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November 15, 2004
Images of Fallujah
A week has passed since the start of hostilities in Fallujah. A week of incredible devastation aimed at a city which was no threat to us before the start of the war, and was no threat to us during the war, but in the aftermath of war has somehow morphed into the greatest threat the U.S. faces in the world today. In November alone, 75 soldiers dead, 308 wounded. Estimates of more than 1200 insurgents killed.
No embedded reporter, at least of which I'm aware, has dared to speak of civilian casualties; however, many reporters have commented on the lack of bodies (login here). As usual, there seems to be no coherent thread to the reporting coming from Fallujah and Iraq.
The absence of insurgent bodies in Falluja has remained an enduring mystery. Roaming American patrols found few on Sunday in their sweeps of the devastated landscape where the rebels chose to make their last stand, the southern Falluja neighborhood called Shuhada by the Iraqis and Queens by the American troops.
In the midst of all this conflicting information comes an anonymous blogger who has posted images of Fallujah. When words fail, pictures speak volumes. (Note: not for the faint of heart.)
Posted by bcoffee at November 15, 2004 10:14 PM
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