Ceasefire Reached
I have a bunch of items from a bunch of sources.
IOL is reporting that faced with stiff Iraqi resistance and mounting popular resentment, the U.S. occupation troops and Iraqi fighters in the restive town of Fallujah have reached a 12-hour ceasefire starting Sunday, April 11, 06:00 a.m. GMT (10:00 Baghdad time).
Aljazeerah satellite channel said that the U.S. occupation troops will pull out of the town six hours after the start of the truce.
Bush is reported to have called the past seven days of violence in Iraq: "A tough week."
Mid-East medical sources are reporting that there are 600 Iraqis dead in Fallujah alone.
Tony Blair is quoted in The Observer as saying: "We are locked in a historic struggle in Iraq. On its outcome hangs more than the fate of the Iraqi people. Were we to fail, which we will not, it is more than 'the power of America' that would be defeated. The hope of freedom and religious tolerance in Iraq would be snuffed out. Dictators would rejoice; fanatics and terrorists would be triumphant. Every nascent strand of moderate Arab opinion, knowing full well that the future should not belong to fundamentalist religion, would be set back in bitter disappointment."
The British played this movie before. Think back to circa 1920..yeah, when Churchill was keen on using chemical weapons against THAT popular Iraqi uprising.
It is great news to hear of a cease fire..however brief.
It should be clear to anyone getting their news from other than U.S. propanganda arms, that the uprising in Iraq is rapidly turning into a popular uprising.
The Sunni's and Shi'ite's are united against the coalition forces. This unification hasn't happened since Great Britain occupied Iraq in the early 20th century.
Iraq is, by accounts coming in from the region, a more dangerous place than at any time since the beginning of hostilities.
Bush can drop the "enemies of freedom" bs. These people are fighting for their freedom. Not freedom on U.S. terms. On Iraqi terms.
We're going to have to figure this one out by ourselves. The U.N. and the balance of the world community aren't likely to lend a hand in what is almost universally seen as an illegal occupation. I hope that we possess the wisdom to see this though, and to allow Iraqis the freedom for which so many of them have already died.
Sorry about the 'staccato' nature of my sentences. It's quite late for me. I promise more fluid prose tomorrow. :)
IOL is reporting that faced with stiff Iraqi resistance and mounting popular resentment, the U.S. occupation troops and Iraqi fighters in the restive town of Fallujah have reached a 12-hour ceasefire starting Sunday, April 11, 06:00 a.m. GMT (10:00 Baghdad time).
Aljazeerah satellite channel said that the U.S. occupation troops will pull out of the town six hours after the start of the truce.
Bush is reported to have called the past seven days of violence in Iraq: "A tough week."
Mid-East medical sources are reporting that there are 600 Iraqis dead in Fallujah alone.
Tony Blair is quoted in The Observer as saying: "We are locked in a historic struggle in Iraq. On its outcome hangs more than the fate of the Iraqi people. Were we to fail, which we will not, it is more than 'the power of America' that would be defeated. The hope of freedom and religious tolerance in Iraq would be snuffed out. Dictators would rejoice; fanatics and terrorists would be triumphant. Every nascent strand of moderate Arab opinion, knowing full well that the future should not belong to fundamentalist religion, would be set back in bitter disappointment."
The British played this movie before. Think back to circa 1920..yeah, when Churchill was keen on using chemical weapons against THAT popular Iraqi uprising.
It is great news to hear of a cease fire..however brief.
It should be clear to anyone getting their news from other than U.S. propanganda arms, that the uprising in Iraq is rapidly turning into a popular uprising.
The Sunni's and Shi'ite's are united against the coalition forces. This unification hasn't happened since Great Britain occupied Iraq in the early 20th century.
Iraq is, by accounts coming in from the region, a more dangerous place than at any time since the beginning of hostilities.
Bush can drop the "enemies of freedom" bs. These people are fighting for their freedom. Not freedom on U.S. terms. On Iraqi terms.
We're going to have to figure this one out by ourselves. The U.N. and the balance of the world community aren't likely to lend a hand in what is almost universally seen as an illegal occupation. I hope that we possess the wisdom to see this though, and to allow Iraqis the freedom for which so many of them have already died.
Sorry about the 'staccato' nature of my sentences. It's quite late for me. I promise more fluid prose tomorrow. :)
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