The failed siege of Fallujah (cholera, no reconstruction, no funds)

[Barrett808]

The failed siege of Fallujah
By Dahr Jamail

AMMAN, Jordan - After two devastating sieges of Fallujah in April and November of 2004, which left thousands of Iraqis dead and hundreds of thousands without homes, the aftermath of the US attempt to rid the city of resistance fighters in an effort to improve security in the country continues to plague the residents of Fallujah, and Iraq as a whole.

Simmering anger grows with time among Fallujans who, after having most of their city destroyed by the US military onslaught, have seen promises of rebuilding by both the US military and Iraqi government remain mostly unfulfilled.

"There are daily war crimes being committed in Fallujah, even now," said Mohammed Abdulla, the executive director of the Study Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Fallujah (SCHRDF). His organization works within the destruction of Fallujah, trying to monitor the plight of residents, bring them reconstruction aid, and document the war crimes and illegal weapons that were used during the November siege.

"Now we have none of the rebuilding which was promised, which people need so desperately in order to get their lives back in order," said Abdulla during a recent interview with Asia Times Online in Amman.

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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GF03Ak01.html

[tlcandie]

1. What he said....

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"The Americans have committed a very big massacre to the people of Fallujah. The crime of Fallujah is the greatest crime ever," Abdulla said sternly. "This will remain as a black spot in American history forever. Whatever the American people will do, even if they get rid of those liars who are in their government, they will need a long time for people to forget what they have done in Iraq and in Fallujah in order for us to deal with them as a civilized people who have humanity."
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:cry:

[lyonn]

9. Impeachment would go a long way

restoring the U.S.'s image, let them know we are not all warmongers.

[NNN0LHI]

2. But I read the soldiers were passing out Frisbees to the little kidees...

...just the other day in Fallujah? What gives here?

Don

[Hissyspit]

3. No, no. It was a big success! Just like Operation Lightning!

"We killed a bunch of insurgents, so it's a success! They've killed a bunch of us, so we've killed a bunch of them. Everything is a big success! Bunches of killing all around!"

BIG SUCCESS

/sarcasm

[leftchick]

4. I could not even finish reading it!

It is so unspeakably horrible what the USA has done to these poor people!

fuck fuck fuck

:cry:

[leveymg]

5. Cholera. The siege weapon that keeps on killing.

A contagious biotic infection that comes from the bacteria in decomposing bodies leaching into the watertable.

As a reward for all their hard work, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al. have earned a spa vacation there to take the healing waters. Four stars. :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[lyonn]

10. The Bush family vacation

George could take his "little girl" too.

[mbperrin]

6. Freedom on the March sure uses big boots, don't it?

Somebody's bound to get stepped on (as usual, the wrong people).

[JoFerret]

7. Failed seige...

...failed war, failed occupation, failed policies, failed the country, probably failed first grade. This president and his administration are failures full stop.

[Barrett808]

8. But remember the John Stewart show

You can't just be a failure in the * administration -- you have to be a colossal failure.

[converted_democrat]

11. I have a question for anyone brave enough to answer it..................

Would a just and fair God let us Americans win this war? Here's my answer NO.

[Barrett808]

15. Why assume God is "just and fair"?

Just because his book claims it -- against many of the facts.

[bpilgrim]

12. 60% of houses/buildings sustained enough damage to make them inhabitable

"60% of the houses and buildings inside the city sustained enough damage to make them inhabitable."

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"The Americans have committed a very big massacre to the people of Fallujah. The crime of Fallujah is the greatest crime ever," Abdulla said sternly. "This will remain as a black spot in American history forever. Whatever the American people will do, even if they get rid of those liars who are in their government, they will need a long time for people to forget what they have done in Iraq and in Fallujah in order for us to deal with them as a civilized people who have humanity."


Fallujah = our NANKING :cry:

peace

[Karenina]

13. ...

:cry:

[annabanana]

14. America has disgraced herself...

And so many American don't even know it yet. And we are accused of "overreacting".

[Name removed]

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[K-W]

17. How is this a failed siege?

Since when do we pretend that the point of sieges is to help people?

It looks to me like our military has been wildly successful, they wanted to destroy a city and they did. They wanted to make an example of falluja to terrorize the rest of Iraq, and they did.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

18. I would argue that "terrorize" is the wrong word to use....

...I would tend to use the term "anger".

[K-W]

19. Do you have any reasoning to back up that argument?

This is textbook terrorism. We used an isolated incident of extreme violence to intimidate the entire population.

The anger involved is irrelevant, it is fear we are trying to propegate, anger is a side effect.

[LuPeRcALiO]

22. because it didn't work.

The point was to pacify the resistance, which they obviously failed to do. The sham "rebuilding" promises are beside the point.

[DemoTex]

20. "Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind."

Hosea 8

[Total Disaster]

21. We had to destroy it to save it. n/t