US warplanes bomb Falluja - Democratic Underground

DuctapeFatwa

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Sat Oct-16-04 04:00 PM
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US warplanes bomb Falluja

US warplanes launched fierce strikes on the western Iraqi city of Falluja on Saturday night, a Reuters witness said.

He said tanks could be seen moving on a highway just outside Falluja and were shelling the city.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E8498EDC-D042-4912-9F75-88C51E2C0DAE.htm

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leftchick

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Sat Oct-16-04 04:05 PM
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1. Here is one victim from today...

Edited on Sat Oct-16-04 04:06 PM by leftchick

He is the same age as my little boy... :(

Iraqi boy Hussam Achmed, 9, cries in the emergency room in the hospital in Fallujah, outside Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004 while being treated from gun shots to his leg. According to hospital sources, Hussam and four other family members where injured after an improvised bomb detonated in the suburbs of Fallujah and US troops started firing randomly. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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HysteryDiagnosis

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Sat Oct-16-04 04:09 PM
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2. The deconstruction of Iraq goes on without a hitch. n/t

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LibertyorDeath

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Sat Oct-16-04 04:28 PM
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3. "US troops started firing randomly"

The love for these Troops must be growing exponentially among the Iraqi's

Maybe this Spring "the flowers will come"

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