Fireworks In Iraq As More Resistance Sparks Multiple Attacks

Fireworks of a different kind sparked Iraq on Monday with dozens of attacks reported as two years on, the war that continues to take its toll daily leaves nothing for US occupation forces to celebration about, let alone Iraqis who are still taking the brunt.

A bomb exploded by a US military column at the entrance to Barwanah village, northeast of the city of al-Hadithah, 250km west of Baghdad at 4pm local time Monday afternoon. Residents of Barwanah told Mafkarat al-Islam that the bomb was apparently planted under a pile of trash on the side of the road at the entrance to the village. It blew up when a column of seven US Humvees passed by. The witnesses said that the explosion set one of the Humvees on fire, reportedly killing three US soldiers and wounding a fourth.

Resistance Mounts Powerful Rocket Barrage On US Al-Warrar Base Monday Afternoon

Resistance forces mounted a fierce rocket barrage on the US al-Warrar base located west of Ramadi at 5pm local time Monday afternoon.

Residents of the Kilometer 5 area west of Ramadi told the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in the city that they believed that the rockets that blasted into the US base were of the Grad type. They set off four violent explosions that shook the base and were followed by secondary blasts as American munitions began going off. Clouds of smoke billowed up over the American-occupied facility.

US Troops Blasted As They Raid Houses Looking For Attackers

A bomb exploded by a US patrol in the ash-Shuhada’ neighborhood in the south of al-Fallujah at 9am local time Monday morning. Residents of ash-Shuhada’ who witnessed the explosion told Mafkarat al-Islam that the bomb was planted by the side of the road leading to the entrance to the ash-Shamali neighborhood and that it went off by the US patrol that was raiding and searching houses looking for “suspects” who had launched attacks on US invader troops in the city. The witnesses said that the explosion destroyed one US Humvee, reportedly killing two US troops and wounding four more.

US ‘Ayn Al-Asad Base Bombed Again; Rockets Blast Mess Hall Killing Six

Iraqi Resistance forces fired six medium-range Grad rockets into the US ‘Ayn al-Asad base in the al-Baghdadi area west of Baghdad at 10am local time on Monday morning. A member of the puppet so-called “Iraqi national guard”, who asked not to be identified, told Mafkarat al-Islam that four of the six rockets blasted into the main mess hall (restaurant) on the American base, reportedly killing a sergeant and five other US troops and wounding four more, some of them severely.

Martyrdom Car Bombing Blasts US Column In Al-Bayya‘ Section Of Baghdad

In a dispatch posted at 11:45am Mecca time Monday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance martyrdom fighter drove an explosives-packed car into a column of several US Humvees in the al-Bayya‘ area in the southwest of Baghdad.

Initial reports from Iraqi puppet police and puppet forces indicated that the blast destroyed two Humvees, reportedly killing all the US troops aboard them. Witnesses reported seeing other Humvees ablaze in addition to the two that were reported as destroyed. US forces, as usual, encircled the area after the blast, preventing anyone from approaching.

Bomb Targets Joint US-Puppet Police Patrol

A bomb exploded by a joint US-Iraqi puppet police patrol in the az-Zaydiyah area north of al-Musayyib, 110km south of Baghdad. Residents of az-Zaydiyah village told the al-Musayyib correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that an Iraqi Resistance bomb was planted by the side of the main farm road in the village and that it exploded at 4:15pm local time Monday afternoon. The blats set one pickup belonging to the Iraqi puppet police on fire and severely damaged a US Humvee. Three Iraqi puppet policemen were killed in the bombing and four others wounded. Two American soldiers were also wounded in the attack.

Bomb Reportedly Kills Six US Troops; Americans Beat Up, Arrest Cameraman Who Tried To Film US Bodies

An Iraqi Resistance time bomb, planted by the side of a road in al-Latifiyah, south of Baghdad, exploded by a passing US armored column at 10am local time Monday morning. A source in the Iraqi puppet army told the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in al-Latifiyah that the bomb went off by a convoy of several American armored vehicles. The blast destroyed one armored Humvee, reportedly killing six US troops who were aboard it and wounding one other American soldier who was aboard the vehicle behind the one destroyed in the explosion.

US troops severely beat up and then arrested one TV cameraman when he tried to film the American corpses sprawled on the ground by the flaming US vehicle. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the arrested photographer works for the local Iraqi an-Nahrayn propaganda TV channel. Marines surrounded the area where the attack took place and closed all roads leading to the area 500 meters away, preventing any other photographers or journalists from covering the story.

Resistance Shoots Down British Helicopter Over Al-‘Amarah

Resistance forces shot down a British helicopter that was hovering in the sky over the Qal‘at Salih area of the southern Iraqi city of al-‘Amarah at dawn on Monday. Witnesses told Mafkarat al-Islam that they saw the helicopter with flames coming from its sides and then falling to earth and exploding. A member of the so-called al-Karrar Brigade of the Iraqi puppet army confirmed the crash of the British helicopter, adding that the two-man crew of the British craft were killed.

British and Iraqi puppet troops of the so-called al-Karrar Brigade surrounded the crash site and searched for the crew who were believed to have landed near the wreck of the helicopter. The occupation troops feared that the Resistance might photograph them and then show the photographs to the media. The Brigades of the Jihadi 1920 Revolution took responsibility for shooting down the British helicopter in a communiqué, a copy of which was obtained by the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent.

Five US Troops Reported Killed In Car Bombing In Sinjar

A car bomb exploded by a US military column near Sinjar, west of Mosul in northern Iraq at 5pm local time Monday afternoon. Residents of Sinjar told the Mosul correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam that an explosives-laden Caprice car, parked by the side of the main road leading into Sinjar blew up whe a column of eight US tanks and two Humvees passed by on their way into town. The blast completely destroyed one American tank, reportedly killing five US troops and wounding two more, the witnesses reported.

Four US Troops Reported Killed In Monday Morning Ambush On Fuel Convoy

Resistance forces attacked a US truck convoy on the main road leading to Mosul airport (which the American invaders have turned into their main base in the area) loaded with fuel for US bases in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul at 9am Monday morning local time. Residents of as-Sukkar village on that road who witnessed the attack told Mafkarat al-Islam that a number of Resistance fighters, armed with light and medium weapons and pipe rockets, ambushed the American convoy, setting three of the fuel trucks on fire and reportedly killing four US soldiers and wounding two more.

Car Bomber Blasts US Column In Mosul

In a dispatch posted at 10:15am GMT Monday, QudsPress reported that a martyrdom fighter drove an explosives-laden car into the midst of a US military column at the al-Yarmuk intersection in Mosul and blew up, completely destroying one of the American vehicles and inflicting casualties among the US occupation forces. As US forces closed off the scene of the attack and prevented anyone from approaching, an American helicopter was observed landing at the site to transport the casualties to one of the US bases nearby. The Americans as usual made no report on casualties.

Personal Aide To The “Governor” Of Mosul’s Ninwa Province Shot, Killed

In a dispatch posted at 11:20am GMT Monday, Quds Press reported a spokesman for the puppet “government” of Ninwa Province as saying that the Resistance attackers had opened fire on Captain Ahmad Mu’ayyad, the personal companion of the puppet “governor” in front of his house in the al-‘Arabi neighborhood of Mosul, killing him.