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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector-http://www.jihadunspun.com/intheatre_internal.php?article=100443&list=/home.php&; No Cakewalk Yesterday For US Forces Against “Lions Of Fallujah” Nov 09, 2004 By Omar al-Faris, JUS and Muhammad Abu Nasr, Free Arab Voice As the Fallujah show down continues, reports coming in the late hours and early this morning clearly indicate that yesterdays opening offensive by US and Iraqi forces, dubbed Allawi’s Army, was no cakewalk. Thirty six American soldiers were captured, American supply lines attacked, over a hundred “guardsmen” surrender to Mujahideen, several American aircrafts downed and Mujahideen pushed US forces back in two main entry positions. US bombing raids continued overnight. US airplanes dropped more than 20 container bombs, holding more than 40,000 anti-personnel cluster bombs on Fallujah Monday night. The American bombing targeted the neighborhoods of al-Jaghifi and al-Jawlan. Eyewitnesses inside the city said that older men who had taken part in the wars with Iran and had served in Kuwait had never seen such intense bombing as this, which lit up the sky of the city. US forces also shelled residential areas of the city with incendiary napalm, and dropped various types of noise and concussion bombs. Some local residents awoke this morning to no electricity and no running water. U.S. troops cut electricity and phone lines in some areas of the city yesterday and most private generators are not working. Residents also said they fear food shortages as most shops have been shut for two days. While the top U.S. commander in Iraq, General George Casey, predicted a "major confrontation" in the opening hours of operations, US forces made little headway yesterday. The occupation offensive is dubbed "al-Fajr", which in Arabic means “dawn “but used in this context is an absolute affront to Sunni Muslims as this also refers to their first prayer of the day. Overall, the main force was not able to penetrate into Fallujah yesterday, the first full day of the operation. and things frankly did not go as planned. Mujahideen captured 36 Americans in the “Industrial neighborhood” however both Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabyia refused to publish images of the captives, saying that they feared they would be prohibited from reporting from inside Iraq. Mujahideen also have targeted American vital supply lines, destroying 34 fuel tankers in Fallujah and Taji. Occupation casualties based on eyewitness accounts, Mujahideen reports and calculations of military personnel lost when vehicles were destroyed tally an estimated 56 American soldiers killed. In addition, four aircraft were shot down, and two Abrams tanks were destroyed and in a bazaar turn of events, over 100 Iraqi national guards turn themselves in to the Mujahideen after seeing the chaos of the American units. Here are details of some of yesterdays action: 36 Americans Captured, Including Woman: Arab TV Refuses To Air Footage The 36 Americans that were captured in Industrial neighborhood yesterday were on board three tanks and three armored jeeps but the Mujahideen successfully encircled them, isolating them from the rest of their column. The Mujahideen told Islam memo correspondent that they were surprised at how quickly the Americans surrendered without a fight. The Mujahideen attributed the quick surrender to the state of fear and disarray that has dominated the American occupiers generally all throughout Iraq in general and particularly in hot spots such as Fallujah, Samaara, and Qaim. Many Marines that are now involved in the Fallujah attack have no combat experience and this is most likely also a contributing factor. Leaders of the Council of Mujahideen of Fallujah have announced that as a part of their information struggle against the US occupation troops, Resistance fighters had filmed occupation prisoners being held by the Resistance inside Fallujah. The prisoners who were filmed numbered 36 and included some US women soldiers. All were captured in Fallujah’s industrial zone Monday morning. Abu Asad, President of the Council of Mujahideen of Fallujah, announced to Mafkarat al-Islam’s correspondent that after filming the American prisoners, they gave the film to the al-Jazeera and al-‘Arabiyah satellite TV stations. The two stations, however, refused to broadcast the tape for “security reasons.” In fact they were afraid of American reprisals against the their stations if they were to broadcast the videotapes, as previously happened to al-Jazeera after they showed film of US prisoners at the start of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. At that time, al-Jazeera’s internet website was knocked off the internet for several