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| AFP: Allawi: Fallujah, Ramadi and Mosul on hit list |
| 2004-10-31 |
| EFL The standoff between the interim Iraqi government and insurgents in the rebel city of Fallujah has entered its "final phase," Iraq's interim prime minister Iyad Allawi said Sunday, warning of imminent military action. The tough-talking prime minister laid out three conditions that would spare Fallujah a military showdown insisting that the government was not negotiating or bargaining with any party over its legitimate right to assert its authority in the flashpoint city. "We have entered the final phase to solve the Fallujah problem," Allawi told reporters in a grave tone. "If we cannot solve it peacefully, I have no choice but to take military action. I will do so with a heavy heart. " Avoid that phrase. LBJ wore it out. Allawi said he met on Saturday night with religious and tribal leaders from the Sunni Muslim insurgency bastions of Fallujah and Ramadi, west of Baghdad, and from the northern city of Mosul. He said all wanted the government to assert its authority in these hotspots. "Terrorists have taken the people of Fallujah hostage and we are determined to eliminate this terror centre." The prime minister laid out three conditions that would spare Fallujah and other rebel cities military action as his government appeared determined to subdue the vicious insurgency ahead of January's elections. These include the exit of foreign fighters and insurgents, the handover of heavy- and medium-sized weapons and allowing the government to begin the process of reconstruction in these cities. "The people of Fallujah can hand over the foreign fighters and insurgents, kick them out or allow Iraqi forces to go in and do the job," said Allawi flanked by Kassim Daoud, his national security advisor. |
| Posted by:Mrs. Davis |
| #3 Urban renewal via USMC |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-31 9:12:38 PM |
| #2 It's very simple: Fallujah delenda est. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-10-31 8:43:03 PM |
| #1 I like this quote (CNN): "We have now entered the final phase of attempts to solve Falluja without a major military confrontation," Allawi said. ...to solve Falluja. LOL. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-10-31 8:24:53 PM |