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Most Of Fallujah Victims Women, Children: Report
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A baby injured in a U.S. raid into Fallujah last Wednesday
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By
Ahmad Maher, IOL Staff
CAIRO,
April 12 (IslamOnline.net) – Most of the Iraqis killed in the
week-long U.S. occupation offensive into the restive town of Fallujah,
west of Baghdad, are children and women, an Iraqi dentist in the
besieged town revealed Monday, April 12.
Osama
Saleh Al-Tikrit belied U.S. claims that 95 percent of the victims were
resistance fighters, saying the entire world “has got used to the
American lies”.
“I
was in Fallujah before Sunday ceasefire and I saw with my own eyes
many civilians and ordinary people lying dead on the streets,”
Tikriti, a dentist at Baghdad hospital, told IslamOnline.net over the
phone.
He
was referring to a 12-hour ceasefire reached Sunday, April 11, by the
U.S. occupation troops and Iraqi fighters in Fallujah and extended
Monday for another 24 hours.
He
said at least 600 people were killed and up to 1500 others wounded in
the U.S. sweep, citing a tally released by the town’s hospital,
which was struck last week.
U.S.
Marine Lieutenant Colonel Brennan Byrne claimed Sunday, April 11, that
most the dead –- 95 percent -- were “insurgents” picked off with
precision by U.S. marines.
“The
dead, mostly children and women, are not militiamen or resistance
fighters but rather ordinary people, who stood up to the U.S.
occupation troops to defend their homeland,” Tikriti retorted.
He
said the residents braved the U.S. high-tech and sophisticated
weaponry with small arms and home-made bombs.
“Their
unshakable faith is their weapon in the face of the U.S. military
juggernaut,” Tikriti, who is no in Baghdad, added.
“The
courageous residents of Fallujah defied the cluster bombs and F-16s,
setting themselves up as a paradigm for resistance” to other Iraqi
cities and towns, he said.
He
noted that the U.S. troops were also targeting ambulances and
civilians walking on the street before the lull in fighting.
“Buses
laden with families were hit by U.S. troops as they tried to force
their way out of the town before the truce,” Tikriti said.
Scores
of Fallujah residents seized on the current truce to flee the
conflictive town to Baghdad.
Limbo
Tikriti
also said the U.S. occupation troops are in a real limbo, thanks to
the stiff resistance of the Iraqi fighters nationwide.
“The
U.S. occupation troops were dying for a truce and not vice versa,”
Tikriti said, adding resistance fighters have cut off all land
supplies of the U.S. occupation forces.
He
said all Iraqi cities are now “Fallujah” as resistance operations
spilled over into many Iraqi cities.
“We
are talking now about many Falljuahs…All Iraqis are resisting the
U.S. occupation troops with what their hands could reach,” Tikriti
added.
Fallujah
has been under a
crippling U.S. siege since last Monday, April 5, as its residents
are determined to kick
out the occupation troops.
Fallujah
fighters gave Monday U.S. Marine snipers a 1200 GMT (until 4:00 p.m.
Baghdad time) ultimatum to leave the besieged town or face a renewed
all-out offensive.
At
least 60 Americans have lost their lives in Iraq over the past week
alone, taking to 667 the number of U.S. military deaths since the
start of the war to occupy oil-rich Iraq.
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