U.S. strike kills 11 at wedding in Iraq's Falluja

[DuctapeFatwa]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08535015.htm

[Lefta Dissenter]

1. how bout

a summary for those of us without access to the site? :hi:

[UpInArms]

12. here goes:

FALLUJA, Iraq, Oct 8 (Reuters) - A U.S. air strike on the rebel-held city of Falluja in western Iraq killed 11 people and wounded 17 at a wedding party, with women and children among the casualties, a hospital doctor said on Friday.

Rafah al-Hayat said the U.S. raid, the latest of several which the U.S. military has staged against targets it says are used by foreign militants in Falluja, occurred at about midnight (2100 GMT) on Thursday.

The U.S. military said the "precision strike" had hit a safe-house being used by the network of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi at 1:15 a.m. on Friday.

"Credible intelligence sources confirmed Zarqawi leaders were meeting at the safe-house at the time of the strike," an unusually detailed statement said.

<snip>

Residents and local doctors say many of these raids have inflicted civilian casualties in a city held by Sunni insurgents since a U.S. assault in April failed to dislodge them.

...more...

[ladybugg33]

32. We seem to have a propensity for bombing wedding parties in the ME

In both Afghanistan and Iraq we have just done this too many times.

[PartyPooper]

2. The US specializes in this sort of thing.

The Wedding Planner goes haywire every time we go after terrorists.


:eyes:

[countmyvote4real]

9. Never invite uncle Sam to the wedding.

I used to like ole uncle Sam, but these days "he" crashes big time.

I have to wonder if the FBI will discover a CD of bridal registries at the Pentagon. Of course, it won't be disclosed until after the US elections.

[Tempest]

3. Would you please post part of the story?

I don't want to register on the site, and the story hasn't been reported anywhere else.

Thanks.

[Gabi Hayes]

5. go here, when they're back up: bugmenot.com

http://www.bugmenot.com

they're down at the moment, but you can get to most sites that require registering

they should have a list of invaluable sites here; this would be one

[Tempest]

6. The last time bugmenot.com was down, it was down for 4 days

That was last month.

It was frustrating as hell not being able to get pre-registered login IDs.

[Tempest]

4. Alternative link to story

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/08/1097089535900.html?oneclick=true

[DuctapeFatwa]

7. Thanks, I was in a hurry, trying to get link to Paris bomb story

[tmooses]

8. Those dirty terrorists

always masquerading as wedding parties

[the Kelly Gang]

10. more hearts and minds are won !..

[gottaB]

11. "Bad people have parties, too"

What the hell have they accomplished by all these air strikes? Their intelligence sucks.

[Tight_rope]

28. LMBAO...Good one!

[Name removed]

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[The_Casual_Observer]

14. Are these tough people or what?

A wedding party in the midst of this chaos?? The US will never "subdue" these people. The best thing we could do is get the hell out of their oil fields and demonstrate true humanitarian interests.

[pinniped]

15. No need to read it because this bullshit line should be memorized by now.

----The U.S. military said the "precision strike" had hit a safe-house being used by the network of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi------

Can you say al-Zarqawi safehouse?

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[mike_c]

35. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is the Emmanual Goldstein of Iraq....

He'll be in custody "any day now." Really. And remember, we have always been at war with East Asia. All corpses are automatically insurgents, terrorists, or "al-Zarqawi leaders."

[arikara]

16. Maybe it was a gay wedding?

"Family values" must be upheld at all costs...
Sorry, I know its really sick humor I'm having a rough night.

It really is dangerous to get married both in Iraq and Afghanistan. I do feel horrible for the people over there.

[Mr E McSquare]

31. Exactly what I was thinking

They arent gonna let a lack of a constitutional amendment stop them in Iraq.

[leftchick]

17. AFP:Twelve killed, bride among wounded, in US air strike

More US Terrorist Bombings....

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1504&ncid=1504&e=3&u=/afp/20041008/ts_afp/iraq_unrest_fallujah_041008094712


<snip>
FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) - Twelve people were killed and the bride at a wedding party was among the wounded when US warplanes bombed the rebel-held Iraqi city of Fallujah, doctors said.

The US military said it was a "precision strike" targeting leaders of Iraq (news - web sites)'s most wanted man, the Al-Qaeda-linked militant Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi.


"We have received 10 dead and 16 wounded," said Dr Khaled Mohammad, noting that the bride was among nine injured females.


Two more bodies were pulled from the rubble of a house where the wedding party had taken place, which was destroyed in the attack, said a second doctor at Fallujah general hospital, Ali Hayad.


People were still sifting threw the rubble, he said.



