Figures compiled by the International organization for Migration show that 210,600 people, or more than 35,000 families, took refuge in towns and villages around Fallujah in the build up to the US assault, launched on November 8th.
Fighting didn't stop in Fallujah, the US army announced that Iraqi rebels are creeping back into Fallujah's "secure zones". All of my family's attempts in sending medical supplies to Fallujah didn't work because the city is still closed until now. News from inside the city describes a massive scale of destruction of the infrastructure; a friend of mine said that the manholes of the water and sewage networks were destroyed so that the Iraqi fighters wont use them for attacking US forces. Rebuilding such a basic public service needs months and months alone. Which means that these hundreds of thousands of IDPs will not be able to go back to their homes anytime soon.
Isn't this a smart way in winning the "hearts and minds" of Iraqis?
Hospitals in Baghdad are not receiving people that are suspected to be injured in combat for "security reasons". Some different independent sites mentioned this, and I am still working on verifying that.
Good job little-bushy, good job puppy-allow(ie).
