Friday, 9 December 2005.
Al-Anbar Province.
Hit.
US air raid leaves 14 civilians dead in apparent "punishment" for aiding Resistance.
US warplanes carried out a violent attack on four houses belonging
to local Iraqis in the western city of Hit at 11am local time Friday
morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that the hospital in
Hit had announced that 14 local civilians as a result of the American
air raid, among them women and children.
The correspondent reported that the assault was concentrated on the
village of az-Zawiyyah east of Hit, a village inhabited by members of
the al-Bu Nimr tribe, the largest tribe in the ad-Dulaym tribal
federation. They had earlier received threats from the American
occupation forces that they would suffer "painful" punishment for
giving help to the Iraqi Resistance.
Al-Qa’im.
US occupation closes mosques in city of al-Qa’im preventing Friday prayer services in city.
In a dispatch posted at 11:50am Mecca time Friday morning, Mafkarat
al-Islam reported that a short while earlier US occupation forces had
prevented the people of the city of al-Qa’im near the Syrian border in
western Iraq from going to mosques and attending Friday congregational
prayer services.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that US occupation
troops used loudspeakers to announce that the mosques would be closed
today for security measures and no one would be allowed to go to
mosques for any reason. The correspondent reported that the US
occupation had posted massive armored vehicles at the doors of several
mosques, preventing anyone from going in or even proclaiming the call
to prayer.
Mafkarat al-Islam reported a first lieutenant in the Iraqi puppet
army who refused to be identified as saying that the measure was a part
of the state of emergency that the US occupation forces had declared in
the whole province of al-Anbar in preparation for the US-sponsored
"elections" to be held under American control on Thursday, 15 December.
Al-Fallujah.
Resistance ambushes US patrol in al-Karmah at dawn sparking hour-long battle.
Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a US military patrol in the middle of the al-Karmah area east of al-Fallujah at dawn Friday.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported eyewitnesses as saying
that the attack sparked a firefight in the middle of al-Karmah between
US forces and Iraqi Resistance fighters that lasted for a full hour.
Resistance fighters fired medium machine guns and shoulder-launched
rockets destroying one American Humvee and killing or wounding five US
soldiers, witnesses said.
A medical source told Mafkarat al-Islam that six civilians were
moderately to severely wounded after US troops turned their guns on a
house near the battle scene. Two children were among those injured by
the American gunfire, but their condition was stable at the time of
reporting.
The American troops were able to withdraw from the area after US
helicopters arrived on the scene. As is their usual practice in the
city, the US troops did not return after the battle.
Ar-Ramadi.
Four US troops reported killed in high-yield bomb blast in ar-Ramadi early Friday.
A high-explosive Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol in the middle of ar-Ramadi on Friday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported a source in the
ar-Ramadi puppet police as saying that the attack set fire to an
American Zeal troop transport vehicle and killed four US soldiers and
wounded a fifth. The explosion left a crater about four meters in
diameter.
Immediately after the attack US occupation forces launched indiscriminate searches of nearby houses but found nothing.
Lack of rain adds to misfortunes of residents of al-Anbar.
Residents of al-Anbar Province went out to the desert areas to
offer prayers for rain. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam quoted
Shaykh Ahmad al-Jumayli, the Imam of th ar-Rahman mosque in ar-Ramadi
as saying that the fact that the usual winter rains had not fallen was
causing real problems for most people in western Iraq where the
irrigation of crops and water for livestock are dependent upon the rain
and where so many are employed in farming or herding.
Baghdad.
Resistance bomb in as-Sayyidiyah wounds US troops late Friday morning.
An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a routine US patrol in the
as-Sayyidiyah area of southern Baghdad at 11am local time Friday
morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported Major 'Ali Mahud of
the Iraqi puppet police as sayig that the blast disabled one US Humvee,
wounding four American troops who were aboard it, one of them
seriously.
Eyewitnesses told Mafkarat al-Islam that the explosion, which
occurred opposite as-Sayyidiyah Sports City, set the rear portion of a
US vehicle ablaze, injuring the soldiers, they confirmed that no one
had been killed in the blast.
Puppet "Wolf Brigade" forces arrest Sunnis in central and northern Baghdad Friday morning.
In a dispatch posted at 2:35pm Mecca time Friday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi puppet "Interior Ministry Wolf
Brigade" troops had arrested 30 Sunnis in various parts of central and
northern Baghdad on Friday.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that the "Wolf
Brigade" forces had arrested Shaykh Turki at-Talal, the chief of the
al-Kartan Sunni tribe and five of his sons on charges of funding the
Resistance. The Iraqi puppet army also arrested 20 Sunnis in the
at-Tajiyah area north of Baghdad, charging them with "terrorism" – the
designation that the puppet regime gives to the Resistance.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that puppet troops in
dozens of vehicles had raided a house where they arrested five family
members even though there were no weapons on the premises or anything
else to suggest that they were connected with the Resistance.
