http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2005/04/11/3697.shtml
Thu, 04 14 2005, 19:48 Djokhar Time
Mujahideen Seize Control Of Al-Qa'im
The Mujahideen issued several communiquйs on Thursday morning
announcing that the city of al-Qa'im on the Iraqi-Syrian border, had
fallen to the Mujahideen from the hands of the Americans and their
Iraqi "government" collaborators after dozens of Mujahideen were
deployed throughout all neighborhoods of the city.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported witnesses in the city
as saying that the Iraqi puppet army had withdrawn at dawn on Thursday
after the Mujahideen appeared in great force in the city streets,
armed with light, medium, and heavy weaponry.
City residents said that they heard three calls of "Allahu Akbar!'
("God is greatest!") from various mosques in the city at dawn prayer
times, a call that they believe was a signal to fighters to prepare
for the expected battle.
In a dispatch filed at 12:35pm Thursday afternoon Mecca time, the
correspondent reported that at the time the city of al-Qa'im remained
free of all occupation and collaborating forces and was completely
under control of the Mujahideen.
US Cobra Downed
Meanwhile, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Mujahideen had shot
down a US Cobra helicopter over the city when ground fire struck the
American aircraft and caused it to burst into flames on all four
sides, crashing in the area east of the city, witnesses said. The
correspondent at that point had no information regarding the fate of
the American crew, but it was believed that they were killed when the
craft caught fire in the air.
US Makes Failed Attempts To Break Into the City
In a dispatch filed at 4:30pm Mecca time Thursday afternoon, the same
source reported that US mechanized forces with helicopter air support
had advanced on al-Qa'im and tried to break into the city about
fifteen minutes earlier, but had failed. Witnesses in the city said
that the American forces were unable to overcome the stubborn defense
put up by the Mujahideen.
Mujahideen Engage US Forces For An Hour And A Half, US Forced To Pull
Back
In a further dispatch filed at 6:25pm Mecca time Thursday night,
Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US forces attempted to storm into
al-Qa'im late in the afternoon. A fierce battle raged for about an
hour and a half as American troops struck at the eastern and southern
approaches of the city.
Mujahideen beat back the American attackers, however, destroying four
Humvees and shooting down another US helicopter. Several tanks and
armored vehicles were also disabled or destroyed and a number of US
troops were reportedly killed or wounded.
Witnesses said that after failing to break Mujahideen defenses, the US
forces pulled back from the outskirts of the city. At the time of the
Mafkarat al-Islam filing, the Mujahideen remained in control of all
parts of the city of al-Qa'im and in fortified positions on the city's
outskirts.
2005-04-11 00:02:18
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