イラク・レジスタンス・レポート(原文)　2005/08/24 white

イラク・レジスタンス・レポート(原文)　2005/08/24
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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 24 August 2005
By: Muhammad Abu Nasr on: 25.08.2005 [06:25 ] (66 reads)

Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 24 August 2005.
Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.

Wednesday, 24 August 2005.

* Resistance car bomber blasts US checkpoint in ar-Ramadi, reportedly killing nine US Marines, after Americans play football with copy of Qur’an as provocation.

* Defiant but emaciated, prematurely aged, Tariq ‘Aziz meets family members for first time since his capture in April 2003.

* Resistance mounts deadly double attack on US-Iraqi puppet army checkpoint in Bayji oil refinery area.

* Pro-Occupation Badr Brigades kill six Muqtada as-Sadr militiamen, burn down as-Sadr office in an-Najaf late Wednesday. Jaysh al-Mahdi vows vengeance, bombards Badr Brigade headquarters.

* Resistance bomb blasts US patrol in Karbala’ early Wednesday morning.

Al-Anbar Province.

Ar-Ramadi.

At least nine US Marines reported killed in Wednesday night car bomb attack.

An Iraqi Resistance martyrdom fighter drove an explosives-packed car into a US checkpoint in the east of the city of ar-Ramadi, 110km west of Baghdad, at 7:30pm local time Wednesday evening.

A source in the puppet unit known as the “Iraqi civil defense force” who was on the scene when the attack took place told the ar-Ramadi correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that the blast killed more than nine US Marines and destroyed two Humvees that were parked at the checkpoint.

After the attack, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent observed large numbers of US vehicles and helicopters very tightly encircling the entire area, backed up by Iraqi puppet army troops.

US troops use copy of Qur’an as a football to try to provoke Resistance fighters to expose themselves.

In a dispatch posted at 11am Mecca time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that less than an hour before, US forces had desecrated copies of the Qur’an in front of witnesses on the main street in the al-Qattanah area in northern ar-Ramadi, 110km west of Baghdad.

Residents of al-Qattanah who witnessed the outrage said that US troops stormed into the area searching houses and shops in the area. After about an hour of raids and searches yielded them no weapons or Resistance fighters, the Americans brought out a copy of the Qur’an and began kicking it around from one to another.

An elderly resident said that the Americans “used the Qur’an copy as a football, kicking it with their feet and laughing and making fun of us as we stood by helplessly.”

A source in the Iraqi puppet army confirmed the incident of the desecration of the Qur’an and said that the soldiers were trying to provoke Resistance fighters into coming out into the streets where they could be killed.

Al-Fallujah.

Resistance car bomber slams into US column, destroying two Humvees in ‘Amiriyat al-Fallujah late Wednesday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance martyrdom fighter drove an explosives-packed car into a US military column in ‘Amiriyat al-Fallujah, a southern suburb of al-Fallujah city, 50km west of Baghdad at 4pm local time Wednesday afternoon.

The ‘Amiriyat al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a Resistance attacker drove an explosives-packed car into a US column that was on its way to the al-‘Amir installation which American forces have occupied and turned into one of their headquarters in the area. Witnesses said that the attack car blasted directly into the American column, completely destroying two Humvees. They said that no one came out of either vehicle uninjured, but could not give an exact account of the number of dead and wounded.

Resistance bomb blasts US patrol Wednesday afternoon.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol in ‘Amiriyat al-Fallujah on the road leading to the al-‘Amir facility, now occupied and used by the Americans as a local headquarters, at 2:30pm local time Wednesday afternoon.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in ‘Amiriyat al-Fallujah reported that the blast damaged one US Humvee. American forces surrounded the area making it impossible for the correspondent to ascertain the nature or extent of US casualties, if any.

Resistance roadside bomb blasts joint patrol in al-Fallujah early Wednesday.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol in the al-Jawlan neighborhood in the northwest of al-Fallujah, 50km west of Baghdad at 7am local time Wednesday morning.

The al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of al-Jawlan as saying that a bomb that was planted by the side of a sides street off the main road blew up as a joint patrol of two US Humvees and two pickups belonging to the Iraqi puppet army passed by.

