“Americans will speak of the battles like Fallujah
These pictures are from a book of photos. They are being circulated publicly around small villages near Fallujah where many refugees are staying.
The man who took them was only allowed to take photos and bury bodies in one small area of Fallujah. He was not allowed to visit anywhere else. Keep in mind there are at least 1,925 other bodies that were not allowed to be seen.Information with some of the photos is from those identified by family members already.
One of the family members who was looking for dead relatives, shared these photos which were taken from that book.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, he told of what he saw in his village during the last few weeks.
“The Americans shot every boat on the river because people were trying to escape Fallujah by the river. They shot all the sheep, any animal people owned was shot. Helicopters shot all the animals and anything that moved in all the villages surrounding Fallujah during the fighting.”
He said that none of the roads into Fallujah, or around Fallujah were passable because anyone on them was shot. “I know one family that were all killed. There are no signs on these roads that tell people not to use them-so people don’t know they aren’t supposed to use them. No signs in English or Arabic!”
Fallujah remains beset by violence
Residents, police complain that little in city has changed two years after U.S. ground assault.
By Jay Price, Mohammed al Dulaimy
McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
FALLUJAH, Iraq — When gunmen hid a bomb in front of his house a few days ago, intending to use it against American or Iraqi troops, Majeed al-Rawi had only one option: move out.
"If I report it to the Americans, I will be killed by the men who put it there, and if I don't, my family will be killed either by the explosion or the Americans," the car dealer said. "This is not a way to live; this is a way to hate life."
Two years after American troops launched a devastating ground assault aimed at purging the heart of the Iraqi insurgency, Fallujah once again is a violent place.
In recent months, insurgents have filtered back into the city, despite tight controls that limit access to only six checkpoints. Residents must submit to an extraordinary identification system that includes fingerprinting, retina scans and bar-coded identification cards.
An insurgent campaign has killed two city council members and at least 30 police officers. The campaign has been so effective that police patrols have all but stopped, because officers fear to walk the streets.
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