Solidarity 061, 4 November 2004

Stop the blitz on Fallujah!

As we go to press, what US government officials describe as a “very bloody and nasty” US blitz on the Iraqi city of Fallujah could be only days or hours away. The city is already being bombed regularly, and 40,000 US troops are massed around it. A full-scale offensive is certain to kill many hundreds of civilians. The US made an assault on Fallujah in April. That killed several hundred people before the US retreated. Effectively they left the city in the hands of Islamist militias, which are now stronger than they were in April. As a US commander once said in Vietnam, the USA seems to be out...

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