The blast set one Humvee on fire and heavily damaged and disabled a pickup. One US soldier was killed and three more American troops wounded. One Iraqi soldier was also killed and another wounded in the bombing.

Al-Qa’im.

Resistance sharpshooters gun down two US troops in al-Karabilah village at noon Wednesday.

Iraqi Resistance marksmen shot and killed two US soldiers in the area of al-Karabilah east of al-Qa’im on the Iraqi border with Syria at 12 noon Wednesday.

A source in the Iraqi puppet army told the al-Qa’im correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that two US troops were killed by Resistance sharpshooters as they took part in a joint patrol with Iraqi puppet army troops on a farm road in the al-Karabilah village area at 12 noon local time Wednesday.

The US troops backed up by the Iraqi puppet army forces encircled the village and launched a campaign of raids and searchers of several houses in the village, looking for Resistance fighters. They found nothing.

Al-Khalidiyah.

Three US troops reported killed west of al-Khalidiyah late Wednesday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance car bomb exploded by a US column on the road to ar-Ramadi, west of al-Khalidiyah, which is 70km west of Baghdad at 11am local time Wednesday morning.

The al-Khalidiyah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local witnesses as saying that a car bomb that was parked by the side of the road blew up as a column of three US Abrams tanks and four Humvees was passing by. The blast destroyed one of the tanks, killing three American soldiers and wounding three other US troops.

After the attack, American forces encircled the entire area and prevented anyone from approaching the scene. A Black Hawk helicopter landed in the area, apparently to evacuate the dead and wounded.

Abu Ghurayb.

Resistance roadside bomb blasts fuel convoy at noon Wednesday.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a convoy of tankers hauling fuel to US bases on the highway near the al-Bu Munaysir area southwest of Abu Ghurayb, some 30km west of Baghdad at 12 noon local time Wednesday.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in Abu Ghurayb reported witnesses as saying that a bomb planted by the side of the highway going west blew up as a convoy of seven fuel tankers and three Humvees passed by. The blast set one of the tankers on fire, killing one driver who was working for the US occupation and injuring a second.

Baghdad.

Four powerful explosions shake “green zone” after nightfall Wednesday.

In a bulletin posted at 8:10pm Mecca time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier four powerful explosions shook the area of the Republican Palace in Baghdad. Known to the US occupation forces as the “green zone,” the Republican Palace area houses the headquarters of the US occupation and the puppet Iraqi regime installed by the Americans.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam by the al-Jumhuriyah Bridge near the “green zone” reported witnesses as saying that after the blasts, black smoke rose and enveloped various parts of the zone. Swarms of helicopters were seen flying in over the area.

Three US troops reported killed in roadside bombing near ad-Durah Wednesday.

In a dispatch posted at 5:40pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US armored column in the ‘Arab Jabbur area south of the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.

Residents of ‘Arab Jabbur told the Baghdad correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam that a bomb planted by the main farm road in the area blew up as a patrol of four US armored vehicles and two Humvees was passing by. The blast destroyed one armored vehicle, killing three US troops and wounding tree others, one of them very seriously, witnesses said.

Resistance bombards joint US-Iraqi puppet army base southeast of Baghdad early Wednesday.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired four mortar rounds into the joint US-Iraqi puppet army base in the az-Za‘faraniyah base southeast of Baghdad at 8am local time Wednesday morning.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in Baghdad reported residents of az-Za‘faraniyah as saying that four powerful explosions shook the base as a result of the barrage. Witnesses said that the attack sent plumes of smoke rising over the facility.

Looking emaciated, prematurely aged, Tariq ‘Aziz meets family members for first time since his capture in April 2003.

The daughter of Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq ‘Aziz, who visited her father for the first time in his prison in Baghdad a few days ago, declared that he told her that he is confident that he will be acquitted of any “crimes,” provided that he is tried before a just court.

Zaynab, 38, together with her mother and sister Maysa’, 30, visited Tariq ‘Aziz in prison in Baghdad at the beginning of the week. In an interview with the Jordanian newspaper al-Ghad published Wednesday, Zaynab said that their visit lasted 30 minutes and that conversation was about family and personal matters. It was the first time that US occupation forces allowed the Iraqi deputy Prime Minister Tariq ‘Aziz to see family members in 28 months of confinement since his arrest at the end of April 2003. The family members had to travel some 12 hours from ‘Amman and then back again for the half-hour meeting.

