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The disaster continues today

jamie | 01.04.2004 15:19

The disaster continues today. It should be clear to all U.S. citizens, as it is to most of the world, that our presence in Iraq is hated. Of course our government and corporate media will continue to try to hide and spin events until the cows come home. It’s up to us to carry the truth to our people and end the illegal and immoral occupation of Iraq. Please spread widely, jamie

The disaster continues today. It should be clear to all U.S. citizens, as it is to most of the world, that our presence in Iraq is hated. Of course our government and corporate media will continue to try to hide and spin events until the cows come home. It’s up to us to carry the truth to our people and end the illegal and immoral occupation of Iraq. Please spread widely, jamie

US convoy attacked in Falluja

Thursday 01 April 2004, 16:46 Makka Time, 13:46 GMT

A US military convoy has come under attack near Falluja, a day after people in the town west of Baghdad killed and mutilated four US contractors.
Witnesses said a rocket propelled grenade hit a vehicle, leaving four US soldiers killed on Thursday but the casualties could not be confirmed.
On Wednesday, two vehicles carrying four American security guards working for US-based Blackwater Security Consulting were ambushed, setting the vehicles and passengers on fire.
Frustrated Iraqis dragged the corpses through the streets, beating the bodies and stringing two of them from a bridge.
US occupying administrator Paul Bremer vowed on Thursday the deaths would not go "unpunished".
The killings evoke memories of the 1993 incident in Somalia, when an American serviceman’s corpse was dragged through Mogadishu.
Wednesday was one of the bloodiest days for occupation forces in Iraq, with seven soldiers killed in separate attacks.
Protests
Tensions have been running high across the country since the Falluja attack.
In Baghdad Aljazeera's correspondent reported that a US soldier was seriously wounded on Thursday morning when a military convoy hit a roadside bomb on the highway, north of Baghdad.
At least one Iraqi demonstrator was shot dead by police during protests in the southern city of Basra on Thursday.
Clashes erupted between police and around 100 unemployed protestors, who set tyres on fire and threw stones.
British occupation forces, who occupy Basra, said they had no immediate information.
And in the northern city of Kirkuk, three US occupation soldiers were wounded in rocket attacks on their base at the Kirkuk airport west of the city, said a US officer.
Kirkuk police chief Turhan Yussef said the base was hit by five rockets "in three successive waves" that started at 9:30 pm on Wednesday and the last one at 3:00 am on Thursday (0000 GMT).

jamie