Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 12 April 2006.  Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. 

Wednesday, 12 April 2006.

·       Pro-American puppet forces, sectarian militia abduct, torture, kill 68 Sunni and Christian residents of southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.  Bombs target puppet police following discovery of the bodies.

·       US, British ambassadors work to install Qasim Dawud as new puppet “Prime Minister” on behalf of “United Iraqi Alliance” Shi‘i sectarian party.

·       At least 20 reported dead in mysterious bombing in Huwaydir near Ba‘qubah Wednesday evening.

·       Resistance bomb on highway in al-Yusufiyah leaves US soldier reported dead.

·       Three US troops killed in double bombing in Karbala’.

·       Armed population of southern city of al-‘Amarah attacks British occupation troops following arrests of local men.

Al-Anbar Province.

Ar-Ramadi.

Resistance bombards US camp in at-Ta’mim district of ar-Ramadi.

In a dispatch posted at 5:50pm Makkah (Mecca) time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired a mortar barrage at a US military camp in he at-Ta’mim district of ar-Ramadi, about 110km west of Baghdad

The ar-Ramadi correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in at-Ta’mim as saying that the American camp took direct hits from the incoming mortar shells, which sent plumes of smoke billowing into the sky.

Al-Fallujah.

Resistance mounts double ambush of puppet “Shock Troops” in central al-Fallujah.

In a dispatch posted at 1:30pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters had mounted a double attack on a patrol of puppet “Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)” on the main road in al-Fallujah, about 60km west of Baghdad.

The al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that the attack began when bombs exploded by the puppet “Shock Troop” patrol near the Municipality building.  After that explosion, Resistance fighters equipped with light arms attacked the patrol.  Witnesses reported that two patrol vehicles were set ablaze in the ambush and that three puppet “Shock Troops were killed and five more of them wounded in the attack.

Resistance bomb blasts US military vehicle in al-Fallujah early Wednesday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 12:49pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq website reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military patrol in the city of al-Fallujah.

The website reported a local source as saying that the bomb had been planted by the side of the road near the th-Tharthar crossroads in the middle of the city.  It exploded as a US patrol drove past at 7am local time Wednesday morning, destroying one American vehicle.

Afterwards, US troops closed the roads in the area to traffic for more than an hour as they worked to erase the signs that a bombing had taken place.

Resistance fighters mount attacks on puppet troops in al-Fallujah.

In a dispatch posted at 10:50am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters mounted two attacks on Iraqi puppet forces in al-Fallujah, some 60km west of Baghdad.

The al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that in the first attack, a Resistance bomb exploded by a puppet army patrol on the main road near the Baghdad Bank on Tuesday evening.  The blast disabled one puppet “National Guard” vehicle, killing one Iraqi puppet soldier and wounding two more of them.

In the second attack, Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons and pipe rockets assaulted a military camp occupied by US troops and Iraqi puppet soldiers in the al-‘Askari neighborhood in eastern al-Fallujah.  The attack inflicted heavy damage on the camp and seriously wounded four Iraqi puppet troops.

Baghdad.

Pro-American puppet forces, militia torture, kill 68 Sunni and Christian residents of ad-Durah.  Association of Muslim Scholars holds US occupation responsible.

In a dispatch posted at 12:20pm Makkah time midday Wednesday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that pro-American Shi‘i sectarian militias backed up by puppet “Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)” had killed a total of 68 residents of the south Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses in ad-Durah as saying that the puppet “Shock Troops” and sectarian militiamen carried out a series of raids on the al-Mikanik neighborhood and the 60 Street area of ad-Durah and arrested 68 citizens, four of them Christians and the rest Sunni Iraqis.

A dispatch on the website of the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq reported local witnesses in ad-Durah as saying that a force of puppet “Shock Troops” and members of the puppet “Order Protection Force” wearing civilian clothes drove into the al-Mikanik and 60 Street area in about 15 vehicles on the morning of Tuesday, 4 April.  They raided houses and combed through the market and arrested 68 people, some from their homes, some in the market, and others who happened to be passing through the area.  All were led away to unknown destinations.

The dispatch said that the 68 bodies were found in Baghdad on Tuesday, 11 April and that they showed signs of savage torture.

In a statement issued Tuesday, condemning the torture and murder of these 68 latest victims, the Association of Muslim Scholars, the highest Sunni Muslim religious authority in occupied Iraq, called on the international community to adopt a humanitarian stance in defense of the Iraqi people.  The Association declared that it held the US “occupation and all the political entities that are taking part in the American effort criminally responsible for this terrorist act.”

Resistance bombs target puppet police in ad-Durah after discovery of bodies of 68 local victims of puppet regime security services.

In a dispatch posted at 3:10pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that two Iraqi Resistance bombs exploded by two puppet police patrols in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in ad-Durah as saying that the first blast went off by a puppet police patrol in the al-Mahdiyah district of the suburb, destroying a patrol vehicle and killing two puppet policemen and wounding two more of them.

