イラク・レジスタンス・レポート　2006/11/24 white

イラク・レジスタンス・レポート　2006/11/24
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□イラク・レジスタンス・レポート　2006/11/24

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Friday, 24 November 2006-Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. http://www.freearabvoice.org

Friday, 24 November 2006

・Situation worsens in Upper Euphrates cities and towns where four days of lock down by US forces mean thousands are running low on water and food.

・Resistance bomb in al-Fallujah leaves three US soldiers reported dead Friday morning.

・US-backed puppet regime army and police begin sectarian anti-Sunni campaign attacking and seizing control of Sunni mosques in Baghdad, following up on pro-Iranian militia rampages.

・Iraqi Resistance organizations unite to combat pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian rampages in Baghdad.

・Resistance fighters throw back attack by Shi‘i sectarians intent on digging up body of Sufi Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani in Baghdad Friday night.

・Pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarians reportedly murder 40 Sunnis with electric saws.

・Resistance car bomber reportedly kills 10 US Marines in al-Mawsil. US troops respond by killing six schoolboys, the eldest of them only 12.

・Pro-Iranian cleric Muqtada as-Sadr issues ultimatum to Sunni leaders, demanding that they declare Iraqi Resistance, Saddam Husayn, Baath Party all “infidels.”

・Iranian-made mortar shells blast into Sunni neighborhood south of al-Basrah midday Friday.

Al-Anbar Province.

Al-Hadithah.

Situation worsens in Upper Euphrates cities and towns where four days of lock down by US forces mean thousands are running low on water and food.

In a dispatch posted at 12:50pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that for the fourth straight day US occupation troops kept the city of al-Hadithah, 236km northwest of Baghdad, and the nearby towns of al-Haqlaniyah, Barwanah, and the city of Hit, about 165km northwest of Baghdad under lock down on Friday as the suffering of the besieged population increased.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that residents had begun to run out of food and stored water after four days of blockade and curfew. In addition so far more than 300 local residents have been arrested in the past four days. About half of those were released after undergoing interrogation. The Americans hauld the remaining local prisoners away to a US base in ar-Ramadi.

Ar-Ramadi.

Resistance rockets blast four US bases in ar-Ramadi prompting US to seal off city at dawn Friday.

In a dispatch posted at 1:49pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US occupation troops sealed off all approaches to the city of ar-Ramadi at dawn on Friday preventing anyone from entering or leaving the city, located about 110km west of Baghdad. The ar-Ramadi correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the American action followed an Iraqi Resistance rocket assault on US troops in four of their camps in the area ﾐ the al-Warrar base west of town, the base the Americans set up in the Agricultural College, the Provincial government building,

and the Immigration building ﾐ all facilities that US forces have taken over and turned into their camps and strongholds. The Resistance fired dozens of mortar rounds into the US-occupied camps. One Resistance organization also issued a statement promising retribution for the massive American bombardment of civilian homes on Tuesday, 14 November that left 37 local civilians dead. After the Resistance rocket attacks, American helicopter gun ships and warplanes swarmed into the area as tension rose in the city.

Al-Fallujah.

Resistance bomb in al-Fallujah leaves three US soldiers reported dead Friday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 12:52pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a patrol of four armored Humvees in al-Fallujah on Friday morning. The al-Fallujah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported Lieutenant ‘Ammar Jad‘an of the local puppet police as saying that the blast in the al-Jubayl neighborhood of the city totally destroyed a US Humvee, killing three American troops and severely wounding a fourth. US troops surrounded the whole neighborhood at 8am and were still encircling it at the time of reporting.

Baghdad.

Hundreds of pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian gunmen pour into Baghdad neighborhood in apparent preparation for assault.

In an appeal dated 1am Baghdad time Saturday, 25 November 2006, the Iraqi Resistance publication Sawt al-Haqq issued an appeal calling for urgent intervention to save the residents of the Baghdad neighborhood of al-Jihad. The Sawt al-Haqq statement said that the US-run puppet “Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)” were sending bus loads of pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian gunmen into the al-Jihad neighborhood.

