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INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC SYMPOSIUM OF
JAMAAT AL-MUSLIMEEN INTERNATIONAL
WILL BE
HELD, inshallah, June 21, 2003 in Greensboro,
North Carolina to discuss the
future of the Muslim Ummah in America.
Initiating committee:
Kaukab Siddique,
Ameer
Sis. Motisola M. Abdallah,
Secretary General
Imam Badi Ali, local host
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Day 16:
U.S.
Tank Column Near Baghdad Airport:
Attacked by Lightly Armed
Iraqis
Baghdad Prepares for Defense after a Night with
Lights out: Ferocious U.S.
Air Assault
Peaceful Demonstrators Block U.S. troops Near
Mosque of Ali (r.a.) in Najaf
Iraqi forces seem to have withdrawn into
Baghdad as the American
forces advanced. Observers think that as in the
case of Basrah, the Iraqis
seem to have decided to avoid battles on open
ground where they are heavily
outgunned. Instead, they seem to be concentrating
on defending Baghdad city.
As the day declined in Iraq on April
3, through the night and
then the morning of April 4, the U.S. claimed
repeatedly that Saddam
International Air Port, only 12 miles from the
city, has been captured. Iraq
repeatedly denied that the U.S. juggernaut was
anywhere near Baghdad. The
truth seems to lie in between the two claims.
It appears that an American tank column has
reached very near the
airport. However, the claim that the airport has
been captured does not
appear to be accurate at 12.30 AM (EST) April 4.
CNN
has now admitted that
fighting is going on at the airport. The Iraqis
seem to be poorly armed but
are fearlessly attacking heavily armored American
forces. CNN admits that
several pick ups and a bus full of irregulars
armed only with AK47s charged
American tanks and gave their lives.
The lights out in Baghdad was a mystery
and followed some of the
heaviest bombardment of the war. Some cynics
think that after repeated
attempts to knock out Iraqi TV, the U.S. might
have decided to knock out
power to the whole city to stop Iraqis from
watching Iraqi TV.
The Iraqi forces are fighting back on the
eastern approach to Baghdad
at Al-Kut and the crossing of the Tigris river.
Basrah too continues to resist capture by the
British "Desert Rats"
Division. Iraqi
mujahideen
have counterattacked
and driven the British back.
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IN NAJAF, Iraqi civilians, unarmed, blocked
the street leading to the
Mosque of Ali (r.a) when they saw U.S. troops
marching in the direction of
the mosque. The demonstration indicated that the
U.S. has been mistaken in
thinking that Iraqi Shi'as would support the
invading forces.
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