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| U.S. air strike destroys house in Falluja |
| 2004-07-29 |
| A U.S. air strike destroyed a building in the Iraqi city of Falluja late on Thursday, local residents said. There was no immediate word on casualties. Before the air strike, U.S. forces had battled with guerrillas on the eastern edge of the city. Several times over the past few months, U.S. forces have targeted buildings in the city that they say were being used by militants linked to Al-Qaida ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. After fierce clashes in Falluja in April that killed hundreds of Iraqis, U.S. forces withdrew from the city and handed over security to an Iraqi force. Critics say the city has become a safe haven for guerrillas and kidnappers. |
| Posted by:Lux |
| #7 Critics say the city has become a safe haven for guerrillas and kidnappers. Well then, ANY house leveled will kill either of those two types then. Fine with me. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-29 7:15:11 PM |
| #6 Two words: urban renewal. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-07-29 5:06:39 PM |
| #5 terrible as this sounds Not terrible at all. You're being realistic. The only way to win a war is to disappear the enemy and the enemy's supporters. Painful deaths are good PR to potential enemy supporters to re-think their "misguided" ways. |
| Posted by: rex 2004-07-29 4:23:33 PM |
| #4 terrible as this sounds, I hope the islamo-cockroaches were buried alive and suffered. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2004-07-29 4:10:40 PM |
| #3 lack of actionable intelligence, oh hot blooded one. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-07-29 4:05:50 PM |
| #2 So why, I'd like to know, are we just doing one house at a time? |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2004-07-29 4:00:24 PM |
| #1 more on Iraq, from AP. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi police have arrested 270 militants, mostly from neighboring countries, in recent raids, the interim interior minister said in remarks published Thursday. Some of the militants were Syrian and Iranian, Falah Hassan al-Naqib told the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat daily. "I can confirm that 90 percent of those who carried out suicide operations are not Iraqis," al-Naqib said. "I believe that Iraqis' noncompliance with terrorists has made them a target |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-07-29 3:48:18 PM |