Falluja saldamente in mano alla Resistenza

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 14 November 2004. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member editorial board The Free Arab Voice.





Sunday, 14 November 2004.



Al-Fallujah.



The office of Mafkarat al-Islam received a communiqué late on Sunday night from the Consultative Council of the Mujahideen of al-Fallujah concerning the nature of the powerful explosion that rocked part of the city around sunset Sunday.



The communiqué disclosed that the blast was the result of an Ababil rocket fired by the Resistance at the Hajji Dahham Ice Factory in the industrial zone of the city. The explosion destroyed a number of American tanks and armored vehicles, the communiqué said.



The communiqué also refuted claims that some sort of negotiations had begun with the occupation forces. It also discounted claims that a cease-fire with the occupation troops was a possibility. No such thing could take place so long as the US operations around the environs of the city were continuing.



The communiqué also stated that there was no truth in the statements made by some people speaking on behalf of the city’s residents concerning the situation in the city. The communiqué stressed that there were no American tanks in any of al-Fallujah’s streets other than a small number that are encircled on some streets. The US presence on the main streets in the city consists only of American snipers in specific locations on ath-Tharthar Street.



The communiqué stated that the morale of the Iraqi Resistance fighters in al-Fallujah is at its highest possible level. “The American strike,” the communiqué said, “has only increased us in firmness, defiance, and resilience in the path of Truth.”



The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Fallujah reported that on Sunday the city experienced relative calm, as fighting between the invaders and the Resistance were on a very limited scale.



Resistance pounds US troops outside al-Fallujah with 53 rockets as the residential areas of the city return to normal.



Iraqi Resistance forces fired more than 50 Grad rockets at US forces deployed around al-Fallujah on Sunday. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that rockets were fired from al-Karmah to the east of al-Fallujah; from as-Saqlawiyah to the north of al-Fallujah; from ‘Amiriyat al-Fallujah to the south. In all 53 rockets – Grads and powerful Tariqs – crashed into the US troop concentrations, according to eye witness accounts.



The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent inside al-Fallujah reported on Sunday that the city residents had begun freely moving about the streets and neighborhoods of the city. They must run, however, whenever they get near any of the main streets of the city where US snipers are still deployed on some buildings. A peaceful situation reigns away from those main streets, however.



Resistance issues communiqué on US losses in al-Fallujah. Discrepancies with Abu Sa‘d interview noted.



In a dispatch posted at 7:03pm Mecca time, the office of Mafkarat al-Islam in al-Fallujah reported that it had received a short while before a communiqué issued by the Consultative Council of the Mujahideen of al-Fallujah which discussed the number of American, British, and puppet ‘Allawi Army dead, wounded, and captured.



The communiqué stated that in the operations of the last few days, the Iraqi Resistance had shot down two F-16 fighter bombers, 11 helicopters, 5 unmanned spy planes, and one Chinook helicopter with some 60 US troops aboard.



The communiqué said that 136 US troops, 15 British soldiers, and 123 members of the ‘Allawi Army (i.e., puppet so-called “Iraqi national guardsmen”) had been captured by the Resistance. About 400 American troops and 140 ‘Allawi troops have been killed, the statement reported.



The communiqué confirmed that the Iraqi Resistance had commandeered seven tanks and had destroyed a large number of other tanks, armored personnel carriers and other armored vehicles.



Mafkarat al-Islam noted that the figures cited in the communiqué differed from those cited in a telephone conversation to al-Jazeera satellite TV by the Abu Sa‘d ad-Daylami, the official spokesman of the Consultative Council of the Mujahideen of al-Fallujah on Saturday (see this report, below) in which he also mentioned that US forces had taken the major streets in al-Fallujah. Informed sources explained the discrepancies by observing that it was obviously much easier for the different Resistance organizations to coordinate their fighting activity than it was for them to coordinate their information gathering techniques and reporting.



The sources did express surprise at the relatively low numbers attributed by al-Jazeera to ad-Daylami, considering that there were reports from many sources that confirmed that 30 tanks and 12 other vehicles had been destroyed by the Resistance and that the Resistance had blown up the ice factory where the Americans had parked a large number of their military vehicles and where dozens of US troops were killed or wounded.



The Resistance sources repeated that the main streets of al-Fallujah – like ar-Ramadi Street, ath-Tharthar Street, al-Hadrah Street, and al-Jumhuriyah Street had been cleared of US troops, but that fighting was still underway on al-Wahdah Street and in the al-Jawlan neighborhood.



Spokesman for al-Fallujah Resistance denies US claims.



Abu Sa‘d ad-Dulaymi, the official spokesman of the Consultative Council of the Mujahideen of al-Fallujah, announced that the military situation of American forces in al-Fallujah had not changed for three days. He made the remarks in reply to US claims to have completely seized control over al-Fallujah.



