More Attacks Reported Throughout Iraq As Bush Marks US-Installed Sovereignty
Jun 29, 2005
By Omar al-Faris, JUS and Muhammad Abu Nasr, Free Arab Voice

Bombs killed Iraq's oldest legislator and two American soldiers yesterday on the first anniversary of US installed sovereignty; a day the country's puppet president described as "blessed" despite resistance attacks and that Bush swore to stay the course with.
More than a dozen Iraqis also were killed as US and so-called Iraqi troops continued Operation Sword in Anbar and attacks raged in other provinces also raged.

National Assembly legislator Sheik Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, his son, and two bodyguards were killed when a car bomber rammed his vehicle into theirs as they travelled to parliament from their farm in Rashidiya, 30 kilometres northeast of Baghdad. Al-Fayadh, a Shiite in his late 80s, was the eldest member of the new parliament and belonged to the country's largest Shiite political party, the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the senior partner in the governing coalition.

It marked the second political assassination in a week, coming after the June 22 killing of a prominent Sunni Arab who had been a candidate to join a committee drafting Iraq's constitution. Al-Qaida in Iraq allegedly claimed responsibility for the assassination attack however this has not yet been confirmed from direct source.

US Soldier Reported Killed In Roadside Bombing In At-Taji

Meanwhile, in a dispatch posted at 3:20pm Mecca time Tuesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a bomb exploded by a US patrol in the area of at-Taji, a northern suburb of Baghdad Tuesday.

Residents of at-Taji told Mafkarat al-Islam that the bomb was planted near the at-Taji military base now occupied by US military forces by the side of the main road to downtown Baghdad. The device exploded as a patrol of six US Humvees was passing by. The blast damaged one of the vehicles and reportedly killed one American soldier and wounded three more.

Resistance Clashes With US, Puppet Troops In Al-Khadra

In a dispatch posted at 9:39am Mecca time Tuesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that at the time of writing fierce fighting was raging between Iraqi Resistance forces and a joint US-Iraqi puppet patrol in the al-Khadra’ neighborhood in the west of Baghdad.

Residents of al-Khadra’ told the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that about 12 fighters, armed with light and medium weapons including RPG7 rocket-propelled grenades and BKC machineguns, clashed with the joint US-puppet patrol. The initial results of the fighting were that one US Humvee had been set on fire and two Americans were reportedly killed. Three other US troops were wounded and four Iraqi puppet troops had been reportedly killed at the time of writing.

Resistance Bombards US Headquarters In In Ba‘Qubah

In a dispatch posted at 1:17pm Mecca time Tuesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the US headquarters, set up in the Provincial puppet government office building in Ba‘qubah, sustained heavy damage in the Resistance barrage that pounded it.

Residents of the al-Mu‘allimin neighborhood in the middle of Ba‘qubah reported that four medium range Katyusha rockets blasted the building, igniting fires on the façade of the structure and inflicting severe damaged on the building itself. No information on the extent of US casualties was available because American forces sealed off the area and prevented residents and journalists from approaching.

Car Bomber Blasts Main Gate Of US Al-Bakr Base

A martyrdom fighter drove a car bomb into the front gate of the US al-Bakr base in Balad, some 60km north of Baghdad at noon Tuesday local time. Residents of the al-Bu Hishmah area adjacent to the base told the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that a martyrdom fighter drove an explosives packed car into the entrance to the US base where it blew up near the first checkpoint at the front gate. The witnesses said that the blast reportedly killed or wounded about eight American troops.

Police HDQ And Joint US-Iraqi Puppet Army HDQ In Samarra Bombed

In a dispatch posted at 1:55pm Mecca time Tuesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that resistance forces mounted a two-pronged rocket attack on the puppet police headquarters in Samarra’ and the joint US-Iraqi army headquarters in the same city, located 120km north of Baghdad

Residents of Samarra’ told Mafkarat al-Islam that the resistance fired six shells into the puppet police headquarters in the city when a patrol of six US Humvees was inside the facility. That barrage destroyed a part of the puppet police station and set one Humvee on fire, reportedly killing two American troops and wounding seven more people, including three Iraqi puppet policemen.

Resistance fighters also fired eight mortar rounds or missiles into the joint headquarters of US and Iraqi puppet forces in Samarra’ setting off violent explosions inside the base and sending plumes of smoke rising into the sky, according to residents of the as-Sikak neighborhood adjacent to that base who witnessed the bombardment.

Car Bomb Blasts US Armored Column In Samarra

In a dispatch posted at 1:30pm Mecca time Tuesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that aanother car bomb exploded by a US armored column in the al-Mu‘tasim neighborhood in western Samarra’.

Residents of al-Mu‘tasim told Mafkarat al-Islam that the explosives-packed car had been parked by the side of the main road in their neighborhood. It blew up when a column of four US armored vehicles and two Humvees passed by on its way to the center of down.

The blast destroyed one American armored vehicle, reportedly killing four US troops and wounding two more.

US Apache Downed Over Tall ‘Afar

In a dispatch posted at 11:35am Mecca time Tuesday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces shot down a US Apache helicopter in the Rabi‘ah area west of Tall ‘Afar in northern Iraq.

Residents of Tall ‘Afar told Mafkarat al-Islam that the Resistance fighters fired a shoulder-launched Strela missile at the helicopter as it was engaged in attacking Iraqi Resistance forces in Tall ‘Afar. The rocket scored a direct hit on the helicopter bringing it down and reportedly reportedly killing its two man crew.

Ambush Leaves A Reported Seven US Troops Dead

Iraqi Resistance fighters launched a two-pronged attack on US troops in the al-Qadisiyah area west of Tall ‘Afar in northern Iraq on Monday evening.

Residents of al-Qadisiyah who witnessed the attack told Mafkarat al-Islam that a bomb exploded by a US tank column on the main road in the area that leads to the center of Tall ‘Afar at 8pm Monday night. The blast destroyed one American tank.

Then fighters, armed with light weapons and pipe rocket launchers, attacked the column sparking a fire fight with the Americans during which another US vehicle was destroyed and seven American troops reportedly killed. Four more US soldiers were wounded.

Bomb Blasts US Truck Convoy

In a dispatch posted at 11:40am Tuesday morning, Mecca time, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a column of US military trucks hauling provisions to American forces along the Airport Road in Mosul in northern Iraq.

Residents of the village of Shamkhunah, which lies near the Mosul airport, told Mafkarat al-Islam that the bomb blew up as the truck column was passing by on its way to the US camp that occupies Mosul airport. The blast set one truck on fire, reportedly killing one American and wounding a second.