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| Resistance Fighters Killed 30 Occupation Forces in Baghdad Battle |
| 2004-09-20 |
| From Jihad Unspun A fresh and bloody conflict between Iraqi Resistance fighters and American occupation forces broke out yesterday on Haifa Street in the center of Baghdad that resulted in heavy losses for the Americans who were forced to withdraw by late afternoon. The battle broke out at approximately 1:00 pm when US Marines tried to enter Haifa Street under the cover of an intense aerial bombardment. The Americans also positioned snipers on the roof tops of Saddam Medical City Buildings as well as other buildings, which were countered by Iraqi snipers placed in strategic positions. The American strategy to take Haifa street yesterday was to deploy 13 armored personnel carriers, each holding 11 allied troops who would then enter on to the street through the rear doors of the vehicles. The strategy was known to Iraqi resistance who fighters then showered the Americans and their collaborators with intense gunfire and RPGs resulted in the heavy casualties. Resistance fighters fired a variety of ordinances at the aggressors including 60mm mortar rounds, RPG and BKC rockets and hand grenades. By late afternoon, after the battle raged for several hours, American and US-led Iraqi forces were forced to withdraw after incurring heavy losses. Approximately 30 occupation forces were killed, according to Mafkarat al-Islam who had three reporters on Hafia Street with Iraqi resistance fighters during the battle. Their reports state that it was nearly impossible to distinguish between dead Americans and dead collaborators because both were wearing the same uniforms. American forces retrieved those killed as two Apache helicopters provided cover from the air, stacking the bodies on top of each other in two armored vehicles. It should be noted that this is the first time that Mafkarat al-Islam's correspondents have reported that female US-led Iraqi soldiers were seen fighting alongside of Americans for the first time. It is unclear whether any were killed in yesterday's conflict. |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #6 the sole purpose to pump up the Arab's manhood. can't we just get their e-mail addresses and hook them up with devices that will do it for only $19.95? |
| Posted by: 2B 2004-09-21 8:20:21 AM |
| #5 Posting JU without caveat or comment gives it implicit credibility as when posting AP, BBC, ArabNews articles. When Memri articles are posted there is most often the tanker load of salt caveat, but Memri at least has a shot of being correct, while JU's lies have the sole purpose to pump up the Arab's manhood. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-09-20 11:58:38 PM |
| #4 ed: Can you add a caveat when posting Jihad Unspun propaganda? I think the Jihad Unspun tag speaks for itself. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-09-20 11:46:40 PM |
| #3 Mike, Can you add a caveat when posting Jihad Unspun propaganda? JU has as much connection with 21st century reality as Buck Rodgers does with 25th century reality. From CNN: An American military convoy was struck Monday morning by a roadside bomb on a crowded street in central Baghdad, wounding at least 15 Iraqi civilians, witnesses said. The witnesses said the five-vehicle convoy was passing through a bridge at the end of Haifa Street -- site of clashes between U.S. troops and insurgents -- when an improvised explosive device detonated. No U.S. casualties were reported. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-09-20 11:37:55 PM |
| #2 These guys are doing a great job of putting out propaganda. It must be supremely disillusioning to show up in Iraq and find out that the locals hate them, and that American troops are slaughtering guerrillas of every faction like sheep. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-09-20 11:36:33 PM |
| #1 Their reports state that it was nearly impossible to distinguish between dead Americans and dead collaborators because both were wearing the same uniforms. 'Collaborators' are Iraqi soldiers, and 'Iraqi resistance fighters' are some jihadis from Sudan, Egypt, Syria, etc. etc. I suppose this is what is called 'Muslim logic'. |
| Posted by: TS(vice girl) 2004-09-20 11:04:08 PM |