U.S. Continues Airstrikes in Fallujah

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041022/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_fallujah&cid=540&ncid=1480


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Around sundown Thursday, militants fired small arms, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars at U.S. forces, who hit back with ground fire and airstrikes.


Hospital officials in Fallujah reported that eight people were killed and two wounded in the fighting. The U.S. command said it had no information on "anti-Iraq (news - web sites) forces" killed.


On Friday, the military said that "combat operations" have not begun and American forces have not entered the city. Coalition forces are still conducting "security operations," the military said.


An airstrike Thursday at 10 p.m. hit one suspected militant site where "20 armed invidividuals were seen moving crates and equipment from house to house," the U.S. military said.




Iraqi men inspect the debris of a destroyed house after a U.S. air strike overnight in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), early morning Friday, Oct. 22, 2004. Hospital officials reported that eight people were killed and two wounded in the fighting. (AP Photo/Mohammed Khodor)

[leftchick]

1. More US Terrorism....

An Iraqi man cries in the ruins of his destroyed house after a U.S. air strike overnight in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, Oct. 22, 2004. Hospital officials reported that eight people were killed and two wounded in the fighting. (AP Photo/Mohammed Khodor)



An Iraqi man prays next to the body of a killed relative in the hospital in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), early morning Friday, Oct. 22, 2004 after a U.S. air strike. Hospital officials reported that eight people were killed and two wounded in the fighting. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)



.... how many kids have you killed today aWol*?

[Englander]

6. Absolutely,US=state terrorist.

Have you seen this article?
It's written by a journo who was in Falluja

"Falluja in their sights"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=80265#80528
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1332205,00.html

[leftchick]

7. No I had not seen it. Excellent and sobering....

last paragraph.... :(

<I have spent time with both resistance fighters and the US army, and there is no question the marines can take the city. But the US has a developed a habit of winning engagements while losing the war - while breaking the laws of war in the process. This is what Britain's redeployment will help to unleash. >

[Englander]

8. Movement of BlackWatch is another bloody mistake by Blair,

and another example for him to show his contempt for the Labour party.
It is obvious this is a political decision and is as subtle as a sledgehammer,a week before your Election.
So,how long will it be before * mentions the brave allies?

[jmcgowanjm]

15. To turn Fallujah into Grozny

"I was told by Iraqi fighters that the marines nearly took the
city after capturing a lot of rebel ammunition."

And I read that the Resistance was piss'd 'cause
they had outflanked the marines and were about
to take them out.

We ain't seen nothin' yet.

options left are all unsavory. 1) Washington may put at
least 300,000 troops on the ground, instead of the
current 138,000, and try to smash the resistance for good.
This means an indefinite occupation - and no "democracy" at
the end of the tunnel. 2) Washington may leave the whole
mess as it is, with a constant stream of US casualties and
the resistance getting stronger by the minute. 3) The US may
pull out of Iraq entirely.

http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/FJ22Ak04.html

120PM 102204 $55.30/bbl

[jukes]

2. i hate this administration

of liars & murderers.

[Jacobin]

3. That'll fix it

:eyes:

[saigon68]

4. "anti-Iraq (read anti-Halliburton) forces" killed

What is an anti-Iraq force?

How would the Bush Criminals regard anti-war protesters?

Are they anti-Amerikan?

Would the Bush Criminals send the police out to shoot and kill a few anti-war protesters?

[leftchick]

5. lol ....excellent link you have there saigon!

dark humor is needed in these dark times.

[Sideways]

9. I'm Not Laughing These Days LC My Son Enlisted In The Marines

And is being sent to MCRD on 11/01 for boot camp after boot he will be going to Pendleton after that I guess we all know where he is headed....He is 23. I am paralyzed with fear and dread and sadness.

[leftchick]

10. I am so sorry Mary T.....

my nephew just graduated boot camp in the Marine Corps. he thinks they are going to send him to engineering school! He is only eighteen and it is such a waste.
Is it too late to talk your son out of going? I think he still has a chance to get out of his commitment before boot camp.

