HEAVY SHELLING IN FALLUJIA...CNN VIDEO LIVE NOW!

[Failure]

looks like the whole town's on fire...

[Walt Starr]

1. Keep the cube rats fed!

What's happening?

[Failure]

2. crazy, explosions 20 at least in a few minutes..big fire...eom

[Failure]

4. reports of secondary explosions...heavy fire from US gunship

[Joanne98]

31. We're bombing Fallujia

I can't believe it. You can hear call to prayers in the background. This is turning into a holy war fast.

[keithyboy]

67. Didn't we just allow many extended families back into Fallujah Saturday?

Did we let the back just to kill them?

[KissMyAsscroft]

3. Well, looks like Bush decided to level Fallujah...

Big surprise.

[Failure]

we knew he'd have to...eom

[Bjornsdotter]

5. Looks terrible!

Hi,

Can't have the audio up at the moment.....but the pictures are horrifying.

Kim

[Failure]

6. all this while call to prayer going on...eom

[TahitiNut]

69. That's what a fire fight looks like. (Not as bad as some I've seen.)

Nowhere near as flashy as one night in February 1969. Part of the effect is due to the night vision technology.

[bluestateguy]

7. Is it just me?

or do all the serious foreign correspondents seem to be British?

[Failure]

11. not just you...eom

[mmonk]

8. our

fundamentalist leaders can order more powerful weapons to be used than their fundamentalist leaders. Shelling quite heavy.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. I dunno if I want to put that on the TV

with my small fry in the room. :(

Will check the website for updates.

[Gloria]

10. Of course, this is LIVE!!!!!!! PR for the Bush sickos.....

I wonder if we'll see any dead kids? NAH, not for sensitive American eyes to see!

I hate these people!!

Wes Clark pointedly remarked about how this sort of thing should be avoided...precisely because of the loss of innoncent life....It's being done because we don't have enough troops for house to house searching...

[Failure]

14. they're gonna have to do this in Najaf too...eom

[arcane1]

29. "have to"

I doubt that

[Failure]

75. I'm sorry, I should've been more clear...We didn't "have to"

do fallujia like this either...but do you honestly think the iraqi's are gonna turn in their weapons so we can mow them down? I don't. So what is the alternative?

[m-jean03]

12. WTF is that sound in the background?

Eerie sounding, whatever it is.

Looks Terrible x( x(

[Failure]

15. call to morning prayer...eom

[m-jean03]

22. Oh my god

I thought it was just a sound quirk.

That's so awful :cry:

[AlCzervik]

18. This is just too creepy

i'm watching and listening to the pool reporter all the while the wailing is coming from the Mosque, it looks like a living nightmare.

[Failure]

32. It's a nightmare alright...eom

[arcane1]

13. I'm sure the freeps are cheering right now

if not openly masturbating


maybe we'll get lucky and kill a few families and they'll get a money-shot

:puke:

[PROGRESSIVE1]

26. FReepers are spastic. If Bush is bombing women and children...

then GEORGE W. BUSH IS HITLER!

:puke:

[Mike Daniels]

56. If you can stomach it, here's the FR thread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1125432/posts

Makes me want to attend one of their local DC meetings just so I can see what type of person would actually cheer something like this.

[Carni]

66. I just looked and they are

I would like to see every one of those "individuals" out there and actively fighting in Iraq, bunch of fat ass armchair warriors without a clue about anything in life in general.

Looks like these stupid ass fundie bush supporters may get their beloved holy war.

[MissB]

16. It's eerie to see the images and hear the call to prayer

Because of the night vision (?) cameras, the images appear to be green. Different shades of green- the explosions are almost white and the clouds coming up from the explosions are light green.

In the background you can hear the call to prayer - chanting, etc.

[Failure]

28. if you look closely, you can see machine gun fire shooting into

the sky...eom

[bigtree]

17. We're all going straight to hell

God forgive us

[mike1963]

27. It is Hell right there and * has sent our people already. Horrific

looking scenes. I just got home & flipped on the teevee, was on CNN, I can't believe what I'm seeing. If this is "adults in charge", I'm ready to let some 2nd graders run the show.
:grr:

[hunter]

38. Do not pass go, do not collect $200...

I'm wondering which day will be chosen as the beginning of our "Soviet Style Collapse."

It will probably be a two part thing, the first part the Supreme Court's selection of Bush, the second part something worse...

[Wilber_Stool]

Holly Shit.............

They're blowing the shit out of something.

[Wilber_Stool]

19. Oops n/t

[Minstrel Boy]

20. Are they reporting "Despite the shelling, the ceasefire holds"?

Watching now.

I'm fucking sick of seeing these images. I guess Kimmit would say I should change the channel then.... :puke:

[Failure]

30. Kyra Phillips, "talks are continuing"

what?

[Howardx]

21. "we had to destroy fallujah to save it"

n/t

[belladonna]

34. Oh, now I know why we're killing them all

Anyone else notice what CNN keeps putting up? "Shelling in area where U.S. Marine was killed Monday". Gee, I guess it's okay now. :grr:

[Failure]

37. who said that? eom

[m-jean03]

An old quote from Vietnam

Altered for timeliness

[berry]

43. Kimmet said that they were allowing civilians to return to Fallujah.

I'm ALMOST certain he said this at a press conference yesterday. Would anyone have been foolish enough to trust him?