Some 500 of the gunmen were massing and mobilizing in the Jaysh al-Mahdi headquarters in al-Jihad for an attack on the neighborhood. The militiamen were armed with light and medium weapons and were apparently assembling in battle order in preparation for a massacre in the neighborhood. Terrorized residents of al-Jihad had contacted the puppet police and puppet authorities in the US-controlled regime but the busloads of pro-Iranian sectarian gunmen continued to pull into the neighborhood, where residents are confined to their homes under the US imposed curfew.

In a dispatch posted at 8:09pm Makkah time Friday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that pro-Iranian Jaysh al-Mahdi gunmen were preparing to attack the population in the western Baghdad district of al-‘Amiriyah. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that dozens of Shi‘i sectarian gunmen were readying for an assault, bringing in with them modern weapons and driving vehicles belonging to the puppet “Iraqi Interior Ministry.” The puppet “Government”-backed sectarians were taking up positions by the al-Jihad neighborhood bridge on the road that runs to Saddam International Airport.

Resistance fighters throw back attack by Shi‘i sectarians intent on digging up body of Sufi Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani in Baghdad Friday night.

In a dispatch posted at 9:34pm Makkah time Friday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier Iraqi Resistance forces threw back an assault by pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian gunmen on the tomb of ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani whose aim was to dig up the tomb where the body of a highly venerated Sufi Shaykh is buried. The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that more than 16 pro-Iranian sectarians were killed and others wounded when Resistance fighters and local men threw back the assault on the Bab ash-Shaykh area of the occupied Iraqi capital.

The correspondent reported that after the Shi‘i sectarian assault, US troops showed up on the scene and saw with their own eyes the dead bodies of their allies the Shi‘i sectarians strewn about the streets near the square and the taxi stand and behind the al-Khallani Mosque. One witness said that the attacking Shi‘i fanatics were carrying picks and digging tools, proof that they were indeed planning to dig up the body of the revered Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani who died in 1166 C.E.

Iraqi Resistance organizations unite to combat pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian rampages in Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 8:59pm Makkah time Friday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the various Iraqi Resistance organizations had united their operations and plans in all regions of Baghdad in order to resist the latest surge of pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian rampages against Sunni residents.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the al-Qa‘idah Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers as saying that the various detachments of the Iraqi Resistance had begun to coordinated their activities and deploy their fighters in a coordinated manner in order to repulse new attacks by Shi‘i sectarian fanatics fighting on behalf of the Iranian hegemonist regime.

Shaykh Abu Ghazi told the correspondent that “coming hours will witness a decisive response to the Jaysh al-Mahdi and Badr Brigades and all the sectarians who have taken part in attacks on Sunnis.” For his party Shaykh Abu Mustafa al-Ghariri, a commander of the Jaysh Ansar as-Sunnah Resistance organization, in an exclusive interview with Mafkarat al-Islam also warned would be attackers that those who set worshippers on fire would soon be meeting retribution.

Iraqi Resistance fighters and local residents of Sunni districts of the Iraqi capital were in a state of readiness and mobilization as evening turned into night on Friday.

Pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarians reportedly murder 40 Sunnis with electric saws.

In a dispatch posted at 10:24pm Makkah time Friday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier Shi‘i sectarians had gathered together 40 Sunni captives in the Madinat Saddam section of Baghdad ﾐ an area nicknamed “Madinat as-Sadr” after the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 ﾐ and murdered them in a savage manner at a public meeting.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses as saying via telephone links that Jaysh al-Mahdi sectarian gunmen killed more than 40 Sunni youths and other men, including elderly men, all residents of the al-Hurriyah district of Baghdad whom they had kidnapped on Friday afternoon.

Witnesses reported that the pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarians lined up the Sunni youths in the public square in front of a crowd of people and proceeded to cut off their hands and legs at the knees with electric saws. They then left their victims to bleed to death. Witnesses said that the pro-Iranian sectarians then set fire to the bodies. Some of the victims had not yet died when they were set ablaze and burned to death.

Resistance mounts late night rocket, mortar barrage on “Madinat as-Sadr” in retaliation for two days of Shi‘i sectarian rampages.