Zaynab told al-Ghad that her aunt, Tariq ‘Aziz’s sister Amal and her son Mazin also were present at the meeting but that US troops would not allow more than five persons to meet the Deputy Prime Minister. The visitors were also not allowed to bring anything in to ‘Aziz, even family and baby pictures. The guards also refused to let them bring in a letter written by Zaynab’s 8-year-old daughter Sama to her grandfather.

Tariq ‘Aziz’s wife, Violet, said that her husband had lost at least 15kg of weight and that he said he was now down to 68kg. Trying to raise her spirits, ‘Aziz joked with his wife, reminding her that she had been telling him to lose weight and now he had indeed lost his belly without the trouble of going on any diet.

Nevertheless, Violet ‘Aziz told al-Ghad that her husband, who is 69, now looked like an old man of 80.

Tariq ‘Aziz’s American captors keep him cut off from the outside world, so when he was told about the social collapse in the country, he expressed his sorrow at how conditions in Iraq have deteriorated since the US occupation and the fact that Iraqis now lack the basic municipal and social services provided as a matter of course prior to the American invasion.

American troops were present throughout the entire meeting, as was a translator who translated the family’s conversation for the American jailers. When Tariq ‘Aziz asked about his second son, Saddam, a dental student in another Arab country, he turned to the translator to remind him that he was asking about his son, not the President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, whom US forces have also imprisoned. The Americans required that Tariq ‘Aziz’s conversation not touch on such political matters.

Board of Muslim ‘Ulama’ denounces draft “constitution” as preparation for the partition of Iraq.

The Board of Muslim ‘Ulama’Scholars, the highest religious authority for Sunni Muslims in occupied Iraq, denounced the planned “constitution” that has been drawn up under US auspices as “a preparation for the partition of Iraq.”

The Board statement, issued on Wednesday, said, “We have already said that any political activity carried out under American hegemony and it hated occupation of Iraq will be surrounded by doubts and can never be in the interests of Iraq. The so-called effort to frame a permanent constitution has confirmed that. Just like previous activities, it has confirmed the veracity of our assessment.”

The Board of Muslim ‘Ulama’ wrote, “in a special study on this subject we already warned that the present situation with all its complexity is not an appropriate for laying down a constitution that would enjoy public acceptance and preserve the unity of Iraq and its supreme interests. It is therefore better for everyone if the date for laying down of the constitution is postponed until after the departure of the occupation.”

The Board said that the present draft “constitution” is “a farce that could lead to the partition and break up of Iraq, and work to stamp out the country’s true identity and obliterate its heritage.” The document “failed to attain even the minimum amount of necessary national consensus needed to confer legitimacy on any constitution. The reason for this failure lies with the American administration that oversaw this process and brazenly interfered in it. For the US is no longer able ﾐ as is completely evident ﾐ to deliver Iraq from its critical difficulties, including its political impasse. Blame for the failure also rests with the National Assembly and the present government,” the Board of Muslim ‘Ulama’ statement said.

Resistance attacks motorcades of two high-ranking officials in US-installed regime.

Iraqi Resistance forces attacked the motorcade bringing the deputy puppet “Minister of Justice” in the US-backed regime to work on Wednesday morning.

A source in the Iraqi puppet police told Quds Press that Resistance fighters ambushed the motorcade of Hashim Ibrahim, Deputy “Minister of Justice” in the puppet regime. The attack took place in western Baghdad and sparked a gunbattle between Resistance fighters and Ibrahim’s bodyguards, four of whom were killed and five others wounded.

The official source told Quds Press that the “Deputy Minister” was unhurt but that the dead and wounded body guards were taken to the Public Hospital in Baghdad.
On Tuesday, the puppet “Minister of Environment” in the US-installed regime, Nirmin ‘Uthman announced that she had survived an assassination attempt earlier in the day. She said that attack on her had taken place on the main road in the town of al-‘Azim, northeast of Baghdad and that several of her bodyguards were wounded.

