Iraqi Resistance Reports: 25-28 August
Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice- Four US Marines reported dead in hour-long gun battle with Resistance fighters in al-Hadithah, midday Friday.
- Resistance sharpshooter reportedly kills US soldier in al-Fallujah at noon Friday.
- Resistance landmine blasts American tank leaving two US troops reported dead in Hit late Friday morning.
- US air raids kill seven civilians in ar-Ramadi midday Friday; 20 more residents wounded. Locals shocked at sudden strikes, as city had been totally quiet.
- US artillery opens up on mosque in ar-Ramadi during Friday prayers, killing five worshippers, wounding 26.
- Americans kill three local men, one of them aged 70, in ar-Ramadi, then use the bodies for target practice.
- Shi‘i sectarian Jaysh al-Mahdi gunmen together with pro-American puppet regime “Shock Troops” attack, destroy Sunni mosque in Baghdad late Thursday night, murdering two wounded mosque defenders.
- Three US troops reported killed in Resistance ambush in al-Fallujah Friday afternoon.
- SCIRI chief renews calls for “federal” partition of Iraq, echoing desires of US, Zionist imperial strategists.
- New batch of Sunni captives herded to Buratha Mosque by pro-American Shi‘i sectarian death squads for torture and murder Saturday.
- Deadly high-explosive Resistance bomb takes out CIA vehicle in Baghdad Saturday afternoon.
- Resistance bomb blasts US Humvee in al-Mawsil leaving US soldier reported dead early Saturday.
- Puppet “Governing Council” of al-Basrah issues stringent censorship order for journalists following demonstrations in support of Iraqi President Saddam Husayn.
- US soldier reported killed by Iraqi Resistance sharpshooter in al-Khalidiyah.
- Bodies of 26 Sunnis, all torture victims, found in Baghdad in 48-hour period. Among them a mother and her three sons kidnapped by Shi‘i sectarian gunmen two days ago.
- US snipers kill 16 Iraqi civilians, including four women, three children, in ar-Ramadi.
- US soldier reported killed by Iraqi Resistance sharpshooter in ‘Amiriyat al-Fallujah midday Monday.
- Four US troops reported killed in ambush in eastern Hit.
- Resistance mortars blast US consulate in al-Hillah.
- US soldier reported killed in Resistance bombing in ad-Dayirah, south of Baghdad.
- Hand of Iranian religious leaders seen behind battle over control of Shi‘i religious funds in fighting in ad-Diwaniyah.
posted by John Brown at 29.8.06
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