Abu
\n Mussib Al Zarqawi<\/a>, the gristly author of kidnappings and beheadings
\n of Americans and our
\n allies. This is the hard core of international terrorism. This is the
\n enemy.<\/p>\nThey have control of a fully functioning city, with hospitals,
\n schools, restaurants, metal shops and tons of arms and munitions. The
\n resistance was more community based during the fierce battles of the
\n spring. Since the marines pulled back and left the city in the
\n hands of the insurgents, most of the civilian population has fled while
\n the city itself has been slowly flattened by US artillery and air strikes.<\/p>\n
Replacing the civilians has been a steady stream of rebel
\n fighters, Iraqis filtering in from all corners of the occupied country,
\n foreigners slipping over the borders of Iran and Syria and veterans of
\n a thousand battles fresh from blowing up American boys and girls or massacring
\n Iraqi recruits and looking to kick back in town for whatever R and R
\n is allowed in a fundamentalist Islamic death cult.<\/p>\n
Fallujah is an open sore on the glistening hide of the
\n American occupation, an open defiance of our aim, our progress, our way
\n of life.
\n It is an organizing point for the resistance, and everyone agrees something
\n must be done about it. But what.<\/p>\n
A full frontal assault on the mazes of ruins and
\n tunnels which Fallujah has become would wipe out more than half of the
\n hard core resistance fighters in Iraq, and a majority of the foreign
\n fanatics who have flocked to the cause. It would also result in the highest
\n American casualties in he war to date. Nevertheless, support is
\n strong for a clean sweep. "We have all the rats in one maze, and
\n it would be a major error to let them slip away," according to a source
\n who declined to be identified.<\/p>\n
Quietly, voices within the administration are advocating
\n an even more radical solution to the problem of Fallujah "Since
\n the civilian population have largely fled the city and so many of our
\n enemies are in one place, this may be the perfect opportunity for a tactical
\n nuclear weapon," the same unnamed source said.<\/p>\n
Personally, we feel the negative repercussions and the
\n possible retaliations will dissuade the administration from such madness,
\n but to some it is an attractive option. With the national mood
\n one of anxious anticipation of a terrorist nuclear attack on the US,
\n fed by the Vice President and others, there is a growing feeling that
\n we
\n should
\n nuke
\n THEM before they nuke US.<\/p>\n
Although we don’t think they could get away with it, we
\n wouldn’t put it past them to try a variation on the plan. What
\n if there WAS a terrorist nuclear weapon, and it was in Fallujah, and
\n it went off "accidentally"? A nice, clean, glowing exorcism, and NOT
\n OUR
\n FAULT.This is probably not a practical possibility, but if we were
\n one of the last remaining residents of Fallujah, and one morning we noticed
\n all off the American and allied troops pulling WAAAY back, we would be
\n very worried…..<\/p>\n
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