- Attacks In Abu Ghurayb
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- A heavy Resistance bomb exploded in the Kharnabat area
of Abu Ghurayb on Thursday, destroying a Bradley armored vehicle and reportedly
reportedly killing four US troops. American forces encircled the area after
the attack and hauled away the wrecked vehicle an hour after the blast.
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- Heavy Resistance roadside bombs exploded on the Old Road
in Abu Ghurayb at about 10:30am, setting a Bradley armored vehicle and
a Humvee ablaze and reportedly killing five US troops and seriously wounding
three more.
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- Resistance Attacks In Ar-Ridwaniyah
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- A bomb exploded in the middle of a dirt road in the al-Qatta'
area of ar-Ridwaniyah at 8am Thursday, destroying an Abrams tank and reportedly
killing all aboard, according to witnesses.
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- Another Resistance bomb exploded in the Duwaylibah area
of ar-Ridwaniyahat about 9:45am Thursday, destroying a small ZiL truck
loaded with troops. Eleven US soldiers are said to have died in the attack
and five more were seriously injured, some of them losing limbs, according
to witnesses. US troops then arrested 27 individuals who happened to be
in the area.
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- A bomb exploded in the al-Karaghul area of ar-Ridwaniyah
at about 4pm Thursday, destroying a Humvee and reportedly reportedly killing
three US troops.
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- Resistance Attack In As-Suwayrah
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- A bomb exploded by a US patrol in as-Suwayrah at about
8:30am Thursday, and then Resistance fighters fired rockets at the Americans.
The attack destroyed a Humvee and a civilian truck loaded with provisions.
Six US troops were reportedly killed. Two passers by also died when the
US troops responded by opening fire indiscriminately.
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- Attack In Al-Hurriyah Ad-Dawli'i
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- A bomb exploded in the al-Hurriyah ad-Dawli'i area of
Baghdad at about 7:30am Thursday, destroying a Bradley armored vehicle
and reportedly killing two US troops and seriously wounding a third. US
forces encircled the area and opened fire indiscriminately on cars, reportedly
killing two persons. Within two hours the Americans had hauled away the
wreckage of the Bradley.
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- CIA Agents Reported Killed In Ambush
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- An Resistance bomb planted by the trunk of a palm tree
on Airport Road in the area between the neighborhoods of al-'Amiriyah and
al-Furat at about 12:30pm Thursday, destroyed a GMC command car and reportedly
killed four members of the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who
were aboard it. US occupation troops closed the roads leading to the area
for more than two and a half hours, during which time they hauled away
the wreckage.
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- Resistance Fighters Kill US Snipers, Disables Bradley
On Hayfa Street
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- Resistance fighters armed with rockets disabled a Bradley
armored vehicle on Hayfa Street in Baghdad's al-Karakh District at about
2pm Thursday, reportedly reportedly killing one US soldier. At the same
time, Resistance fighters armed with BKC machine guns reportedly killed
three US snipers as they came down from one of the buildings on the street.
Thus a total of four US troops were reportedly killed in those attacks.
Three other American troops were wounded.
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- Fire Bomb Attack On Humvee
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- A Resistance fighter hurled a gasoline bomb at a Humvee
near the tunnel in the Bab ash-Sharqi area of Baghdad at about 2:15pm Thursday,
burning three US soldiers. One of them continued to burn inside the Humvee,
while the other two reportedly suffered first-degree burns. The Humvee
remained burning for three hours, local witnesses reported.
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- Attack In Sadr Al-Qanat
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- Resistance fighters attacked a US patrol on the highway
in the Sadr al-Qanat area north of Baghdad at about 4:30pm Thursday, destroying
a military truck loaded with supplies and a Humvee, and reportedly reportedly
killing three US troops and seriously wounding two more.
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- Bomb Destroys Truck In Ash-Sha'B District
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- A Resistance bomb exploded in the ash-Sha'b district
of Baghdad at about 4:15pm Thursday, destroying a civilian truck loaded
with provisions and reportedly killing one US soldier and wounding a second.
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- More Attacks In Ad-Durah
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- Resistance fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenades
and BKC machine guns ambushed a US column in the 'Arab Jabbur area of the
southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah at 11am Thursday, destroying two Bradley
armored vehicles and three Humvees and reportedly killing 17 US troops,
among them an officer. Five more American soldiers were severely wounded.
Afterwards, US forces sealed off the area and opened fire indiscriminately
on houses and fields and arrested 58 local residents, including two women
and 13 children between the ages of 13 and 15.
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- A heavy bomb concealed in garbage by the side of a road
exploded near the refinery in ad-Durah at about 1:30pm Thursday, destroying
a Humvee and reportedly killing three US soldiers and severely wounding
a fourth.
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- Another bomb exploded in the Hur Rajab area of ad-Durah
at about 2:10pm Thursday, destroying a command Humvee and reportedly killing
all aboard, one of them being an officer. US forces then encircled the
area with armored vehicles and troops and arrested nine residents of the
neighborhood.
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- Also in Hur Rajab, Resistance forces armed with BKC machine
guns shot down an unmanned US reconnaissance airplane. Once hit, the aircraft
crashed into a field at about 4:30 pm Thursday.
