The forgotten Fallujah- U.S. offensive continues

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http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/review/article_full_story.asp?service_ID=7500

Although January 7 U.S.-led offensive in Fallujah, where more than 2,000 people were killed and thousands were made homeless, is still in people's minds. A lot will be shocked to learn that the U.S. forces are carrying on with their offensive there. And strangely, the media is giving a little attention to what is currently happening in Fallujah.

There is a good reason why Washington would want to keep the focus away from Fallujah at this time. The city residents who fled the offensive in January have started returning, and even those who have not lost family members are shocked by the devastation scenes, with thousands of houses being completely flattened. Fallujah, under a strict dusk-to-dawn curfew, has no running water, sewage system, or electricity, and that's just the utilities.

Here is Dr. Saleh Hussein Isawi, acting director of the Fallujah general hospital, describing what he saw when he entered the city on Christmas Eve:

I was there, inside the city - about 60% to 70% of the homes and buildings are completely crushed and damaged, and not ready to inhabit at the moment.

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