days, an incident of “hacking” that the station in fact blames on “action taken by major countries”. Regardless of their reasons, this is a deviation for both networks who claim to be impartial news agencies. It is expected that visuals will be posted to the web in coming days. Guardsmen Desert On Mass Over 100 Iraqi national guards turned themselves in to the Mujahideen and tried to explain why they were there to begin with. They informed the Mujahideen that they were misled by the Americans in that they were not told about their expected major role in a full scale attack on Fallujah but rather that they would be engaged in military maneuvers there.. Meanwhile, the citizens of Fallujah dismissed Iyad Allawi latest statement in which he ordered a 6 pm curfew on the city, saying that “ neither Allawi nor his masters (the Americans) have had any control over the city, let alone declaring a curfew.” There are currently 6,000 US troops and 2,000 Allawi troops taking part in the first phase of the Fallujah operation. Mujahideen Cut Fuel Supplies In a strategic early stage operation, Fallujah Mujahideen attacked a large American column consisting of 21 fuel-carrying trailers that were being accompanied by several Humvees near the Deglah river on the main road into Fallujah. All trailers were destroyed and their drivers were captured. The drivers were Iraqis and Syrians. Speaking to Islam memo, the Mujahideen said that in these kinds of attacks, the Humvees are the first to retreat, leaving the trailers to fend for themselves because the Humvees are no match for the rockets used by the Mujahideen. Resistance Repels US Assault In The South Iraqi Resistance forces threw back a US ground assault on the southern approaches to Fallujah last night that followed other attacks on the city from all sides. The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Fallujah reported that the US troops attempted to storm the city from the south and got as far as 500 meters from the ash-Shuhada’ neighborhood. The Resistance drew the American unit that was trying to break into the city forward and then suddenly pounced on them in force, compelling them to retreat to cover behind the highway. One Iraqi sharp shooter was able to pick off a US soldier opposite the ash-Shuhada’ neighborhood. Mujahideen Brigade Crushes US Assault On Al-Jawlan Neighborhood The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam in Fallujah denied reports carried by Reuters and other western news agencies that Iraqi Resistance forces were hunkering down in the al-Jawlan neighborhood and elsewhere in the city as American forces attacked. In a report posted at 11:55pm local time (10:55pm Mecca time) last night, the correspondent stated that US troops accompanied by 10 US tanks had indeed advanced at around 10pm local time towards the sheep market in the city. Mujahideen then forced the Americans back to the Asadallah al-Ghalib Brigade of the Resistance. Two tanks were set ablaze and at least 12 occupation troops were estimated to have been killed as they were fully loaded with personnel during the engagement. Once the Mujahideen destroyed that tanks, the remainder of the American attack force retreated and took cover behind the Fallujah train station where they were still taking intense Resistance mortar fire at the time the correspondent filed his report. At that time, the correspondent wrote that there were no more US invaders in the al-Jawlan neighborhood. 60 Rockets Fired Into US Troop Concentration North Of City In a dispatch posted at 11:50pm Monday night local time (10:50pm Mecca time) the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Fallujah reported that Resistance forces had fired 60 rockets of various times on a concentration of US troops to the north of Fallujah. According to the correspondent the rockets fired included Grad, Tariq, Sukhoi, and CAT rockets. Flames could be seen rising from the target areas where the rockets exploded, indicating that vehicles or other aggressor troop targets had been hit. Two US Bases Blasted With Ababil Rockets Resistance forces in Fallujah blasted the US military base in the agricultural area north of Fallujah with seven powerful Ababil rockets after sunset on Monday. In a report posted at 11:30pm Monday night local time (10:30pm Mecca time) the Fallujah correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that secondary explosions of American munitions were still continuing hours after the Resistance rocket attack as he wrote his dispatch. Resistance forces also fired six Ababil rockets into the US al-Hadbah base in al-Habbaniyah. The Ababil rocket was one of the powerful missiles in the arsenal of the Iraqi Army prior to the US invasion of the country in 2003 and it is common knowledge that most of the advanced