In a bulletin posted at 10:55pm Makkah time Friday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired 40 rockets and mortar rounds into the Jaysh al-Mahdi strong hold of Madinat Saddam, a district of Baghdad nicknamed “Madinat as-Sadr” after the American occupation of Iraq. The barrage was in retaliation for a two days of Shi‘i sectarian rampages by militias and US-backed puppet regime forces on Sunni residents.

In a dispatch posted at 11:02pm Makkah time Friday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier the Islamic Army Resistance organization had inflicted a heavy defeat on Shi‘i sectarian gunmen in the western Baghdad district of al-Ghazaliyah. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported from near the scene of the fighting that Shi‘i sectarian Jaysh al-Mahdi gangs had poured in from ash-Shu‘lah in dozens of cars armed with various types of weapons to attack the predominantly Sunni area of al-Ghazaliyah.

But in a major battle the Islamic Army reportedly killed 30 Jaysh al-Mahdi gunmen and set 17 of their vehicles ablaze. At the time of reporting, the wrecked vehicles were still burning in the middle of the streets where the battle raged. Surviving Jaysh al-Mahdi gang members dropped their weapons and fled from the Resistance men who then extended their control over the entire district. US occupation troops had disappeared completely from the area, allowing their allies the pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarians to mount their attack on al-Ghazaliyah unimpeded.

Resistance fighters kill nine puppet “Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops” at checkpoints where Shi‘i sectarians were gathering to attack Sunni residents of ad-Durah.

In a dispatch posted at 8:58pm Makkah time Friday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked two check points manned by puppet “Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)” that were preparing to carry out Shi‘i sectarian attacks on the homes of Sunni residents in the al-Mahdiyah al-Ula neighborhood of the southern Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.

The ad-Durah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the Iraqi Resistance as saying that the attacks left nine puppet “Shock Troops” dead and seven more wounded. The Resistance completely destroyed the two checkpoints and seized four machine guns and a number of hand grenades as well as one Beretta pistol. Meanwhile, as Shi‘i sectarian gangs continued to gather at a factory in ad-Durah in preparation for launching assaults on Sunnis, local mosques were calling on all men and women as well to volunteer to intercept this latest Shi‘i sectarian offensive.

US-backed puppet regime army and police begin sectarian anti-Sunni campaign attacking and seizing control of Sunni mosques in Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 7:02pm Makkah time Friday evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the US-installed Iraqi puppet regime, which is largely composed of Shi‘i sectarians, has begun what can only be called an “official sectarian war” against Sunni Iraqis in the country’s US-occupied capital. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi puppet army and puppet police forces launched an extensive campaign in which several Sunni mosques were attacked, the mosque guards were murdered by the puppet regime troops, and the mosques seized or burned and destroyed.

The mosques of ad-Dabbash, al-‘Abbas, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, and al-Barakah were taken over. All the guards inside were killed and the buildings were turned into Shi‘i Husayniyat places of worship with the help of the puppet army and puppet police forces. Four other Sunni mosques in Baghdad were burned and two more were destroyed in the areas of ad-Dawli‘i, al-Hurriyah al-Ula, an-Nuwwab Dubbat, Filastin, and as-Su‘udiyah in the al-Hurriyah district and in the area of ad-Dabbash.

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that the man in charge of the puppet regime’s sectarian campaign in the al-Hurriyah district is a major by the name of Ihab. The puppet “Government’s” anti-Sunni campaign on Palestine Street was commanded by a Captain ‘Ali Jabir. Earlier, in a bulletin posted at 6:53pm Makkah time Friday evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at that moment four Sunni mosques with their worshippers inside had been set ablaze by pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian gunmen.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported an eyewitness as saying that Shi‘i sectarian gangs together with US-run puppet “Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)” attacked the four Sunni mosques and set them ablaze during the time of sunset prayers. The witness said that preliminary reports indicated that 50 people had been killed in the Mosques of al-Qa‘qa‘, al-Muhaymin, Ahbab al-Mustafa, and Nida’ al-Islam.

