Re: [A-List] Re: War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity Reach to White House-US Military Paper

[Rick Rozoff <r_rozoff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the clarification.
'Allowed' back in? To devastate a city of some third
of a million people with 'carpet' shelling?
Whom the gods would destroy....
Rick



--- David McDonald <dbmcdonald@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=0E7EC776-E51C-43B9-95A0182E4
> 63608A6
>
> Voice Of America News
> May 10, 2004
>
> US Military Convoy Enters Fallujah
>
>
> A U.S. Marine convoy in central Iraq has entered the
> center of Fallujah for the first time in weeks, in a
> test of a shaky truce in the Sunni-controlled city.
> Marines in armored vehicles rolled in Monday,
> accompanied by Iraqi security forces that U.S.
> military officials have placed in charge of
> maintaining order in the Fallujah.
>
> The commander of the First Marine Division, Major
> General James Mattis, led the convoy, and met with
> the
> mayor. There were no reports of confrontations with
> insurgents.
>
> Comment:
>
> A one-time patrol was part of the original agreement
> between the
> Coalition forces and General Saleh. It was
> described,  probably in an
> article forwarded by Rick, as a one-time occurrence
> that would not be
> repeated, in other words, a Potemkin patrol, and it
> also needs to be
> said that Saleh's replacement has also indicated
> that Coalition forces
> will not be allowed in Fallujah, this one patrol
> notwithstanding.
>
> David McDonald
>
>



	
		
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