An injured Iraqi man is comforted at the hospital in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), early morning Friday, Oct 8, 2004 after an US air strike on the Sunni city. The US air strike on the rebel-held city of Fallujah killed 13 people and wounding 17 at a wedding party, according to hospital sources. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

[Disturbed]

18. The US Goal in Falujah.

Subdue the population and get them to denounce The Resistance.

Instead of losing US Troops the airstrikes cause less ripple in the American population. The reason is always al Zagarwi. It works because he is the handy evil doer.

[leftchick]

19. Disgusting isn't it Disturbed?

And the state run televsion continues the WH lies about these terror bombings. God I wish some brave journalist would expose them... :(

[BurnedNotBeaten]

21. Assuming it's a true story and the wedding was the target

What is really disgusting are the Hotel bombings near Israel that targeted and killed dozens of innocent Israelis last night.

[leftchick]

23. wtf does that have to do with the US terror strikes in Fallujah?

??

[Ripley]

33. So are those pictures lies?

Why do you assume it is not true? Why would the people we liberated be so ungrateful as to make up such a sick story?

Why in the freaking world is the bad ass US military unable to kill one single man....in fact, they have killed hundreds of innocent people while they are using precision bombing to get him.

Yet Zarqawi lives. What? Is he immortal?

[Name removed]

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[Media_Lies_Daily]

37. I call your post bullshit. You don't have a clue what you're...

...talking about.

[BurnedNotBeaten]

46. Then see these links...

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&q=wedding+%2Bfalluja&btnG=Search+News

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - A U.S. air strike on the rebel-held city of Falluja in western Iraq killed 11 people and wounded 17 at a wedding party, with women and children among the casualties, a hospital doctor said Friday.

Rafah al-Hayat said the U.S. raid, the latest of several which the U.S. military has staged against targets it says are used by foreign militants in Falluja, occurred at about midnight Thursday.
The U.S. military said the "precision strike" had hit a safe-house being used by the network of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi at 1:15 a.m. Friday.

"Credible intelligence sources confirmed Zarqawi leaders were meeting at the safe-house at the time of the strike," a statement said.

"Intelligence sources confirmed that the safe-house was being used by the group to meet and plan attacks against Iraqi civilians, Iraqi Security Forces, and Multi-National Forces."
more...

[leftchick]

54. ...yawn....

sounds like faux news, cherry picking information to justify your point.... :eyes:

[Media_Lies_Daily]

55. "Credible intelligence sources"??? Who do we have that's providing...

...our military with credible intelligence on the ground in Fallujah? You do understand that no self-respecting Iraqi still living in Fallujah is cooperating with the U. S., don't you?

And since we have no way of infiltrating ANY of the opposing organizations, how the heck are supposed to know exactly what was being discussed?

The NeoCons relied on "credible sources" that stated that Iraq had WMDs, too. And there were none to be found.

Here's another clue for you...nobody in a U. S. civilian or military intelligence organization is going to leak this kind of information to the media. Do you know why? Because information of this sort can be used by the opposing forces to pinpoint where the leaks are coming from.

[leftchick]

59. You can tell terrorist blood when you see it?

I am impressed....



A man mops the blood off the hospital floor following a US military attack on the city of Fallujah. US planes targeted a suspected militant hideout in Iraq (news - web sites)'s rebel city of Fallujah where medics said a wedding party was hit and 12 people were killed, amid unconfirmed reports that British hostage Kenneth Bigley had been killed.(AFP/Fares Dlimi)

...And I suppose these people are fake as well...




Mourners cry over the rubble of their relative's house, which was destroyed during an over night U.S. air raid in the western Sunni city of Falluja, October 8, 2004. A U.S. air strike aimed at foreign militants led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed 11 people and wounded 17 after a wedding party in Falluja Friday. REUTERS/Omar

....US bombs are so "smart" even when hitting a residential area they never kill civilians, right?



Local residents examine the debris after houses were flattened in an US overnight airstrike in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Friday, Oct 8, 2004.The US air strike on the rebel-held city of Fallujah killed 13 people and wounding 17 at a wedding party, according to hospital sources. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein

....No wonder the Iraqis Hate the US and more and more turn Resistance Fighters against the occupation daily!

[Ripley]

39. Did you read this part:

Residents and local doctors say many of these raids have inflicted civilian casualties in a city held by Sunni insurgents since a U.S. assault in April failed to dislodge them.

Every single time the military says it's precision strikes hit terrorists there are residents and doctors who say multiple women and children were wounded and killed.

That is a fact.