Shi‘i sectarian gunmen attack mosque kill guards, worshippers, muezzin.

In a dispatch posted at 8:02pm Makkah time Friday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier Shi‘i sectarian gunmen attacked the al-Faruq Sunni mosque and set the muezzin of the ash-Shaykh ‘Ali Ahmad Mosque on fire as he was reciting the cal to prayer on Friday night. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that after the sectarian gunmen invaded the Sunni mosque they killed the four guards along with seven worshippers. They then set fire to the house of worship and dragged the body of the muezzin through the streets.

Under US declared curfew in Baghdad, pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarians linked to US-run puppet regime renew mortar bombardment of predominantly Sunni al-A‘zamiyah district.

In a dispatch posted at 2:26pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier, pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian Jaysh al-Mahdi gunmen had renewed their bombardment of the predominantly Sunni al-A‘zamiyah district of Baghdad.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that three mortar shells had blasted into the area surrounding the historical Abu Hanifah an-Nu‘man Mosque. The shells caused no damage to the place of worship but did set a number of nearby commercial shops on fire. Meanwhile the 22 residents of the district killed by the pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian attackers on Thursday were laid to rest in the Martyrs Cemetery in the middle of the area early on Friday morning. Among those killed in the Thursday night sectarian assault were women and children.

Pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian gunmen fire mortar barrage at Sunni religious association headquarters despite curfew imposed by US and puppet authorities.

In a dispatch posted at 1:55pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the press office of the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq as saying that the headquarters of that organization, the highest religious authority for Sunni Muslims in occupied Iraq, came under Shi‘i sectarian mortar attack on Thursday night and Friday morning, despite the curfew declared by the puppet regime.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported the source as saying that pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian militia based in the ash-Shu‘lah district of Baghdad fired five mortar shells at the Sunni religious organization’s headquarters. The source said, however, that the barrage had inflicted no deaths or injuries.

The Shi‘i sectarian Jaysh al-Mahdi militia is run by Muqtada as-Sadr, a Shi‘i cleric loyal to Iran, a state seeking to extend its regional hegemony and step into the shoes of the American occupation in Iraq. In addition to backing Iran, members of as-Sadr’s movement are members of the current US-imposed puppet regime in Baghdad.

In a dispatch posted at 2:06pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at that hour the Umm al-Qura Mosque, headquarters of the Association of Muslim Scholars, was under mortar attack again by the pr-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian Jaysh al-Mahdi. Ten mortar rounds had blasted into the area of the mosque and the association was calling on local residents to arm themselves and come to the defense of the mosque and the association.

In a dispatch posted at 3:30pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the mortar shells that blasted into the area around the Umm al-Qura Mosque on Friday were 81mm shells of Iranian manufacture, made in 2006. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Association of Muslim Scholars was retaining samples of the shells that prove their origin.

Friday begins amid uneasy quiet in Baghdad under curfew a day after ferocious pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian attacks.

In a dispatch posted at 11:24am Makkah time Friday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that on Friday morning US and Iraqi puppet regime tanks and armored vehicles deployed on the streets of occupied Baghdad.

The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that there was heavy presence of US and Iraqi puppet regime troops particularly in Sunni areas which the day before were the target of Shi‘i sectarian militia and puppet regime “Shock Troop” assaults. For their part, armed residents took up positions around Sunni mosques in preparedness for the possibility of further attacks.

The Iraqi puppet regime declared a general mobilization of its troops. Saddam International Airport, a facility used by the US occupation, and al-Basrah regional airport have both been closed until further notice. The streets of the occupied Iraqi capital, now under curfew, were empty Friday except for the US military and the puppet troops.

Diyala Province.

Ba‘qubah.

Resistance barrage kills 10 pro-Iranian Jaysh al-Mahdi gunmen in Ba‘qubah.

In a bulletin posted at 8:45pm Makkah time Friday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier Iraqi Resistance fighters in Ba‘qubah, 65km northeast of Baghdad had destroyed the office of Muqtada as-Sadr’s pro-Iranian movement in the city which was set up in the Shi‘i Husayniyah ‘Abd al-Karim al-Madani. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that 10 members of the pro-Iranian Jaysh al-Mahdi militia were killed when a bomb exploded inside the Husayniyah at the time when the Resistance fired four guided SPG-9 rockets at the Sadr office.

