Despite Georgie and Rummy claiming "mission accomplished" in Falluja and pounding their chests it appears that this latest victory claim was a bit premature.Aljazeera reports,

"US forces have bombed Falluja as well as the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, where eight US soldiers have been wounded in clashes with Iraqi fighters.

The bombing of Falluja on Sunday took place following skirmishes between US forces and fighters in the eastern parts of the town.

An Iraqi journalist, Fadil al-Badrani, described the clashes as the fiercest in two weeks."

Gee, do you think this is why the attack on Falluja didn't start until after the Nov. U.S. elections? Yet another example of how we can't believe anything Bush & Co. say. Don't forget that "free and fair" elections are supposed to take place in Iraq in less than two months time.
posted by Idle Crank at 12/12/2004 06:51:00 PM