The Nation: Falluja’s Health Damage
In one case, according to Dr. al-Jumaili, three children died of dehydration when their father was unable to find water for them. The US forces cut off the city’s water supply before launching their assault.
NYT: Lockheed and the Future of Warfare
What he sees [Lockheed CEO Stevens says] is a far grander vision. Lockheed, he said, is promising to transform the very nature of war.
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"I don’t say this lightly," he said. "Our industry has contributed to a change in humankind."
CS Monitor: In pockets of Fallujah, US troops still face harsh battles
Red Platoon began in typical fashion, with a reading the 91st Psalm from the Bible.
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The marines used explosives, axes, and even their boots to break down doors and storm houses.They searched rooms and destroyed food stores when they found them to deprive insurgents moving from house to house of support.
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After granting civilians four hours each day to visit local food-distribution centers, commanders Wednesday extended the curfew to 24 hours a day.
WaPo: Marines Widen Their Net South of Baghdad
Johnson said the U.S.-led force would take a methodical approach to wiping out the insurgency in north Babil.
…"I could take Latifiyah in an afternoon, but why am I going to kill innocent civilians?" Johnson said.
Many people in the town said they already feel like they are under attack. The city has no water or electricity, said residents, some of whom described the outages as a form of punishment by the Americans.
NYT: Lockheed and the Future of Warfare
Mr. Stevens, whose compensation last year as Lockheed’s chief operating officer was more than $9.5 million, says cost is essentially irrelevant when national security is at stake. ".. This is not a business where in the purest economical sense there’s a broad market of supply and demand and price and value can be determined in that exchange."
Iraq War: Lords of the flies
The flies are everywhere. In the hospital wards, operating rooms, canteen. You find them even where they cannot be. In the "humanitarian" plastic bottle with warm plastic-stinking water.
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You can buy anything for water now.