Fallujah Battered And Mostly Quiet After the Battle

washingtonpost.com ^ | Tuesday, November 16, 2004 | Jackie Spinner

[crushelits]

FALLUJAH, Iraq, Nov. 15 -- Even the dogs have started to die, their corpses strewn among twisted metal and shattered concrete in a city that looks like it forgot to breathe.

The aluminum shutters of shops on the main highway through town have been transformed by the force of war into mangled accordion shapes, flat, sharp, jarring slices of metal that no longer obscure the stacks of silver pots, the plastic-wrapped office furniture, the rolls of carpet. These things would be for sale, except there are no traders, no customers, hardly any people at all in the center of Fallujah.

U.S. Marines searching for insurgents in the Jolan neighborhood in the northwestern side of the city on Monday did see two elderly men emerge from a pile of rock. The men, who looked too old to fight, pointed to their stomachs. They were hungry. They were given brown, plastic pouches of military rations and disappeared back into the rocks, the Marines recounted.

[ConservativeMan55]

A FREEPER NEEDS OUR HELP!

[The KG9 Kid]

FALLUJAH, IRAQ: A US Marine from the 3/5 Lima company stands in front of graffiti scribbled on the bridge crossing the Euphrates River in the restive city of Fallujah,14 November 2004, 50 kms west of Baghdad. The bridge became famous after the death of US security officers' charred bodies were hung on display at the end of March 2004. US-led forces will probably need up to five more days to finish clearing Fallujah of rebels after a week of fierce fighting that left more than 1,200 insurgents dead, US Marine officers said today. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)

[Paul Atreides]

FALLUJAH, Iraq, Nov. 15 -- Even the dogs have started to die, their corpses strewn among twisted metal and shattered concrete in a city that looks like it forgot to breathe.

Somewhere, wandering the streets of Fallujah, Chelsea Clinton sees the carnage and immediately thinks of the Bush tax cuts.

[nothernlights]

I think the Washington Post needs to recall the moronic Imbed,because even by their pitiful standards, she's gone over the top calling the terrorists,:"brave holy warriors".Give me a break

[KMC1]

God Bless the men of Fallujah - Semper Fi!!!

[Chieftain]

LOVE that graffiti - get 'em Devil Dogs! They need to get an Iraqi counterpart to write it in Arabic as well!

[Paul Atreides]

Amen!

[yeetch!]

Wow! Don't mess with the Marines again!!

[NonValueAdded]

Would Taranto report on this as a story "by the aptly named Jackie Spinner?"

[denydenydeny]

That's what a military is for: Killing people and breaking things.

[nothingnew]

Hey Jackie...suck it up...it's called war, you simmpering whining pussy.

FMCDH(BITS)

[Tunehead54]

What's with the sitemeter link?

[Just Lori]

I'm sorry for our troops who have been wounded or worse, killed. I'm sorry for any truly innocent inhabitants of the city who were hurt (hardships, though are temporary. Fallujah will be much better after we get on with rebuilding it). I'm sorry for any dogs that were injured or killed. I'M NOT SORRY FOR ANYTHING ELSE! Let those who turned that city into one of blood and torture and intimidation and death meet their beloved ALLAH! (Think they'll be surprised?)

[SuziQ]

she's gone over the top calling the terrorists,:"brave holy warriors".Give me a break

She was quoting some graffiti she'd seen.

[pke]

[Snake65]

That's a daymaker. Go Marines!