The new center for terror in Iraq is... um... Fallujah?

[Bucky]

Seriously, I double checked the date on this, it's not an old article. Apparently we killed all those civilians for nothing. Boy I'll bet the army feels silly about that one!

U.S. Military Adopts Desperate Tactics
Electronic Iraq, 1 November 2006

FALLUJAH (IPS) - Increased violence is being countered by harsh new measures across the Sunni-dominated al-Anabar province west of Baghdad, residents say.

"Thousands have been killed here by the Multi-National Forces (MNF) and Iraqi allies, and the situation is getting worse every day," a member of the Fallujah city council speaking on condition of anonymity told IPS. "We have no role to play because the Americans always prefer violent solutions that have led from one disaster to another."

The violence appears to be affecting the civilian population far more than it is stifling the resistance. The suffering of people in Fallujah increases by the day, and the number of resistance snipers appears to be increasing in response to the U.S. use of snipers against civilians.

Wait, let me get this straight. We're using snipers against civilians and yet the number of terrorists seems to be increasing? I don't get it. What kind of fuzzy math is that?

[Erika]

1. Ah, My Marine Nephew was on a kill squad in Fallujah

last year. That was the 2nd time to clean up the area.

[CarbonDate]

2. Round and round and round we go....

...where we stop...?

[oblivious]

3. Similar article from July 2005 - Mother Jones

"We Regard Falluja As a Large Prison"

News: A reporter returns to the city, where violence and destruction remain part of everyday life.

By David Enders

July 27, 2005

Eight months after the second invasion of Falluja, there is hardly a street that does not still feature a building pulverized during the assault. I had not been in the city since last July, when I was escorted out by three cars of mujahedeen — that's when things were still relatively nice — and though I had expected it, the destruction was still shocking.

...Back at the hospital, Ahmed says he expects the fighting to continue. "Even civilian people will change to be fighters," he says. "We regard Falluja as a large prison." (People in Falluja will not talk directly about fighting, though all indications are that the new attacks are homegrown.)

The Iraqi army in Falluja, who don't mind telling a journalist that they are all from cities in the south, don't seem particularly thrilled to be here. (When the US tried recruiting Fallujis to fight in Falluja, they turned their guns on the US or turned them over to the guerillas.)

"Falluja — death," says one of them, drawing a finger across his throat, a motion that I would like to go one day in Iraq without seeing someone make.
http://www.mojones.com/news/update/2005/07/falluja.html