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A large number of US troops were observed leaving Fallujah on Tuesday, with speculation that the withdrawal was due to Sunday night's attack by Mujahideen who reportedly fired rockets loaded with Sarin gas at a nearby US base. Dozens of US vehicles loaded with American troops were seen leaving Fallujah on Tuesday morning, heading for the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. In a report filed at 4:25pm Mecca time Tuesday afternoon, the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported from International Highway 1, saying that hat he had witnessed more than 90 US vehicles including tanks, and armored vehicles, being transported on giant...

FALLUJAH - This is the heart of the Iraqi resistance. Fallujah, with a population of almost 500,000 people, traditionally "the city of mosques", is now called "the city of heroes" as it is at the core of the Sunni triangle (Baghdad-Ramadi-Tikrit) where most of the resistance to the US occupation is taking place. President George W Bush told the United Nations on Tuesday that he is not willing to give back full sovereignty to Iraq any time soon. US Proconsul L Paul Bremer said last week that Iraqis are not yet capable of ruling themselves. The citizens of Fallujah have...

Iraqi Chronicles: Resistance Report March 28 - 31, 2004 Apr 01, 2004 By Muhammad Abu Nasr Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Sunday, 28 March 2004, through Wednesday, 31 March 2004. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. http://www.freearabvoice.org Wednesday, 31 March 2004 Resistance Attacks Invader Convoy, Four Agents Killed, Dismembered Corpses Displayed Iraqi Resistance fighters attacked a convoy of SUVs in the city of al-Fallujah, west of Baghdad on Wednesday, with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, blowing up two of the vehicles. The US invader spokesmen said that four foreign contractors serving...

MOSUL, Iraq - Dhabla Ahmed saw her 22-year-old son leave home before the sunlight filled the sky and head for dawn prayers in the mosque as he did most days. This time, Ahmed Hassan Ibrahim never returned home. Only his bullet-riddled body did. At about 6 a.m on Oct. 23, a Thursday, four insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at a U.S. compound, the American military said. Troops opened fire killing two of their assailants and critically injuring a third. The fourth fled. The U.S. military didn't give the names of the Iraqis killed in the attack, however it confirmed the incident....

Guerrilla leader who became a legend emerges from hiding For 13 years he was a defiant symbol of Iraqi resistance. Hunted in vain by Saddam Hussein's militia, the legendary guerrilla fighter Abu Hattem fought an extraordinary campaign against the Iraqi regime from his secluded bases in the poisoned marshland of southern Iraq. Known as the Lord of the Marshes, his exploits earned him a reputation that is a cross between Robin Hood and Lawrence of Arabia, with tales of suicidal missions and narrow escapes. Western journalists tried for years to track him down during the guerrilla years, visiting Iranian border...

The Pentagon (CNSNews.com) - As U.S. and British forces consolidate their positions around Baghdad, military leaders in the south are working effectively against paramilitaries on a local level with members of the Iraqi resistance, a U.S. war commander said Monday. Around Basra, where some communities still are "under the boot of the regime," coalition forces are "receiving assistance and information from people in Basra and it localizes our attacks very effectively," Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks told reporters at a briefing in Qatar. As the Fedayeen Saddam continue to use civilians in attacks, and amid reports that more suicide bombings are...

TEHRAN, Iran, Mar 30, 2003 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- Iran's foreign minister Sunday warned of "more difficult days" for coalition forces in Iraq, saying Washington miscalculated the level of Iraqi resistance. Kamal Kharrazi also said Iran "will not support a government in Baghdad installed by America," favoring instead an Iraqi government elected by its people with guidance from the United Nations. Kharrazi told a news conference that coalition forces "thought they would be welcome in Iraq, but Iraqi people are greeting them with suicide attacks. ... The U.S.-led forces miscalculated the situation." "It appears that more difficult days await...

Iraqi Shiite Opposition Opposes Coalition, Not Iraqi, ForcesMar 29, 2003 - 0507 GMT Summary Comprising 60 percent of Iraq's population, Shiites will largely decide the fate of Iraqi resistance countrywide. So far they have been more on the side of Baghdad than of Washington. Some Shiites are fighting U.S. forces, and others have remained neutral. Changing this pattern will be difficult, but this is what the United States must do to crush resistance, both during and after the war. Analysis The administrations of U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair had hoped that allied troops...

The question of regime change in Iraq figures prominently in news bulletins and is occupying the full attention of politicians and world leaders, experts in Arab and Islamic affairs, and, of course, the Iraqis themselves. The thorny issue of whether or not there should be a change of regime by force has become the focus of much discussion. Even among those who support such a change there still remains heated argument as to how best this is to be accomplished, and when — each of the involved parties naturally being influenced by political and economic factors and allegiances. The problem...