Resistance fighters attack puppet police stations in western Baghdad Wednesday evening.

In a dispatch posted at 6:17pm GMT Wednesday evening, the Qatari News Agency (QANA) reported that about 40 Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked puppet police checkpoints in the west of Baghdad sparking the fiercest armed clashes that Baghdad has seen for several months.

Puppet police sources said that the fighting left three puppet policemen and three other persons dead and some 30 more people wounded. The sources said that two of the Resistance attackers were killed and two others were captured as were four carloads of weapons.

Four bombs explode in al-Jami‘ah neighborhood of western Baghdad, killing a reported 25 Iraqis.

In a dispatch posted at 4:22pm GMT Wednesday afternoon, the Qatari News Agency (QANA) reported that 25 Iraqis were killed ﾐ some of them puppet policemen and others civilians ﾐ and more than 30 others wounded when four explosions shook the al-Jami‘ah (University) neighborhood in the west of Baghdad.

The first two explosions went off near the Millat Huwaysh Mosque and the other two bombs exploded at the end of ar-Rabi’ Street in the al-‘Adl neighborhood near a fuel station.

The four explosions set four puppet police cars and several civilian vehicles on fire as well as damaging nearby commercial shops.

Salah ad-Din Province.

Ath-Tharthar.

Resistance shoots down Black Hawk helicopter late Wednesday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces shot down a US Black Hawk helicopter in the adh-Dhira‘ area southeast of at-Tharthar, north west of Baghdad at 6:30pm Wednesday afternoon.

Witnesses told the ath-Tharthar correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that a US column of seven armored vehicles and four Humvees was proceeding along the main road through the adh-Dhira‘ area with air cover from three helicopters overhead.

Resistance fighters fired a surface-to-air missile at one of the helicopters, bringing it down on the edge of town.

The correspondent reported that no information was available regarding the fate of the helicopter crew because US troops encircled the crash site and prevented local people and reporters from approaching.

Bayji.

Resistance mounts deadly two-pronged attack on US-Iraqi puppet army checkpoint in Bayji oil refinery area.

In a dispatch posted at 6:35pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters mounted two consecutive attacks on a checkpoint jointly manned by US and Iraqi puppet army troops at the northern entrance to the oil refinery area in the middle of Bayji, some 200km north of Baghdad.

The Bayji correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported workers and other employees in the Bayji oil refinery as saying that first an Iraqi Resistance martyrdom fighter drove an explosives-laden car into the checkpoint, killing and wounding nine US and Iraqi puppet army troops.

Then, after the car bomb attack, the witnesses recounted, about seven Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons including RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades and PKS machine guns attacked the checkpoint, setting two vehicles belonging to Iraqi puppet troops on fire and killing or wounding about five US and Iraqi puppet soldiers. The witnesses reported that the Resistance attackers were able to leave the scene of the double attack without sustaining any casualties on their side.

Resistance kills collaborator translator early Wednesday in Bayji.

The Saudi Press Agency (WAS) reported a source in the Iraqi puppet police in Bayji a as saying that Iraqi Resistance fighters killed an Iraqi working as a translator for US forces. The attack occurred as he was on his way to work in the al-‘Asri neighborhood of Bayji Wednesday morning, the source said.

Balad.

Resistance bombards US camp in Balad late Wednesday afternoon.

Iraqi Resistance forces three powerful medium-range Grad rockets into the US military occupation headquarters in Balad, 70km north of Baghdad at 6pm Wednesday afternoon.

The Balad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the puppet army’s so-called “Rapid Deployment Force” as saying that the Resistance mounted a fierce barrage of the American-occupied facility, destroying a large part of the mess hall on the base, where US troops are served meals. The source said that about seven American soldiers were killed or injured in the barrage, which also destroyed a Humvee when a rocket blasted into the parking area for military vehicles on the base.

Resistance roadside bomb blasts US patrol south of Balad.

In a dispatch posted at 5pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column on the Yathrib Road, the main road south of the city of Balad, some 70km north of Baghdad.