And who the fuck are you to claim Iraqi's have fake props lying around and fake doctors who lie? Gee, do you really think the Pentagon tells you 100% truthfullness all the time? How is it convenient when there have been 2 weddings that I have heard of we bombed. Two in what 3 years. Don't you think they get married? And where does one buy wedding props in a war-ravaged rubbled out village?

:dunce:

[BurnedNotBeaten]

47. I don't go with the Pentagon reports

I go by the local valid Iraqi police and military reports. I trust them more than the terrorists to tell the truth.

[Ripley]

49. Oh, I see you are a CIA spy!

And you know for a fact that civilians and doctors in a hospital are all terrorists.

You know, it would be funny if it weren't so damned scary that you believe that bullshit.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

56. Excuse me?? "Local valid Iraqi police and military reports"?...

Tell me this....who invaded Iraq using a pack of lies as the rationale for doing so?

[Mr E McSquare]

61. Walmart

[leftchick]

42. the people of Falluja say there are no "terrorists"...

Given the US credibility on all things Iraq I would believe the citizens before I believe the proven liars. The Military is relying on bombing the shit out of them until they accept the US occupiers.
They say there are "terrorists" there to justify their actions to the ameriKans who believe their every word. As to the Iraqi Authorities? Is that a very poor joke? LOL! The Iraqis regard them as nothing more than US puppets, which is spot on!

[AngryOldDem]

43. And I call it bullshit....

...whenever we end up killing civilians.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

40. Do you think the hotel bombings could be in retaliation for the...

...missile attacks on Palestinian apartment buildings? How about the latest Israeli incusions into the Gaza Strip?

Go buy a few clues and then come back to talk to us.

[BurnedNotBeaten]

44. Israel is targeting terrorists, the PA terrorists are targeting innocents

Why do you refuse to accept this fact? The PA terrorists hide among innocents and the Israeli military wears uniforms and stays clear of innocents. There is NO comparison between the hotel terror bombings and a strike against terrorists.

[Ripley]

45. Dead civilians are Dead civilians.

You will be booted from here soon, so if you want to talk I/P why don't you go to that forum?

This thread is about Iraq and our military baby killers, not Israel's.

[Mandate My Ass]

48. Didja ever notice they always show up on Fridays?

And with the same old tired, debunked bullshit? :shrug:

[Ripley]

51. Why are they so stupid?

Is there seriously some Kool-Aid being distributed with Stupid drugs in it? Thank goodness I don't drink it!

[Mandate My Ass]

52. LOL "so you're a CIA spy"

you just got him all excited I'm sure. }(

[leftchick]

53. I think that is it Ripley.....

"Stupid" laced Kool-Aid! That explains a lot about freeper logic! LOL! :)

[Media_Lies_Daily]

50. Israel CLAIMS to be targeting "terrorists"...

...at least that's what they tell us, right? And they achieve the same results as the Palestinian terrorists, which is a lot of dead civilians including women and children. Do YOU deny THAT fact?

Dead civilians are dead civilians no matter how you or any other Israel apologist tries to dress it up, and no matter where they die.

[Disturbed]

26. I have insulated my feelings.

I cannot feel the pain anymore.
I cannot allow myself to feel it.
Too much death and maiming in the past three years has numbed me.
All that is left is a close to the surface rage
at what is being done in the name of America.

[hansolsen]

29. Well said -- and you speak for me too. Thanks. Hans N/T

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. Forgive us, innocent ones.

:(

[NNN0LHI]

20. Maybe al-Zarqawi was getting married?

:shrug:

[NNN0LHI]

22. Oops. Nice to see you back DuctapeFatwa

Hope you have been well.

Don

[Swamp Rat]

25. Cuz those Eyerackee weddin' folks hate us for our freedumb

Heil Bushitler!

[Tight_rope]

27. LMBAO!

[SheepyMcSheepster]

30. is it possible that "insurgents" are passing bogus intelligence to

to the u.s. forces in order to create situations like this?

i just had that thought.....

i remember a story about u.s. intelligences paying for information and everbody and their brother was telling them "oh yeah, zarqawi did it, can i have my money please?"

what a mess.

[Bonobo]

34. Nice to see you again, Mr. Fatwa. I have missed your posts.

[ckramer]

38. I wonder if this video is what you talking about?

Oh Dude!

[Ripley]

41. What is the video?

Who is talking about?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

57. Here's a link to the story on which this video is based...

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x891820>

[Ripley]

58. Yeah, I'm in that one!

I posted the response above first because I didn't want to just watch the video, because (sorry) of the posters low post count. I thought it might have been a ploy. :evilgrin:

[sistersofmercy]

60. Hi DF! I'm so happy to see you've returned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes the Cheney administration tradegy continues, I truly hate these stories. :hug: :hi: