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| Iraq police dismiss U.S. claims in Falluja |
| 2004-06-20 |
| Top Iraqi security officials in the city of Falluja have dismissed US claims that a house destroyed by a deadly American air strike was used by al-Qaida fighters. "Nope. Nope. Never happened." Brigadier Nuri Abudi, a member of the Falluja Brigade entrusted by the U.S. occupation with imposing security in the city, said evidence showed the destroyed building was the home of an extended Iraqi family. "We inspected the damage, we looked through the bodies of the women and children and elderly. This was a family," he said on Sunday. "There is no sign of foreigners having lived in the house. Zarqawi and his men have no presence in Falluja," he said, referring to Abu Mussab Zarqawi. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Another Al-Jazera exclusive, eh? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-06-20 11:23:50 PM |
| #2 Y'know, he can sell this line to every Press outfit on the planet - and it'll sing... except for the close, which indicates he's a lying sack of shit and is playing the crowd for being the Western Press dupes they are: "Zarqawi and his men have no presence in Falluja" I might accept that Zarqawi is staying ahead of the curve - he's got 1000x the informants we do, but none of his people? Lol! That's ripe. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-20 11:23:24 AM |
| #1 Crikey, the only house in town with only women, children and elderly. Sure it wasn't a BBC news set ? |
| Posted by: sheesh 2004-06-20 11:11:40 AM |