Independence Day 2003
اليـــــوم الاستـــــقلال
They are already around !
Earth, take a good look.
It might be your last !
A cynical view on U.S. occupation of Iraq,
based on reports and polling results from
AL-JAZEERA (if not indicated otherwise).
Site created by Dr. Wolfgang Wiesner
من 27 الى 30/5/2003
الهجومات التي تعرض لها
القوات الاميركية في العراق
بداية لمقاومة الاحتلال 77.4
جيوب مقاومة للنظام السابق 18.4
لا ادري 4.1
اشخاص 38.788
AL-JAZEERA opinion poll (27-30/5/2003):
Regarding those attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq, how could
they be interpreted ?
As the beginning of a fight against occupation: 77.4%
As the remainings of resistance of a dying regime: 18.4%
no idea: 4.1%
number of participants: 38.788
من 23 الى 26/6/2003
هل تعتقد ان المقاومة الحالية في
العراق تصب في مصلحة الشعب ؟
نعم 82
لا 15.1
لا ادري 3
اشخاص 42.028
AL-JAZEERA opinion poll (23-26/6/2003):
Do you consider the actual resistance in Iraq to be turning
into a national uprise ("a matter of the people") ?
yes: 82%
no: 15.1%
no idea: 3%
number of participants: 42.028
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxفي العراق
مقتل جنديين أميركيين في هجومين
xxxxxxxxxxxxxبالفلوجة و القائم
"Only meager results of a campaign, intended to collect
arms."
"U.S. soldiers died in different assaults that took place
at Falluja (50 km west of Baghdad) and Al-Kaim (near
the Syrian border)."
"This thing is happening all over Iraq tonight," said Lieutenant Colonel Eric Schwartz,
who oversaw raids late Saturday in the southern half of Falluja, the city 50 kilometers
west of Baghdad that has become a center of armed resistance. "It's a massive, coor-
dinated effort."
In the last three weeks, 10 American soldiers have been killed and dozens have been
wounded in ambushes carried out by unknown gunmen in the Sunni-dominated areas
north and west of Baghdad.
A combination of Saddam Hussein loyalists, Islamic militants and foreign fighters are
believed to have carried out attacks on U.S. troops. Using small arms and grenades,
the attackers have sharply increased U.S. casualties in Iraq.
AL-JAZEERA (30/6/2003):
"The U.S. are launching another attack against Iraqi
resistance."
"U.S. occupation forces, including jet fighters and
armored cars, attacked more than 20 targets in the
region north of Baghdad in an effort to stop armed
resistance."
الاميركيون يشنون حملة جديدة على المقاومة بالعراق
المقاتلة و العربات المدرعة اكثر من عشرين هجوما
في منطقة تمتد شمال بغداد ضمن عملية اطلق
عليها افعئ الصدراء لوقف المقاومة المسلحة
هجوم بالصواريخ على مركز
للقوات الأميركية بالرمادي
Missile attack on a central U.S. post in Ramadi.
في رسالة صوتية حصلت الجزيرة عليها
صدام حسين يحث العراقيين على طرد الاحتلال
(2003/7/4)
و اشار صدام في حديثه الئ تشكيل ما وصفه
بخلاية للمقاومة على نطاق واسع , ودعا
العراقيين الى الوقوف معها و التستر على
نشاطات الذين ينفذون العمليات ضد القوات
الفازية
"In his acoustic message, that reached Al-Jazeera, Saddam
Hussein encourages the people of Iraq to chase away the
occupation troops."xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(4/7/2003 - U.S. Independence Day)
"In his speech, Saddam is indicating the formation in a
big way of what he calls "cells of resistance", knowing
himself to be understood by his people. Silence has to
be kept about all activities that could serve operations
directed against the triumphant army."xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"The record of Saddam and the death of a soldier,
coming together with 19 others wounded, is adding
grief to the celebrations of U.S. Independence."
من 5 الى 8/7/2003
هل سيسهم الشريط الصوتي لصدام
حسين في رفع وتيرة المقاومة العراقية ؟
نعم 61.6
لا 34.1
لا أدري 4.3
اشخاص 42.987
AL-JAZEERA opinion poll (5-8/7/2003):
The tape record of Saddam Hussein, will it add political drive
to Iraqi resistance on its way (against foreign ocupation) ?
yes: 61.6%
no: 34.1%
no idea: 4.3%
number of participants: 42.987
تصاعد المقاومة بالعراق و بريمر
xxxxxيعتبرها أعمال يائسين
"With resistance flaming up in Iraq,
Bremer (*) is expecting actions of
despair."
(*) L. Paul Bremer is the civilian
administrator of Iraq.
