Destroyed Fallujah 'Uninhabitable',

[Robbien]

a report by Samir Haddad & Mazen Ghazi
U.N. Observer & International Report

Iraq’s Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS) has ruled out the return of Fallujah evacuees to their homes during the coming days, dismissing statements by the interim government, due to wide scale destruction caused by the US military campaign that rendered the city “uninhabitable”.

A statement issued Monday, December 20, by the interim Iraqi government, said that displaced Iraqis will start returning Thursday, December 23, to Fallujah, which was virtually abandoned by its residents ahead of last month's massive US assault to regain control of the city from resistance fighters.




Most of Fallujah homes were flattened by the US air and ground attacks.

http://www.unobserver.com/layout4.php?id=2049&blz=1

[durablend]

1. Spreading democracy

One flattened city at a time!

:puke:

[saigon68]

26. ELECTIONS IN FALLUJAH (graphic)

WHAT COUNTRY CAN HAVE ELECTIONS

WHEN THEY CAN'T EVEN POLICE UP THE CORPSES, THE DOGS ARE DEVOURING
IN THE STREETS?

This is what the Nazis did to the JEWS in the Warsaw ghetto---DOGS FEEDING ON CORPSES.




A stray dog dines on the dome of an Iraqi corpse.




The Work of Dogs stripping the meat from a Burnt Iraqi Corpse
From Randi Rhodes website

(Lassie dines on a classy Iraqi)

[Voltaire99]

43. Your tax dollars at work.

Thanks for posting these images, Saigon--people need to see what this farcical unholy war does.

[radwriter0555]

64. Golly! WHICH lucky GIGANTIC pal o' bush CORPORATION will REBUILD

it now that the US Marines Demolition Team has leveled it?

Courtesy of the US Taxpayers, of course!

[mhr]

2. Haliburton Is Just Itching To Rebuild - Wonder What The Kickback

To Bush and Cheney will be?

[SKKY]

21. Great! We let Haliburton rebuild and everyone in Fallujah...

...will be living in single-wide trailers (no doubt manufactured in Texas) that cost the US government $150,000.00 each.

[VegasWolf]

22. I think your estimate is way off, should be a mil per trailer. n/t

[w4rma]

3. Here is news most Americans will never see. (nt)

[iconoclastic cat]

4. So all these people are going to walk straight into hell,

look at the state of their homes, and, what, shrug? Things are looking bad now, and this is with the US media's propaganda slathered over everything. I don't like where this is going.

[Robbien]

7. What's even worse is that their government isn't even preparing them

for the devastation to which they will be returning.

Allawi is saying everything is fine and safe, you can go home now, not mentioning their home will be a pile of rubble.

[iconoclastic cat]

16. Yeah, they're not going to be pissed or anything, right?

And a lot of "improvised explosive devices" aren't going to be cooked up by thousands of ticked off people who do dare to return, of course.

[0007]

39. Alllawi may find himself homeless with no American protection

one day!

[Dr.Phool]

5. We saved it.

[Norquist Nemesis]

6. Operation Iraqi Freedom!

No restraining walls for YOU!

/sarcasm

[NNN0LHI]

8. They just don't get it. They had to burn the city down to save it

Now, where have I heard that before?

Don

[jmcgowanjm]

9. Where this is going-16 sq KM defeated 3largest armored assaults

in history

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1091484

Lastly, it appears an additional declared tactical/
political objective of the American Military's task was to engage
in a "fight of good versus evil". Additionally it
appears (presumably per their intelligence reports) that
the mission also was to "destroy" "Satan" since it appears
that "he lives in Fallujah"

On the face of it, it appears as if none of these tactical/
military objectives have been met, including, it appears,
the desire to presumably meet Mr Satan, resident of
Fallujah.

http://outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20041220&fname=fallujah&sid=1

[saigon68]

27. A lot of Marines- met Mr. Satan

And are currently employed shoveling coal for Him.

[Robbien]

10. Fallujah is the size of Cleveland. Can you imagine if Cleveland was

gone, flattened like this?

[zbdent]

12. I have imagined it

Likely to happen if the Browns ever win the Superbowl . . .

[iconoclastic cat]

17. Well, luckily for us...

/snark

[VegasWolf]

24. Good, then we don't have to worry. n/t

[Jacobin]

11. Vietnam deja vu

"We had to destroy the village to save it"

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

59. I love the smell of Napalm in the Morning !

leveling and annihilating will earn the respect of others who may think twice before going against us.


<sarcasm off>

I heard some guy on KGO radio sitting in for Bernie Ward the other day--this guy was a total jerk-some ex scientist idiot--well, this guy was saying that we need to "get the message out" that if you go against us we will annihilate you.---
that was his solution for ending all problems in the middle east.
I emailed that racist sob and we argues via email--no talking to people like that-

[madrchsod]

13. well georgie now takes his place in history of another

king who has leveled a major city in iraq. but before he takes to much credit he must remember back then, those guys led their troops in battle, not like him who sits thousands of miles away and orders the deaths of his troops...

