More Unrest In Al-Anbar Province As Battles Continue

A martyrdom fighter driving an explosives-packed vehicle blew up next to a US military column west of al-Qa’im on the border with Syria yesterday morning.

In a dispatch posted at 9:59am Mecca time, the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in al-Qa’im reported a source in the Iraqi puppet army who did not want to be identified as saying that an a,bulance belonging to the puppet so-called “Iraqi ministry of health” approached a US column and turned on its siren as if it were transporting an emergency case. The Americans therefore got out of the way of the ambulance. As the vehicle approached, it veered to the right and into the American column where it blew up.

The correspondent reported that the blast destroyed two armored Humvees and disabled a third, reportedly inflicting 11 US casualties; some killed and some wounded. Residents of al-Qa’im confirmed that the explosion was very large.

Afterwards, US troops surrounded the whole are and began arresting people, including the manager of the al-Qa’im ambulance service and a number of doctors on the charge that they had a hand in the attack.

Land Mine Blasts US Marine Patrol In Fallujah

According to reports from Mafkarat al-Islam, a land mine exploded near a US military patrol on 40 Street in the middle of Fallujah at 9am yesterday morning, destroying one American military vehicle and reportedly killing four US Marines.

The correspondent noted, in his report posted at 10:05am Mecca time Monday morning that an official source in the Iraqi puppet army confirmed the attack and the death of four US Marines in the blast.

QudsPress, however, reported in a dispatch posted at 7:47am GMT that the attack took place on 20 Street and quoted witnesses as saying that the bomb destroyed a Humvee and reportedly killed one American soldier and wounded three more. Immediately after the blast, US forces encircled the area and began searching nearby houses and shops looking for fighters or weapons, QudsPress reported.

The attack is part of a sharp escalation of resistance activity in Fallujah in the last few weeks.