The correspondent reported that 66 Sunnis, ranging in age from 15
to 50, had been arrested just in hours of Friday morning, with the
exception that Shaykh Turki at-Talal is 65 years old.
Salah ad-Din Province.
Samarra’.
Resistance pounds US base in Samarra’ with rockets mid-morning Friday.
Iraqi Resistance forces unleashed a rocket barrage on the US base
in Samarra’, north of Baghdad, at 10am local time Friday morning.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported seeing one observation
tower on the US base completely collapse in the course of the attack,
sending a cloud of thick, black smoke rising in the middle of the base.
Before the US invasion in the spring of 2003, the base had been a major
headquarters of he Army of the Republic of Iraq.
In a broadcast over their propaganda radio beamed at local
residents, the US military stated that four rockets had blasted into
the base but in keeping with their usual secretive style, gave no
details regarding casualties or damage. The American announcement
claimed that the US forces were able to suppress the "terrorist"
attack, as they called the Resistance barrage.
Tikrit.
Resistance blasts US base north of Tikrit with Katyusha rockets.
Iraqi Resistance forces fired five Katyusha rockets into the main US base north of Tikrit at dawn on Friday.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Tikrit reported a source in
the Iraqi puppet police as saying that the rockets struck different
parts of the base but caused no damage. Eyewitnesses who live near the
base told the correspondent, however, that they saw clouds of thick
smoke rising from inside the base and that helicopters hovered around
the area for about an hour and fifteen minutes after the attack.
Balad.
Former Iraqi Intelligence expert on Iranian infiltration assassinated.
Unknown armed men driving an Opel car on Thursday night shot and
killed a man who had been an official in the Iraqi Intelligence service
prior to the American occupation. Muhanna Ghazi al-Ahbabi had worked in
the branch of Intelligence dedicated to combating Iranian infiltration
into Iraqi territory.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported relatives of
al-Ahbabi’s as saying that unknown persons drove past and killed him in
the Yathrib area of Balad, north of Baghdad. The sources blamed Iranian
Intelligence and the Shi'i sectarian pro-occupation Badr Brigades for
the assassination. The Iraqi Islamic Party, an offshoot of the Iraqi
Muslim Brotherhood which has collaborated with the occupation also
announced that al-Ahbabi had joined that party after the occupation of
the country.
Diyala Province.
Al-Mada’in.
US seals off al-Mada’in, launches raids, arrests.
In a dispatch posted at 2:35pm Mecca time Friday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US occupation forces had been carrying
out a massive campaign of raids and arrests throughout all the
neighborhoods of the city of al-Mada’in, southeast of Baghdad.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported witnesses as saying
that the Americans had so-far arrested 36 Sunnis between the ages of 15
and 50 in the course of the campaign, which the Americans had launched
at dawn, local time, on Friday. The witnesses added that money and
jewelry were also stolen from the houses where the arrests took place.
The correspondent reported that US forces had surrounded the city
and blocked all entrances and exits completely. The Americans used
loudspeakers to threaten that any attack on them as they deployed in
the city would result in "great misfortunes" for local residents.
Karbala’ Province.
Karbala’.
Iran to open first consulate in Karbala’ as Tehran spreads its influence in US-occupied Iraq.
Iran is expected to open its first consulate in the southern Iraqi
Shi'i holy city of Karbala’ on Saturday. The reason for the opening is
ostensibly to facilitate joint activities undertaken by Iran and the
US-installed Iraqi puppet regime and to facilitate Shi'i pilgrimages to
Karbala’.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported a high-ranking source
in the office of the puppet "Governor" of the province as saying that
another Iranian consulate is to be opened in a few days in al-Basrah.
Following a survey of opinion of local Shi'i Iraqis, the Mafkarat
al-Islam correspondent found that 60 percent of them regarded the
opening of the consulate in Karbala’ as the beginning of Iranian
domination of Iraq. Others, followers of the pro-American Shi'i cleric
Ayatallah 'Ali as-Sistani, welcomed the development.
Muthanna Province.
As-Samawah.
Eleven bodies found in as-Samawah.
In a dispatch posted at 1:50pm Mecca time Friday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi puppet police in the southern
city of as-Samawah had discovered the bodies of 11 civilians who had
been shot to death, execution style.
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported a captain in the Iraqi
puppet police as saying that the bodies were found on the desert road
southwest of as-Samawah. They had not been identified as of the time of
reporting.
Al-Basrah Province.
Al-Faw Peninsula.
Powerful blast shakes British camp on al-Faw Peninsula.
In a dispatch posted at 3:25pm Mecca time Friday afternoon,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a powerful bomb had ripped through a
British military camp in al-Faw in southern Iraq
The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported eyewitnesses as saying
that following the explosion, smoke rose over the camp as sirens
wailed.
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