US Raid Kills 13 In Fallujah On Allawi’s Tip
BAGHDAD, July 6 (IslamOnline.net) – Acting on tips from Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, US occupation troops in Iraq dropped Monday night, July 5, two tons of bombs on the restive town of Fallujah, killing at least 13 people.
Hospital sources said women and children were among the casualties in the deadly raid, which also injured up to seven others, Reuters news agency reported.
The warplanes dropped six bombs at 7:15 p.m. Baghdad time to destroy a house of Iraqi resistance fighters, the US military said, noting that it was a joint operation with Iraqi forces.
“This operation employed precision weapons and underscores the resolve of multinational forces and Iraqi security forces to jointly destroy terrorist networks in Iraq”, a military statement said.
Immediately after the bombing, angry residents dug into rubble in search of more bodies.
“They talk about terrorists, but these are just families”, one man told Reuters.
It was the fifth air raid in three weeks on the flashpoint town, and the first since the US-led occupiers formally returned powers to Allawi's government on June 28. http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-06/28/article01.shtml
On June 19, at least 24 Iraqis, including women and children, were killed in a similar US air strike.
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-06/19/article08.shtml
At least 700 Iraqis, mostly women and children, were killed and 1500 others injured when the US occupation forces imposed a tight siege on the city and intensified air strikes on its densely-populated areas.
Although the occupation forces claimed the attack was on a safe house used by foreign fighters loyal to Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, the Associated Press has aired a video tape showing a decorated wedding vehicle and guests arriving for the celebrations followed by scenes of death and destruction after a US raid. http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-05/24/article02.shtml
Allawi’s Blessings
Allawi gave the US occupation forces, now called the “US-led multinational forces”, the thumbs-up and said Iraqi intelligence paved the way for the raid.
“After consultations between Iraqi government officials and Multinational Forces-Iraq, Iraqi security forces provided clear and compelling intelligence to conduct a precision strike this evening on a known Zarqawi safe house in southeastern Fallujah”, Allawi said in a statement carried by Reuters.
“The people of Iraq will not tolerate terrorist groups or those who collaborate with any other foreign fighters such as the Zarqawi network to continue their wicked ways”, he said.
It is not the first time Allawi gives his blessings to US raids into Fallujah.
He defended the June 19 raid, using the same excuse a “house used by terrorists had been hit.”
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-06/20/article06.shtml
United Front
“Iraqi security forces provided clear and compelling intelligence to conduct a precision strike”, said Allawi (AFP)
Meanwhile, Iraqi resistance groups in Fallujah announced they merged their brigades into five major ones to act in unison, a well-placed source in the resistance told the London-based Al-Quds Press news agency.
“The move helps organize the work of the resistance so that it will not slip out of control and tarnish the image of the resistance” the source said.
He named the five brigades as: “Assad Allah Al-Ghalib Ali Ibn Abi Taleb”, “Al-Farouq”, “Dhul Nurayein”, “Al-Sidiq” and “Abu Dujana”.
Repudiating American claims, the fighters denied on June 25 the presence of suspected Al-Qaeda senior militant Zarqawi in their town, adding they were simply defending their homeland against occupation forces. http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-06/25/article08.shtml
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BAGHDAD, July 6 (IslamOnline.net) – Acting on tips from Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, US occupation troops in Iraq dropped Monday night, July 5, two tons of bombs on the restive town of Fallujah, killing at least 13 people.
Hospital sources said women and children were among the casualties in the deadly raid, which also injured up to seven others, Reuters news agency reported.
The warplanes dropped six bombs at 7:15 p.m. Baghdad time to destroy a house of Iraqi resistance fighters, the US military said, noting that it was a joint operation with Iraqi forces.
“This operation employed precision weapons and underscores the resolve of multinational forces and Iraqi security forces to jointly destroy terrorist networks in Iraq”, a military statement said.
Immediately after the bombing, angry residents dug into rubble in search of more bodies.
“They talk about terrorists, but these are just families”, one man told Reuters.
It was the fifth air raid in three weeks on the flashpoint town, and the first since the US-led occupiers formally returned powers to Allawi's government on June 28. http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-06/28/article01.shtml
On June 19, at least 24 Iraqis, including women and children, were killed in a similar US air strike.
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-06/19/article08.shtml
At least 700 Iraqis, mostly women and children, were killed and 1500 others injured when the US occupation forces imposed a tight siege on the city and intensified air strikes on its densely-populated areas.
Although the occupation forces claimed the attack was on a safe house used by foreign fighters loyal to Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, the Associated Press has aired a video tape showing a decorated wedding vehicle and guests arriving for the celebrations followed by scenes of death and destruction after a US raid. http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-05/24/article02.shtml
Allawi’s Blessings
Allawi gave the US occupation forces, now called the “US-led multinational forces”, the thumbs-up and said Iraqi intelligence paved the way for the raid.
“After consultations between Iraqi government officials and Multinational Forces-Iraq, Iraqi security forces provided clear and compelling intelligence to conduct a precision strike this evening on a known Zarqawi safe house in southeastern Fallujah”, Allawi said in a statement carried by Reuters.
“The people of Iraq will not tolerate terrorist groups or those who collaborate with any other foreign fighters such as the Zarqawi network to continue their wicked ways”, he said.
It is not the first time Allawi gives his blessings to US raids into Fallujah.
He defended the June 19 raid, using the same excuse a “house used by terrorists had been hit.”
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-06/20/article06.shtml
United Front
“Iraqi security forces provided clear and compelling intelligence to conduct a precision strike”, said Allawi (AFP)
Meanwhile, Iraqi resistance groups in Fallujah announced they merged their brigades into five major ones to act in unison, a well-placed source in the resistance told the London-based Al-Quds Press news agency.
“The move helps organize the work of the resistance so that it will not slip out of control and tarnish the image of the resistance” the source said.
He named the five brigades as: “Assad Allah Al-Ghalib Ali Ibn Abi Taleb”, “Al-Farouq”, “Dhul Nurayein”, “Al-Sidiq” and “Abu Dujana”.
Repudiating American claims, the fighters denied on June 25 the presence of suspected Al-Qaeda senior militant Zarqawi in their town, adding they were simply defending their homeland against occupation forces. http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-06/25/article08.shtml
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