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To: GST who wrote (160009)	4/1/2005 11:36:40 AM
From: Orcastraiter	Respond to of 281500

You know I have been trying to find out what happened in Fallujah. It's really impossible for us to get a good picture of what happened there. To start with they named the operation of the attack on Fallujah "Operation Phantom Fury". When I heard the name given to the operation it sounded like a black ops name. Phantom...as in under cloak...fury...from Webster: intense, disordered and often destructive rage. Who names these operations? So I did some web searches to see if we can find out more on Fallujah...we're not getting anything from the MSM. There are no western reporters in Fallujah. I came upon a story of this website: fallujahinpictures.com But this one has been shut down apparently...as I can't get through to it. Warning...if you do try to go there there may be bloody and gory pictures There was one embedded reporter during the operation, Kaplan, who writes for the Atlantic Monthly, but was featured on the opinion page at the WSJ. I don't know why they chose the opinion section to highlight this story...he was embedded...so it should be considered news. opinionjournal.com This story in the Washington Post is where I found the Faluujah in pictures web site: washingtonpost.com A truly horrific account of the aftermath in Fallujah can be read here: commondreams.org Published on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 by the Guardian/UK City of Ghosts On November 8, the American army launched its biggest ever assault on the Iraqi city of Falluja, considered a stronghold for rebel fighters. The US said the raid had been a huge success, killing 1,200 insurgents. Most of the city's 300,000 residents, meanwhile, had fled for their lives. What really happened in the siege of Falluja? In a joint investigation for the Guardian and Channel 4 News, Iraqi doctor Ali Fadhil compiled the first independent reports from the devastated city, where he found scores of unburied corpses, rabid dogs - and a dangerously embittered population Watch an extract from the documentary by Ali Fadhil December 22 2004 It all started at my house in Baghdad. I packed my equipment, the camera and the tripod. Tariq, my friend, told me not to take it with us. "The fighters might search the car and think that we are spies." Tariq was frightened about our trip, even though he is from Falluja and we had permission from one group of fighters to enter under their protection. But Tariq, more than anyone, understands that the fighters are no longer just one group. He is quite a character, Tariq: 32 and an engineer with a masters degree in embryo implantation, he works now at a human rights institute called the Democratic Studies Institute for Human Rights and Democracy in Baghdad. He is also deeply into animal rights. <more> Orca