ROA: Its encouraging to know that Fallujah is more free than Los Angeles, where fast food resaurants have been outlawed in certain portions of the city.
We all love a good chuckle. But now let’s turn aside from the funny human interest stories and see what’s really going in in “free” Fallujia:
Fallujah braces for another assault
By Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail
FALLUJAH – United States and Iraqi forces are preparing another siege of Fallujah under the pretext of combating “terror”, residents and officials say.
Located 69 kilometers west of Baghdad, the city that suffered two devastating US attacks in 2004 has watched security degrade over recent months.
In the face of US military claims of improved security, violence has been rising by the day this month. The city has now been placed under tight curfew while US and Iraqi military forces prepare for a new offensive, according to the local Azzaman daily. Iraqi security forces have established new checkpoints around the city and are forbidding movement of people and traffic.
