Dear friends,

Understand. The current crisis situation in Iraq where no one working for the U.S.A. and it’s occupation forces of desperately unemployed “Iraqi defenses” are safe is not because of “upcoming elections.” The Iraqi people are kicking butt as they unite to expel the pirates! The elections are just another excuse, as was the “transition” from Paul Bremers’s “administration” to Iraqi “soverngty.” With this in mind please read between the lines in the article below and likewise reinterpret all other misleading hogwash you come across in the corporate press. And please share this perspective with your friends, coworkers, and neighbors. We can and we must “be the media!” jamie

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Insurgent attack sparks Ramadi fighting

Clashes have broken out in three areas of the western Iraqi city of Ramadi after insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at a US patrol.
US forces backed by at least 10 armoured vehicles are reinforcing positions as helicopter gunships and warplanes fly over the eastern part of the city, an area that has witnessed frequent fighting.
There is no immediate word on casualties but witnesses say the guerrillas have destroyed a US Humvee (meaning more U.S. cannon fodder have lost their lives for no good reason *) and civilians (meaning more U.S. cannon fodder responding in fear have murdered innocent Iraqis *) been caught up in the fighting.
The Ramadi fighting comes after insurgents detonated a suicide truck bomb outside Australia's embassy in Baghdad and hit Iraqi security targets with at least three car bombs, killing 26.
US Marines captured the former rebel bastion of Fallujah in November but guerrillas continue to mount attacks from a stronghold in Ramadi.
Insurgents have stepped up bombings and assassinations ahead of the polls, which they believe are heavily influenced by the interim Iraqi Government's American allies.
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* Editor’s note