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Iraqi Civilian Deaths ... caused by Bush's unprovoked war

 

More blood, More chaos
(Iraq Dispatches, November 21, 2004)
In Ramadi today 6 civilians were killed in clashes between the resistance and military. . . . The military sealed the city, closing all the roads while announcing over loudspeakers for residents in the city to hand over "terrorists." . . . A man, woman and child died when the public bus they were riding in approached a US checkpoint there when they were riddled with bullets from anxious soldiers. A military spokesman said the bus was shot because it didn’t stop when they asked it to. . . . The city remains sealed by US forces as fierce clashes sporadically erupt across the area while the military decides how to handle yet another resistance controlled. . . . As the mass graves in Fallujah continue to be filled with countless corpses, sporadic fighting flashes throughout areas of the destroyed battleground. . . . "The Americans want every city in Iraq to be like Fallujah," said Abdulla Rahnan, a 40 year-old man on the street where I was taking tea not far from my hotel, "They want to kill us all-they are freeing us of our lives!" . . . His friend, remaining nameless, added, "Everyone here hates them because they are making mass graves faster than even Saddam!" . . . Over in Sadr City, the military are now sealing off neighborhoods doing home searches as well-this after having agreed to a deal with Sadr's Mehdi Army the fighters turned in many of their weapons and agreed to a truce. Last night a small boy was shot there because he was out after curfew. . . . Refugees from Fallujah have yet to be allowed to return to their city. . . . One of my friends here works on the election commission for Iraq-he stopped by tonight laughing at the new date which has been set for the election of January 30th. "They have this new date for their rigged elections," he rolls his eyes, "And nobody in Iraq believes their propaganda. Elections? Here? I don't know anyone who will vote. Perhaps the entire country can vote absentee for reason of car bomb!"

posted by LoZo 11:41 AM