Witnesses told the Balad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that a bomb that was planted by the side of Yathrib Road on the way into the city blew up as a patrol of two US armored vehicles and two Humvees passed by.

The blast destroyed one Humvee, killing or wounding the five American troops aboard it.

Puppet army officer killed in Balad.

The Iraqi puppet police announced that Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked and killed an officer in the Iraqi puppet army outside his house in eastern Balad, the Saudi Press Agency (WAS) reported.

Ad-Dulu‘iyah.

Resistance ambushes US patrol leaving a reported four Americans dead.

In a dispatch posted at 2pm Mecca time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a US patrol in the village of al-Bu ‘Ubayd, southeast of ad-Dulu‘iyah, which is north of Baghdad.

Witnesses told the ad-Dulu‘iyah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that about seven Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with medium weapons including PKS machine guns and RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades attacked a patrol of four US Humvees. Two of the Humvees were destroyed in the attack that left four American soldiers dead and another three wounded.

Witnesses reported that the Resistance fighters were able to withdraw from the area without having sustained any casualties.

Samarra’.

Oil pipeline from Bayji to ad-Durah blown up.

In a dispatch posted at 6:34pm GMT the Qatari News Agency (QANA) reported that an oil pipeline linking the Bayji oil fields with the refinery in the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah had been blown up near Samarra’, north of Baghdad.

Flame and plumes of black smoke could be seen rising over the burning pipeline in the al-Ishaqi skies from a great distance away after the attack.

Resistance blows up home of puppet police elite squad officer.

Iraqi Resistance fighters blew up the home of an officer in the puppet police elite “shock forces” in Samarra’. A source in the puppet security services told the Saudi Press Agency (WAS) that the brother of the puppet shock force officer was killed in the blast.

Ad-Dujayl.

Resistance ambushes joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol Wednesday morning.

Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a joint US-Iraqi puppet army patrol on a farm road west of the city of ad-Dujayl, which is south of Samarra’ at 8am local time Wednesday morning.

Witnesses told the ad-Dujayl correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons attacked the joint patrol at the al-Bu Shaddad crossing on the farm road west of the city.

The witnesses said that the attack left one Iraqi puppet army troop transport ablaze and four Iraqi puppet troops dead. Another four of them were wounded as were three US soldiers.

Babil Province.

Al-Hillah.

Five mercenary “security contractors” reported killed in ambush north of al-Hillah.

In a dispatch posted at 10:40am Mecca time Wednesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a column of armor-plated four-wheel drive vehicles of the type used by mercenary “security contractors” working for the US military on the main road in the al-Mahawil area near al-Hillah, 100km south of Baghdad.

The al-Hillah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying that Iraqi Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons including RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades and PKS machine guns attacked the column of mercenary vehicles as it came down on the road towards the joint US-Polish occupation base in al-Mahawil.

The witnesses reported that the Resistance fighters set two armor-plated cars on fire, killing five foreign mercenaries working for the US military and wounding three more of them.

Two members of the attacking Resistance detachment were also wounded, witnesses said, one of them seriously, but they all withdrew from the area after the ambush.

Puppet army soldier killed by Resistance mortar attack on checkpoint in al-Hillah.

An Iraqi Resistance shell blasted into an Iraqi puppet army checkpoint in the area of al-Hillah on Wednesday morning. The Saudi Press Agency (WAS) reported that one puppet army soldier was killed and an officer wounded.

At-Ta’mim Province.

Kirkuk.

Resistance bombing in Kirkuk leaves Iraqi puppet army officer dead.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded near an Iraqi puppet army vehicle in Kirkuk, 255km north of Baghdad, a spokesman for the Iraqi puppet police reported. The Saudi Press Agency (WAS) reported the spokesman as saying that the blast killed one officer in the Iraqi puppet army and wounded two Iraqi puppet soldiers.

Karbala’ Province.

Karbala’.

Bomb blasts US patrol in Karbala’ early Wednesday morning.

An Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US military patrol in Karbala’, 110km south of Baghdad at 8am local time Wednesday morning.

A source in the Iraqi puppet “Ministry of Defense” in Karbala’ told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent that a bomb planted by the side of the main road at the well-known az-Zuwwar crossing in the west of the city blew up by a passing patrol. The blast destroyed a Humvee, killing or wounding five American troops, he said.

