U.S Air Raids In Iraq / Hearts And Minds

U.S. Raids Kill Family of 6 in Rebel-Held Iraqi City
Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:42 AM ET
By Yasser Faisal

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6556929

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. air strikes killed a family of six in an attack meant for fighters loyal to a self-declared al Qaeda ally, while one of the world's largest aid agencies suspended operations in Iraq after its manager was kidnapped.

Reuters television footage showed men chanting "There is no God but Allah!" as they carried the body of the father through the rubble of the razed family home in the rebel-held town of Falluja Wednesday.

"Is this the gift that (interim Prime Minister) Iyad Allawi is giving to the people of Falluja?" asked one man, pointing to the small bodies of two of the children lying in the trunk of a car.

The U.S. military says its almost nightly strikes on Falluja are carefully targeted at the fighters of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who it says is holed up in the town, about 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad. But residents say they know nothing of Zarqawi -- some even doubt his existence -- and that the U.S. raids kill civilians and destroy homes


Iraqis inspect a destroyed building in which six people died in central Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq , Wednesday, Oct 20, 2004, after U.S. forces fired rockets in to central Fallujah early Wednesday. The couple and their four children had just returned to their home overnight after having fled the city a week earlier, police and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)



Iraqi men attend the funeral of Walid Khalid, 26, who was found dead under the rubble of his destroyed house in central Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq , Wednesday, Oct 20, 2004, after U.S. forces fired rockets in to central Fallujah early Wednesday. Walid, his wife and their four children died during the attack when returning to their home overnight after having fled the city a week earlier, police and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Khodor)



An Iraqi youth sits over the rubble of his relatives house after it was destroyed during a U.S. air raid conducted over the western city of Falluja, October 19, 2004. U.S. warplanes struck overnight at what the military said were Zarqawi-linked targets in the rebel-held city of Falluja. The government has threatened to attack Falluja unless Zarqawi's men are handed over, as part of its drive to pacify all of Iraq before parliamentary elections due in January. Picture taken on October 19, 2004. REUTERS/Omar Khodor

on the ME news programs we get. If the American media showed just half of what they showed over there, this race wouldn't even be close. Yet they are described as being "biased." How is showing reality being "biased"?!?! Homes ARE being destroyed, people ARE being killed. The country has been flooded with jihadists wanting a repeat of the victory against the Soviets. Nothing would please these thugs more than to help bring down another superpower (especially the one that trained them).

As my cousin in Baghdad told me, "Before we feared the government and not the people, now we fear the people and not the government." Bush is an ass.