جندي أميركي يحرس عراقيين
اعتقلوا فجر السبت بعد خرقهم
حظر التجول في العاصمة بغداد
(الفرنسية)
U.S. soldier guarding Iraqi citizens who have been arrested
last Saturday for having ignored the curfew in Baghdad (AFP).
بلير يقر بعدم انتهاء الحرب في العراق
بريمر يعتبر المقاومة أعمال يائسين
xxxxxxو بوش ينتقد المتشككين
"Blair is decided to continue the war in Iraq.
(Administrator) Bremer is expecting actions of despair
as a means of resistance.
And Bush criticizes those who step aside (from his policy)."
هجومات صاروخية ضد قوات الاحتلال بالعراق
قتلئ و جرحئ في صفوف جنود الاحتلال اثر
هجومات متلاحقة للمقاومة في اماكن متفرقة
و القوات الاميركية تكثف اجراءاتها بمنطقة ...
xxالرمادي بعد ليلة من الاشتباكات العنيفة
Al-JAZEERA (12/7/2003):
Headline:
"Missile attacks directed against occupation forces in Iraq."
Soldiers of the occupation forces died and were wounded
"by ranks" during continued attacks of (Iraqi) resistance.
...........
U.S. troops are concentrating their efforts in the region of
Ramadi after last night's fierce engagements.
من 11 الى 14/7/2003
هل تؤثر التهامات الموجهة للرئيس بوش
بتضليل الاميركيين بشاءن الحرب على
xxxxxxالعراق في موقفه الانتخابي ؟
نعم 71.1
لا 26.3
لاادري 2.6
اشخاص 27.830
Would you slap accusations into the face of President Bush
for having cheated (seduced) the people of America on the
subject of war on Iraq while he is stating his position in the
election campaign ?
yes: 71.1%
no: 26.3%
no idea: 2.6%
number of participants: 29.381
العثور على جثة مستشار حكومي بريطاني
النص العربي
BBC, London (18/7/2003):
British government councillor
found dead
A body matching the description of Dr David Kelly - theweapons expert at the centre of the Iraq dossier row -
has been found at a beauty spot close to his home in
Oxfordshire. ..........
Dr Kelly, 59, had been caught up in a row between the
BBC and the government about the use of intelligence
reports in the run-up to the war with Iraq.
On Tuesday he told the Foreign Affairs select committee
he had spoken to BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan but de-
nied he was the main source for a story about claims that
a dossier on Iraq had been "sexed up".
2003/7/19
قتلى و جرحى أميركيون بهجومين
في ديالى و الفلوجة
قال شهود عيان لمراسل الجزيرة في بغداد إن رتلا
عسكريا أميركيا تعرض لهجوم من قبل مجهولين
في أطراف مدينة المقدادية في محافظة ديالى مما
أسفر عن مقتل و جرح عدد من الجنود الأميركيين
وتدمير سبع عربات عسكرية أميركية. وأضاف الشهود
أن اشتباكا اندلع عقب الهجوم أسفر عن مقتل أربعة
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.من المهاجمين
.......................
و في وقت سابق أكد الجيش الأميركي مقتل جندي
أميركي عندما مرت سيارته على عبوة متفجرة في
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.بلدة الفلوجة غربي العراق
2003/7/20
أنصار الصدر ينددون بالاحتلال و مقتل أميركيين بالموصل
رشق متظاهرون بالحجارة جنودا أميركيين كانوا يقومون
بحراسة مقر بلدية النجف أثناء تظاهرة شارك فيها أكثر
من عشرة آلاف شخص من أنصار الزعيم الشيعي
مقتدى الصدر صباح اليوم احتجاجا على قيام قوات
.الاحتلال الأميركية بتطويق منزل الصدر في النجف أمس
AL-JAZEERA (19/7/2003):
Headline:
U.S. soldiers were killed and wounded while
being attacked in Al-Fallujah and Diyala.
As eyewitnesses told Al-Jazeera's correspondent in Baghdad,
a U.S. military convoi moved to the place where U.S. troops
had been attacked by unknown forces near the town of Al-
Muqdadiyah, situated in the district of Diyala (northeast of
Baghdad) and where numerous U.S. soldiers had been killed
or wounded, adding to the destruction of seven U.S. military
vehicles. .....
Four aggressors could bee killed during the clashes.
.............
Shortly before reaching a safe position near his army, one
U.S. soldier was killed at the moment when his car passed
an exploding bomb in the town of Al-Fallujah in western
Iraq.
AL-JAZEERA (20/7/2003):
Headline:
Demonstrators denounce occupation and
U.S. fighting in Mosul (Al-Mawsil in northern Iraq).
Demonstrators launching stones at U.S. soldiers. .......
Ten thousands of people, followers of the Shiite leader
Muktada al-Sadr, assembled this morning in protest against
the installation of U.S. occupation forces. They surrounded
the residence of their leader in An-Najaf (Holy Town of the
Shiites south of Baghdad).