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- Ambush In Salman Bak
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- Resistance fighters armed with rockets ambushed a US
column in Salman Bak at about 9 am Thursday, destroying two US military
trucks and a Humvee and reportedly killing five American soldiers and seriously
wounding two more.
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- Resistance Attacks In The At-Taji
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- A Resistance bomb exploded in the al-Mushahadah area
of at-Taji, north of Baghdad at 7am Thursday, destroying an Abrams tank
and reportedly killing three US troops. An American force surrounded the
area and opened fire indiscriminately, striking four local people. They
then arrested eight others in the area.
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- Another bomb exploded in the al-Mushahadah area near
the river at about 3:30pm Thursday, destroying a Humvee and reportedly
killing four US troops. American forces then opened fire indiscriminately
on homes in the area and seriously wounded two local civilians.
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- A heavy bomb exploded in Hur al-Basha in at-Taji at about
4 pm Thursday, disabling an Abrams tank and reportedly killing one US soldier
and wounding another.
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- A bomb exploded at the at-Tarimiyah crossing in al-Mushahadah
at about 5:15 pm Thursday evening, destroying a Bradley armored vehicle
and two civilian trucks in addition to reportedly killing seven US troops.
The Americans then opened fire indiscriminately, severely wounding six
local civilians.
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- Ambush In Al-Ishaqi
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- Resistance fighters armed with BKC machine guns and rockete-propelled
grenades attacked a US column in al-Ishaqi, north of at-Taji at about 12:15pm
Thursday, destroying two military trucks and reportedly killing four US
troops.
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- Resistance Attacks On Allawi "National Guard"
Troops
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- Three Resistance fighters armed with Kalashnikov assault
rifles and riding in an Opel car shot and reportedly killed two members
of the Allawi "national guard" in the al-Jihad neighborhood of
Baghdad at about 2:20pm Thursday afternoon.
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- Resistance fighters hurled hand grenades at Allawi "national
guard" troops in the al-Mushahadah and al-Fahhamah area of Baghdad's
al-Karakh district at about 4pm Thursday, reportedly killing four Allawi
guards.
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- US Troops Steal Money, Valuables And Arrest Residents
In Al-'Amiriyah
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- US occupation forces, together with Allawi "national
guard" troops carried out a campaign of raids and arrests of a number
of homes and offices in the al-'Amiriyah area of south Baghdad on Thursday.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that American forces and
Allawi guards raided the Maktab al-Huda real estate office on al-Munazzamah
Street in al-'Amiriyah ata bout 2am Thursday morning. Witnesses said that
US troops blasted the door of the office open with hand grenades, then
stormed into the building from which they stole 8 million Iraqi dinars
and US$5,000, in addition to some valuables.
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- After that, the Americans and their collaborators raided
neighboring houses, arresting three persons and stealing money and household
valuables, Mafkarat al-Islam's correspondent reported.
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- Turkish Profiteer Collaborating With US Forces Abducted
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- Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported on Thursday that Resistance
fighters had attacked a hotel in Baghdad Thursday morning, reportedly killing
six Iraqi persons and abducting a Turkish profiteer working for the American
aggressor forces.
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- US Arrests Sunni Religious Leader
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- The Board of Muslim 'Ulama' [Scholars] confirmed on Thursday
that US occupation forces had arrested one of its members when they raided
his house in Baghdad Wednesday-Thursday night. Shaykh 'Umar Raghib Zaydan
told Reuters that US forces attacked the house of Shaykh Ahmad al-Jabburi
during the night. They searched the home, and when they found nothing,
they arrested al-Jabburi.
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- Zaydan added that al-Jabburi is a professor at the Islamic
University and an imam of the mosque north of Baghdad. Zaydan added that
the Americans have more than 50 members of the Board of Muslim 'Ulama'
in custody.
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- Zaydan said that these arrests are part of a US effort
to pressure the Board to change its position on the election that Washington
has slated to take place in Iraq on 30 January. The Board of Muslim 'Ulama'
opposes elections under occupation. Zaydan said that the Board would not
be changing its stand on the elections.
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- Two Aides To Pro-American Religious Leader Assassinated
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- A high-ranking member of the entourage of pro-American
Shi'i religious authority Ayatallah 'Ali as-Sistani announced on Thursday
that Resistance fighters had reportedly killed two aides of as-Sistani.
Reuters reported that Muhammad al-Mada'in along with his son and four body
guards were reportedly killed in Salman Bak, south of Baghdad, on Wednesday.
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- Another aide to as-Sistani who worked in as-Sistani's
office in an-Najaf was also found dead, but his identity was not immediately
disclosed. As-Sistani is one of the chief supporters of the US-backed sham
election slated for 30 January.
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- AL-LATIFIYAH, AL-YUSUFIYAH, AL-ISKANDARIYAH
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- Deadly Car Bombing Blasts American-Allawi-Guard Checkpoint
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- An Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded at a joint US-Allawi
"national guard" checkpoint in al-Latifiyah at about 4:20pm Thursday
afternoon, destroying a Humvee and reportedly killing six US soldiers and
nine Allawi guards.
