Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 12 July 2006

Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. http://www.freearabvoice.org

...In a bulletin posted at 2:10pm Makkah time Wednesday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a short while ago, US occupation forces began to bulldoze date palm groves and citrus groves in the al-Hawz area along the banks of the Euphrates River in ar-Ramadi, the capital of al-Anbar Province, about 110km west of Baghdad. The American troops have also begun seizing the homes of the local people in area of those groves, turning them into billets for themselves. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the operation began when American troops began throwing the local residents out of their homes and into the streets with nothing but the clothes on their backs. The correspondent added that after evicting the residents, the American occupation forces brought in bulldozers and other equipment that ripped up the date palms, citrus plants and all other crops planted in the area...

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