Iraq PM pledges to 'liberate' Falluja

[Barrett808]

Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has vowed to "liberate" Falluja amid growing expectation that a major assault is imminent.
US troops have closed all roads in and out of the rebel-held city and Iraqi troops have taken up position nearby.

The BBC's Paul Wood, with US marines, says a substantial ground force is entering the outskirts of the city.

Previous assaults on the city have left large numbers of civilians dead and most of the city's population has fled.

Our correspondent, who is working under US military censorship, says it is not clear whether the Iraqi leader has given the final order to begin the assault.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3985493.stm

[eleny]

1. oh god

[hatrack]

2. Well shit, dude, pick up a helmet and a rifle and go to it

Nobody's stopping you.

[saigon68]

3. Fallujagrad

Fallujagrad

The “Real Iraqi Resistance” has already left Fallujagrad..

The only ones remaining are a few die hards that want to kill as many amerikans as possible
before they die. They have set thousands of mines and booby traps.

The war in Iraq-Nam is only starting.

It will be the WARSAW GHETTO part 2



Jews surrendering at the end of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943.The photo is from SS-General
Juergen Stroop's report, "The Jewish Quarter in Warsaw No Longer Exists."

[daleo]

4. Is that a light I see at the end of the tunnel?

Whoops, something else I think.

[DrWeird]

5. Liberating Fallujah from the people of Fallujah.

That's a brilliant military tactic if you ask me.

:eyes:

[VegasWolf]

6. Liberate them from the pestilence of women and children and young men.

[rkc3]

7. We'll give them democracy and freedom

if we have to kill every one of them.

[DinahMoeHum]

8. "...every battle won is just another grain of sand. . .

"...when you're white boots marching in a yellow land..."

- Phil Ochs

:nuke:

[makhno]

9. That's a funny

... it is not clear whether the Iraqi leader has given the final order to begin the assault.

Right, like Allawi is the one giving orders around there. Too bad the BBC has been cowed into compliance with the official truth.

As an aside, "liberating" a city from its native population sounds a little preposterous.

[noamnety]

10. Liberating them from themselves

Where have I heard that before?

"And now we are told that the men who fought there must watch quietly while American lives are lost so that we can exercise the incredible arrogance of Vietnamizing the Vietnamese."

[oneighty]

13. Why is Allawi

given authority to send our armies into battle. He should use the 'Iraqi armies'

What happened to no American Armies under a foreign commander? You know like get US out of the UN and stuff like that there. Impeach Earl Warren. Have you kissed your truck today? America first. Where are you people now?

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[makhno]

14. No kidding

While I'm sure Allawi is nowhere near a position where he is deciding what American troops should do in his country, the fact that phrases such as "ordering American troops into battle" can be used with impunity by the media is very telling. Remember the outcry after Mogadishu and whole hand-wringing over the chain of command in the Balkans?

[oneighty]

16. Yes Chain of Command

American troops will not serve under a foreign commander. Unless Bush** so orders it.

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[fryguy]

11. and by liberate he means raize.....right

eom

[Beacho]

12. liberate?

What? From their mortal coil?

[llmart]

15. Oh, man, I can't wait for "Shock and Awe Part II".......

Wolf Blitzer will be wetting himself with excitement as will all the white trash, redneck, beer bellied armchair warriors sitting in their barcoloungers watching this as entertainment on CNN.

Hey, Mildred, bring me some popcorn. Yee haw! This is fun!

[LibDemAlways]

17. The words may be coming out of

Allawi's mouth, but they are originating in Cheney, Rummy, and Wolfowitz's evil brains. I suggest that every moron in America who voted for the chimp should be on his or way to help the effort. Fallujah or bust.