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Al-Jazeera reports on the "horrors" of Falluja
Lurid tales of the ongoing atrocity . . . from one of the worldâs leading purveyors of lurid atrocity stories. Salt recommended. Ruthlessly EFLâd. Hat tip to the Brothers Judd.As we drive through the back roads on the way to Falluja, US jets are pounding the area around the tiny village of Garma. The sight of US reinforcements flying into the area and the continuous sound of explosions and gunfire proves too much for my driver. He pulls into the village, unwilling to go any further. Smart man. . . . I call an Aljazeera cameraman in Falluja to check on his safety. My colleagueâs voice is panic-stricken as he describes the scene, . . . "There are images we canât show because itâs just too gruesome. I have never seen anything like this before," he says. "There are bodies everywhere, and people canât go out to retrieve them because theyâre too afraid of being blown away themselves. I canât believe the number of children here, we were at the hospital and itâs full of dead and wounded kids. . . ." "No men of military age, though. Nope. Not a one to be found anywhere in town. Theyâre all . . . up at the lodge near Mosul, hunting elk." "Back at our office the Americans are shooting at us. I walk out of the bathroom and a laser is pointed at my chest," he says, referring to US sharpshooters in the area. Heâs obviously lying. If a U.S. sharpshooter had a bead on him like that, heâd already be dead. "Weâd just bought cigarettes from a store across the street; no more than ten minutes later it was bombed." "Damned USMC tobacco lawyers!" Posted by: Mike 2004-04-12 |
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