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US Soldier Kills Little
Girl To Win Bet; Fighting Continues
Across Iraq
Jun 23, 2005
By Muhammad Abu Nasr, Free Arab Voice;
Edited For Publication By JUS
Amid pressure by so-called new Iraqi
government, Americans, and agencies
worldwide for the US to withdraw from
Iraq, the country continues to be the
scene of daily conflict against the
Americans as the battle for “hearts
and minds” cunravels with reports
of outrageous and brutal US behavior.
US forces shot and killed a nine-year
old Iraqi girl as she came out of her
school following final exams in Baghdad.
A medical specialist in Baghdad’s
al-Yarmuk General Hospital told the
correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam
that an American sniper opened fire
on ‘A’ishah Ahmad ‘Umar,
killing her.
For its part, the US military occupation
forces announced that they had begun
an investigation of the Marine who shot
the little girl and promised to punish
him if he is found guilty.
A source in the Iraqi puppet army told
Mafkarat al-Islam that the American
soldier was very drunk at the time of
the killing and that he was withdrawn
from his observation post after the
incident.
The father of ‘A’ishah, who
works for the Railroad Department said
that residents in the area where his
little daughter was killed told him
that the American had been betting with
his buddies whether he could hit the
little girl who had come out of the
school some 700 meters from the US observation
post.
For its part, the American propaganda
TV station called “al-‘Iraqiyah”
blamed what it called “terrorists”
for the shooting of the little girl,
but subsequent statements by the US
military and the Iraqi puppet forces
exposed the “al-‘Iraqiyah”
story to be a lie.
Four Badr Brigade Gunmen Killed
Fighters ambushed a white pickup truck
carrying Badr Brigade Shi‘i gunmen
who were taking part in an so-called
police patrol in the southern Baghdad
suburb of ad-Durah on Wednesday. A source
in the Iraqi puppet police told Mafkarat
al-Islam that the Resistance fighters
fired an RPG7 rocket-propelled grenade
into the white truck, completely destroying
it and killing the four Badr Brigade
gunmen aboard.
The Badr Brigades are the armed wing
of the Shi‘i Supreme Council for
the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)
who invaded Iraq together with US military
forces in spring 2003. Under the American
occupation, the Badr Brigade sectarian
militia has become the backbone of the
puppet police and other puppet security
forces serving the Americans, particularly
in the southern parts of Iraq.
Resistance Bombards US “Biological
Base” East Of Ba‘Qubah
A detachment of Iraqi Resistance forces
fired 12 mortar rounds into the largest
US base in eastern Iraq located in the
Abu Sayda area east of Ba‘qubah
at 9am Wednesday morning, local time.
The bombardment sent up flames and
plumes of dense smoke that filled the
sky in the area of the US-occupied facility.
A source inside the US base, which
is known as the Biological Base, said
that more than 32 Americans were killed
or wounded in the Resistance barrage
however that information could not be
independently verified. The source,
one of the translators serving the Americans,
told the correspondent for Mafkarat
al-Islam in the area that the US losses
were so high because the Americans had
not believed that the Resistance would
dare target this base because it is
so big, so well fortified and protected
by high security, and because it is
far from the city.
US Helicopter Shot Down East Of Balad
In a bulletin posted at 4:50pm Mecca
time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam
reported that a short while before resistance
forces had shot down a US helicopter
over the city of Balad, north of Baghdad.
Witnesses told the Balad correspondent
for Mafkarat al-Islam that the Resistance
struck the American aircraft with a
Strela missile, setting it ablaze. The
witnesses reported seeing the crew jump
from the crashing helicopter. At the
time of writing, Resistance fighters
were searching for the crew following
the crash of the helicopter in the Tall
adh-Dhahab area east of Balad.
Bomber Blasts US Marines In Tall ‘Afar
In a dispatch posted at 12:55pm Mecca
time Wednesday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported
that a martyrdom fighter drove an explosives-laden
pickup into a permanent US military
checkpoint north of Tall ‘Afar.
Witnesses told Mafkarat al-Islam that
the truck bomb exploded killing and
wounding “numerous” US troops.
A source in the Iraqi puppet police
told the correspondent that the blast
disabled an Abrams tank, reportedly
killing four American Marines and wounding
five other Marines.
After the attack, US forces gathered
around the area in very large numbers
as helicopters flew in to hover over
the area. American troops, together
with their Iraqi stooges, then began
searches of the area in the course of
which they seized a number of small
arms and arresting their owners.
Resistance Bombards US Base In Kirkuk
Airport
In a dispatch posted at 4:05pm Mecca
time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam
reported that resistance forces fired
16 mortar rounds and four Grad rockets
into the US base set up in Kirkuk International
Airport. Witnesses told the Mafkarat
al-Islam correspondent that the barrage
struck the eastern, northern, and central
parts of the US-occupied airport.
The bombardment ignited large fires
that sent flames rising into the sky.
Apache helicopters were seen hovering
over the American-occupied facility
and then landing to evacuate casualties
to Iraq.
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