Iraqis condemn prime minister after Falluja raid

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/GEO224074.htm

FALLUJA, Iraq, Oct 2 (Reuters) - After the latest U.S. air strike on Falluja, enraged residents clasped wounded children and challenged Iraq's prime minister to visit the town to see how bombs were hitting civilians, not "terrorists".

"Is this a terrorist? Is this a terrorist? Iyad Allawi come and show us the terrorists," screamed a man as he fixed a bandage on the head of a small boy in his arms.

A U.S. warplane struck Falluja late Friday night, the latest in a weeks-long campaign of bombardments the U.S. military says are targeting hideouts used by followers of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most hunted man in Iraq.

Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, has been in rebel hands since U.S. forces withdrew following a failed offensive on the city in April.

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[Cooley Hurd]

1. If I were Allawi, I'd stay away...

...lest he meets a fate similar to Mussolini:

[izzie]

2. Odd this is all going on after Iraq man saw Bush.

I bet a buck Bush lost his temper and said to clean up the place.This seems so much like Vietnam and the Presidents sort of saying where to bo<[Automated by GetSmile>img]mb .

[JoFerret]

3. This is an important story

.

[NVMojo]

4. Aliwa needs his butt kicked for being a Bush puppet

...he deserves what he gets from his country people.

[JoFerret]

5. Listening to those voices is necessary

...in support of any hope for democracy in Iraq.

[Disturbed]

6. Allawi the next Iraqi PM?

I think that Saddam would get at least 50% more votes than Allawi.

Rumor is that al Sadr may run. He would probably win.

[0007]

8. I wonder if Vegas has put up line on Allawi health?

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. So the USAF and Navy have been reduced to being goons

for an unelected foreign dictator?

[mike_c]

9. they've been reduced to goons and enforcers...

...ever since the invasion of Iraq.

[Disturbed]

10. Dead man walking.

Allawi.

The Military is being used for Capitalist Ventures, Blood for profits. Not so unusal.