Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches Jan 18, 2005
Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches.
...In addition, many of his friends have told him that the military brought in water tanker trucks to power blast the streets, although he hadn’t seen this himself.
“They went around to every house and have shot the water tanks,” he continued, “As if they are trying to hide the evidence of chemical weapons in the water, but they only did this in some areas, such as Julan and in the souk (market) there as well.”
He first saw this having been done after December 20th.
Again, this is reflective of stories I’ve been told by several refugees from Fallujah.
Just last December, a 35 year-old merchant from Fallujah, Abu Hammad, told me what he’d experienced when he was still in the city during the siege.
“The American warplanes came continuously through the night and bombed everywhere in Fallujah! It did not stop even for a moment! If the American forces did not find a target to bomb, they used sound bombs just to terrorize the people and children. The city stayed in fear; I cannot give a picture of how panicked everyone was.”
“In the mornings I found Fallujah empty, as if nobody lives in it,” he’d said, “Even poisonous gases have been used in Fallujah-they used everything-tanks, artillery, infantry, poison gas. Fallujah has been bombed to the ground. Nothing is left.”...
...In addition, many of his friends have told him that the military brought in water tanker trucks to power blast the streets, although he hadn’t seen this himself.
“They went around to every house and have shot the water tanks,” he continued, “As if they are trying to hide the evidence of chemical weapons in the water, but they only did this in some areas, such as Julan and in the souk (market) there as well.”
He first saw this having been done after December 20th.
Again, this is reflective of stories I’ve been told by several refugees from Fallujah.
Just last December, a 35 year-old merchant from Fallujah, Abu Hammad, told me what he’d experienced when he was still in the city during the siege.
“The American warplanes came continuously through the night and bombed everywhere in Fallujah! It did not stop even for a moment! If the American forces did not find a target to bomb, they used sound bombs just to terrorize the people and children. The city stayed in fear; I cannot give a picture of how panicked everyone was.”
“In the mornings I found Fallujah empty, as if nobody lives in it,” he’d said, “Even poisonous gases have been used in Fallujah-they used everything-tanks, artillery, infantry, poison gas. Fallujah has been bombed to the ground. Nothing is left.”...
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Today on the front page of Toronto Star, I saw a truly shocking picture of five little siblings with anguish, despair, horror and grief in their little faces after their parents were shot dead by the US troops.
Unfortunately, there was no online version of the story available to link to. Otherwise, you would feel how horrible this has been to those kids.
Unfortunately, there was no online version of the story available to link to. Otherwise, you would feel how horrible this has been to those kids.
As they party in Washington, celebrating their victory, the destruction of Iraqi lives goes on. Every single one of them should have to spend just one day in the ruins that have been made on their orders.
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