Civilian death toll to rise in Fallujah
End The Occupation | 09.11.2004 03:03 | Anti-militarism | London | World
The US led attack to occupy the Iraqi city of Fallujah will take time according to US terrorist Donald Rumsfeld but he said, "US-forces will see it through to the end. I think it's a tough business, and it's going to take time," he said.
Perhaps a little bit tougher Rumsfeld if you happen to live there?
Perhaps a little bit tougher Rumsfeld if you happen to live there?
An Iraqi doctor treats
a wounded two-year-
old boy brought to
hospital after his house
collapsed during an
air raid in Fallujah
(Rooters)
The attack on the Iraqi city of Fallujah has taken its toll on Iraqi civilians no doubt including children and young babies. Iraqi's have witnessed civilian casualties. Yesterday during the assault on the main hospital nurses and patients were blindfolded after the US/Iraq militia stormed the main hospital and took control.
The US led attack to occupy the Iraqi city of Fallujah will take time according to US terrorist Donald Rumsfeld but he said, "US-forces will see it through to the end. I think it's a tough business, and it's going to take time," he said.
Perhaps a little bit tougher Rumsfeld if you happen to live there?
He made his remarks as US artillery, war planes and tanks pounded the Iraqi community of Fallujah at the start of an operation by about 12,000 US/Iraqi militia who also attacked the city west of Baghdad.
The onslaught was unleashed after US puppet Iyad Allawi "Sock" announced he had given the go-ahead for the US/Iraqi militia to occupy the city, the symbol of potent resistance that is hell bent on undermining his US-backed puppet government.
The ground assault is expected to involve street fighting, which would extract heavy casualties from both civilians and resistance fighters. An unknown number of Fallujah's 300,000 residents have fled the city another unknown number are wounded and dead.
Donald Rumsfeld said, "There are going to be large numbers of civilians killed, by US forces".
US forces have shown they are not disciplined after they tortured alleged enemy combatants at the Abu Grahib prison complex and most Iraqi citizens will do any they can to avoid being caught by the occupying militants who either torture or kill.
Rumsfeld said no one knew how many civilians remained in the city?
Attack underway
About 3,000 US militants have entered Fallujah from the north.
Four battalions of militants, on a front spanning some five kilometres have advanced about one kilometre inside the city. The US/Iraqi forces are waiting to enter the city.
The attack was playing out on two fronts, one in the north-west across the Jolan district, considered to be the heart of resistance activity, and the other in the north-east, in the direction of the train station.
The skies above burned red late into the night as artillery, warplanes and tanks pounded the Iraqi resistance bastion, west of Baghdad, with a barrage of firepower.
Freedom fighters responded to the onslaught with mortar fire.
There is no accurate count of the number of civilian casualties in Iraq since the start of the conflict but estimates put it at 100,000 dead innocent men women and children but mostly women and children.
US militants initially laid siege to Fallujah in April but later pulled back after a negotiated agreement.
Mr Rumsfeld suggested the current campaign would be different.
"I could not imagine that it would stop without being completed," he said.
Asked whether the operation, dubbed by the Americans Phantom Fury, would be pressed to the end, he said, "Absolutely".
Fallujah key to occupation
The US reported it was necessary to eliminate "resistance" havens such as Fallujah in order for Allawi's puppet government to take over.
"Sock" the puppet was put in place by the US, which pre-emptively invaded Iraq in their illegal and degrading war on the sovereign nation in an attempt to get to Iraq's oil reserves.
More and more Iraqis are angry about the fact that innocent people are being killed by the US/Iraqi militants
The US/Iraqi militants are attacking Fallujah to ensure they have complete control for the US and the Coalition of the Killing their co-offenders.
If Iraq is to be controlled by the US they have to get complete control of the country. Part of the country cannot remain under the rule of resistance and freedom fighters.
US/Iraq militants are running roughshod over Fallujah and they've chosen the path of violence. This is a devastating time in the history Iraq.
