Operation Spear
US withdraws 500 American troops from east and north of al-Qa'im, declaring "successful conclusion" of "Operation Spear" with more than 110 civilians dead, infrastructure devastated.
Al-Jazeera satellite TV reported later on Tuesday that a US military spokesman officially declared the "successful conclusion" of their four-day "Operation Spear," which supposedly targeted the Iraqi Resistance in the area of al-Karabilah village and al-Qa'im, but decimated the local civilian population and devastated the local infrastructure.
Mafkarat al-Islam reported from al-Qa'im that as a result of the American offensive, more than 156 local houses and 400 shops had been destroyed by the American offensive. Five mosques were raised to the ground and four schools, one hospital, one medical clinic, one electric power generating plant, (and) one water purification plant were totally destroyed the attacking US forces. On Tuesday morning alone, the bodies of 54 local people, including 31 women and children, were pulled from the ruins of the devastated buildings.
President Bush, last Saturday:
"We went to war because we were attacked," said Mr. Bush, "and we are at war today because there are still people out there who want to harm our country and hurt our citizens."
When did the citizens of al-Qa'im attack the United States of America?
President Bush, last Monday:
"I think about Iraq every day - every single day!"
"I think about Iraq every day - every single day!"
(He said it over and over again.)
Think about this Mr. Bush, your bombs just killed 110 Iraqi civilians. They destroyed hospitals and sewage plants, water filtration plants.
More of what's going on in Iraq right now:
-a group of children on bicycles ran over a bomb planted beneath the ground east of Baqouba, killing a 9-year-old boy and injuring two others aged 6 and 7, Army Maj. Fadhil al-Timimi said. Baqouba is 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.
-Today gunmen killed a former judge whose name once was on a list of Sunni Arabs joining a parliamentary committee to draft Iraq's new constitution, officials said. Separately, a Filipino hostage was released after almost eight months in captivity.
-At least four people were killed in separate attacks Wednesday. A roadside bomb struck an Iraqi police patrol that included a special operations unit, killing two policeman and wounding two others in Madain, about 14 miles southeast of Baghdad, said police Maj. Raed Falah al-Mehamadawi said.
-explosion meant for a U.S. military convoy killed an Iraqi civilian and wounded three others west of Ramadi, Dr. Abdullah al-Dulaimi said.
-A U.S. soldier was killed Tuesday by small arms fire during combat operations in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, the military said. At least 1,725 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the war in 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
The new US Ambassador to Iraq:
"I am horrified by the daily suffering of the Iraqi people. The terrorists attack ordinary people, teachers, doctors, newly trained police and others who are assisting the people of Iraq," Khalilzad added."
Yes, Mr. Ambassador, but the US bombs are ALSO killing Iraqis and increasing their daily suffering one-hundred fold. The bombing is supposed to destroy the 'terrorists' but it is killing too many innocent people, increasing their suffering and increasing the tribal vengeance that is sure to follow.
Nori
Mr. Bush, think about Nori.