Speaking by telephone to al-Jazeera satellite TV Abu Sa‘d said that the occupation troops have not been able until now to get near the al-Jawlan neighborhood; all they control are the main streets in al-Fallujah, backing up their presence with fierce air strikes.



Abu Sa‘d ad-Dulaymi said that when the Americans refer to “pockets of resistance” they mean the whole neighborhoods of al-‘Askari, ash-Shuhada’, al-Jaghifi, al-Wahdah, al-Jumhuriyah and the industrial zone – if they mean all these areas when they talk about “pockets of resistance,” then I tell you these “pockets” are al-Fallujah; these neighborhoods don’t exist outside of al-Fallujah.



The US forces are in a big public relations bind, Abu Sa‘d said, since they’ve declared an end to military operations at a time when US forces are facing the Resistance on the inside and are surrounded on the outside of the city, being hit by rockets and mortars. In fact the proof that they are in a bind is the very fact that they have announced the end of the military operation.



Abu Sa‘d denied claims that 1,000 Resistance fighters had been killed. He confirmed that 100 Resistance fighters had been killed. The remainder of the casualties are civilians He also said that the Chairman of the Consultative Council of the Mujahideen of al-Fallujah, ‘Abdallah al-Janabi, still leads the Resistance from within the city.



Iraqi Red Crescent relief convoy makes it into al-Fallujah on Sunday.



The Iraqi Red Crescent Society was able on Sunday to get a convoy of food and medical aid into the city of al-Fallujah. Firdaws al-‘Ibadi, a spokeswoman for the Iraqi Red Crescent, said that the convoy entered al-Fallujah from the north led by ambulances emblazoned with the Iraqi Red Crescent sign.



The convoy consisted of four trucks loaded with food and three ambulances in which were medical teams.



Al-‘Arabiyah.net reported that the trucks were loaded with foodstuffs such as bread, rice, and water as well as medical supplies.



Although this one convoy was able to get into al-Fallujah, the Red Crescent spokeswoman al-‘Ibadi warned that it was far too little to fill the urgent needs of the people inside the city and in its environs.



Informed sources in the Red Crescent report that at least 150 families are still in the heart of al-Fallujah. Furthermore there are fears concerning the conditions in which tens of thousands of refugees from the city are currently living in camps outside the city.



On Friday the Red Crescent Society sent three trucks full of food supplies and an ambulance to the city of al-Habbaniyah where 1,500 refugees from al-Fallujah are living in camps. In addition there are numerous refugees spread throughout nearby regions such as ‘Amiriyat al-Fallujah where 400 families are now staying.

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Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Monday, 15 November 2004
Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member editorial board The Free Arab Voice.



Monday, 15 November 2004.



Al-Fallujah.


Resistance fighters in ‘Amiriyat al-Fallujah shoot down two US helicopters.

In a dispatch posted at 9:20pm Monday Mecca time, the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in al-Fallujah reported that Resistance forces had shot down two US Apache helicopters over ‘Amiriyat al-Fallujah in the last couple days.

The first of the two choppers was downed on Sunday, 14 November, the second was shot down around sunset today, Monday. The correspondent noted that the Resistance brought both down with C5K rockets.

Mafkarat al-Islam apologized for the delay in reporting the downings but noted that the the whole of al-Anbar province was ablaze and it was difficult to travel and to follow events closely.

‘Amiriyah al-Fallujah - a town to the south of al-Fallujah - appears to have acquired some special skill in shooting down American helicopters. Several days ago they brought down a helicopter that was carrying some 60 US troops.


Fighting rages for hours as Resistance attacks US positions northeast of al-Fallujah.

Iraqi Resistance forces in al-Fallujah attacked US troops located in the agricultural area northeast of the city in an attempt to break up their camp. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent reported that the Iraqi Resistance struck the most important US position northeast of the agricultural area. Fighting spread to al-Jarmah northeast of the city and continued for more than four hours.

US columns have moved up to the area where fighting has been underway in the agricultural area and the area of the city cemetery. The battle zone has stretched over 35 to 40km.

Iraqi Resistance forces fired Grad rockets on the headquarters of the puppet so-called “national guard” in al-Jarmah, destroying an American force that was there.

US Apache and Black Hawk helicopters attacked northern al-Jarmah in an attempt to retrieve their dead and wounded.


Calm prevails in the city. US snipers on buildings along main roads. Resistance moves freely in neighborhoods.

In a dispatch posted at 4:17pm Mecca time Monday, the al-Fallujah correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a noticeable quiet has descended over al-Fallujah, broken only by intermittent fire by one of the American snipers scattered on rooftops in places in the city. The calm prevails both in the city center and on the outskirts.

