justified the cancellation on the pretext of “production defects” in the Jordanian oil, which would amount to an imposition of a ban on Jordanian oil from now on.
The source noted that the level of economic exchange between Iraq and Saudi Arabia and Syria were much less than the trade between Iraq and Jordan, and that a boycott, if implemented, would therefore have a minimal effect on those other two Arab countries. The source said that a boycott of Syria, for example, could take the form of a ban on Syrian truck drivers from entering Iraq.
In any case, the source told Mafkarat al-Islam, any boycott would be carried out using economic pretexts such as “low quality” or “high price” or “the balance of the volume of trade between the two countries” but the real reason, which would not be stated openly, would be the as-Sistani fatwa, which the Shi`i sectarian politicians now installed at the helm in US-occupied Iraq, would take as an unbreakable rule.
Meanwhile, a Shi`i religious authority associated with Muqtada as-Sadr disclosed on Sunday that as-Sistani had issued his fatwa calling for a boycott of neighboring Arab countries after the US-installed politicians in occupied Baghdad had called on him to issue such an edict (see story below).
(See also “`Ali as-Sistani issues fatwa calling on Iraq to boycott Arab states, rather than `Israel.'” in Iraqi Resistance Report, Wednesday, 14 September 2005.)
Shi`i religious leader denounces as-Sistani fatwa calling for boycott of Arab countries.
Shi`i religious leader Fadil al-Asadi of the Muqtada as-Sadr office told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent that the religious ruling (fatwa) issued by Shi`i religious authority `Ali as-Sistani last Wednesday in which he called for a boycott of surrounding Arab states, only served to widen the gap between Iraqi Shi`ah and the Arab peoples, most of whom are Sunni.
Fadil al-Asadi told Mafkarat al-Islam that the ruling by as-Sistani, in which the pro-American Shi`i cleric called for a political and economic embargo on neighboring Arab states on the pretext that they are “exporting terror and terrorists” to Iraq, “was not in fact a religious ruling or a ruling on Islamic law, but rather only pre-planned political ruling.”
Al-Asadi pointed out that as-Sistani issued the fatwa a few days after Shi`i politicians and leaders of the pro-American puppet regime in the country demanded such a ruling from him.
Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Basrah.
Resistance attack leaves two British soldiers dead, one wounded in al-Basrah Sunday.
In a dispatch posted at 2:32pm Mecca time Sunday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance fighter drove an explosives-laden motorcycle into a joint British-Iraqi puppet army patrol on al-`Ashshar Street in the middle of al-Basrah.
The al-Basrah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a source in the Iraqi puppet army addressed a number of Iraqi journalists concerning the incident ant told them that a Resistance fighter had driven a motorcycle bomb into the joint patrol, destroying one vehicle belonging to the Iraqi puppet army and disabling one British military vehicle. The spokesman said that two British soldiers were killed in the attack and a third wounded. Three Iraqi puppet army troops belonging to the Eighth Brigade in al-Basrah were also killed.
The correspondent noted that although the Iraqi puppet army had admitted the attack and the casualties, the British had still made no announcement about either at the time of reporting.
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