03 July 2006

Iraqi Resistance Report: 30 June - 2 July

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice
  • Four US troops reported killed in powerful bomb explosion in al-Mafraq near al-Fallujah.
  • Bodies of six technology students from al-Anbar Province, abducted by Shi‘i sectarian death squads, found in Baghdad.
  • US troops reportedly rape, murder young Iraqi girl after first killing her family in her home in al-Mahmudiyah, according to Iraqi translator.
  • Resistance mortars blast British Abu Naji base at dawn Friday.
  • Four US troops reported killed when Resistance bomb explodes in Barwanah near al-Hadithah.
  • Sunni religious authority condemns mysterious bombing in Shi‘i market in Madinat in Baghdad, denounces attempts to stir up sectarianism.
  • Association of Muslim Scholars of Iraq rejects “National Reconciliation” initiative of puppet Prime Minister al-Maliki as “public relations” stunt, rejected by all the known Resistance organizations in Iraq.
  • Resistance organization claims killing of American general.
  • Resistance bomb reportedly kills US soldier in Balad.
  • Mafkarat al-Islam: eyewitness account of savage US rape, murder of Iraqi family in al-Mahmudiyah in March.
  • Resistance bomb reportedly kills three US troops in al-Latifiyah Friday evening.
  • Fighting rocks Baghdad as puppet regime forces team up with Shi‘i sectarian militias to mount sectarian assaults on residential districts of the Iraqi capital.
  • Shi‘i sectarian militias, puppet regime Army units open rocket, mortar barrage on Abu Hanifah Mosque and residential areas of Baghdad’s al-A‘zamiyah late Sunday afternoon in apparent preparation for a sectarian assault on the predominantly Sunni area.
  • Iraqi Resistance fighters battle puppet “Interior Ministry Shock Troops” and Jaysh al-Mahdi Shi‘i sectarian militia in Baghdad’s al-Jihad district Sunday night.
  • Puppet “Interior Ministry” troops and Shi ‘ sectarian gunmen launch offensive on ad-Durah in southern Baghdad. Local residents rally, throw back attackers.
  • Resistance bomb in Abu Ghurayb reportedly kills two US troops.
  • Three US troops reported killed in Iraqi Resistance bomb attack in ad-Durah.