In other developments:
Full-scale attack on Fallujah begins
An unknown number of Fallujah's 300,000 residents have fled the city. The ground attack is expected to involve street fighting, which would extract heavy casualties from both civilians and resistance fighters.
More:
http://brisbane.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=15921&group=webcast
US/Iraqi militants storm Fallujah hospital
US/Iraqi militants entered the hospital without firing a shot, blindfolding some of the nurses and sick people and kicking down some doors, according to a reporter.
More: http://www.sydney.indymedia.org.au/front.php3?article_id=48379&group=webcast
State of emergency: Allawi 'killer of saints'
Allawi's order supposedly sustains the illusionary propaganda for some in the International Community (with rose coloured glasses). Who apparently are supposed to see this decision coming from an interim Iraqi Government perspective? However in reality it's clearly giving the US occupiers some illusionary "legitimate" right to impose curfews set up checkpoints, and search and detain subjects, preceding an "invasion" on any resistance.
More: http://www.adelaide.indymedia.org.au/newswire/display/7445/index.php
US warplanes and artillery attack Fallujah!
About 20,000 US/Iraqi militia are gathered around Fallujah amid mounting expectations of a major attack to quell resistance by the city from the grip of the coalition of the killings illegal and degrading occupation of Iraq.
More: http://brisbane.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=15863&group=webcast
Related:
Fallujah and the Reality of War
U.S. forces began allowing everyone to leave â?? except for what they called "military age males," men usually between 15 and 60. Keeping noncombatants from leaving a place under bombardment is a violation of the laws of war. Of course, if you assume that every military age male is an enemy, there can be no better sign that you are in the wrong country, and that, in fact, your war is on the people, not on their oppressors,, not a war of liberation.
More: http://brisbane.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=15913&group=webcast
Who's counting the dead in Fallujah? CARE?
The killing of 100,000 innocent men, women and children in Iraq to date should be enough for others who CARE. People not sure of the legality, validity and rational for their killing should understand the alleged demon Saddam Hussain wasn't worth the sacrifice of those innocent people. Does anyone CARE about this dead baby?
More: http://www.adelaide.indymedia.org.au/newswire/display/7417/index.php
a wounded two-year-
old boy brought to
hospital after his house
collapsed during an
air raid in Fallujah
(Rooters)
The attack on the Iraqi city of Fallujah has taken its toll on Iraqi civilians no doubt including children and young babies. Iraqi's have witnessed civilian casualties. Yesterday during the assault on the main hospital nurses and patients were blindfolded after the US/Iraq militia stormed the main hospital and took control.
The US led attack to occupy the Iraqi city of Fallujah will take time according to US terrorist Donald Rumsfeld but he said, "US-forces will see it through to the end. I think it's a tough business, and it's going to take time," he said.
Perhaps a little bit tougher Rumsfeld if you happen to live there?
He made his remarks as US artillery, war planes and tanks pounded the Iraqi community of Fallujah at the start of an operation by about 12,000 US/Iraqi militia who also attacked the city west of Baghdad.
The onslaught was unleashed after US puppet Iyad Allawi "Sock" announced he had given the go-ahead for the US/Iraqi militia to occupy the city, the symbol of potent resistance that is hell bent on undermining his US-backed puppet government.
The ground assault is expected to involve street fighting, which would extract heavy casualties from both civilians and resistance fighters. An unknown number of Fallujah's 300,000 residents have fled the city another unknown number are wounded and dead.
Donald Rumsfeld said, "There are going to be large numbers of civilians killed, by US forces".
US forces have shown they are not disciplined after they tortured alleged enemy combatants at the Abu Grahib prison complex and most Iraqi citizens will do any they can to avoid being caught by the occupying militants who either torture or kill.
Rumsfeld said no one knew how many civilians remained in the city?
Attack underway
About 3,000 US militants have entered Fallujah from the north.