I think I knew it would come to this--all those threats put the US military in the position of having to wreak devastation or back down. Sick, sick, sick.

I did hear the reporter say, though, that this bombing is on the outskirts of the town. Hope that is true. Not that any excuse for this is possible....

[berry]

70. The area bombed was probably densely populated.

Damn. The CNN analyst just said that the area bombed was like a "cockroach nest" (casual demonization), and that the "insurgents" were hiding in one of the poorest districts in Fallujah. If indeed it was a poor district, the people would likely be densely clustered. Is there a prayer that we will ever learn how many died in this single attack?

I feel so helpless--all I can do immediately is to write to MSNBC to protest the sickening warmongering of their "analyst", Col. Jack Jacobs. Anyone else find him particularly despicable? Oh, no. Now CNN is saying the Pentagon is claiming that the majority of the residents of Fallujah support the US attacks because they want to see the America-hating "terrorists" stopped. And we're supposed to believe this?!! It it unbelievable the way the networks are talking. It's all military strategy--even the risk to civilians is all about how that will hurt the military plan. Judy Woodruff just asked why the marines can't just go into the mosques to get the insurgents hiding there. Jamie McIntyre just ssid that the Geneva convention would protect them unless they fire first--who believes that the marines won't SAY they fired first, no matter what? This is not going to get better. Damn, damn, damn.

[Ladyhawk]

47. Sad, but this is the central * philosophy about everything. (nt)

[seabeyond]

23. with demascus and this on the news

i am getting the feel bush gets another bump./ people thinking the world coming to the end and dare not vote someone else in

[Failure]

40. If that happens, I'm taking to the streets with arms...eom

[lovedems]

24. How many people do you think are getting their rocks off watching us

display our might? We are bad mother truckers ain't we! My husband and I are sick. It appears on CNN that we are blowing shit up in Fallujia.

[belladonna]

I was just sitting here watching

And thinking to myself about the probable difference in what goes through OUR minds and what goes through the freepers minds as we watch this horrifying sight. What I see in all those blasts are the lives of innocent Iraqi's being lost for nothing. What goes through their minds, from all indications, is ohhhh, we sure are showing those ragheads who's boss NOW, aren't we? God, I hate every moment of this fucking war. :cry:

[LeftCoast]

25. The video looks really bad

The civilian casualties will be very very high.

[KharmaTrain]

33. The Islamic World Waco

That's all I could think...imagine how these images are going over on Al Jezeerah right now.

This is outright frightful!

[Failure]

35. 150 Cannon Rounds into positions into fallujia

[bluedeminredstate]

36. Just turned it on

I can't believe what I'm seeing.
This will sure make them thar Iraqis just love us like crazy!

:cry:

[Minstrel Boy]

39. Saddam's gone, there are no WMD, so

why is this happening?

Stop the killing and give Iraq back to its people!

[charlie]

46. It's not happening

Major Combat Operations are over, remember? This is what the up-to-the-minute hip call Winning the Peace.

[crissy71]

41. on a related note - NYC Peace Benefit

NYC BENEFIT FOR PEACE ACTIVISTS FACING JAIL

WHAT: BENEFIT CONCERT

WHO: Queer feminist activist band from NYC "The Syndicate", Bands Against Bush power pop band "Gladshot", popular rockers "Marwood", Brooklyn’s own “Motico”, all-girl punk outfit "Pie", comedienne and activist Drae Campbell as MC and Special Guests TBA.

WHERE: Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, NYC Directions at www.knittingfactory.com

WHEN: Sunday, May 2nd, 2pm

HOW MUCH: $15

WHY? This is a benefit show for the 16 non-violent activists who were arrested during a protest on March 26, 2003. They were protesting Rachel Corrie’s death, violations of Palestinian human rights, and the war on Iraq. They were recently convicted, and in what is seen as an effort to punish activists in the lead up to the GOP convention in August, now face jail time at their May 12th sentencing. This is an important case for the activist community, and the defendants need our support.

You can also help by donating funds at: www.m26.org

[Cleita]

42. Damn! Those bastards in the WH have to go!

I can't stand that these atrocities are being done in the name of all Americans. The wail of the mullahs praying over the mortar fire was like a vision of Hell with the souls of the dying crying out to God. Then the CNN bastards sanitized the visual by cutting off the sound, letting only the reporter Karl Penhaul speak.

BUSH CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO BE IN OFFICE ONE MORE DAY! WE MUST DEMAND HE BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS HORROR.

[Joanne98]

44. CNN says bombs being dropped. Prayers continuing

These people aren't going to give up. I wonder how far we're willing to take this.

[David Dunham]

45. This action will bring countrywide Iraq revolt and eventual US defeat.

[napi21]

49. I hate to admit it, but I think you're right. Wonder what the

new proposed Ambassador to Iraq will be thinking about this job when he hears about this AFTER HIS CONFIRMATION HEARINGS TODAY!

