More Attacks On US, Collaborating Troops In Iraq; Allawi Officials Abducted
Feb 11, 2005
By Muhammad Abu Nasr, Free Arab Voice; Edited And Published by JUS
More attacks against US bases and troops inside occupied Iraq have occurred as five Allawi policemen were found dead and other Allawi officials were abducted from their offices as resistance operations continue their efforts to expel the Americans from the country.
Rocket Barrage Blasts Second-Largest US Camp In Ramadi
The second-largest US base in Ramadi, known as the Glass Factory Headquarters, came under attack at 10 am Wednesday when Resistance fighters fired sixteen 120mm mortar rounds into the facility. The headquarters, formerly a glass factory, was occupied by US troops and turned into one of their local headquarters after their invasion of Iraq in spring 2003.
Witnesses told Mafkarat al-Islam that the Resistance bombardment sparked a series of massive fires inside the camp, sending clouds of smoke into the sky. Powerful secondary explosions could be heard throughout most of the city as American munitions cache blew up.
Local witnesses said that the attack must have inflicted heavy casualties, as four American helicopters could be seen ferrying the casualties out of the base in a series of repeated runs lasting more than 45 minutes. Two hours after the attack, US troops transported five damaged vehicles out of the camp, as smoke continued to rise from the stricken American facility.
Five Allawi Policemen Found Dead East Of Ramadi
An officer in the Allawi police in Ramadi announced on Wednesday that they had discovered the bodies of five policemen in as-Sufiyah, east of Ramadi, the Jordanian daily al-‘Arab al-Yawm reported. The police announced that the bodies were found with a message saying that this would be the fate of all those who work with the so-called “prime-minister” Iyyad ‘Allawi.
Allawi Officials Abducted
Resistance fighters stormed into Allawi government offices and abducted the director of agricultural and the official in charge of financial services in the municipality of Mundhir al-‘Ithawi. In addition a minibus loaded with eight Allawi police was hijacked, according to their police captain as quoted by the Jordanian daily al-‘Arab al-Yawm.
Resistance Land Mine Blasts US Troops West Of Hit
A Resistance double-charge land mine exploded under an improvised US Humvee on the outskirts of the village of Maskhan, 8km west of Hit at about 8:15am Wednesday. The Humvee, which resembled a pickup truck that can hold up to 12 soldiers, was carrying 10 US troops at the time. The explosion sent parts of the vehicle flying and reportedly killed six US troops and wounded four others. Local eyewitnesses confirmed to Mafkarat al-Islam that one of those injured had been mortally wounded.
After the attack, US forces completely sealed off the village and began storming houses of local residents. Some of the local youth were arrested.
Bomb Hits US Column On Bridge Near Hasibah
A Resistance bomb exploded by a US military column on the al-Marj Bridge south of the city of Hasibah, 460km west of Baghdad at about 8am Wednesday. One US troop transport was destroyed and six persons were reportedly killed and three others seriously seriously. Eyewitnesses reported that the American forces were unable to find the bodies of two of their dead however it later becoming apparent that the explosion blew them off the bridge and into the Euphrates River. The Resistance organization Ansar as-Sunnah claimed responsibility for the operation shortly afterwards. |
