gas nervino a fallujah

[rossana <rossana at comodinoposta.org>]

*_Nel commento del Prof. Cufaro Petroni si fa riferimento ad un articolo 
di Islamonline done si parla di gas nervino, ve li mando entrambi:

Presa di Falluja: un commento dal prof. Cufaro Petroni 
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http://www.ipb-italia.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=117
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FALLUJAH, November 10 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - US troops are 
reportedly using chemical weapons and poisonous gas in its large-scale 
offensive on the Iraqi resistance bastion of Fallujah, a grim reminder 
of Saddam Hussein’s alleged gassing of the Kurds in 1988.

“The US occupation troops are gassing resistance fighters and 
confronting them with internationally-banned chemical weapons,” 
resistance sources told Al-Quds Press Wednesday, November 10.

The fatal weapons led to the deaths of tens of innocent civilians, whose 
bodies litter sidewalks and streets, they added.

“They use chemical weapons out of despair and helplessness in the face 
of the steadfast and fierce resistance put up by Fallujah people, who 
drove US troops out of several districts, hoisting proudly Iraqi flags 
on them. Resistance has also managed to destroy and set fire to a large 
number of US tanks and vehicles.

“The US troops have sprayed chemical and nerve gases on resistance 
fighters, turning them hysteric in a heartbreaking scene,” an Iraqi 
doctor, who requested anonymity, told Al-Quds Press.

“Some Fallujah residents have been further burnt beyond treatment by 
poisonous gases,” added resistance fighters, who took part in Golan 
battles, northwest of Fallujah.

In August last year, the United States admitted dropping the 
internationally-banned incendiary weapon of napalm on Iraq, despite 
earlier denials by the Pentagon that the “horrible” weapon had not been 
used in the three-week invasion of Iraq.

After the offensive on Iraq ended on April 9 last year, Iraqis began to 
complain about unexploded cluster bombs that still litter their cities.

Media Blackout

A US tank pushing its way in Fallujah streets

The sources said that the media blackout, the banning of Al-Jazeera 
satellite channel and subjective embedded journalists played well into 
the hands of the US military.

“Therefore, US troops opted for using internationally banned weapons to 
soften the praiseworthy resistance of Fallujah people.

“More and more, the US military edits and censors reports sent by 
embedded journalists to their respective newspapers and news agencies,” 
the sources added.

Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Al-Shaalan had said Tuesday, November 9, 
would be decisive.

“Al-Shaalan declaration meant nothing but the use of chemical weapons 
and poisonous gases to down Fallujah fighters,” observers told Al-Quds 
Press.

The reported gassing stands as a grim reminder of Saddam Hussein's 
alleged gassing of the Kurdish community in the northern city of Halbja 
in 1988.

While the West insisted that Saddam was the one behind the heinous 
attack, the ousted president pointed fingers at the then Iranian regime.

http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2004-11/10/article05.shtml