[T Bone]

48. and retreats to his Christmas holiday deep in the heart of Texas

Have yourself a merry little christmas, George and Laura.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

14. Maybe it's not so bad that Bushler gets another term.

Does Kerry really want to deal with this? Also, do we want Democrats blamed for "His Imperial Highness's" disasters. Let Bushler clean it all up, if he can.

:eyes:

[4_TN_TITANS]

19. I think Kerry was almost relieved....

to not have to deal with this mess. That's why he conceeded so quickly. I certainly got a sense of "Whew.....at least now the chimp has to fix it" from him. :puke:

[rabbit2484]

45. My thoughts exactly Titans

Then everybody would have blamed Kerry for the mess and never see another Democrat in the WH in our lifetime.

Although if * won, any Repukkke can, and we may still never see another Dem.

[lebkuchen]

32. Let he who owns it fix it

the same can be said for those who voted for this regime.

[DoYouEverWonder]

15. Tell me this isn't Armageddon

[iconoclastic cat]

18. Armageddon would at least be justified.

This is more along the lines of a blitzkrieg, in ethical terms.

[Der Blaue Engel]

33. Speaking as a former fundie wacko...

I would be very surprised if this entire Iraq travesty were not a concerted effort to "bring about Armageddon." They've been talking about the signs of the "end times" with self-righteous glee for YEARS. They WANT it to happen, because that means they will soon get their reward. Fundamentalist Christianity is a death cult; they just don't get any virgins afterward. That's why I think people should be VERY afraid of the stranglehold these freaks have on our government.

[potone]

34. Armageddon

I am beginning to believe that you are right. I know some people think that Bush's Christianity is juat a cover for his utterly cynical crony capitalism, but I think he genuinely believes that he is a Christian, despite his decidedly unchristian policies and actions. It seems to me that the only way out of this straightforward march towards ever more death and destruction is to say loudly and clearly that what we are doing is morally indefensible, and that their version of christianity, which was only dreamed-up in the 19th century is heretical!!!

[leftchick]

20. so very sad...

God Forgive America... :(

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

23. By Jove, I think I've got it!

If nobody can live there, then THE INSURGENT DEAD-ENDERS can not live there either!!!

Yay!!!

There's just one thing...If one's home is destroyed, does that tend to make one a 'dead-ender' as well?

[leftchick]

62. another Fallujah dead-ender...*graphic*

He won't be attacking anymore ameriKans...



Isn't it special what US chemicals do to people?

[VegasWolf]

25. Mosul is next on Halliburton's fixit up list. n/t

[Lone_Star_Dem]

46. Yep, Bush will add it to his honey-do list for them. nt

[Politicub]

28. Freedome is on the march!

now these pople are free from their own homes!! FREEDOM!!!!!

[LynnTheDem]

29. Iraqis; build new city elsewhere & leave Fallujah as a MONUMENT to

US "spreading democracy".

[Robbien]

31. The US is only giving them each $100 and a kerosine heater

Your suggestion is not just one option out of many possibilities, it is Fallujah's only option.

[lebkuchen]

30. What is the lifespan of napalm?

out of curiosity?

[EmpireWeAre]

44. This site doesn't mention shelf life

but you can buy some. not And there is some basic info on the nasty stuff.
http://www.napalm.net/

[lebkuchen]

61. I guess it lasts as long as it has something to burn

If you're the one burning, and you live through it, the pain lasts a lifetime.

The Bush administration has changed the thickening agent your article mentions, and so doesn't call it "napalm" anymore but "Mark 77."

The US has already admitted that it used napalm during the siege of Baghdad. The truth was reluctantly confirmed by the Pentagon after news reports corroborated the evidence. The military has tried to conceal the truth by saying that there is a distinction between its new weapon and “traditional napalm”. The “improved” product carries the Pentagon moniker “Mark 77 firebombs” and uses jet fuel to “decrease environmental damage”. The fact that military planner’s even considered “environmental damage” while developing the tools for incinerating human beings, gives us some insight into the deep vein of cynicism that permeates their ranks.

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=15&ItemID=6772

[quaoar]

35. And what did good did destroying Fallujah accomplish?

Is America safer? Will this be hailed by future generations of Iraqis as a pivotal moment in their country's glorious march to democracy?

[purduejake]

36. Yea, we're safer until these despirate people...

decide they have nothing to loose and come to NYC to blow themselves up in a bus or subway.

[MasonJar]

37. Isn't Fallujah an ancient city? If so, it can never be retrieved.

I feel so bad that America has done this to a perfectly innocent country. This is insanity in our name. How can we stop it? I feel helpless. I worked so hard for Kerry and I know these pigs stole the election again.

[Barrett808]

38. "The City of Mosques" -- perhaps half of which are now destroyed

The world's Muslims will be pleased.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

40. Dresden 2004

[malaise]

41. Question?

Why has not one Western media house interviewed the insurgents. Afterall, aren't they building democracy in Iraq? Are they any different than the French resistance movement?