BLUEPRINT editor's notice:
According to the U.S. military daily STARS and STRIPES
(14/4/2003), Muktada al-Sadr has been accused of being
responsible for the recent killing of two other prominent
Shiite leaders in the town of An-Najaf.
2003/7/22
الاحتلال: مقتل أو اعتقال نجلي صدام حسين
وقال مراسل الجزيرة في الموصل إن العملية التي
وقعت في حي الفلاح أسفرت عن مقتل ثلاثة جنود
أميركيين و عراقي واحد و إصابة جندي أميركي
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .وخمسة عراقيين بجروح
وقال شهود عيان إن الجنود الأميركيين تعرضوا
لإطلاق نار من أفراد كانوا داخل المنزل عندما
اقتربوا منه. واستدعيت طائرات هليكوبتر لإخماد
المقاومة قبل اقتحام المنزل. واعتقلت قوات
الاحتلال خلال العملية نواف الزيدان وابنه
وهما من شيوخ قبيلة شمر. وأفاد الشهود أن
عددا من المنازل في نفس الحي تعرض لقصف
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .جوي أميركي
خاص بالجزيرة: قصي و عدي صدام حسين
AL-JAZEERA (22/7/2003):
"Occupation (army says):
Saddam Hussein’s sons killed or arrested"
"Al-Jazeera’s correspondent in Al-Mawsil (Mosul) said
the operation took place in a prosperous quarter (of
Mosul) and left three U.S. soldiers and one Iraqi dead,
as well as one U.S. soldier and five Iraqis wounded."
"According to eyewitnesses, U.S. soldiers appeared
at a shooting between individuals who were inside
the house and approached (the building). They called
for helicopter support in order to extinct resistance
before invading the building. During that operation,
occupation forces arrested Nawaf al-Zaidan and his son,
as well as two notables (sheiks) of the (Shamar) tribe.
The witnesses reported that some (further) buildings
in the same quarter had been effected by an ardent
U.S. bombardment."
BBC London - comment - (22/7/2003):
Iraqi people living in Mosul think Uday and Qusay may
have been there at the time of the raid, and that's what
the troops are trying to prove.
But some intelligence experts have already said they
think it's unlikely that the brothers would be there
together.
Mosul is in an area of Iraq where they wouldn't have
been expected to be in, and by staying together they
increased the chances of being found.
BANGKOK POST (23/7/2003):
The owner of the house in the city of Mosul, Nawaf
al-Zaidan, "is believed to have informed US forces
that Saddam's sons Uday and Qusay, Qusay's son,
and a bodyguard named Abdul Samad took refuge
in his house and he wanted to get rid of them",
said a female relative of Zaidan who asked not
to be named.
BLUEPRINT editor's notice:
The Arabic language imposes some difficulties on
the identification of proper names which appear to
the western reader as regular words with at least
one special meaning. Hence, the above translation
had to be corrected regarding the name of Nawaf al-
Zaidan. Nevertheless, the gist of the story remains
unchanged. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx W. Wiesner
لقي جندي أميركي مصرعه و أصيب ستة
آخرون بجروح صباح اليوم قرب الموصل
شمال العراق. وقال متحدث عسكري أميركي
إن الحادث نجم عن انفجار لغم أو عبوة
ناسفة عند مرور قافلة أميركية في
المنطقة. كما أعلن متحدث آخر أن
جنديا أميركيا قتل اليوم في انفجار
.قنبلة غرب بغداد قرب مدينة الرمادي
AL-JAZEERA (23/7/2003):
One U.S. soldier found his death and six others
were wounded near Mosul in northern Iraq this
morning. A U.S. military spokesman said, the
incident was due to the detonation of a mine or
explosive device at the time when a U.S. convoi
was just passing that sector. According to the
spokesman, today, another U.S. soldier died when
a bomb exploded west of Baghdad near the town
of Ramadi.
dpa / AFP and further international press agencies reporting 26/7/2003:
Including an Iraqi shelling of U.S. troops north of Baghdad of the very day,
that left three soldiers dead, and a similar incident on July 23 (same result),
the actual U.S. body count is 47 since the "official end of warfare" on May 1.
On 2/8/2003 this number has risen to 53 according to German National TV.
It should include two U.S. soldiers who died in action on 31/7 (Al-Jazeera).
