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January 9

Occupation forces suffered 5 killed and 9 wounded in Iraq and
Afghanistan today. 1 US soldier was killed in Afghanistan and 4 Iraqi
Zionist police were killed in Iraq. Also, 5 Iraqi civilians were killed
and 38 were wounded. Centcom reported 9 US soldiers wounded today.
There were 50 security incidents today. The media reported only 18 of
these incidents.

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Occupied Iraq

8:30 AM: Guerillas in a vehicle fired several RPG's at the Burj Al-Hayat
Hotel in the Karrada District of Baghdad, hitting the 1st and 4th floor
of the hotel and causing some damage but no casualties. The hotel is
used mainly by contractors, foreign businessmen and other such
parasites, carpetbaggers and pirates.

6 AM: RPG attack on a US patrol in Miqdadiyah.

8:30 AM: RPG attack on a US convoy near Imam Ways, northeast of Baqubah.

9 AM: RPG and small arms attack on a US patrol near As Saqlawiyah,
between Fallujah and Habbaniyah.

9:17 AM: Guerillas launched 5 RPG's and fired small arms at a US unit
northeast of Habbaniyah. US forces counterattacked and arrested 12
guerillas.

9:30 AM: Roadside bomb attack on a US convoy along highway 1 near Taji.

9:45 AM: Roadside bomb found by the same US convoy above a little ways
down the road. They were inspecting it when they were hit with small
arms fire.

10:30 AM: A crowd of ex-Iraqi soldiers demonstrated outside the Rafidian
Bank in Basra for their back paychecks.

11:45 AM: RPG, automatic weapons, and heavy machine gun attack on a
force of US troops, including tanks, along with a contingent of ICDC
puppet troops in Fallujah.

12:30 PM: Small arms attack on US troops sweeping a main Fallujah street
for explosives.

1 PM: Ambush on a US convoy southwest of Ramadi. Guerillas first set
off several roadside bombs at once when the convoy passed by, then fired
small arms at the convoy. 1 guerilla was arrested.

1:10 PM: Suicide bicycle bomb outside Shia mosque in Baqubah blew up
during evening prayers, killing 5 Iraqis and wounding 38 more. Bomb was
a propane tank.
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2 PM: Roadside bomb attack on a US patrol northeast of Baqubah.

2 PM: While continuing to sweep the same main Fallujah street for
explosives, the same unit that was attacked at 12:30 was attacked again.

2:30 PM: Car bomb found and disarmed outside 2nd Shia mosque in Baqubah.

2:30 PM: Several guerillas arrested while trying to dig holes for bombs
in north Baqubah.

3 PM: Bomb attack on a US/Iraqi police stooge military checkpoint in
Fallujah.

4 PM: RPG attack on US troops and Iraqi police stooges carrying out
house raids in Fallujah. 1 stooge was wounded.

4:30 PM: Drive-by shooting attack on a US patrol northeast of Baghdad.

Afternoon: Bomb found in Fallujah.

6 PM: RPG attack on a US foot patrol northwest of Khaldiya near Fadil.

6:30 PM: A US helicopter spotted guerillas planting a bomb in east
Mosul. The helicopter swooped down at the guerillas. The guerillas
fired automatic weapons at the copter and ran away.

8 PM: Mortar or RPG attack on an Iraqi ICDC Zionist Army base near
Miqdadiyah.

8 PM: Mortar attack on a US base near Ali An Numan, east of Ramadi.

8:30 PM: US troops shot dead 2 more Iraqi puppet police, this time in
Kirkuk. Police car was stopped in a Kirkuk intersection. Troops
responding to reports of heavy gunfire shot dead the 2 puppets in error.

8:30 PM: Small arms attack on a US armored unit securing the site of the
Black Hawk crash southeast of Fallujah.

9 PM: Mortar and small arms attack on a US airbase near Kirkuk.

9 PM: Several Iraqi guerillas posed as collaborators and offered to show
US troops where a weapons cache was hidden. They took the soldiers to
the site but it was actually a place where several bombs were hidden.
The guerillas then moved back away from the troops and tried to detonate
the bombs with a detonator cord but troops stopped him. Soldiers then
discovered the bombs, realized they had been tricked, and arrested the
guerillas.

10 PM: RPG and small arms attack on a US armored convoy 2 miles
southeast of Khaldiya.

Night: A mortar shell landed in the yard of a home near Baqubah, killing
2 Iraqis. It is not known who fired the shell.

US soldiers kill 2 Iraqi police in Tikrit. Troops responded to a call
about men firing on a house. The arrived and saw 2 Iraqis firing on a
home. The men tried to run away when they saw the troops. Troops shot
them both dead. It turned out they were involved in a family dispute.

Troops raided Tikrit and detained 16 guerillas. One had infiltrated the
Tirkit Iraqi puppet police force and was spying for the guerillas.

RPG attack on US troops near Samarra. Troops returned fire and martyred
2 guerillas.

A guerilla fired a rocket at a Karbala puppet police checkpoint.
Puppets spotted him and opened fire, wounding him. The guerilla escaped
and the rocket missed the checkpoint.

Guerillas in the Shayk Hamid District of Baghdad observed 2 vehicles
driving SUV's similar to the type the Coalition forces drive. The
guerillas detonated a roadside bomb to hit the SUV's but missed, hitting
a civilian van right behind them instead. The driver of the van was
wounded.

Mine attack on a US armored vehicle north of Husaybah near the Syrian
border. The mine made a direct hit on the vehicle.

Bomb found in Kanan, southeast of Baqubah. Bomb was a crate with yellow
wires protruding.

Decoy bomb found near Ad Dawr. It was black with yellow wires
protruding.

Bomb found near Samarra. Bomb was a 130mm round with an antenna for
remote detonation.

Bomb found in the back of an Iraqi puppet policeman's truck in the Al
Qadawi District of Baghdad. Bomb was made of 1 pound of C4. When
puppets came to clear the bomb away, guerillas attacked them with small
arms.

Bomb found in the Hurriyah District of Baghdad. Bomb was a 122mm round
with a blasting cap and firing device.

Bomb found 5 miles northeast of Ramadi near Ali An Numan. Bomb was a US
155mm high-explosive M107 round packed with C4 and a blasting cap.

Several bombs found along the highway north of Hit. The bombs were US
155mm M107 artillery rounds with a detonation cord rigged to be command
detonated from ½ mile away.

Several bombs found along the highway west of Baghdad.
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Occupied Afghanistan

Night: 1 US soldier, Sgt. Roy A. Wood, was killed in an incident near
Kabul.
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