- Last evening, after US forces outside Fallujah took heavy
rocket fire from the Lions of Fallujah, occupation forces pulled their
units that were surrounding the western sector of the city back in the
direction of the US base at al-Habbaniyah.
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- In a dispatch posted at 9pm Mecca time, Friday night,
Mafkarat al-Islam's correspondent reported that US forces outside Fallujah
were subjected to heavy Mujahideen bombardments, firing Grad and Tariq
rockets that resulted in their withdrawal from the area. JUS also received
information from sources close to the Mujahideen that US forces were indeed
pulling back at al-Habbaniyah
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- This is the first report of a US retreat from any of
the sectors of the occupation lines that ring Fallujah since the siege
began some weeks ago. US forces also withdrew from check points on the
old bridge and the new bridge west of the city. The US command points to
the north of the city also retreated under heavy fire according to Mafkarat
al-Islam's correspondent.
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- These developments show a weakening of the US forces
surrounding Fallujah and their utter failure to dislodge the resistance.
In fact, in the last three days, the Mujahideen are reported to have regained
their previous strength levels and expanded the areas of the city under
their control. As of the time of this filing, Mujahideen control over 65%
percent of Fallujah.
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- The limitation of US forces has become widely apparent
over the past few days as Mujahideen outside the city were able to break
through US lines on three occasions; once by swimming the river and twice
through what was referred to as the strongly fortified northwestern part
of the city.
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- Mafkarat al-Islam reports that the Mujahideen have managed
to cut all US supply lines on all land routes that support the US lines
around the city. Our sources tell us that this was part of the initial
strategy which JUS reported when the US invasion began. Concurrently, US
forces have been drawn into a pre-planned war of attrition, forcing the
Americans into close guerilla combat, something US forces are not well
trained in nor are proficiant at. The Mujahideen's battle plan in this
invasion mirrors that of the first siege of the city in April.
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- For the past week, no major fighting has broken out except
under cover of darkness, usually dissipating after sunrise. Even US aerial
attacks on the city have grown less intense than they were at the start
of the American offensive. US forces experienced a major setback when Mujahideen
struck them in the al-Bu 'Irrin gardens area with unconventional rockets.
These resulted in serious US losses, as JUS and other uncensored press
reported, which was evidenced by the fact that four giant Chinook helicopters
were seen transporting the dead and wounded away.
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- Another development has been the withdrawal of US snipers
from the streets overlooking the Euphrates Rive and the city is now exposed
from the west according to Mafkarat al-Islam who reported the first US
withdrawal from Fallujah during the first siege of the city last April.
At that time, Mafkarat al-Islam's reports were met with disbelief and condemnation
as other media simply echoed official US claims of nonstop "victory"
and "advance" however they were ultimately proven correct.
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- On Saturday, JUS received reports from both Mafkarat
al-Islam's and our own sources that, while the information is slightly
different, both conclude that US forces has withdrawn in some areas.
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- Mujahideen Retake the Old City
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- Meanwhile, Fallujah Mujahideen broke through US lines
at noon Friday and have seized control of the Old City in central Fallujah.
Fierce fighting erupted after the Resistance broke through at about 1pm
Friday, and continued violently until about 4pm. US forces unleashed mortar
rounds on the Resistance and US aircraft fired rockets and container bombs
loaded with cluster bombs according to reports in from Mafkarat al-Islam.
Friday's breakthrough was the fourth major breakthrough of US lines scored
in and around the city during the present siege. There was no direct ground
combat between Mujahideen and the US invaders in the course of the attack,
meaning that the Mujahideen had indeed seized complete control of the area.
The US relied on airstrikes and mortars alone to defend their positions
Friday as it appears that no ground forces were present in that part of
the city and when the Mujahideen broke into the Old City, an area at the
heart of Fallujah, meeting no ground resistance from American occupation
forces.
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- Friday's turn of events paints a different canvass and
is surely one the US wants to keep under their belt as long as possible.
Our sources tell us that the battle plan now is to keep the momentum up,
retaking each area, one by one, until the occupiers are ousted from the
city limits.
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