Four battalions of militants, on a front spanning some five kilometres have advanced about one kilometre inside the city. The US/Iraqi forces are waiting to enter the city.
The attack was playing out on two fronts, one in the north-west across the Jolan district, considered to be the heart of resistance activity, and the other in the north-east, in the direction of the train station.
The skies above burned red late into the night as artillery, warplanes and tanks pounded the Iraqi resistance bastion, west of Baghdad, with a barrage of firepower.
Freedom fighters responded to the onslaught with mortar fire.
There is no accurate count of the number of civilian casualties in Iraq since the start of the conflict but estimates put it at 100,000 dead innocent men women and children but mostly women and children.
US militants initially laid siege to Fallujah in April but later pulled back after a negotiated agreement.
Mr Rumsfeld suggested the current campaign would be different.
"I could not imagine that it would stop without being completed," he said.
Asked whether the operation, dubbed by the Americans Phantom Fury, would be pressed to the end, he said, "Absolutely".
Fallujah key to occupation
The US reported it was necessary to eliminate "resistance" havens such as Fallujah in order for Allawi's puppet government to take over.
"Sock" the puppet was put in place by the US, which pre-emptively invaded Iraq in their illegal and degrading war on the sovereign nation in an attempt to get to Iraq's oil reserves.
More and more Iraqis are angry about the fact that innocent people are being killed by the US/Iraqi militants
The US/Iraqi militants are attacking Fallujah to ensure they have complete control for the US and the Coalition of the Killing their co-offenders.
If Iraq is to be controlled by the US they have to get complete control of the country. Part of the country cannot remain under the rule of resistance and freedom fighters.
US/Iraq militants are running roughshod over Fallujah and they've chosen the path of violence. This is a devastating time in the history Iraq.
In other developments:
Full-scale attack on Fallujah begins
An unknown number of Fallujah's 300,000 residents have fled the city. The ground attack is expected to involve street fighting, which would extract heavy casualties from both civilians and resistance fighters.
More:
http://brisbane.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=15921&group=webcast US/Iraqi militants storm Fallujah hospital
US/Iraqi militants entered the hospital without firing a shot, blindfolding some of the nurses and sick people and kicking down some doors, according to a reporter.
More:
http://www.sydney.indymedia.org.au/front.php3?article_id=48379&group=webcast State of emergency: Allawi 'killer of saints'
Allawi's order supposedly sustains the illusionary propaganda for some in the International Community (with rose coloured glasses). Who apparently are supposed to see this decision coming from an interim Iraqi Government perspective? However in reality it's clearly giving the US occupiers some illusionary "legitimate" right to impose curfews set up checkpoints, and search and detain subjects, preceding an "invasion" on any resistance.
More:
http://www.adelaide.indymedia.org.au/newswire/display/7445/index.php US warplanes and artillery attack Fallujah!
About 20,000 US/Iraqi militia are gathered around Fallujah amid mounting expectations of a major attack to quell resistance by the city from the grip of the coalition of the killings illegal and degrading occupation of Iraq.
More:
http://brisbane.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=15863&group=webcast Related:
Fallujah and the Reality of War
U.S. forces began allowing everyone to leave â?? except for what they called "military age males," men usually between 15 and 60. Keeping noncombatants from leaving a place under bombardment is a violation of the laws of war. Of course, if you assume that every military age male is an enemy, there can be no better sign that you are in the wrong country, and that, in fact, your war is on the people, not on their oppressors,, not a war of liberation.
More:
http://brisbane.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=15913&group=webcast Who's counting the dead in Fallujah? CARE?
The killing of 100,000 innocent men, women and children in Iraq to date should be enough for others who CARE. People not sure of the legality, validity and rational for their killing should understand the alleged demon Saddam Hussain wasn't worth the sacrifice of those innocent people. Does anyone CARE about this dead baby?
More:
http://www.adelaide.indymedia.org.au/newswire/display/7417/index.php
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