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| Siege misery at Tal Afar |
| 2004-09-12 |
| Residents of Tal Afar narrated to Aljazeera tales of suffering after US-led forces launched a major offensive against fighters reportedly taking shelter in the town. Located 70km west of Mosul, the situation in Tal Afar was said to be catastrophic with most inhabitants being forced to flee their homes. Locals said US-led forces have cut-off electricity and water supply to the town and were also preventing them from leaving town by car. "Those fleeing are being forced to walk long distances," said a resident. "The US forces also cut off water supply in near by villages and districts like al-Ayadhiya, al-Mahalabiya and Abi Marya on Saturday." US-forces say their offensive against Tal Afar was in response to repeated attacks by fighters who had moved into the town. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Tap tap tap...nope. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-09-12 7:45:43 PM |
| #7 Is this a practise run for Fallujah? Sounds like a pretty good siege technique that separates the civilians from the nutters. |
| Posted by: V is for Victory 2004-09-12 7:03:01 PM |
| #6 The inhabitants will need to learn that they will have to make a stand and rat out the terrorists, or they will never be left alone by either side. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-09-12 3:13:21 PM |
| #5 I thought for a second I felt some sympathy ...but it was just gas |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-12 12:52:13 PM |
| #4 Tales of suffering: "Those fleeing are being forced to walk long distances," said a resident. "The US forces also cut off water supply in near by villages and districts like al-Ayadhiya, al-Mahalabiya and Abi Marya on Saturday." They call these tales of suffering and they still call themselves Muslims? Whatever happened to loving death as Americans love life? |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-09-12 12:48:48 PM |
| #3 also preventing them from leaving town by car Hmm, sounds like somebody had an attack of the smarts. I hope they are able to actualy seal off the town. Otherwise the |
| Posted by: N Guard 2004-09-12 9:22:39 AM |
| #2 Al Jizzy? Thought they were still banned. A demonstration, an example, very very good. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6404 2004-09-12 1:01:01 AM |
| #1 Nobody knows the troubles I've seen Nobody seems to care... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-09-12 12:16:51 AM |