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- Resistance Bombing
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- Resistance bombs exploded in al-Latifiyah at about 8am
Thursday, destroying a Bradley armored vehicle and a Humvee and reportedly
killing seven US troops. American forces then encircled the area with their
vehicles and within two and a half hours hauled away the wreckage.
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- Bomb Attack In Al-Jannabiyyin
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- Several heavy Resistance roadside bombs exploded in the
al-Jannabiyyin area of al-Latifiyah at about 1:20pm Thursday, destroying
one Bradley armored vehicle and disabling a second. Five US troops were
reportedly killed and three more were seriously wounded.
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- Resistance Attack Targets US Troops, Iraqi Collaborators
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- A Resistance roadside bomb exploded in the as-Sayyid
'Abdallah area west of al-Latifiyah at about 3:15pm Thursday, destroying
a US Humvee and a pickup truck belonging to the Allawi so-called "Iraqi
national guard." Four US troops and seven Allawi guards were reportedly
killed in the attack.
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- US Troops Kill Local Residents Of Al-Iskandariyah
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- An Resistance roadside bomb exploded in al-Iskandariyah
at about 12:40pm Thursday, destroying a Bradley armored vehicle and reportedly
reportedly killing two US troops and seriously wounding two more. US occupation
troops then opened fire indiscriminately on surrounding houses and shops,
reportedly reportedly killing three local people and seriously wounding
seven more.
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- AL-HILLA
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- Deadly Resistance Attack On Polish Aggressors; Scholar
Arrested
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- A Resistance bomb exploded in a sewer opening in the
middle of a street in the southern city of al-Hilla at 11am Thursday, destroying
a Polish military vehicle and reportedly killing two Polish aggressor troops
and seriously wounding three more.
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- An officer in the Allawi police in the city confirmed
for Mafkarat al-Islam the report of the reportedly killing of the two Poles.
Other Polish invader troops encircled the scene of the attack for four
hours. They then left the area after arresting a Sunni religious scholar,
claiming that he had some sort of connection with the ambush.
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- The correspondent reported that when the Poles went to
arrest the scholar, the latter defended himself and demanded that they
show cause for charging and arresting him. But one of the Polish aggressor
officers responded, "you all are the reason for the trouble"
and then hurled vulgar verbal assaults at the scholar, calling him a "Wahhabi"
and mocked his religious dress.
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- The correspondent reported that this is not the first
time that Sunni citizens in the city have been arrested by the occupation
and its stooges after Resistance attacks.
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- AL-BASRA
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- A Resistance sharp shooter shot and reportedly killed
a British occupation soldier in the southern Iraqi city of al-Basrah. Witnesses
told Mafkarat al-Islam that the attack took place at 1pm Thursday, local
time, and that the Iraqi sharp shooter fired at the British soldier who
was standing with a group of his fellows at a check point outside the Bulat
ash-Shuhada' school on al-Jaysh ash-Sha'bi Street in downtown al-Basrah.
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- Eyewitnesses on the scene reported that the soldier had
been shot in the face and that he died instantly.
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- British soldiers then drove away all the journalists
who had gathered on the scene. The British troops then claimed that the
dead man was an Iraqi and that he had been reportedly killed by "terrorists."
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- BOMBARDMENTS THURSDAY
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- * At about 8:15am Thursday, Resistance forces fired five
120mm mortar rounds into the US al-Bakr base in Balad, north of Baghdad,
sending plumes of smoke rising into the sky from within the camp.
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- * At about 9:30am Thursday, Resistance forces fired five
Katyusha rockets into the US Sukkaniya base in the area of the south Baghdad
suburb of ad-Durah, sending clouds of smoke billowing into the sky over
the facility.
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- * At about 10am Thursday, Resistance forces fired three
82mm mortar rounds and four Katyusha rockets into the Allawi so-called
"Iraqi ministry of petroleum" on Palestine Street in Baghdad,
damaging the building and sending smoke rising into the sky.
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- * At about 10:30am Thursday, Resistance forces fired
five Katyusha rockets into the Allawi so-called "Iraqi interior ministry"
on Palestine Street in Baghdad, damaging the building and sending smoke
rising into the sky.
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- * At about 11:30pm Thursday, Resistance forces fired
three Grad rockets into the area where the US occupation has its headquarters
in the Republican Palace, known to the invaders as "the green zone,"
sending clouds of smoke rising into the sky. Three US medical helicopters
were observed landing and taking off from the facility.
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- * At about 2:30pm Thursday, Resistance forces fired seven
120mm mortar rounds into the US base at Saddam International Airport, sending
clouds of smoke rising into the sky.
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- * At about 3:10pm Thursday, Resistance forces fired four
120mm mortar rounds into the US base in what formerly was the headquarters
of the Iraqi chiefs of staff in al-'Amiriyah south of Baghdad. Clouds of
smoke rose over the facility after the bombardment.
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- * At about 5:30pm Thursday, Resistance forces fired six
82mm mortar rounds into the US Sukkaniya base in the area of the south
Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah, sending clouds of smoke billowing into the
sky over the facility.
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