Guest guest Posted April 10, 2004 Report Share Posted April 10, 2004 http://www.geocities.com/mossab442/1.html Crimes in Iraq Will Fallujah Be Leveled? By Firas Al-Atraqchi Freelance Columnist 06/04/2004 US forces seal off Fallujah, Monday, April 5, in preparation for a major operation. The men of the restive city of Fallujah are not afraid. Speaking to reporters, they egg the US soldiers on. "Come into our city and we will show them what we are made of," they say. "They have tanks and planes but are cowards, we will fight till there are none of us left," others say. The people of Fallujah are expecting the worst. They know the US military will not allow itself to be humiliated in the manner of last week's mutilation and hanging of four killed US mercenaries working for the private security firm Blackwater. They know the US military will not allow the daily attacks on convoys to go unpunished. A few hours before the horrific mutilations and lynching, five US soldiers died when a powerful improvised explosive device ripped their armored personnel carrier apart. And the US military is edging for a fight. On Monday morning, US forces closed off the Iraq-Amman highway which leads through Fallujah. Reporters attempting to enter the city have told this writer that they were told by US officers that the area surrounding Fallujah - and the city itself - is off-limits to reporters, a restrictive zone, expected to be closed down for anywhere between two to 10 days. Iraq analysts fear that the US is about to commit a war-crime by laying siege to Fallujah and punishing its citizens by disallowing shipments of food and water. With no independent reports from Fallujah, Iraq analysts warn the world could be kept in the dark about scores of civilians likely to be caught in military confrontation between US forces and Iraqi resistance. Coalition authorities have promised a swift and precise response to last week's mutilations of four contract servicemen who were ambushed in central Fallujah. However, in media reports filed before the city was cordoned off, angry Iraqis claimed that it was US policy in the area that fueled their anger. Among their complaints: Mounting of the foot over the neck of Iraqis - an affront in Iraqi society The detaining of Iraqi women and teenage girls The house searches well into the dead of night, using shock bombs, threats, and verbal abuse The returning of detained women, often barely clothed The killing of civilians by US forces with no assumption of responsibility or guilt Iraq is entering a perilous phase as Iraqis begin to realize that the freedom they were promised was a thinly-veiled farce aimed at extorting the country of its mineral and oil wealth. There is open revolt in the south of Iraq where the young cleric Muqtada Sadr has declared that negotiating and/or exercising democratic tools like protests and demonstrations has not worked with the Coalition. His Mahdi Army has seized several police stations throughout the south of Iraq. US forces retaliated by seizing a Sadr office in Kirkuk. As the first anniversary of the fall of Baghdad arrives, the fall of Iraq into absolute anarchy seems imminent. A Year in Numbers http://www.islamonline.net/english/media/2...ter/index.shtml <http://www.islamonline.net/english/media/2004/03/yearlater/index.shtml> For more information about Islam: www.geocities.com/aboossama1863/1.html Contact me at islamq_a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2004 Report Share Posted April 11, 2004 While I agree with many of the sentiments here, and that war in Iraq should never have happened, nor should the years of sanctions which caused so much suffering, the fanatical flavour of this message will do more harm than good IMHO. Nor is it appropriate in a forum devoted to astrology. On 11/4/04 4:54 am, "diana" <diana22 wrote: > http://www.geocities.com/mossab442/1.html > > Crimes in Iraq > > Will Fallujah Be Leveled? > > By Firas Al-Atraqchi > Freelance Columnist > 06/04/2004 > > US forces seal off Fallujah, Monday, April 5, in preparation for a major > operation. > > The men of the restive city of Fallujah are not afraid. Speaking to reporters, > they egg the US soldiers on. "Come into our city and we will show them what we > are made of," they say. "They have tanks and planes but are cowards, we will > fight till there are none of us left," others say. > > The people of Fallujah are expecting the worst. They know the US military will > not allow itself to be humiliated in the manner of last week's mutilation and > hanging of four killed US mercenaries working for the private security firm > Blackwater. They know the US military will not allow the daily attacks on > convoys to go unpunished. A few hours before the horrific mutilations and > lynching, five US soldiers died when a powerful improvised explosive device > ripped their armored personnel carrier apart. > > And the US military is edging for a fight. On Monday morning, US forces closed > off the Iraq-Amman highway which leads through Fallujah. Reporters attempting > to enter the city have told this writer that they were told by US officers > that the area surrounding Fallujah - and the city itself - is off-limits to > reporters, a restrictive zone, expected to be closed down for anywhere between > two to 10 days. > > Iraq analysts fear that the US is about to commit a war-crime by laying siege > to Fallujah and punishing its citizens by disallowing shipments of food and > water. > > With no independent reports from Fallujah, Iraq analysts warn the world could > be kept in the dark about scores of civilians likely to be caught in military > confrontation between US forces and Iraqi resistance. > > Coalition authorities have promised a swift and precise response to last > week's mutilations of four contract servicemen who were ambushed in central > Fallujah. However, in media reports filed before the city was cordoned off, > angry Iraqis claimed that it was US policy in the area that fueled their > anger. Among their complaints: > > Mounting of the foot over the neck of Iraqis - an affront in Iraqi society > > The detaining of Iraqi women and teenage girls > > The house searches well into the dead of night, using shock bombs, threats, > and verbal abuse > > The returning of detained women, often barely clothed > > The killing of civilians by US forces with no assumption of responsibility or > guilt > > Iraq is entering a perilous phase as Iraqis begin to realize that the freedom > they were promised was a thinly-veiled farce aimed at extorting the country of > its mineral and oil wealth. There is open revolt in the south of Iraq where > the young cleric Muqtada Sadr has declared that negotiating and/or exercising > democratic tools like protests and demonstrations has not worked with the > Coalition. His Mahdi Army has seized several police stations throughout the > south of Iraq. US forces retaliated by seizing a Sadr office in Kirkuk. > > As the first anniversary of the fall of Baghdad arrives, the fall of Iraq into > absolute anarchy seems imminent. > > > A Year in Numbers > http://www.islamonline.net/english/media/2...ter/index.shtml > <http://www.islamonline.net/english/media/2004/03/yearlater/index.shtml> > > > > For more information about Islam: > www.geocities.com/aboossama1863/1.html > > Contact me at > islamq_a ://docs./info/terms/> . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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