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Beeb Reporter: 'Watching tragedy engulf my city' (Breathless)
US and Iraqi forces are locked in desperate street battles against insurgents in the Iraqi city of Falluja. The BBC News website spoke by phone to Fadhil Badrani, a journalist in Falluja who reports for the BBC World Service in Arabic. Say this breathlessly, with stirred (not shaken) emotion, and enough spin to escape Earth's gravity well - and you'll have it, I'll bet."I am surrounded by thick black smoke and the smell of burning oil. There was a big explosion a few minutes ago and now I can hear gunfire. A US armoured vehicle has been parked on the street outside my house in the centre of the city. From my window, I can see US soldiers moving around on foot near it. They tried to go from house to house but they kept coming under fire. Now they are firing back at the houses, at anything that moves. It is war on the streets. The American troops look like they have given up trying to go into buildings for now and are just trying to control the main roads. I am sitting here on my own, watching tragedy engulf my city." ... Oh my. It's called war, Fadhil. And you obviously ain't seen shit, yet. Posted by: .com 2004-11-10 |
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