If 600 dead is a "shaky truce"...

...then Big Ben is a pocket watch.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/24/iraq/main541815.shtml

A fragile cease-fire held between Sunni insurgents and U.S. Marines in the besieged city of Fallujah, where Iraqis said more than 600 civilians were killed in the past week. Near Baghdad, gunmen shot down a U.S. attack helicopter, killing two crewmembers.

Also, the military suggested it is open to a negotiated solution in its showdown with a radical Shiite cleric in the south.

According to the the director of the city hospital, Rafie al-Issawi, most of the Iraqis killed in Fallujah in fighting that started last Monday were women, children and elderly. But a U.S. Marine commander disputed that, saying most of the dead were probably insurgents.

Wow these numbers are awful.... When will it stop....

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and what the hell do we think they're resisting?
hint--it's not Freedom!

They have no freedom under occupation
and can hope for little more than janitor jobs
in the New Iraq Colony
--most have had loved ones massacred by indiscriminate use of our weapons of major destruction and now they want the killers to leave their country.
It is honorable to defend one's country isn't it?
They have little to lose at this point and it seems they now realize it.
They are pissed off worse than Mad Max!
Anger beyond our wildest imagination.

Halliburton needs to get out and all troops sent home now.

I call it Halliburton's War and other corporatized names. I love the looks I get from my co-workers. :-)

is a misnomer. there ain't no cease-fire. innocent civilians are being shot at, injured and killed.

on DemocracyNow yesterday it was reported that an elderly Lady who stepped outside of her house was shot in the neck.

Residents were told to go out at such and such a time during the day by the 'military'. It was the middle of the day. A Father was shot in a crowded street while walking back from an aid center
(he had been on his way home after securing food etc for his children).

"Cease Fire In Fallujah! 6 Shot Dead!" or some such Orwelliam spew.

But may I mention it is reassuring to see you this morning my friend? :hi:

always good to 'see' you. :hug:

it is unfortunate that DU was down for most of yetsterday,
cause i enjoyed your Peace quote thread, and later on in the day thought of a few more i would like to have added.

i recognized some of yours...
have you visited PeaceCenter?

peace! :loveya:

I think those were from Peace Center. :loveya:

I missed most of the downtime while at work, but I felt that pang of withdrawals just the same. ;-)