US snipers are deployed on the main streets of the city in six or seven positions along ath-Tharthar Street, the main street leading to ar-Ramadi (ar-Ramadi Road), and buildings overlooking the Euphrates to the west of the city.

Dozens of US snipers deployed on the main thoroughfares prevent the people in their areas from moving about normally and obtaining drinking water and food, though the city’s residents move freely in the narrow side streets.

The grip of the snipers themselves has also loosened to the extent that people sometimes can even manage to sprint across the main streets.

Decomposing bodies still lie on some streets where the people cannot get to them to bury them. Some people have buried relatives in their homes for fear of risking snipers on the way to cemeteries.

The Iraqi Resistance has changed its positions within the city, distributing different districts to different militant organizations, allowing the groups to reinforce one another whenever fighting becomes fierce. The Resistance fighters move about easily within their own areas.

Resistance sharpshooters attempted to eliminate the American snipers by taking up positions on other high buildings to pick them off, but US Apache helicopters would unleash intense gunfire upon them whenever they made such attempts.


Nineteen Americans killed when Resistance blows up building over their heads.

Sources in the Consultative Council of the Mujahideen of al-Fallujah told Quds Press on Monday that Iraqi Resistance forces blew up a building in al-Fallujah as American forces were entering it on Monday morning, killing 19 US troops.

The building in the al-Bazarah neighborhood opposite the al-Wuthbah Secondary School in the city was blown up using a large amount of TNT as the US troops were entering it. The US forces brought in bulldozers to dig out the remains of their dead. Many US troops who were still outside the building when it exploded were wounded.

On Sunday the US military admitted that the Resistance in al-Fallujah had detonated a building killing three and wounding 13 other American troops. Resistance sources told Quds Press that the real number was 60 dead and 40 wounded in that blast. The building that blew up was the office of the Governor of al-Fallujah and more than 500kg of high explosive TNT was used to demolish that large structure over the Americans.


Al-Fallujah doctors issue appeal.

Al-Fallujah’s doctors issued an appeal for assistance on Monday, noting the extent of the criminal activity of the US forces that had no qualms about blowing up hospitals and clinics with patients and doctors inside.

The doctors denounced US-appointed puppet “prime minister” Iyyad ‘Allawi and his so-called “health minister” ‘Ala’ ad-Din al-‘Alwan. They noted that US forces attacked al-Fallujah General Hospital in the first hours of their attack and arrested doctors, nurses, and medical professionals. These people were beaten and humiliated on the grounds that they were “terrorists.”

The doctors in their statement said that the puppet so-called “Iraqi national guard” who accompanied the Americans, drove nurses out of the delivery room as an Iraqi woman was giving birth, leaving the baby still attached to the mother.

After that US troops bombarded the substituted hospitals that had been set up inside the city, “and the blood of doctors and that of patients mixed under the ruins.” After the bombardment, if they found anyone still alive in the rubble, they crushed him with their tanks.

The doctors’ statement noted that US snipers killed more than 17 Iraqi doctors who had rushed to respond to an earlier appeal for help from al-Fallujah’s medical personnel that went out over al-Jazeera satellite TV.

The doctors’s statement also pointed out that US forces prevented aid teams from getting into al-Fallujah, terrorizing and repressing the Iraqi Red Crescent teams and humanitarian and Islamic volunteers.

The doctors in al-Fallujah denounced the puppet so-called “health minister” saying that he had threatened to cut off the salarie, take away their licenses, and imprison them if any of them talked about the outrages committed by the US and puppet forces in al-Fallujah.

The doctors concluded their statement calling on all doctors to condemn these barbaric acts and to take the initiative to save all the people of al-Fallujah who can be saved. They also insisted on the need to expel those who cooperate with the occupation, including the so-called “minister of health,” from the Iraqi Federation of Physicians.


Resistance commander scoffs at claims US “controls” al-Fallujah.

Iraqi Resistance commander Abu Muhammad, who leads fighters in the north of al-Fallujah scoffed at pictures broadcast by some television companies showing US soldiers resting on beds in al-Fallujah. Abu Muhammad observed that the Resistance was still looking for where those beds were so they could set them afire.

Abu Muhammad said that the occupation forces were good at forging photos. He said that images of US troops strolling about streets of al-Fallujah looked like images from the storming of any Iraqi city. Although he had not himself seen the images, he said that those who had seen them maintained that no houses recognizable as being in al-Fallujah showed up in them. As to the claims that the US forces were in the city, Abu Muhammad said that they might have taken pictures on the day they did enter the city - 26 Ramadan/ 9 November, but since then the situation had totally changed. Abu Muhammad offered the explanation that some of the pictures could be of places of no strategic importance that the Americans occupied.

Abu Muhammad told Mafkarat al-Islam that unbiased observers had acknowledged that the city had never been in the hands of the US occupation and that the war in al-Fallujah was still on.