U.S. Airstrike Hits Fallujah for 4th Day

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=4&u=/ap/20040910/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

One man was killed in the attack, Dr. Ahmed Thaer of the Fallujah General Hospital said. The attack followed airstrikes Thursday that reportedly killed nine people in Fallujah and dozens more in the northern town of Tal Afar, also one of the cities that has fallen under insurgent control and become a "no-go" zone for U.S. troops.


Late Thursday, the regional government's television station reported U.S. and Iraqi government forces had agreed to allow medical teams to enter Tal Afar to care for people wounded from the airstrikes there, but that military operations would continue "until the city is liberated from outsiders and saboteurs so that peace can be restored."


Meanwhile Friday, about 1,000 protesters marched through Najaf's old quarter Friday to demand that Muqtada al-Sadr and his aides leave this holy city that has been ravaged by fighting between the radical cleric's followers and U.S. and Iraqi troops.


Chanting, "Muqtada, the trash, is a leader of looters," the demonstrators walked past buildings hit by three weeks of fighting and insisted that al-Sadr's office be shut down. Iraqi soldiers kept the protesters from marching to al-Sadr's office.

[Spinzonner]

1. Winning hearts and minds

they're ejected with the other viscera

[chelsea0011]

2. "Pacification".........Now where have I heard that before?

[leftchick]

4. These guys don't look ready for "pacification" either.....

Iraqi Shi'ite men attend Friday prayers at the Kadhimiya shrine in Baghdad September 10, 2004. Thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites gathered at the Kadhimiya district of the Iraqi capital to show their support to the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, witnesses said. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz




Supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are barred from arguing with Iraqi soldiers by their leaders as they congregate to show support for al-Sadr in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday Sept. 10, 2004. Altercations broke out after some of the supporters challenged the soldiers for supporting the U.S. Army. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

[leftchick]

3. The truth is....

The US has been bombing Falluja on and off for many weeks now. Too bad the media only prints/shows it when the WH lets them... :grr:

[acmavm]

5. As many times as we've bombed them I would think that everyone

would be dead by now. Isn't that the point really? Kill 'em all.

Because that's exactly what they're gonna have to do if they intend to complete the takeover.