Real History and the Improvements in Iraq The Index to the Traditional Enemies of Free Speech Alphabetical index (text) Information Clearing House Iraq: The Massacres Continue as “Democracy-Building”. “With all the vacillations of policy since the current incumbents [Bush’s gang] first took office in 1981, one guiding principle remains stable: the Iraqi people must not rule Iraq”.
— Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch By Ghali Hassan THE indiscriminate slaughter of Iraqi citizens in Fallujah, Najaf, Baghdad, Tel Afar, Kut and other Iraqi cities, the outrageous treatment of Iraqi prisoners of war and civilian detainees, and the destruction of the nation of Iraq have not registered in the Moral consciousness of the “civilised” Western world.
The US and its “coalition” alleged that its moral “messianic mission” is to promote and “build” democracy and end dictatorships around the world. Nothing could be further from the truth. The US atrocities in Latin America and other parts of the world produced corrupt and violent dictatorships. America’s invasion of Iraq is colonial occupation and anti-democracy. The Iraqi people have only seen the massacres of their fellow citizens and the destruction of their nation. Mr.
Kofi Annan , the secretary general of the UN, said: “the war was illegal and contrary to the provisions of the charter of the UN”. This mean that the Iraqi people and the resistance have legitimate rights to defend their country against aggression, and they are acting within the rules of law. Iraqis prisoners of war, women and children detainees taken by the US forces should be released immediately. They are all Iraqi hostages.
In April 2004, the US massive attacks on Fallujah killed more than 1300 Iraqis, mostly innocent women and children, reported by AFP. The US continues to attack Fallujah regularly, killing many more innocent civilians. According to Reuter’s news agency,
on September 2, 2004, the US killed 17 people, including 3 children, a woman and an elderly man. Reuters reported on the night of September 7, 2004, US jets and helicopters “pounded Fallujah all night and killed ‘up to 100 militants’ according to US military; though local hospital sources reported ‘only’ 6 dead and 23 wounded”. On September 10, 2004, the New York Times reported US attacks on northern Fallujah killed at least 8 people, including four children and two women.
A local doctor told the Associated Press, another ’16 people, including 8 children were wounded. In the rubble of a demolished house, he noted ‘workers found only one survivor, a 10-month-old infant’, reported the Associated Press. The ABC and the BBC reported
on September 25, 2004, ” US forces bombed Fallujah killing at least 8 civilians, wounding 15, and destroying several buildings in the city”. Fallujah is targeted by US forces because the people of Fallujah are resisting the US barbarity and fighting