BBC: Falluja people flee new attacks

[Barrett808]

There has been a renewed exodus of residents from the Iraqi city of Falluja, after one of the heaviest US bombardments for weeks.

Ground forces were also involved, but the US said the operation was not the start of an attempt to retake the city.

At least eight people were killed and several injured, medical sources say.

In a southern suburb of Baghdad, a car bomb exploded near a police station killing 10 people, including a family of four, the US military said.

It said the car was packed with 300 lb (135 kg) of explosives, and blew up at about 1100 (0800 GMT) as an Iraqi police patrol passed. All the dead were civilians.

In Falluja, the US said planes hit a planning centre used by militants led by Iraq's most wanted man, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3746034.stm

[bloom]

1. U.S. Pounds Fallujah As Ramadan Begins - yahoo headlines

http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=World&cat=Iraq

Isn't that like bombing on Christmas?

[Ripley]

2. And earlier today I saw a post about the clerics calling for a

Holy War if we run a massive assault on Fallujah, because of all the civilian deaths the last time.

Way to go guys! Make me proud to be an American!

[RaulGroom]

3. When people are so evil

That they will defend their city against foreign invaders, then they do not deserve the courtesy of not being blown up during their religious holiday.

That's a little preemptive sarcasm for ya.

[anarchy1999]

4. Get Lost, But first go look up Fallujah and April 2003. Then and only

then support our troops.

[VegasWolf]

5. More dead women and children, err, terrorists! * making the world safe!

New Information Shows Bush Indecisive, Paranoid, Delusional