28 June 2006

Iraq Resistance Report: 26-27 June 2006

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice
  • Three US troops reported killed in Resistance ambush in ar-Ramadi at dawn Monday.
  • US Marine reportedly killed by Resistance sharpshooter’s bullet in Abu Ghurayb Monday morning.
  • Badr Brigade death squad raids dormitory in Baghdad university, 10 Sunni students from ar-Ramadi beaten, abducted Monday night.
  • Pro-American Shi‘i sectarian militia, “Shock Troops” launch attack on Palestinian refugees in Baghdad’s al-Baladiyat area midday Monday. Four Palestinians reported killed as local Iraqi residents rush to support the refugees. Residents accuse US forces of protecting the sectarian killers.
  • US soldier reported killed in early morning Resistance bombing in Baghdad suburb of ad-Durah.
  • Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday evening confirms likely death of abducted Russian diplomats at hands of al-Qa‘idah in Iraq.
  • Resistance arrests, executes 15 Badr Brigade death squad members sent to kill former Iraqi Air Force pilots, religious scholars in at-Tarimiyah.
  • Resistance Katyusha rockets blast into British headquarters in al-Basrah.
  • Two US troops reported killed by Iraqi Resistance sharpshooter in al-Hadithah.
  • Baath Party and General Command of Iraqi Armed Forces Resistance group reject “National Reconciliation” offer of US-installed “Prime Minister” Nuri al-Maliki.
  • Official in puppet regime in Baghdad reveals: 629 Palestinians have been killed or kidnapped in Iraq, and the number is on the rise.
  • Russia takes aim at US occupation authorities over murders of diplomats in Iraq.