Falluja in their sights
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As soon as British troops are redeployed, the US will again turn the
city into a bloodbath
Patrick Graham
Thursday October 21, 2004
The Guardian
As the British government prepares to send its soldiers north to free
up the US army to attack Falluja, it is necessary to focus on what
this coming onslaught will mean for the city and its people. Falluja
is already now being bombed daily, as it is softened up for the
long-awaited siege. It has been a gruelling year for its people.
First, they were occupied by the US army's 82nd Airborne, an
incompetent group of louts whose idea of cultural sensitivity was
kicking a door down instead of blowing it up. Within eight months of
the invasion, the 82nd had killed about 100 civilians in the area and
lost control of Falluja, leaving it to the US marines to try and
retake the city last April. After killing about 600 civilians, the
marines retreated, leaving the city in the hands of 18 armed groups,
including tribesmen, Islamists, Ba'athists, former criminals and an
assortment of non-Iraqi Arab fighters said to be led by the Jordanian,
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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