US Continues Fallujah Assault
Sep 02, 2004
By Muhammad Abu Nasr, Free Arab Voice; Edited By JUS

American occupation forces launched an assault in an attempt to storm the al-Jurayfi neighborhood on the north side of the city of Fallujah at 2:00am yesterday morning (Baghdad time), as American attacks on the defiant city continued.

The local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Resistance fighters in al-Jurayfi repulsed the US attack, once again frustrating the American desire to break into Fallujah.

After assurances that the US assault had been repulsed, the al-Jurayfi Resistance fighters knocked one American tank out of commission and destroyed an armored vehicle. The casualty count is unknown.

US Attacks Fallujah Industrial Zone

On Monday, US occupation forces used mortars and tank cannon to shell the southern part of the industrial zone of the city of Fallujah 5:40pm Monday afternoon, Baghdad time, according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. The Resistance managed to destroy a US tank 15 minutes after the Americans had begun their barrage. Inside the Abrams tank were at least five US troops – the driver, the gunner, one person to man the smaller arms, and two to prepare for fire. After the destruction of the US tank, a US reconnaissance plane circled over Fallujah.

Bomb Destroys US Humvee

Earlier Monday , an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded in the ad-Duwayliyah area of southern Fallujah destroying a US Humvee at 8:30 local time Monday morning, according to the al-Fallujah correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. Four US troops who were aboard the vehicle were killed.

US Apache Helicopter Shot Down Over Khalidiyah

Iraqi Resistance forces shot down an American Apache helicopter west of Baghdad yesterday morning according to a report by the correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in Khalidiyah. The correspondent reported that at 10:00am the Resistance fired anti-aircraft weapons at the helicopter in the course of a battle that broke out between the Resistance and the US aggressors in Khalidiyah. At least two Americans aboard the helicopter were killed when it crashed.

US Tank Destoyed On Khalidiyah Bridge

A US command post on the Khalidiyah bridge west of Baghdad came under Resistance attack on Tuesday according to the local correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam. One US tank was destroyed killing at least five Americans aboard.

Resistance fighter used SBJ9s in the attack, which took place at 10:15am. Resistance fighters have dubbed the SBJ9 the “Tank Killer” (“Qahir ad-Dabbabat”).