Thursday, April 29, 2004

"Returning to normal" in Fallujah

As Maureen Dowd quotes him, the pReznit has said most of Fallujah is returning to normal.

Apparently he isn't looking at this part:

US soldiers have fired on a minibus full of civilians near a checkpoint on the outskirts of the besieged Iraqi town of Falluja.

Witnesses said a hail of bullets from occupation forces on Thursday turned the vehicle into a ball of fire.

Iraqi policeman Fuad al-Hamdani said four civilians were killed in the unprovoked attack.

People have been leaving Falluja following major US airstrikes on the town, 50km west of Baghdad.

No one was able to explain why soldiers fired at the vehicle and the US military said it had yet to receive information on any incident in the area.
  Aljazeera article

Or maybe that's normal for the U.S. occupation.

Oh, and here's what they think of their new flag:

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