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[번역요청] [global-peace-movement-info] Round-up of articles on Fallujah from the Occupation Watch Center |
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> Occupation Watch Bulletin
> www.occupationwatch.org
> By Andrea Buffa, November 8, 2004
>
> The assault on Falluja has started. U.S. warplanes are dropping huge bombs
> on civilian neighborhoods, and ground troops are beginning to enter the
> city. One hospital, Nazzal Emergency Hospital, was destroyed in an air
> strike; another, Falluja General Hospital, has been seized by U.S. forces,
> making it unlikely that injured civilians will be able to go there for
> treatment. The estimated 50,000 civilians who remain in Falluja lack running
> water, electricity, and food. Early reports are that at least 15 civilians
> have been killed:
>
> Assault on Besieged Falluja Under Way
> http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=7661
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> U.S. GIs Push Into Rebel Haven of Fallujah
> http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=7662
>
> Battle for Fallujah rages
> http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=7663
>
> During the last assault on Falluja, some 900-1000 people were killed
> directly, blow up, burnt, or shot, according to Rahul Mahajan, who was in
> Falluja last April. He describes how that siege traumatized Falluja's
> residents: "Of [the deaths], my guess, based on news reports and personal
> observation, is that 2/3 to 쩐 were noncombatants. But the damage goes far
> beyond that. . equally important is to remember that those numbers lie - in
> a war zone, everyone is wounded."
>
> Fallujah and the Reality of War
> http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=7624
>
> There will undoubtedly be many civilian injuries and deaths during the
> assault on Falluja that is currently underway. In the current assault --
> contrary to the perception that the U.S. military only employs high-tech,
> surgical weapons, to minimize civilian casualties -- AC-130 gunships, which
> fire only "dumb" munitions, are being used.
>
> "The reality is that a city can never be adequately described as a
> "militants' stronghold". It's a label designed to stiffen the heart of a
> soldier, but it is blinding us, the democracies that have inflicted this
> war, to the consequences of our actions. Falluja is still home to thousands
> of civilians. The numbers who have fled the prospective assault vary, but
> there could be 100,000 or more still in their homes. Typically, as in any
> war, those who don't get out of the way are a mixture of the most vulnerable
> - the elderly, the poor, the sick; the unlucky, who left it too late to get
> away; and the insanely brave, such as medical staff:"
>
> Screams will not be heard
> http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=7634
>
> The death toll is expected to be high on the U.S. side as well: Marine
> commanders have warned that deaths among U.S. forces could reach levels not
> seen since the Vietnam War.
>
> The stated reason for the invasion of Falluja is to "liberate" the city from
> insurgents so that its residents can participate in the upcoming elections.
> However, several groups have argued that an attack on Falluja would
> jeopardize the elections, fuel anger and resentment against the U.S., and
> actually swell the ranks of terrorist groups rather than eradicating
> terrorism. In an October 31 letter, UN Secretary General Kofi Anna said that
> another invasion of Falluja would only create more enemies and provoke an
> election boycott by Sunni Muslims:
>
> Annan says assault on Fallujah
> would further alienate Iraqis
> http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=7611
>
> In fact, a number of Sunni Muslim leaders put forward a proposal this week
> for peace negotiations to avert an assault on Falluja and encourage Sunni
> participation in the elections. Their proposal, which has received hardly
> any mainstream U.S. media coverage, included a demand that U.S. forces
> remain confined to bases in the month before balloting.
>
> Battle Near, Iraqi Sunnis Make Offer
> http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=7627
>
> This offer was apparently rejected or ignored by the leadership of the
> coalition troops and interim Iraqi government, and now we have not only a
> catastrophe unfolding in Falluja but also a wave of devastating violence
> throughout Iraq. In Samarra, a city that was recently "recaptured" by U.S.
> forces, insurgents carried off a well-coordinated series of bombings and
> mortar attacks. There were also clashes in Ramadi and in Sadr City, Baghdad.
> As if things were not already in a state of emergency for Iraqis, a formal
> state of emergency was declared by Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, which
> gives the government wide powers to impose curfews, restrict movement and
> suspend liberties:
>
> Assault on Fallujah unleashes bloody reprisals across Iraq
> http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=7649
>
> Fighting Around Fallujah Intensifies
> Premier Puts Most of Iraq Under State of Emergency
> http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=7644
>
> Although it appears to be too late to prevent the assault on Falluja, it is
> not too late to denounce it. Anti-war groups in the United States plan to
> take to the streets this week to demand an end to the assault on Falluja and
> an end to the occupation:
>
> Protest the Attack on Falluja!
> http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=7659
>
> It is the least that we Americans can do. It is our government that began
> this unjust and unnecessary war, led by a man who believes the November 2
> election now gives him a mandate to pursue the same disastrous policies. As
> one Iraqi man put it in an interview last week with Aljazeera, "They call
> Saddam a criminal, but Bush is the biggest criminal and terrorist in the
> world. I only expect crimes and killings and occupation of Muslim countries
> from him," said Waad Mohammed Ali, a butcher in Baghdad's central Karrada
> area. "Not that Kerry would have been much better. They're all determined to
> suck our blood." He added.
>
> Iraqis doubt Bush will do better than Saddam
> http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=7594
>
> P.S. Independent journalist Dahr Jamail is back in Iraq, and we strongly
> encourage you to read his dispatches at
> http://dahrjamailiraq.com/weblog/archives/dispatches/000106.php
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