weapons systems Iraq had before the US invasion are now in the hands of the resistance. Mosques, Hospitals, Ambulances Targeted , In a dispatch posted at 11pm local time last night, 10pm Mecca time, the Fallujah correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US forces were targeting their savage bombardments on the city’s hospitals and mosques. The al-Aqsa Mosque in the al-Mu‘allimin neighborhood of Fallujah was virtually completely destroyed by US aircraft. American forces shelled the Zayid Mobile Hospital which is currently being used by local residents for treatment of the wounded. Fallujah General Hospital, which was the first target of US bombardment, is now surrounded by US troops. American snipers have also positioned themselves on the roof of the hospital yesterday where they pick off individuals walking inside the city. US forces also shelled an ambulance as it traversed the streets of the city, destroying the vehicle and killing its driver, Muhammad Jabal. Since earlier American assaults on the city had already severely reduced the number of ambulances available to Fallujah residents, the latest American attacks have left only two ambulances, one of them in good condition, the other said to be “falling apart.” Resistance Takes On US Airpower In a dispatch posted at 6:22pm local time Monday evening (5:22pm Mecca time) the Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent in Fallujah reported that the Iraqi Resistance had shot down two US helicopters in the northwest of Fallujah around midday. The first of the two was downed by Resistance fighters in the residential area of ath-Tharthar at 1:30pm local time. Resistance fighters opened fire on the American aircraft with Russian-made double Dimitrov anti-aircraft weapons, setting it ablaze before it crashed to the ground. At 2 pm Iraqi Resistance forces shot a C5K rocket at another US helicopter blowing it up in midair over the al-Azraqiyah area of Fallujah. The correspondent reported that these helicopters usually have a crew of four, consisting of the pilot, co-pilot, and two gunners, one on each side of the aircraft. Shortly beforehand, Mujahideen in the al-Jawlan neighborhood in the western part of the city fired a C5K rocket, downing another US helicopter. All four crew members are presumed dead. Earlier in the day Mujahideen shot down an unmanned US spy plane in the al-Wahdah area of Fallujah at about 1pm yesterday afternoon. Sunni Leaders Call For Civil Disobedience In order to counter efforts by US-installed puppet prime minister Iyyad ‘Allawi to provoke sectarian civil strife in Iraq, a group of predominantly Sunni religious leaders in Fallujah, headed by the Mufti of Fallujah, Shaykh Jamal Shakir an-Nazal and Shaykh Hamzah al-Mufti have issued a call for civil disobedience in all departments of the puppet government against the ‘Allawi regime if the bombardment of Fallujah continues. The call for civil disobedience comes in support of a legal opinion issued by Shaykh Mahdi as-Samid ‘i of the Salafi movement in Iraq in which he proclaimed that it was not permissible for any Muslim to join the so-called “national guard” and demanded that any soldiers already in the force leave it immediately. As-Samid‘i noted that the force aids the US occupation of Iraq in striking cities and people in the country, a violation of Islamic law. Fallujah Residents Fearful Of Sectarian War Many residents of the besieged city have expressed their apprehension about the so-called “Iraqi national guard” which is popularly known as ‘Allawi’s Army. Local residents feel that unlike the Americans, ‘Allawi’s troops are inclined specially to seek out the predominantly Sunni population of Fallujah for massacre and its mosques and graveyards for desecration should they manage to get inside the city. Allawi’s Army, they point out, shelled the Sunni cemetery in Fallujah, despite the fact that there are no houses around it that could be of any military significance whatsoever. This indicated to many residents that Allawi’s aim is to provoke a sectarian civil war in Iraq, now that he has realized that controlling the country is out of the question. As of press time, early reports coming in from sources close the Mujahideen tell JUS that the fighters spirits are high as they have prepared well in advance of the battle. Many IED’s have been planted, explosive laden vehicles have been readied and houses have been wired with explosives in an effort to take out as many occupation forces as possible. Mosques are continuing to communicate messages to the local popluation and to ring out “Allahu Akbar” and a particularly hot day is expected with Mujahideen fueled by the advent of Layla Tul-Qadr. ------------------------ Yahoo! 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