If that was me, I think I'd say, Sorry Mr. President, but you're going to have to find yourself another guy!

[charlie]

53. Who, Death Squads Negroponte?

He's probably hopping from foot to foot, anxious to get the frivolities out of the way so he can resume his old career in a new killing field.

[cosmicdot]

48. MA*HOP

*Armageddon

MTHOP
*Terra

[neverborn]

50. Hearts and Minds, hearts and minds...

[richmwill]

51. Sick

This is sick, what's going on. Our "president" and the Republicans are beside themselves with delight and glee that women, children, the elderly, the disabled, etc. are being murdered today. Depraved people, how can they call themselves "Christians"?

[Skittles]

52. yup, and no doubt their sanctimonious "pro-life" asses will be in church

on Sunday. :puke:

[Az_lefty]

54. for the other cube rats...

[Tinoire]

60. Owww.

Damn Bush and all the people who enabled this to HELL!

[democratreformed]

55. This makes me want to cry

God, it's such a mess. I don't see it on tv b/c I am at work, but your posts distress me. Just the headline post makes me sick.

[keithyboy]

57. I am crying...and so must be the creator of the universe.

The blowback is going to be incredible.

[Cleita]

58. I haven't stopped crying.

Before they cut down the sound, it was really a horrible thing to hear.

[democratreformed]

59. I'm glad I can't see or hear it

Why? Why? Why?

[young_at_heart]

63. The world is crying

War and more war.........this is Bush's desire, so he implies!

[loudsue]

61. The U.S. military is SLAUGHTERING Iraqis. Period.

As was said previously....Saddams gone. There NEVER WERE WMD's!! What the hell are we even DOING there?

I've seen this slaughter coming for weeks -- since those "privatized military" guys were killed and paraded through the streets.

Over a week ago, they were making women and children leave Falluja. Women were CRYING AND PLEADING to let their husbands come with them. The marines said "NO!"

Then they surrounded the city in order to SLAUGHTER the inhabitants, and level the city, when they darn well pleased....just like hogs lead to slaughter. These are Iraqis who don't want us there.... because we have NO BUSINESS THERE! It's THEIR country....NOT BUSH'S!

I've been DREADING this. I've seen it coming, and have been helpless to stop it. The American military leaders are BLOOD-THIRSTY. They want to use their blood toys, so Halliburton can build some more weapons and rebuild destroyed buildings.

We need to e-mail, call, fax, write and lobby EVERY news media, EVERY elected official, and express COMPLETE AND TOTAL OUTRAGE at this slaughter.

I'm beyond disgusted. Beyond horrified. May Bush and his administration all burn in hell.

:kick:

[Amaya]

71. Sadly I saw this coming also...

I've emailed & called constantly. I feel rather pessimist at this point :(

Damn them! :grr:

[kentuck]

62. It's getting too serious for anyone to handle except the Great Bush.....

Only he has the knowledge and the experience to save us in a tragic war such as this. We cannot gamble and take a chance that Kerry will be the Commander in Chief....

[robbedvoter]

64. W made his grim decision! Who'd have thunk it?

How sad he must be!

[Spazito]

68. I don't see him as being sad at all, unfortunately...

I do, however, see Karl Rove getting the polling question ready to see if this will raise bush's #.

[Sparkly]

65. Tragic

They seem to have lost their connection... I hate their use of the word "insurgents," but even more, I hate the way they use the word "terrorists" as Rummy did earlier this afternoon.

[Amaya]

72. kick

:kick:

[revcarol]

73. Still going on. A-130 gunships now.

CNN correspondent there said very few civilians left in Fallujah.

Have YOU heard about a half a million civilians leaving?

[Amaya]

74. That's Bullshit

Very few civilians my ass! Yesterday they were letting the woman and children back into the city :grr:

[MoonRiver]

76. This is a deja vu horror show.

One plus year ago we were watching the same nightmare unfold! THIS HAS TO STOP! I can't bear to see the pictures of children being allowed to go BACK into Falluja. What kind of monstrous policy makers would permit small children to return to a town about to be decimated!

[Failure]

77. getting the "roots" It's sick I know, but that's how they think. n/t

[MoonRiver]

78. The tragedy is that those dead children will only promote more violence

from the Iraqis against us. It will never stop until * gives up and gets out, taking his corporate john's with him.

[Failure]

80. I fear, it will take a generation to get through this...n/t

[Bluebear]

79. It's the "I am the War President" show. n/t

[Failure]

81. Norville right now, general McCaffrey, "200,000 still in Fallujia

how many are dead now?

[knight_of_the_star]

82. That just gave me an idea for a protest chant

"How many dead?"

Thanks!

[Failure]

84. glad I could help...sorry it has to be this subject...n/t

[knight_of_the_star]

86. I know

Inspiration comes when it comes though.

[Failure]

87. Dude, off subject, but your avatar RULES! n/t

[knight_of_the_star]

83. Any chance for peace in Iraq

Has just gone up in flames.

[Failure]

85. Oh I don't know, shrub, and rummy, and cheney, and condi

say this is what the iraqi's want..they like it. (sarcasm)