7/8/2003: According to Al-Jazeera, about 60 American soldiers should have died
within the last three months. الجزيرة: مقتل نحو 60 جنديا أميركيا منذ ثلاثة أشهر
من 23 الى 26/7/2003
هل سيسهم مقتل نجلي صدام حسين
في وقف المقاومة ضد الاحتلال؟
13.5 نعم
83.7 لا
2.8 لاادري
67.977 اشخاص
The assassination of Saddam Hussein's descendants,
will it open a way to stop the resistance against
occupation ?
yes: 13.5%
no: 83.7%
no idea: 2.8%
number of participants: 67.977
2003/7/29
الجزيرة و العربية تردات على الاتهامات الاميركية
ردت قناتا الجزيرة و العربية اليوم على اتهامات نائب وزير الدفاع الاميركية بول ولفويتز
.لهما بالتحريص على العنف ضد قوات الاحتلال في العراق. مؤكدتين موضوعية أجبار هما
AL-JAZEERA Headline (29/7/2003):
AL-JAZEERA and AL-ARABIYA reject U.S. accusations
Today, Channel Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya rejected accusations of willful brusque-
ness with regard to the occupation forces in Iraq, accusations launched by U.S. vice
secretary of defence Paul Wolfowitz. Instead, both assure objectivity of information.
logo of AL-JAZEERA, Qatar (left)
screen picture by AL-ARABIYA, Dubai (right)
تصويت لالجزيرة
من 29/7 إلى 1/8/2003
هل تعتقد أن بعض القنوات العربية تحرض
على مقاومة الاحتلال في العراق ؟
نعم 42.1
لا 54.8
لا أدري 3.1
اشخاص 49.099
AL-JAZEERA opinion poll (29/7-1/8/2003):
Could you imagine some Arabic (news) channels
inducing Iraqi resistance against occupation ?
yes: 42.1%
no: 54.8%
no idea: 3.1%
number of participants: 49.099
2003/7/31
الأردن يستضيف ابنتي الرئيس العراقي المخلوع
أعلن وزير الإعلان الأردني نبيل الشريف أن ابنتي الرئيس
العراقي المخلوع الكبريين رغد و رنا صدام حسين وصلتا
إلى عمان الخميس برفقة تسعة أطفال، و هم الأن تحت
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .حماية السلطات الأردنية
AL-JAZEERA (31/7/2003):
"Jordan is hosting the daughters of former Iraqi president"
"According to the Jordanian minister of information, Nabil
Ascharif, the eldest daughters of the former Iraqi president,
Raghad and Rana Saddam Hussein, together with nine of
their children arrived in Amman on Thursday. They are now
under supervision of Jordanian authorities."
2003/8/1
صدام يدعو العراقيين لمواجها الاحتلال بكل الوسائل
(في تسجيل صوتي بثته الجزيرة)
دعا الرئيس العراقي المخلوع صدام حسين الشعب
العراقي إلى استمرار المقاومة و مواجهة قوات
الاحتلال الأميركي بكل الوسائل، و وصف كل من
xxxxx .يتعاون مع المحتلين بأنه خائن و عميل
AL-JAZEERA (1/8/2003):
"Saddam calls the people of Iraq to oppose occupation
with all means" (sound record published by Al-Jazeera)
"Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein called the Iraqi
nation to continue resistance and to oppose U.S. occupa-
tion forces by using all means available. And he accused
all those who collaborate with the occupants as traitors
and spies."
Here a comment, published by ARAB NEWS in Riyadh,
that should demonstrate how a missing knowledge of
historic proceedings can lead to an erroneous evalua-
tion of the present :
xxxxx Confidence Built On Ignorance of Arab History
الاقتصاد الاعراقي
2003/8/3
مسؤول عراقي يستبعد خصخصة الشركات الكبرى قريبا
قال المدير العام لوزارة الصناعة والثروات المعدنية
في العراق يعقوب شونيا إن بدء عملية خصخصة
الشركات العراقية الكبرى التي تشكل هدف التحالف
.الأميركي البريطاني يحتاج إلى وقت طويل
وأكد شونيا الذي استدعاه الأميركيون بعد تقاعده في
ظل نظام صدام أن وزارته ستقوم "بتقدير قيمة 52
."شركة تضم 186 مصنعا كلا على حدة
Cost of the War in Iraq
التكاليف الحرب
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Iraqi Economy
AL-JAZEERA (3/8/2003):
Headline:
"Iraqi functionary
sceptical toward
a classification of
great companies
in the near future"
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx No to Unemployment !
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx انكاد العاطلون عن العمل
The general administrator in the Iraqi Ministry of Industry
and Natural Resources declared that in consequence of the
hostilities [against occupation], the beginning of a classi-
fication of such great Iraqi companies, decided to see their
goal in establishing relations with America and Britain, will
need a long time.
He confirmed the hostilities which are challenging the U.S.
after the end of supremacy of Saddam's regime, yet declar-
ing that his ministry is proceeding with the "estimation of
value for 52 companies that are comprising 186 fabrication
sites and are certainly not involved in uprise".