The second blast targeted another puppet police patrol in the al-Athuriyyin Market area of ad-Durah, disabling one patrol vehicle and wounding two puppet policemen, one of hem an officer.  Three civilians were also injured in that attack, the correspondent reported.

Car bomb kills two puppet policemen near popular restaurant in eastern Baghdad Tuesday evening.

In a dispatch posted at 9:40am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a car bomb exploded near a popular restaurant in the Ur neighborhood of eastern Baghdad on Tuesday evening.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in Ur as saying that the explosives-laden car, which had been parked by the side of the road near the restaurant, blew up as a number of puppet policemen entered the establishment to eat supper.

The blast destroyed two patrol cars and killed two of the puppet policemen and wounded another four of them.  Five civilians who were near the scene were also wounded in the explosion, the witnesses said.

US, British ambassadors work to install Qasim Dawud as new puppet “Prime Minister” on behalf of “United Iraqi Alliance” Shi‘i sectarian party.

Media sources in Baghdad on Wednesday reported a source close to the Shi‘i coalition party that dominates the American-installed puppet “Parliament” of occupied Iraq has disclosed that the ambassadors of the US and Britain have been holding consultations with various collaborationist politicians as they try to maneuver Qasim Dawud into the post of puppet “Prime Minister” of Iraq to succeed the widely discredited Ibrahim al-Ja‘fari.

Quds Press reported the sources as saying that US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, British Ambassador William Patey, Qasim Dawud of the Shi‘i “United Iraqi Alliance” party and Salih Mutlak, the head of the so-called “National Dialogue Front” had been holding consultations concerning the importance of appointing Dawud as “Prime Minister” on behalf of the “United Alliance” party.

The source, who asked not to be identified, declined to give any further details but indicated that the secret conferences had been held in Qasim Dawud’s home which is located in the high-security restricted area around the Republican Palace in Baghdad – an area dubbed the “Green Zone” by the Americans.

Qasim Dawud himself declined to confirm or deny the report, telling the press, “there can be no announcement to the media on this matter for three days,” Quds Press reported.

Current puppet “PrimeMinister” Ibrahim al-Ja‘fari was also associated with the Shi‘i United Iraqi Alliance, which was widely regarded as the group of candidates and parties endorsed by Shi‘i cleric Ayatallah ‘Ali as-Sistani.  But al-Ja‘fari’s term in office has been marked by a significant upsurge in abductions and murders by pro-American Shi‘i sectarian groups on such a scale that it has aroused press coverage and adverse comments by the US ambassador.  The American occupation regime is therefore known to be seeking a new puppet “Prime Minister” not yet tainted with a reputation as head of a regime involved in mass sectarian torture and murder.

An Iraqi political source told Quds Press that the US administration and the British are working to pressure Iraqi politicians into declaring a new puppet “Prime Minister” within three days. To that end, the American ambassador in Baghdad has been meeting with collaborator politicians, even second-tier political figures, in an effort to throw together a new puppet cabinet so as to form a new puppet “government” to Washington’s liking as quickly as possible.

Consultations to form a new puppet “government” began after US-run “elections” were held under US occupation two months ago.  Since that time, the motley sectarian and separatist parties and politicians, whose only common denominator is support for the US occupation, have been unable to agree on a new cabinet.

US admits five American troops killed in three days.

The US military admitted on Wednesday that five more of its occupation troops had been killed in Resistance attacks in recent days.

An official US statement monitored by Quds Press in Baghdad said that three US troops were killed when a bomb went off by their vehicle in northern Baghdad on Tuesday.

The American dispatch said that a fourth US soldier was killed and another wounded when a Resistance bomb exploded in the area of Balad, about 85km north of Baghdad on Sunday, 9 April.

The US reported that a fifth American soldier was killed on Monday in fighting listed as having taken place in al-Anbar Province in the west of the country.

Salah ad-Din Province.

Samarra’.

Resistance bombards joint US-Iraqi puppet headquarters in Samarra’ hotel with mortars.

In a dispatch posted at 12:30pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces bombarded the headquarters jointly occupied by US occupation forces and Iraqi puppet “Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)” in the al-Buhayrah Hotel in the city of Samarra’, about 120km north of Baghdad.

The Samarra’ correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that the barrage of 82mm mortar shells sent plumes of smoke rising over the facility.

Diyala Province.

Ba‘qubah.

At least 20 reported dead in mysterious bombing in Huwaydir near Ba‘qubah Wednesday evening.

At least 20 people were killed and another 30 injured when a mysterious car bomb exploded in the town of Huwaydir, north of the city of Ba‘qubah, which is located about 65km northeast of Baghdad, on Wednesday evening.

Sources in the Iraqi puppet police told al-Jazeera satellite TV the car bomb exploded on a street near a crowded market at a time when worshippers were coming out of a nearby Shi‘i mosque.

In contrast to Iraqi Resistance attacks, which have clear and defined targets – occupation troops or armed forces, officials, or collaborators with the US-installed puppet regime – this mysterious attack appeared targeted exclusively on civilians.

