http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FE78FACB-0A6D-4F88-A6C1-B434857135A6.htmUS marines hunt for Iraqi rebels on the outskirts of Falluja
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The images prove too much for Ahmad; he drops his face into his hands and breaks down. As he walks away, I call an Aljazeera cameraman in Falluja to check on his safety.
My colleague's voice is panic-stricken as he describes the scene, echoing the pictures that have shocked Ahmad. “There are images we can’t show because it’s just too gruesome. I have never seen anything like this before,” he says.
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Falluja's hospitals are overflowing with dead and wounded
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“There are bodies everywhere, and people can’t go out to retrieve them because they’re too afraid of being blown away themselves.
“I can’t believe the number of children here, we were at the hospital and it’s full of dead and wounded kids.
“The ones that aren’t dead have lost limbs and are wailing in pain, begging for their parents. What parents?” he screams. “I don’t have the heart to tell them that their parents are in pieces.
“Back at our office the Americans are shooting at us. I walk out of the bathroom and a laser is pointed at my chest,” he says, referring to US sharpshooters in the area.
“We'd just bought cigarettes from a store across the street; no more than ten minutes later it was bombed.”
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Deadly fate: An insurgent lies dead in the battle-ravaged town
This story is about hopelessness which IMO is why this is happening... the Iraqi people have lost all hope of the US leaving and some semblence of normal returning to their lives without bombing, occupation, foreigners, etc. Truly heartbreaking read... :cry:
I've posted this in several other threads as well because it is hard to tell which threads are dying and which are still alive :/