Iraqi Resistance Report

Friday, 6 May 2005. from: "charlievictor" charlievictor@btinternet.com

Ramadi. Fighting erupted between a US patrol and Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light machine guns and rocket launchers, killing four US troops, wounding two and burning one Humvee. US forces imposed a curfew and launched a campaign of searches, arresting six local people claiming they were involved.

An Iraqi Resistance martyrdom fighter drove an explosives-laden car into a US military column destroying one Bradley armoured vehicle and disabling one Humvee. Nine US troops killed and four wounded. US forces encircled the area and prevented any journalist or Iraqi citizen from approaching the area.

Fallujah. Masked Iraqi Resistance fighters with medium machine guns and hand grenades ambushed a US foot patrol leaving six US troops dead and two wounded. US forces encircled the area and launched a campaign of raids on several houses and shops.

Hit. Iraqi Resistance with rockets and mortars, mounted a violent bombardment of the US `Ayn al-Asad base with a a direct hit on a barracks in which US troops slept, killing six US troops and wounding 22. US forces returned fire with heavy artillery in the direction of the incoming rounds, killing an entire family made up of a husband, wife, and four children. The Resistance made no mention of any casualties in their ranks as a result of the US fire, but said the US attack on the civilian house was designed to produce hostility towards the Resistance among the local population, who "understand the dirty tricks and plots of the Jews," a reference to the Zionist practice in south Lebanon and occupied Palestine of deliberately battering civilian areas to turn local opinion against Resistance fighters.

Baghdad. An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a passing US foot patrol going to snoop on mosques during Friday congregational prayers. US forces with translators surround mosques and monitor sermons and if any seem to encourage worshippers to oppose the occupation of their country, US troops or Iraqi puppets storm in and arrest the preacher from the pulpit. The bomb killed three US troops and seriously wounded four. The blast was described as "extremely powerful," shattering glass in nearby houses and leaving a big crater in the unpaved road. US forces encircled the area, imposed a curfew on the neighborhood and evacuated the bodies of their dead and wounded.

Iraqi Resistance forces bombarded the US occupation and puppet "government" HQ in the Republican Palace area of Baghdad - known to the invaders as the "green zone" with six powerful Tariq rockets targeted on the former area of the Arch of Triumph where the offices of the new puppet "Ministers" are clustered. The attack left dead and wounded Americans and Iraqi stooges. A puppet police source said, "we laid out a security plan to protect the members of the [puppet] "government" from such attacks, preparing shelters for them underground to protect them from these attacks. Today they spent half an hour during and after the bombardment in the shelters." US forces encircled the bombarded area, not allowing journalists to approach.

The Iraqi puppet police found the bodies of 17 members of the puppet police and "Iraqi national guard" abducted several days ago while doing "official duties", all shot in the back of the head, execution style. The Resistance Army of the Partisans of the Sunnah [Prophet's Practice], announced its responsibility for the execution of the 17 members of the puppet police and "national guards" and called the dead "apostates from the religion of God working to block the path of the Resistance in its battles with the occupation."

Iraqi puppet forces found 14 bodies, their hands tied and their eyes blindfolded, in Kasrat Wa`tish, 10km from where 17 bodies of the puppet "national guard" were found earlier. According to a forensic medical report by al-Yarmuk General Hospital in Baghdad, the 14 dead ranged in age between 29 and 43 years. They were Sunni prominent personalities and disappeared two days ago. Survivors of the massacre declared the event took place at dawn 5 May 2005, when puppet `shock troop police" members of the Shi`i chauvinist collaborationist Badr Brigadesraided the vegetable market and led away the victims to an unknown location.

Suwayrah. An Iraqi Resistance martyrdom fighter drove an explosives-laden car into a vegetable market killing at least 22 people and wounding 45.

Tikrit. An Iraqi Resistance martyrdom fighter drove an explosives-laden car into a bus carrying puppet policemen to their place of work killed seven puppet policemen and
wounded 15.

Khalis. Iraqi Resistance fired 10 mortar rounds into the US base causing many enemy dead and wounded and ignited two fires in the base. Sirens wailed inside and US helicopters prowled the air, then evacuated the dead and wounded.

Mosul. A high explosive Iraqi Resistance roadside bomb went off as a US column passed on its way to the main American base destroying one Humvee, killing four US troops and wounding three.

Najaf. Fighting broke out between the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia loyal to Shi`i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr, mobilized throughout southern Iraq, and US occupation troops and their puppet police and "national guard" stooges. The fighting erupted because US occupation troops backed by puppet troops and police surrounded the tomb and mosque of the Imam Abi Talib during Friday prayer services. The Americans and their stooges blocked the worshippers inside the mosque from leaving after prayers to prevent them joining a rally called by the al-Mahdi militia to demand the release of al-Mahdi prisoners. When the al-Mahdi insisted on going ahead with their protest despite the armed presence of the American invader troops, Iraqi puppet forces opened fire on the protesters, killing two al-Mahdi militiamen. Two US troops were killed in the fighting.
Two hours later US occupation forces stormed the ancient mosque in Najaf and the area known as the "home" of the Imam Abi Talib where his tomb is located. This attack prompted Muqtada as-Sadr to issue a general call to arms of the al-Mahdi militia and to prepare for what he called a "protracted battle" against the occupation and its helpers. The Sadr movement were massing their militia in preparation to go to Najaf to join the fighting.
Shi`i "government ministers" in the puppet regime and Shi`i religious leaders headed to the home of Muqtada as-Sadr to convince him to back down from his call to arms.

Four al-Mahdi militiamen attacked a US Bradley armoured vehicle parked near the Shi`i Husayniyah place of worship with RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades destroying the Bradley and killing five US troops. US occupation troops surrounded the Shi`i holy city of Najaf, with a large number of military vehicles and giant armored vehicles.

American occupation troops prevented journalists from Baghdad from entering Najaf, setting a precedent for further preventing news coverage in the country. Keeping journalists out was an ominous sign, suggesting that the US harbored evil intent towards the city of Najaf and its residents. Not only did US forces prevent journalists from getting into Najaf, they also broke the reporters' cameras and tape recorders.

Massive US military columns headed towards the city of Najaf backed by Apache and Black Hawk helicopters. American troops already in the area of the city had sealed off Najaf. Within the city unusual movements were underway as Jaysh al-Mahdi militiamen deployed in the streets and lanes of the city in numbers not been seen since the battles of Najaf last year.

Kufah. Shi`i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr addressed a number of his followers and commanders in the al-Mahdi militia in the grand mosque in al-Kufah. As-Sadr told his followers that occupation violation of the truce signed with the al-Mahdi, would be a signal for an attack by the al-Mahdi on occupation forces and whoever is siding with them - in an allusion to the puppet police and "Iraqi national guard."

The Shi`i religious leader as-Sadr directed a message to the members of the new "shadow government," saying "if you go back to fighting we will go back to fighting, and if you violate, we will defend ourselves." As-Sadr warned his followers that the first spark would set everything ablaze.

Basrah. After fighting broke out between US invaders and the al-Mahdi militia loyal to Shi ` religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr, the commander warned British invader troops and the Iraqi puppet police against attacking the militia in Basrah.

As of Monday, 1,224 members of the US military have died as a result of hostile action, according to the US defence department.