How come we can't hear/read their side if we don't search for it on the net or in media from one of the countries that did not support the war.
Why can't we hear from ordinary Iraqi's from the embedded journalists. Oh yes, this democracy has nothing to do with ordinary Iraqis.
Strangely these same 'impression managers' on the networks will report about state run radio stations elsewhere. What we ae hearing is a complete lie. Way more people died yesterday than they are claiming. Why do you think Rummy looked so shell-shocked.

It is all going to come out.

[lumpy]

53. I have asked the same question.

We rarely hear from the Iraqi people on the street

[Nihil]

60. Not surprising really ...

... it's hard to answer when you're dead ...

Fallujah has become a charnel house, nothing but dead bodies and
destruction. Ever wonder why the satellite photos of Fallujah have
been suppressed since the middle of November? Ever wonder why the
Red Cross & Red Crescent have been prevented from entering the city?

This wasn't merely to stop the embarrassment from the sight of the
world's most powerful Marines getting their arses kicked around by
the Iraqi Resistance (for the third time).

This was because the world cannot be allowed to see the gross, inhuman
war crime that has been committed by the American forces (Army, Air
Force, Marines) on the orders of the American government in the name
of the American people.

If the truth comes out before martial law is imposed, even some of
the most stupid, rabidly xenophobic Republicans would come to their
senses and realise what they have done (and what they need to do).

The news blackout will persist until well after the next "terrorist"
attack. The mainstream media will concentrate on trumpeting the
party line (fear/terror/spend/pray) while all of the pieces are
quietly manoeuvred in the shadows across the world.

Nihil

[AgadorSparticus]

42. wow. and to think we are there to "save" them. wonder who will

save them from us? this is unbelievably tragic and so sad. i feel for those people who have lost their homes and their country.

[NNN0LHI]

47. MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS IRAQIS! LET FREEDOM REIGN! n/t

[NNN0LHI]

49. One question

Where is the Catholic church's voice on what is happening here? They are doing the same thing now as they did when Hitler was getting going in the 1930's. They kept quiet. Never again my ass.

Don

[Ripley]

50. Okay, you must not have read this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2857633

I am not a Catholic and I don't keep up with the Pope, but I do believe the Pope puts out statements pretty regularly about how horrible this war is, about the humanitarian needs in Iraq and he was against the invasion in the first place.

[not fooled]

57. they have been too busy condemming Kerry...

...for being pro-choice. Of course, pro-choice 'pukes such as guliani, the boobengrabber, etc. draw no rebuke (church = fucking hypocrites).

[Bluebear]

51. Halliburton will get the contract to rebuild a whole city now. n/t

[mediaman007]

52. Fill it with Fundies! "You broke it; you own it!"

[Darranar]

54. More "liberation"...

That city has been attacked twice so far in the past year, and both attacks killed hundreds of innocent people and wreaked terrible devastation.

The excuses given are false. The attacks by fighters opposed to the occupation have not ceased, or even been considerably reduced. The only real result has been slaughtered innocents and smashed houses.

[malaise]

55. The Vatican

is preparing for the annual Christmas concert.
A few releases from time to time won't do here. The Vatican should be vocal but am I surprised. The Brits, the Vatican and Hitler were all good friends.

edit -sp.

[Robbien]

56. Just a little bumb for the late night crowd

n/t

[hvn_nbr_2]

58. It's actually a Rovian vote suppression scheme

If they don't have homes or even a city, they don't have an address, so they can't register to vote in the "election." Even if they show up to vote, all the precincts will vote in the same pile of rubble and they'll have to find the right table or their votes won't be counted. 'Course there will only be one Diebold machine for each area of town and after they wait in line for a few days to get to that machine, a few strafing runs should discourage the ones who are left. Waste of time anyhow--the machines are already set with the number of votes our CIA stooge wants from each part of town anyway.

We had to destroy Fallujah in order to save it.

[jmcgowanjm]

63. Seems that IRR is moving up the internet food chain

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/RES412B.html

Rense, then WRH, and now, Ruppert's
Centre for Research on Globalization

How long before it hits MSM.

IRR122204

American aircraft bombed specific areas in the
neighborhoods of al-‘Askari, al-Jawlan, ash-Shuhada’,
al-Jubayl, and the industrial zone with more than 140
container bombs, each full of hundreds of anti-personnel
cluster bombs. Eywitnesses reported that the cluster
bombing stopped at 3pm local time, after Resistance
forces mounted their own intense rocket barrages on
the American camp in the agricultural area northeast of the
city.

US recaptures 130 puppet troops who fled from al-Fallujah,
but 90 others get away.

A high-ranking official in the puppet “national guard” in
Abu Ghurayb, Isma‘il Fayyad, told a correspondent for
Mafkarat al-Islam, “we made a big mistake when we told
the refugee families that they would be returning to al-
Fallujah and that they could go home. I think now that the
battle has begun all over again in al-Fallujah, or that history
has taken us back to the first day of the battle once
again.”

Report Totals for latest report:

U.S Soldiers Killed............197

Abrams Tanks Des/Dis......2
Apache Helicopt...............3
Humvees Des/Dis............12
Bradleys Des/Dis.............5
Trucks/Tankers...............4