U.S. Pounds Falluja Diehards, Violence in North(Mission Not Accomplished)

[maddezmom]

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. artillery pummelled Falluja on Wednesday and troops hunted guerrillas still fighting days after Washington said its offensive had destroyed rebel control of the Sunni Muslim city west of Baghdad.



Further north, where violence has surged since the U.S. assault on Falluja began last Monday, 15 Iraqis were killed and 22 wounded in the oil refining town of Baiji. A suicide car bomber rammed a U.S. convoy, prompting troops to open fire.


U.S. officers in Falluja said Marines were "cleaning up" remaining Iraqi and foreign Islamists and Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) loyalists, and Iraq (news - web sites)'s interim government said some 1,600 rebels lay dead in the rubble.


Mortar fire and heavy explosive rounds crashed on areas where insurgents were believed still to be holding out.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=586&e=2&u=/nm/20041117/wl_nm/iraq_dc

[54anickel]

1. But the world is safer now! Wonder if the freepers are French bashing on

this quote:

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More widely, the bloodshed in Falluja, including the alleged shooting dead of an unarmed, wounded guerrilla in a mosque by a U.S. Marine has provoked dismay among many in Iraq and the Arab world, where President Bush (news - web sites) hoped Saddam's overthrow would foster stability.

One of the most prominent critics of last year's U.S.-led invasion spoke out again on Wednesday:

"I'm not at all sure that one can say the world is safer," said French President Jacques Chirac on the eve of a visit to Bush's closest ally, British Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites).

"There is no doubt there has been an increase in terrorism ... To a certain extent Saddam Hussein's departure was a positive thing but it also provoked reaction such as the mobilization in a number of countries of men and women of Islam which has made the world more dangerous."

[chelsea0011]

2. The planet hasn't been in this much sh*t since WWII

Bush is a war criminal. Thousands men, women, and children slaughtered for his gift to oil $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. And the American people voted for this guy? It is a disgrace. But Nixon got a second term with Watergate percolating and Vietnam still trekking along. It took a few more years but the public awoke from Nixon. Is Bush next?