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| Al-Jazeera reports on the "horrors" of Falluja |
| 2004-04-12 |
| Lurid tales of the ongoing atrocity . . . from one of the world’s leading purveyors of lurid atrocity stories. Salt recommended. Ruthlessly EFL’d. Hat tip to the Brothers Judd. As we drive through the back roads on the way to Falluja, US jets are pounding the area around the tiny village of Garma. The sight of US reinforcements flying into the area and the continuous sound of explosions and gunfire proves too much for my driver. He pulls into the village, unwilling to go any further. Smart man. . . . I call an Aljazeera cameraman in Falluja to check on his safety. My colleague’s voice is panic-stricken as he describes the scene, . . . "There are images we can’t show because it’s just too gruesome. I have never seen anything like this before," he says. "There are bodies everywhere, and people can’t go out to retrieve them because they’re too afraid of being blown away themselves. I can’t believe the number of children here, we were at the hospital and it’s full of dead and wounded kids. . . ." "No men of military age, though. Nope. Not a one to be found anywhere in town. They’re all . . . up at the lodge near Mosul, hunting elk." "Back at our office the Americans are shooting at us. I walk out of the bathroom and a laser is pointed at my chest," he says, referring to US sharpshooters in the area. He’s obviously lying. If a U.S. sharpshooter had a bead on him like that, he’d already be dead. "We’d just bought cigarettes from a store across the street; no more than ten minutes later it was bombed." "Damned USMC tobacco lawyers!" |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #10 To #8 - Cyper Sarge : The cigarette store was actually a "Baby Milk Plant", with a "Pesticide Manufacturing Facility" in the basement. Or, maybe Al-Jazeera is implying that the US Surgeon General has his own special forces in Iraq to handle tobacco outlets? |
| Posted by: Anonymous4052 2004-04-12 6:03:17 PM |
| #9 I find it unlikely that snipers would use an indicator that can be seen by the target. The beauty of the Aegis naval technology is that the scan radar is also the fire control radar so the target cannot determine whether it needs to take evasive action. Note - this is not exactly how the system works but that is how it gets the missile into terminal phase. At a certain point AJ cameramen are going to get whacked because they are often present and filming ambushes. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-04-12 5:32:00 PM |
| #8 This sounds an awful like when the muderous zionists entered that peaceful playground in Jenin. I remember the class we had in basic: 'Killing chickens, chicks, and kids for the fun of it.' Second day was: 'Laser pointing on media crews and news whores.' I am glad that this is now in the open for all to see. BTW he didn't say why they bombed that store accross the street? Was it also a pet store or baby food store? Perhaps it doubled as a mosque? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-04-12 5:18:11 PM |
| #7 Nice catch 11A5S; Jarhead, et al, can you confirm about the laser sight ? Is this stuff invisible, or is the Al-Jizz "reporter" making this sh!t up from the last Hollywood movie he saw ? |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H 2004-04-12 5:16:04 PM |
| #6 "Back at our office the Americans are shooting at us. I walk out of the bathroom and a laser is pointed at my chest," he says, referring to US sharpshooters in the area. I'm not 100% certain, but I think that all of the US sighting and distance finding lasers are infrared, i.e. not visible to the naked eye. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2004-04-12 4:54:21 PM |
| #5 Conviently Al-Jitzzz does not show the 'wounded and dying kids'.... If you go to their homepage and click on the 'In pictures: Falluja after the siege' link (I cant link to it here since its some javascript code or something) it will show some pictures which call this article a lie. No dead chicks, ducks or puppies, no wounded kids. And dont think for a miniute Al-Jitzz wouldn't show them. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-04-12 4:38:31 PM |
| #4 Damn the Marines are taking the anti-pogey bait campaign to a new level!. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-12 4:37:00 PM |
| #3 There are images we can’t show because it’s just too gruesome. I believe that's the first time that sentence has ever been uttered on Al-Jazeera... |
| Posted by: snellenr 2004-04-12 4:18:30 PM |
| #2 "Hey, Odai, great report! Send us some film to back it up." "No can do, boss. It's ... It's... It's gruesome! Yeah, that't the ticket, way too gruesome! For for our viewers' delicate sensibilities, you know." |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-04-12 4:14:40 PM |
| #1 "We’d just bought cigarettes from a store across the street; no more than ten minutes later it was bombed." Drat the lousy timing! Come on, devildogs! |
| Posted by: BH 2004-04-12 4:05:41 PM |