Resistance men battle attacking pro-Iranian gunmen wearing uniforms and driving vehicles of the puppet “Shock Troops” late Friday afternoon.

In a dispatch posted at 5pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at the time of reporting Iraqi Resistance fighters were engaged in combat with pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian Jaysh al-Mahdi gunmen in the al-Katun area near Ba‘qubah, about 65km northeast of Baghdad.

The Ba‘qubah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that the gunmen were wearing the uniforms of puppet “Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir) and driving “Shock Troop” vehicles as well in the course of their attacks on Iraqi Resistance fighters in the city. The correspondent noted that local residents were engaged in battle alongside the Resistance fighters.

Pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian militias attack Sunni mosques in Ba‘qubah during Friday prayer services.

In a dispatch posted at 2:06pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian Jaysh al-Mahdi gunmen backed up by US-controlled puppet “Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)” ﾐ known for their abduction, torture, and murder of hundreds of Sunni Iraqis ﾐ were attacking three Sunni mosques in the city of Ba‘qubah, 65km northeast of Baghdad.

The correspondent reported that the pro-Iranian sectarians attacked the Mosques of al-Faruq ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, ash-Shahbandar, and Ba‘qubah with rockets and machine guns as the Imams were delivering their Friday sermons to their congregations.

Ninwa Province.

Al-Mawsil.

Resistance car bomber reportedly kills 10 US Marines in al-Mawsil. US troops respond by killing six schoolboys, the eldest of them only 12.

In a dispatch posted at 4:59pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while earlier, an Iraqi Resistance fida’i fighter drove an explosives-laden car into a a US military column in the al-Mithaq neighborhood of eastern al-Mawsil.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported from the scene in al-Mithaq opposite the al-Faqmah soft drinks store that a Resistance fighter drove an explosives-packed Nissan sedan that had been parked in an alley into the main street in the neighborhood, blasting into the US patrol when it was off its guard. The correspondent reported that two US armored vehicles were completely burned up in the attack, and all the troops inside were killed.

Eyewitnesses said that they watched as 10 charred corpses of dead American Marines were pulled from the wreckage of the two vehicles. American troops responded to the deadly attack by opening fire in revenge at a group of students from the Hudhayfah Ibn al-Yaman School for memorizing the Qur’an in the al-Mithaq, located near the scene of the blast. The American troops’ gunfire killed six of the students, the eldest of them being only 12 years old.

Resistance mortars pound puppet police station in al-Mawsil Friday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 2:42pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired seven mortar rounds into the headquarters of the al-Mawsil puppet police in northern Iraq at 9am local time Friday morning.

The al-Mawsil correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported a source in the Iraqi puppet security forces as saying that the bombardment killed five puppet policemen, including an officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Another 11 of the puppet policemen were wounded. The source noted that the Resistance barrage was the second such attack in the previous 24-hour period. The source also confirmed that US troops had encircled the al-Islah az-Zira‘i area of the city having decided that it was the area from which the barrage on the puppet police station was launched.

Tall ‘Afar.

Resistance fighter blows himself up amidst crowd of puppet troops, police in Tall ‘Afar following car bombing in car lot.

In a bulletin posted at 2:44pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance fida’i fighter blew himself up in the midst of a group of Iraqi puppet troops and puppet police in Tall ‘Afar as they were gathered on a square in the city where cars are sold. The individual attack followed the explosion of a car bomb in the area.

The Tall ‘Afar correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that the blast killed three high ranking officers in the Iraqi puppet army and a number of men as well as several puppet police and other individuals gathered around the scene of the first explosion. A medical source reported that more than 63 people had been killed or injured in the attacks.

Bombs target pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian gangs in Tall ‘Afar.

In a dispatch posted at 1:47pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that less than an hour earlier a car bomb exploded at a car sales lot in the al-Ma‘arid area of Tall ‘Afar in northern Iraq.

