This letter was sent by representatives of the people of Fallujah to the UN secretary general Kofi Annan
"IT IS more than evident that US forces are committing daily acts of genocide in Iraq. As we write, these crimes are being perpetrated against the city of Fallujah.
US war planes are launching their most powerful bombs against the civilian population, killing and wounding hundreds of innocent people. Their tanks are pounding the city with heavy artillery.
As you know, there is no military presence in the city. There have been no actions by the resistance in Fallujah in the last few weeks because negotiations are in progress between representatives of the city and the Allawi government.
The new bombardment by the US has begun while the people are fasting during the celebration of Ramadan. Now many of them are trapped in the ruins of their homes and cut off from any outside assistance.
On the night of 13 October a single US bombardment destroyed 50 houses and their inhabitants. Is this a crime of genocide or a lesson about US democracy? The US is committing acts of terror against the people of Fallujah for only one reason to force them to accept the occupation.
Your excellency and the whole world know that the US and their allies have destroyed our country on the pretext of the threat of weapons of mass destruction.
Now, after their own mass destruction and the killing of thousands of civilians, they have admitted that they have not found any.
But they have said nothing about the crimes they have committed. The whole world is silent, and even the killing of Iraqi civilians is not condemned. Will the US be paying compensation, as it made Iraq do after the 1991 Gulf War?
We know that we live in a world of double standards. In Fallujah the US has created a new and shadowy target "Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
Al-Zarqawi is a new excuse to justify the USAs criminal actions. A year has passed since this new excuse was dreamed up, and every time they attack homes, mosques and restaurants, killing women and children, they say. We have launched a successful operation against al-Zarqawi.
They will never say they have killed him, because he does not exist. The people of Fallujah assure you that this person is not in the city, nor probably anywhere else in Iraq.
Many times the people of Fallujah have asked that if anyone sees al-Zarqawi they should kill him. We know now that he is nothing but a phantom created by the US.
Our representatives have repeatedly denounced kidnapping and killing of civilians. We have nothing to do with any group that acts in an inhumane manner.
We call on you and the leaders of the world to exert the greatest pressure on the Bush administration to end its crimes against Fallujah and pull its army back from the city.
When they left a while ago, the city had peace and tranquillity. There was no disorder in the city. The civil administration here functioned well, despite the lack of resources.
Our offence is simply that we did not welcome the forces of occupation. This is our right according to UN Charter, according to international law and according to the norms of humanity.
It is very urgent that you, along with other world leaders, intervene immediately to prevent another massacre. We have tried to contact UN representatives in Iraq to ask them to do this but, as you know, they are sealed off in the maximum security Green Zone in Baghdad and we are not allowed access to them.
We want the UN to take a stand on the situation in Fallujah.
Best wishes, in the name of the people of Fallujah, the shura council of Fallujah, the trade union association, the teachers union, and the council of tribal leaders
Let's see. They invite invite illegal immigrants, i.e. hired mercinaries from bordering countries. They begin killing police, and all but victorious army, trying to restore peace.
Good civic planning? Compassion for local inhabitants and their families and businesses? More like international corruption, worthy of Hague tribunal.
Early on, the American and Iraqi security forces found over 600 ready to be used IEDs, 3 times the previous finds. They found around 95 major weapons caches in Fallujah, basically every mosque was an armory. That was 2/3 much as they found in all of Iraq the month before. Around 2000 insurgent fighters killed, 1000 captured. And, not to mention the slaughterhouses... What unemployed young muslim men were lured for money to spill blood? Who paid for that?
No city in the civilized world would do that.
I am opposed to the war. But I am opposed to uneducated masses with guns not knowing when to make the best of a bad situation. Discretion is the better side of valor.
Sorry about Fa-spooga-a - NOT . Too bad when US forces kill these 'insurgents' they do it with a bullet and not with a sword. Would be nice to dedicate a website to 'insurgent' head removal wouldnt it? You all would lose your mind - pun intended!
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Julie's a$$ needs to be kicked so she can wake up and understands that killing and posting on the web either with a gun or knife or sword is all wrong and all ugly, and whoever does it or encourages doing it is just a stupid an ignorant.
When Julie's a$$ gets kicked she might get out of her box and undersrands that those killers do not represent anybody but themselves, and they're just doing a favor to the US occupation army by giving them the reason to test their weapons against civilians, houses, and mosques.
Bring it keyboard commando ! Fair warning, pack a lunch and call all your friends.
You must also be a muzzie else you wouldnt be getting so upset when I talk c-r-a-p in response to idiot's posts. Does it really piss you off that much off when I respond to idiot in the same manner in which he posts? You have to deal with idiots in a like manner which is what I have chosen to do.
Posts: 562 | Location: Tampa, FL, USA | Registered: 09-17-2003
When the idiot posts c-r-a-p and you respond with c-r-a-p, then you should expect the same c-r-a-p, as your c-r-a-p could piss off some other people.
The same situation in Iraq when the USA uses the c-r-a-p they expect c-r-a-p and then they respond with c-r-a-p and the whole world now is full of c-r-a-p, you can accept this world and agree to be a part of the c-r-a-p. I don't.
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. Too bad when US forces kill these 'insurgents' they do it with a bullet and not with a sword. Would be nice to dedicate a website to 'insurgent' head removal wouldnt it? You all would lose your mind - pun intended!
