Late breaking, shocking news from al-Fallujah

[Aidoneus]

It seems to have not been bombed by the USAF in the last 12hrs.

I figure that's bigger, and certainly more surprising, news than the things I've been posting in LBN for the past week.

On the last known event, late Saturday, courtesy of al-Jazeera:

No respite for Falluja
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5D5AB571-A8AB-4ABF-93E5-5D8AD3191250.htm


Iraqis help a man in shock after the death of a relative in Falluja

[Eloriel]

1. Since I don't know what you've been posting in LBN

the past week, I have no idea what you're talking about. Care to clue me in?

[grace0418]

2. ditto

I'm not sure I follow

[Aidoneus]

3. pretty much every day for the past week,

there's been some new bombing or other sort of attack on the city where people there have been murdered. It's gotten a fair lot of attention, one thread had 190+ replies with some very heated words about the perpetrators of these acts (starting with me, though others took up that mantle in my later absence).

for example:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=838542&mesg_id=838542
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=833151&mesg_id=833151
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x837643
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x836013

The 'news' is that it apparently didn't happen in the last few hours. I don't suppose a good joke has to be explained, so I'll slink away in shame and await the next window..

[anarchy1999]

4. I keep repeating to all, I predicted this would happen in this city last

April, 2003. I'm too tired to go look up all the links, just go do a google and look for Fallujah, April 2003 and go forward. I told my husband that this town would have to be leveled before it was through. I've had several people I know well that were there in April of this year. Specifically Rahul from UT. Robert Jensen writes extensively, as does Robert Fisk and many others.

I know how I would feel as a resident of this town. How about you?

[leftchick]

5. You did see mention of the "big offensive" after Nov.2?

Apparently the US will go in on the ground to several places they have not been in a while AFTER the election. Falluja, Ramadi and Samarra for sure. I don't know why they would stop dropping the bombs suddenly. Killing innocent people hasn't seemed to be a problem for the last 19 months or so.

On edit: I just found this link...

<snip>

December D-Day for Fallujah
19/09/2004 13:26 - (SA)

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Baghdad - Military officials view December as the optimal month for a US and Iraqi government offensive to reclaim the rebel enclave of Fallujah ahead of January national elections.

December is when Iraqi forces will come on line ready to participate in a full-fledged operation to take out Fallujah, considered the planning centre for many of the spectacular car bombings that have plagued the country.

A security plan, drafted by the new Iraqi government and the top US General in Iraq, George Casey, calls for combined US and Iraqi security forces to claim back cities like Fallujah, Ramadi and Samarra that have swung out of their control.

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"Fallujah will be tough and we've got to make a decision when the cancer of Fallujah needs to be cut out... We would like to end December at local control across the country," one senior officer told AFP.

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Iraq/0,6119,2-10-1460_1591656,00.html

[Aidoneus]

6. I just HAD to say something..

few details on this most recent aggression, but the early report:

New air strike on Falluja
Monday 20 September 2004

US aircraft have bombed the Iraqi city of Falluja, west of Baghdad.

Sites have been bombed in the north of the city, Aljazeera has learnt.

--snip--

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/57D82BCD-9DCD-42BF-A881-2EDA96CC1523.htm