The Tall ‘Afar correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that the blast targeted pro-Iranian Shi‘i gangs that were selling cars for deferred payment. Preliminary accounts indicated that the blast had killed more than 40 people, among them puppet policemen who were deployed at the car lot at the time of the explosion.

An-Najaf Province.

An-Najaf.

Pro-Iranian cleric Muqtada as-Sadr issues ultimatum to Sunni leaders, demanding that they declare Iraqi Resistance, Saddam Husayn, Baath Party all “infidels.”

In a dispatch posted at 2:40pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian cleric Muqtada as-Sadr had delivered a sermon in the city of an-Najaf in southwestern Iraq in which he issued three demands that Harith ad-Darri, the chief of the Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq ﾐ the highest Sunni Muslim religious authority in occupied Iraq. Ad-Darri must carry out these three demands, as-Sadr said, if he wants to end sectarian fighting in the country.

The an-Najaf correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported as-Sadr as telling the press that ad-Darri must declare the armed Iraqi Resistance movement and all those who attack Shi‘ah to be “infidels.” As-Sadr also demanded that ad-Darri declare Iraqi President Saddam Husayn and Baathists to be “infidels.” Finally as-Sadr demanded that the Sunni religious leader declare himself “innocent” of any attacks on Shi‘ah and call for the killing of all those who carry out such attacks, whom the Shi‘i sectarian cleric described as “Takfiriyin” (fundamentalists) and “Wahhabis.”

Muqtada as-Sadr made clear that his statement was in the nature of an ultimatum when he declared that if ad-Darri agreed to the three demands of as-Sadr then “the situation in Iraq could incline towards calm and we in the Sadr movement will denounce the arrest order issued against ad-Darri” by the US-imposed puppet regime “and demand that it be anulled.”

Mafkarat al-Islam noted that for a long time Muqtada as-Sadr pretended to be interested in the unity of the Iraqi people and in avoiding sectarian bloodshed. But today with this statement he clearly revealed his true and entirely sectarian identity, observers note, one in service to the regional hegemonist regime of Iran that is striving to step into the shoes of US imperialism in Iraq.

Al-Basrah Province.

Al-Basrah.

Shi‘i sectarian attack on Sunni mosque in al-Basrah repulsed late Friday night.

In a dispatch posted at 12:28am Makkah time Saturday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while before, the guards of the al-‘Uthman Mosque in the southern city of al-Basrah had broken a new assault by pro-Iranian Shi‘i sectarian gunmen on the Sunni place of worship.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported Shi‘i sectarian gangs had attacked the mosque in the al-Ma‘qal area of northern al-Basrah. The sectarians drove several vehicles towards the mosque in an attempt to storm in but the guards opened fire on the attackers and succeeded in throwing back the assault.

Two of the sectarians’ vehicles were destroyed in the attack, which was the fourth assault on Sunni mosques and facilities in al-Basrah in the previous 24 hours. The correspondent reported that it was apparent that the sectarian attacks on Sunnis in the city were part of an organized plan drawn up by the American backed puppet “Iraqi government” to bring terror down upon the Sunni population of the country.

Many asserted that the real death toll from the quadruple car bombings in Baghdad on Thursday had been exaggerated, pointing out that televised scenes of funerals of those killed in the Thursday attacks showed graves for no more than 20 persons though more than 300 were reported killed.

Iranian-made mortar shells blast into Sunni neighborhood south of al-Basrah midday Friday.

In a dispatch posted at 6:34pm Makkah time Friday evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that 16 mortar shells of Iranian make blasted into the well-known Sunni neighborhood of Bab Sulayman in Abu al-Khasib south of al-Basrah in southern Iraq at midday Friday.

The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported residents of the neighborhood as sayin that the shells landed randomly on houses in an incident that was the first of its kind to target Sunni residential areas in the town. The witnesses added that 15 local people were wounded in the attack, some of them severely. Many of those injured in the barrage were women and children. The witnesses said pieces of the rockets that were left behind by the barrage proved that the shells had been made in Iran.

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