By BUSHRA JUHI, Associated Press Writer
Sat May 6, 8:59 AM ET
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A British military helicopter crashed in Basra on Saturday, and Iraqis hurled stones at British troops and set fire to at least one armored vehicle that rushed to the scene. Clashes broke out between British troops and Shiite militias, police and witnesses said
Police Capt. Mushtaq Khazim said the helicopter was apparently shot down in a residential district the city. He said the four-member crew was killed, but British officials would say only that there were "casualties."
British forces backed by armored vehicles rushed to the area but were met by a hail of stones from the crowd of at least 250 people, who jumped for joy and raised their fists as a plume of thick smoke rose into the air from the crash site.
The crowd also set at least one British armored vehicle on fire, apparently with a rocket-propelled grenade, but the British soldiers inside escaped unhurt, witnesses said. British fired weapons into the air in an effort to disperse the crowd.
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Friday, 5 May 2006.
Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice.
http://www.freearabvoice.org Friday, 5 May 2006.
• Resistance bomb in village near al-Khalidiyah leaves US soldier reported dead.
• US soldier reported killed in Resistance bombing west of ar-Ramadi.
• Resistance sharpshooter kills US soldier near al-Hadithah.
• Two US troops reported killed in Resistance bombing near Babil.
• Series of Resistance bombs leaves three American troops reported dead in al-Mawsil.
• Resistance martyrdom fighter blasts car bomb into US column in an-Najaf after nightfall Friday.
Al-Anbar Province.
Al-Khalidiyah.
￭ Resistance bomb in village near al-Khalidiyah leaves US soldier reported dead.
In a dispatch posted at 2:40pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a foot patrol of US occupation troops and Iraqi puppet army soldiers in the al-Bu Hazim area of Jazirat al-Khalidiyah near the town of al-Khalidiyah, about 80km west of Baghdad.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-Bu Hazim as saying that the bomb went off by the joint foot patrol in their village, killing one American and two Iraqi puppet troops. Two other American troops and one more Iraqi puppet soldier were wounded in the blast, the witnesses said.
Ar-Ramadi.
￭ US soldier reported killed in Resistance bombing west of ar-Ramadi.
In a dispatch posted at 1:40pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a US patrol on the main road in the village of al-Bu ‘Abid, west of ar-Ramadi, about 110km west of Baghdad.
The ar-Ramadi correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-Bu ‘Abid as saying that a bobm that had been planted by the main road blew up by a US patrol, disabling an armored vehicle and killing one US soldier and wounding two more of them.
Al-Hadithah.
￭ Resistance sharpshooter kills US soldier near al-Hadithah.
In a dispatch posted at 12:05pm Makkah time midday Friday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance marksman shot and killed a US soldier near the al-Haqlaniyah Bridge northeast of al-Hadithah, about 300km northwest of Baghdad.
The al-Hadithah correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported local eyewitnesses as saying that a US soldier who was on watch near an American checkpoint not far from the bridge took a direct hit from an Iraqi Resistance sharpshooter’s bullet and was killed instantly.
Al-Fallujah.
￭ Resistance blasts US, Iraqi puppet army billets with heavy 120mm mortar rounds Friday afternoon.
In a dispatch posted at 6pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance forces fired eight heavy 120mm mortar rounds into houses that US troops and Iraqi puppet soldiers have seized and occupied in ‘Amiriyat al-Fallujah, a suburb about 7km southwest of al-Fallujah.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses as saying that the Resistance barrage, which took place at about 3pm local time Friday afternoon, set off explosions inside the houses that US and Iraqi puppet troops were occupying. Clouds of smoke were observed rising from the target area.
￭ Resistance fighters ambush US patrol in central al-Fallujah.
In a bulletin posted at 9:45am Makkah time Friday morning, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that Iraqi Resistance fighters ambushed a US military patrol in the al-Jumhuriyah neighborhood of central al-Fallujah, about 60km west of Baghdad.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in al-Jumhuriyah as saying that Resistance fighters armed with light and medium weapons and pipe rockets attacked the US column, damaging one of the American vehicles and wounding three US troops who were aboard it.
Baghdad.
￭ Resistance bomb rips through puppet “Shock Troop” patrol in Jurf an-Naddaf.
In a dispatch posted at 4pm Makkah time Friday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a patrol of puppet “Iraqi Interior Ministry Shock Troops (Maghawir)” on the main road in the Jurf an-Naddaf suburb, 10km southeast of Baghdad.
The Baghdad correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in Jurf an-Naddaf as saying that the bomb destroyed one pickup that the “Shock Troops” were driving, killing three of the puppet soldiers and wounding three more of them.
￭ Resistance bomb wounds three puppet policemen in Palestine Street area of Baghdad.
In a dispatch posted at 12:15pm Makkah time midday Friday, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded by a patrol of Iraqi puppet police in the Palestine Street area of eastern Baghdad.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported eyewitnesses in the Palestine Street area as saying that a bomb that had been planted by the main road blew up, destroying a patrol vehicle and wounding three puppet policemen.
￭ Denmark regime extends stay of Danish occupation troops in Iraq one more year.
In a dispatch posted at 8:10pm Makkah time Friday evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that a source in the Danish government had announced that his country would keep its occupation troops in Iraq for another year, denying claims that there was any intention of pulling them out in the near future.
Reuters, as monitored by Mafkarat al-Islam, reported that Denmark would keep its 500 troops in Iraq for another 12 months, noting that the current mandate runs out on 1 July. The Danish government source also stated that Copenhagen has no plans to reduce the size of its occupation contingent, based near the southern Iraqi city of al-Basrah.
Danish television’s Channel Two had broadcast reports that 100 of the Danish occupation troops might be brought home in the second half of the year.
Danish troops have been serving the American occupation in Iraq since 2003. Denmark is a NATO satellite of the United States.
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