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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (561223)	4/7/2004 2:46:33 PM
From: Rock_nj	Respond to of 769667

If they're going to go for it, they might as well do it now. Once a new government is established, it would be a lot harder to break away and create your own country. This is exactly why George Bush, Sr. didn't want to march to Baghdad in 1991 and take out Saddam. He feared a civil war and instability. Now, we're witnessing that happening. This is an interesting take, an arab perspective on the fighting (notice the different terminology used to describe the fighting than the terminology used in Western media). US fails to take Falluja for third time - Helicopter shot down Al-Jazeera - 07/04/2004 13:00:00 GMT Fierce street battles are raging in Falluja between resistance fighters defending the town and US occupation forces, who are launching missile attacks in and around residential areas. Hospital sources say at least 52 Iraqis have died in attacks since Tuesday in the besieged town which American forces sealed off on Sunday. More than 100 others, including children, have been injured. Twenty-six of those killed were from one family. The local hospital is struggling to cope with the rising casualties. "They are attacking residential neighbourhoods," said residents as US warplanes swooped over the area and fired rockets. Intense gunfire could be heard from the streets. Plea for help Residents of Falluja call on the Arab world to intervene and lift the siege on this town of 300,000. They ask where are the Arab leaders in this time? Falluja has come under fierce US attack in the past three days as occupation forces sealed off the town, a centre for anti-occupation activity, in an effort to crush the resistance. US marines tried for a third time to take control of the town but were forced to retreat. Since the closure was imposed on Sunday, 91 Iraqis have been killed and dozens more injured. US forces besieged the town after last week's ambush in which four security guards were killed and their bodies mutilated and dragged through the streets by Iraqi mobs. aljazeera.com