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Fallujah Bombed by US to Rubble

Comment by Larry Ross, December 29, 2004

Under the slogan of "bringing liberation, Democracy and freedom to grateful Iraqis" the US is laying waste to the country. 60-70% of Fallujah destroyed by bombing is an example of how the US is making war on the people while purporting to be making war on terrorism. They are likely to use the same "bombing to rubble" tactic on other Iraq cities.

Looking at each aspect of US strategy and actions in Iraq, it seems the US is intent on making more enemies and active resistance - which they call "terrorism inspired by outside forces."

This strategy provides an excuse for the US staying in Iraq, as does the strategy of promoting conflict between the Sunnis and Shiites, and expanding the war. Outside help to the suffering people of Iraq is only to be expected from others in Middle East countries. However the US regards this as "proof" of outside support for "terrorism". This is being used to build a case if they decide to "justify" an attack on Syria or Iran.

One must remember that the war on Iraq was pre-planned by the neoconservatives before the 9/11 attack. It was intended to be one of the steps toward a wider war - some would say a holy war or crusade - to establish US control over the Middle East. That is what is happening today.

Will Bush succeed in getting himself inaugurated as President on Jan 20, 2005, in spite of wide-spread evidence of voting fraud in the November 2, 2004 election? The mass media, especially Fox, is a great help to Bush in suppressing the story of the fraudulent election.

If he is inaugurated, I think we will then see a more vigorous pursuit of US war plans, and a domestic US climate of Orwellian steps toward manipulating and controlling the US population.

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Inside Falluja: 'Nothing to come back to'

Scenes of widespread destruction have greeted residents allowed back
into the Iraqi city of Falluja following the US assault in November.
BBC News spoke to Dr Saleh Hussein Isawi, the acting director of the Falluja
general hospital, who accompanied some of the refugees to the city.

BBC, December 24, 2004

At about 0800 on Friday, the US checkpoint in the west of Falluja agreed that people from the city, especially those who live in the Andalus sector, be allowed inside to see their homes.

I was there, inside the city - about 60% to 70% of the homes and buildings are completely crushed and damaged, and not ready to inhabit at the moment.

Of the 30% still left standing, I don't think there is a single one that has not been exposed to some damage.

One of my colleagues... went to see his home, and saw that it is almost completely collapsed and everything is burnt inside.

When he went to his neighbours' home, he found a relative of his was dead and a dog had eaten the meat off him.

I think we will see many things like this, because the US forces have cleared the dead people from the streets, but not from inside the homes.

Most of the people are coming back out of the city after seeing that their homes are not ready for living in.

But I saw two families who stayed in Falluja despite their homes being clearly damaged, and one man, who has only a room to live in, has told me he will stay on because he has been living in very bad conditions outside Falluja.

He told me he will bring other members of his family and will live there - he cannot do otherwise.

There is no water, no electricity, no sewage system - there is nothing inside the city, except a very small amount of medical supplies that have come from Falluja hospital by two ambulances.

There is a primary health centre inside the city with two doctors to give people medical supplies and support.

I was in Falluja hospital last night and I heard a lot of fighting and bombing, which continued for about three or four hours. I heard very loud explosions inside the city.

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