Such mysterious attacks are widely viewed as a part of an Anglo-American effort to rescue their failing fortunes in Iraq by sparking a sectarian civil war in the country enabling them to fulfill their plans of partitioning the country along ethnic and religious lines.

Puppet policemen wounded in Resistance bombing in southern Ba‘qubah.

In a dispatch posted at 2:20pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a puppet police patrol on the main road in southern Ba‘qubah, about 65km northeast of Baghdad.

The Ba‘qubah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that the bomb went off on he road to the ar-Rahmah Hospital located in the south of the city as a puppet police patrol was driving by.  The blast disabled one patrol vehicle, wounding two puppet policemen.

Jalawla’.

Puppet security official assassinated in Jalawla’.

In a dispatch posted at 9:15pm Makkah time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked the puppet “Interior Affairs Director” for the city of Jalawla’, 120km northeast of Baghdad and about 60km from the Iranian border.

The Diyala Province correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-Miqdadiyah as saying that the Resistance fighters, who were armed with machine guns and medium weapons, attacked the car carrying Captani Rif‘at, the puppet “Interior Affairs Director” for Jalawla’; a member of the puppet “Municipal Council” for the city and two puppet policemen.  All four were killed in the attack, after which the Resistance fighters slipped immediately away.

Al-Miqdadiyah.

Resistance bombards joint US-Iraqi puppet forces headquarters in al-Miqdadiyah.

In a dispatch posted at 9:30am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces unleashed a violent mortar bombardment of the headquarters jointly occupied by US troops, Iraqi puppet police, and Iraqi puppet “National Guards” in al-Miqdadiyah, some 85km northeast of Baghdad.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-Miqdadiyah as saying that the joint headquarters inflicted severe material damage to the building and destroyed five Iraqi puppet forces’ vehicles.  Two American Humvees were also damaged and two Iraqi puppet troops killed and five Iraqi puppet policemen wounded in the barrage.

Babil Province.

Al-Yusufiyah.

Resistance bomb on highway in al-Yusufiyah leaves US soldier reported dead.

In a dispatch posted at 2:30pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US column in al-Yusufiyah as it drove along the highway to Baghdad, 25km to the northeast.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-Yusufiyah as saying that the bomb disabled a US tank, killing one American soldier and wounding three more of them.

Ninwa Province.

Tall ‘Afar.

Resistance car bomb blasts puppet police patrol in Tall ‘Afar.

In a dispatch posted at 3pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded by a puppet police patrol in the al-Ma‘ash market in the middle of Tall ‘Afar, west of al-Mawsil in northern Iraq.

The Tall ‘Afar correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that an explosives-laden car that had been parked by the side of the main road through the markets blew up by a puppet police patrol, destroying two patrol vehicles and two private cars that happened to be in the area.  One puppet policeman was killed and four more wounded.  Five civilians were also injured in the blast.

Karbala’ Province.

Karbala’.

Three US troops killed in double bombing in Karbala’.

In a dispatch posted at 10:35am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that two Iraqi Resistance bombs exploded in succession by a US column in northern Karbala’ in southern Iraq.

The Karbala’ correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that two bombs that had been planted by the main road north to al-Latifiyah blew up one after the other by a US column.  The explosions disabled two American vehicles, killing three US troops and wounding three more of them.  Passing civilian cars were also damaged by he blasts.

In a dispatch posted at 12:49pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the website of the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq reported that the two bombs went off near the shrine of ‘Awn ibn ‘Ali, 5km north of Karbala’.  Witnesses said that the bombs exploded at exactly 9am local time Wednesday morning as a US column was driving by, inflicting serious harm on the American column.

Witnesses on the scene reported that after the attack, American forces closed off the area and launched a campaign of searches as helicopters flew in over the area.

Maysan Province.

Al-‘Amarah.

Armed population of southern city of al-‘Amarah attacks British occupation troops following arrests of local men.

In a dispatch posted at 11:10am Makkah time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that fierce fighting broke out between armed local residents and British occupation troops in the central part of al-‘Amarah, about 60km from the Iranian border in southeastern Iraq on Wednesday morning.

The al-‘Amarah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that the fighting erupted after British troops arrested a number of local residents on Tuesday evening.

Local people armed with light and medium weapons and mortars attacked the British, disabling one British vehicle. Several civilians were reportedly wounded in the clashes.  The correspondent had no information on the nature or extent of casualties among the British, who, like their American allies, make it a policy to conceal their losses from the press and public.

Al-Basrah Province.

Al-Basrah.

Resistance blasts British headquarters in al-Basrah airport with mortars.

In a dispatch posted at 12:49pm Baghdad time Wednesday afternoon, the website of the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired a mortar barrage into the headquarters of British occupation forces in al-Basrah airport in southern Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The website reported a spokesman for the British occupation troops in al-Basrah as saying that two mortar shells blasted into the British headquarters.  The spokesman acknowledged that the mortar rounds landed inside the camp but claimed that they caused no damage or casualties.

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