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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-25-04 02:40 PM
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Is Fallujah starving?
As the seige of Fallujah goes on, I find myself thinking of the people inside more and more. It's a sure bet they're not getting supplies and the Iraqi people weren't well off to begin with--they probably didn't have much in the way of food stockpiles.
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Character Assassin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-25-04 02:41 PM
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1. If not now, then most likely very soon
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slater71 Donating Member (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-25-04 02:50 PM
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2. Yep
Heard that today that food was running out. I think that is why they have delayed the assault.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-25-04 02:52 PM
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4. Its the age old seige thingy, starve them out. First to die will be the
kids and elderly. Compassionate Conservatism MY ASS.
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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-25-04 02:52 PM
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3. Isn't cutting of food supplies to civilians a war crime?
nt
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kalian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-25-04 03:04 PM
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6. Yup....but...
we're "at war" but we're not "at war".
We're "at war" with something referred to as "terrorism" but we
ended up invading two sovereign nations. BTW, that's not "war", it
was a "mission".

:crazy:
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jean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-25-04 02:54 PM
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5. You can read Riverbend's comments and reports about Fallujah here ->
Baghdad Burning

She talks of the refugees who left the city (I think the population is around 300,000 in "normal" times) and are staying in Baghdad, some in River's neighborhood.

Riverbend has links to Al-Jazeera, BBC and other news sources you could check for updated (non-US) info on Fallujah.
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