After the blast the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent saw US and Iraqi puppet army troops encircling the entire area and evacuating the dead and wounded Americans about 15 minutes after the explosion. The casualties were taken to the US base northeast of Karbala’.

An-Najaf Province.

An-Najaf.

Badr Brigades kill Muqtada as-Sadr militiamen, burn down as-Sadr office in an-Najaf. Jaysh al-Mahdi militia responds by bombarding Badr Brigade headquarters.

In a bulletin posted at 9:55pm Mecca time Wednesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while before a spokesman for the Muqtada as-Sadr movement announced that Shi‘i sectarian Badr Brigades, the armed wing of the collaborationist Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), had killed a number of members of the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia in the city of an-Najaf. The Badr Brigade gangs had also set fire to the as-Sadr office in the city.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in an-Najaf reported that Ahmad al-Karbala’i, a spokesman for Shi ‘ religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr, announced that Badr Brigade gunmen had killed six members of the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia, which is loyal to Muqtada as-Sadr, in an attack on the local office of the as-Sadr movement. Al-Karbala’i added that the Badr Brigade gunmen completely burned down the as-Sadr office in the city.

Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported that numerous other people had been killed in the fighting between the two groups and that the Jaysh al-Mahdi forces had been placed on high alert following the Badr Brigade attack.

For their part sources in the Jaysh al-Mahdi told Mafkarat al-Islam that in the next few hours they would teach the Badr Brigades a lesson it would never forget. The source said that at that moment, fighting between the two groups had stopped. He said, however, that massive Jaysh al-Mahdi forces were deploying at that time in the city of an-Najaf, 160km south of Baghdad.

Jaysh al-Mahdi unleashes mortar barrage on Badr Brigade headquarters.

In a dispatch posted at 10:50pm Mecca time Wednesday night, the an-Najaf correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while before, three mortar rounds had blasted into the local office of the collaborationist Badr Brigades.

A source in the Iraqi puppet army told Mafkarat al-Islam that the barrage had inflicted no injuries among the Badr Brigade gunmen, and that under the circumstances it was believed that the barrage was unleashed by the Jaysh al-Mahdi militia.

Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported that Jaysh al-Mahdi militia men attacked offices of the Badr Brigades in three districts of Baghdad and occupied them. The station said that the fighting erupted after the Jaysh al-Mahdi had tried to open their office on the street where the tomb of the Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib is located in an-Najaf. Meanwhile 23 members of the puppet “Iraqi parliament” and three “Ministers” in the puppet government suspended their work Wednesday in protest against the attack on Muqtada as-Sadr’s forces.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr’s position of opposing the US occupation had drawn overwhelming support from young Iraqi Shi‘ah Muslims who have flocked to join the Jaysh al-Mahdi in recent months.

Within the past year, the correspondent reports, the strength of Muqtada as-Sadr has risen from fourth among the various Shi‘i parties, to second behind that of the Badr Brigades that have the backing of the puppet regime and Iran. In fact, the correspondent writes, were it not for the open-ended aid given by Tehran and pro-American Shi‘i cleric ‘Ali as-Sistani to the Badr Brigades, the followers of as-Sadr would have overtaken the Badr Brigades as well. The correspondent wrote that it is not unlikely that they might yet do so and in the very near future.

Muqtada as-Sadr followers clash with puppet police in an-Najaf Tuesday.

Three Iraqis, two of them members of the puppet police were killed and five more wounded on Tuesday in clashes between followers of Shi‘i religious leader Muqtada as-Sadr and Iraqi puppet police in an-Najaf in southern Iraq.

An official spokesman for the as-Sadr office in an-Najaf announced that a large group of puppet security men entered one of the residential areas in the al-Haydariyah area to the west of an-Najaf to arrest a member of the as-Sadr movement on charges that he and his sons had engaged in armed activities and were in possession of weapons and military equipment.

According to a report carried by the Saudi Press Agency (WAS) the spokesman said that the clash left two puppet policemen and one Iraqi civilian dead and five other puppet policemen wounded.

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