[Sideways]

12. I Tried Talking...It Is A Daddy Driven Issue I'm Afraid

His dad my ex is a former F-14 pilot and has real problems with Benjamin. Ben reminds him too much of me and he has never let the kid forget it. I believe Ben is trying to tell his dad to fuck off and at the same time trying to prove he isn't just my darling baby boy but a man in his own right. It is complicated and Ben is not backing down.

I am just so fucking weirded out and I'm abroad so I feel isolated.

[saigon68]

13. That's how I got in the service and I was Gung Ho---

Until I saw a few bloated bodies crawling with maggots-- then I realized I'd fucked up.

Nothing smells like a rotting corpse in the 95 degree heat of the tropics after the body has been out there for a couple of weeks.

And some of these mother fuckers who advocate War here have no idea.

As thousands more troops go to Iraq and come back--- the Draft dodging NeoCons who sent them there--- will feel their heat.

</RANT>

[saigon68]

11. Hope he stays safe

If he keeps his head down and uses a little common sense, he will be alright.

Many young men have something to prove by enlisting.

Hopefully he will grow up and be productive when he gets out. Love him unconditionally for his choice. I support all who enlisted for whatever reason. I will not support the leaders who for venal reasons put these young women and men in danger.

[lawladyprof]

14. Anti-Iraqi forces = Anti-Iraqi Iraqis

I call them on this absolute linguistic lunacy.

[saigon68]

17. This is NeoCon Rove double speak

The shit Josef Goebbels used to dream up to stigmatize jews---

Jew = sub-humanoid type.

[VegasWolf]

16. American insurgents = democrats

Cheeny to *, "Sir the American insurgents ( err, democrats ) are rioting!"
* to Cheeny, "Good God, what should we do?"
Cheeny to *, "I don't know about you, but I'm going back to Halliburton."

New Information Shows Bush Indecisive, Paranoid, Delusional

[saigon68]

18. MEANWHILE BACK ON THE HIGH-WAY OF DEATH

A U.S. Army Bradley armoured vehicle burns next to a junction on the airport highway in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Saturday, Oct 23, 2004. A roadside bomb exploded near an American military convoy in Baghdad, injuring six soldiers, the US command said. One US Army armoured vehicle was destroyed and the six men injured when an improvised explosive device, IED, was detonated as the military convoy passed. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

[jmcgowanjm]

20. Notice how Iraqis die in convoy attacks but USans only injured

From Mafkarat al Islam 102204

Seven US troops killed in Friday evening ambush.

Iraqi Resistance forces on Friday attacked a US patrol on
the road to Saddam International Airport in the al-
Jihad neighborhood at about 5:40pm. The Resistance
fired rocket-propelled grenades at the US patrol, destroying
one Humvee and one Bradley armored vehicle. Seven
American soldiers died in the ambush.

Or maybe the pic was from this attack:

Three US troops were wounded, one of them seriously when
an Iraqi Resistance bomb exploded under a US
Bradley armored vehicle in the al-Jihad neighborhood
of Baghdad at about 11am Friday. The blast heavily
damaged the vehicle and wounded the three men.
Local witnesses described the wounds of one of the men
as serious, judging from the way the other US troops
treated him.

[0007]

19. (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((WTF))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

[tlcandie]

21. So, will the US only stop this madness/insanity when there is

nothing left to bomb... like in Palestine? :cry:

[maddezmom]

23. yeah, then they'll just use bulldozers to move around the rubble

:(

[leftchick]

22. I am so damn poud! look at the terrorists the US got in Fallujah!

An Iraqi family receives treatment at a hospital after they were hurt when their house was damaged in an overnight U.S. air raid conducted over the city of Falluja, October 23, 2004. U.S. planes bombed targets in rebel-held Falluja, killing two people, and the U.S. military said it had captured a lieutenant of its top foe in Iraq (news - web sites) in an overnight raid. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal


:grr: